2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

STEERING PROBLEM: STEERING WHEEL OSCILLATES WHILE CAR IS IDLING, ALSO HAS A CATCH AT OR NEAR CENTER POINT WHILE DRIVING. IT TRIES TO LOCK AND THEN RELEASE. WILL ALSO OSCILLATE WHILE TRAVELING. HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS BUT IS MOSTLY DRIVEN IN THE 35 TO 55MPH RANGE. ALSO IS AFFECTED WITH BRAKE PRESSURE. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE OFTEN BUT WITH NO PATTERN. *TR

MY 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU HAS THE SAME ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR PROBLEMS THAT GM ISSUED RECALLS FOR THE COBALT AND G5 TODAY. THE CAR SPORADICALLY HAS TREMORS THAT HAPPEN MAINLY AT LOW SPEED BUT HAS HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WILL THE RECALL BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MALIBUS? *TR

MY 2008 CHEVY MALIBU LTZ HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT STALLS OUT WHEN YOU GO FROM PARK TO THE 1ST GEAR, THAN FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND AND FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE TRANSMISSION STALLS OUT LONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR OTHER TYPE OF INCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS MOST OF THE TIME AND HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR SIX MONTHS. IT HAS STALLED OUT CLIMBING VAIL PASS, THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL CLIMB AND DESCENT AND I-70 EST OF I-15 IN UTAH THROUGH THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. THIS VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY GOES INTO NEUTRAL AND THAN RE-ENGAGES. FURTHERMORE, WHEN THE CAR SHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 3RD IT GOES INTO A STALL AND THE RPM'S INCREASE TO AROUND 4000 BEFORE IT ACTUALLY CHANGES INTO THE NEXT GEAR... THE OTHER SEVERE PROBLEM IS WHILE DRIVING MY CAR THROUGH A VERY LONG TUNNEL ON 9-17-09; THE FUEL GAGE WENT FROM FULL TO EMPTY (NO FUEL) AND LOW FUEL LAMP CAME ON. ON-STAR SAID "SYSTEM HAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM". THE CAUSE: FUEL VAPOR LINE HANGING UP FUEL LEVEL SENDER CAUSING GAUGE TO READ INACCURATELY J7815 (CODE P0461) FOUND IN BULLETIN #09-06-04-007A. *TR

2008 CHEVY MALIBU STEERING SEEMS TO BE ENTIRELY TOO LOSE. CAR LOSES CONTROL FOR QUICK INSTANCES. CHEVY CANT SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2008 CHEVY MALIBU HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS STARTING WITH RIM BENT, LEAKY ROOF, WET FLOOR, BURNT WIRE UNABLE TO START CAR. *TR THE LEFT REAR DOOR LOCK WAS INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR AND THE SUN ROOF DRAIN WAS CLOGGED. UPDATED 05/12/10. *JB

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING PROBLEMS CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO JERK TO LEFT AND RIGHT. *TR

A RECENTLY PURCHASED 2008 CHEVY MALIBU LT HAS SOME SERIOUS STEERING ISSUES, (THIS CAR HAS ELECTRIC STEERING) WHEN DRIVING AT LOW OR HIGH SPEEDS THE WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT IS FIGHTING AGAINST YOU, IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF RESISTANCE THERE. ALSO AT IDLE WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE WHEEL WILL PULSE BACK AND FORTH, LEFT AND RIGHT WITHOUT TOUCHING THE WHEEL. I INFORMED THE DEALER WHO SAID IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY (44,000MILES) AND COULDN'T DO ANYTHING EVEN THOUGH HE ACKNOWLEDGED THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH THE CAR. SCARED TO DRIVE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

-2008 CHEV. MALIBUE 2LT 2.4 4 CYLENDER WITH POWER ELECTRIC STEERING. PROBLEM: WHEN YOU 1ST STRUP THE VEHICLE THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BACK AND FORTH. YOU HAVE TO SHUT DOWN AND RE START THE VEHICLE TO STOP THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED OUT THE STEERING COLUMN BUT IT STILL DOES IT TWICE IT HAS OCCURING WHILE DRIVING WHEN I 1ST STARTED UP AND I HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND SHUT OFF THE MOTOR ETC. TO STOP THE SHAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROX: 15 TIMES SINCE I GOT THE VEHICLE NEW IN JAN/08

ERRATIC FUEL GAUGE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. 2008 CHEVY MALIBU. PROBLEM STARTED 2 MONTHS AGO, DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO A DEFECTIVE, CHEAP PIECE OF METAL IN THE FUEL GAGE THAT EASILY CORRODES. CHEVROLET REFUSES TO RECALL PART EVEN THOUGH IT IS DEFECTIVE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON ALL OF THE TIME IS RELATED. I AM REQUESTING THAT AN INVESTIGATION BE CONDUCTED TO MAKE GM RECALL THE DEFECTIVE PART. THE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT I HAVE A CAR THAT HAS A DEFECTIVE PART, I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE PART OR A REAL PROBLEM. THE RESALE VALUE OF THIS CAR IS EXTREMELY POOR . I BOUGHT THIS CAR BECAUSE IT WAS "2008 CAR OF THE YEAR". THE COST TO REPAIR THIS CAR IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS YET THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PART. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED, ANY TIME. I HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

I DRIVE A 2008 MALIBU. 95% OF MY DRIVING IS DONE ON THE FREEWAY. I HAVE 55K MILES ON THE CAR AND THE STEERING STARTED TO SHAKE AND GET STIFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I LIVE IN OHIO AND THE WINTERS GET COLD. I FIRST THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE CAUSE OF IT BUT, AFTER READING SOME BLOGS ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. I WENT TO MY CAR DEALER AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT IS NOT COVERED BECAUSE OF MY MILEAGE. I DO NOT CONSIDER THIS TO BE THE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR OF A CAR AND I AM AFRAID THAT IF I DON'T GET THIS FIXED I WILL BE INJURED FROM FAILURE TO CONTROL MY CAR. SOMETIMES I WILL DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP TO WHERE I HAVE TO PULL ON IT HARD TO FREE IT UP. THE ONLY COARSE OF ACTION THAT I SEE THAT I CAN TAKE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE IS PAY GM TO FIX THEIR PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT A RESULT OF ABUSE OR NATURAL WEAR AND TEAR SINCE THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL. IF WHO EVER READS THIS WOULD SIMPLY JUST GOOGLE THIS TOPIC YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS BECOMING A GROWING PROBLEM THAT WILL RESULT IN INJURIES IF GM DOES NOT RECALL IT. *TR