2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

WATER HAS BEEN LEAKING IN THE TRUNK OF MY 2008 CHEVY MALIBU 1LT HAD TAKEN IT IN AND THE SERVICE GUY HAD IT CHECKED OUT BY PUT AN EMPLOYEE INTO THE TRUNK AND IT SHOW THAT IT WAS LEAKING AT THE BACKUP LENS AND THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR IT TO BE REPAIRED WHEN I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS A MFT DEFECT. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 CHEVY MALIBU, WITH 42,000 MILES AND IT HAS ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AND IT SEEMS THAT THE POWER STEERING IS ABOUT TO GO OUT. A MESSAGE HAS ONLY APPEARED ONCE ON THE INDICATOR SCREEN IN THE DASH ABOUT THE POWER STEERING, BUT THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUOUSLY SHAKES AND IT STEERING FEELS LIKE IT WANTS TO LOCK UP. NOW MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. THE DIAGNOSTICS SAYS IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CAM ACTUATOR SENSOR???? *TR

POWER STEERING ON VEHICLE TEMPORARILY FAILS WHILE DRIVING. ALSO STEERING WHEEL OFTEN SHAKES FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE SITTING IDLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. IN TEMPERATURES OF 40 AND BELOW ICE FORMED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE. THE DEFROSTER WAS TURNED ON , BUT IT DOES NOT CLEAR THE GLASS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FILTER ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. A TECHNICIAN FROM THE DEALER STATED THEY WERE NOT CERTAIN IF THERE WAS A FILTER ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL, OR ONLY ON THE DOOR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AS I NORMALLY DO. I TURNED THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION AND WENT TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT. IT GOT JAMMED. I HAD TO PULL IT OUT. IT TOOK ABOUT 10 MINS FOR ME TO GET IT OUT. THE FIRST TIME IT HAD HAPPENED WAS 10/27/09 AT ABOUT 9:15PM. *TR

MY CAR WAS FLOODED FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASH BOARD OF THE FRONT SIDE OF DASHBOARD. MY CARPET FROM FRONT TO BACK GOT WET AND HAD A DEFECTIVE RIM. *TR

2008 CHEVY MALIBU, MAKES THUMPING SOUND TURNING AT LOWER SPEEDS, WHEEL FEELS MUSHY AND SHAKES. TOLD BY DEALER ITS THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMN. CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL DANGER. CAR OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY WANT OVER $200 TO FIX IT. SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL, AS I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER GM OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

APPROX. 10K ON THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GET HARD UPON BRAKING REGARDLESS OF RAIN, SNOW OR SHINE, IT EVENTUALLY GOT WORSE. AFTER TAKING THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP 3X'S THE TECH REALIZED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW. THE TECH FOUND THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING BREAK FLUID INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS MORE THAN HALF FULL WITH FLUID BY THE TIME THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE DUE TO MECHANICAL FAILURE. THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS STILL HAVING VARIOUS ISSUES THAT CANNOT SEEM TO BE RESOLVED WITH THE VEHICLE HAVING ONLY 36,555 MILES. THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED SO MUCH THAT THEY ALREADY NEED REPLACEMENT. THE MALIBU'S BRAKE SYSTEM IS FAULTY AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. I'VE TALKED TO OTHER MALIBU OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR

I WAS PUTTING AIR IN THE TIRE AND WHEN I RELEASED THE NOZZLE OF THE AIR HOSE THE VALVE STEM BROKE IN HALF AND THE HOSE FLEW BACK AND THE TOP HALF OF THE METAL PART OF THE VALVE STEM FLEW BACK. IT MISSED MY FACE AND FLEW ABOUT 2 FEET BEHIND ME. ALL THE AIR CAME OUT OF THE TIRE AT ONCE. I TOOK THE TIRE TO THE GMC DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE PART UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING APPROX 45 MILES PER HOUR ON A ONE LANE ROAD. MY CAR DIC DISPLAYED POWER STEERING THE WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE, PULLED TO THE LEFT AND BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER, ALMOST MAKING ME HIT THE CAR IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THE LADY DRIVING THE OTHER VEHICLE SWERVED ONTO THE SHOULDER WHICH PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT. I SHUT THE CAR OFF. A MECHANIC FRIEND OF MINE CAME TO MY LOCATION AND COULD NOT FIND ANY ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE ELECTRIC ASSIST POWER STEERING RESETS ONCE THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD IT WAS NOT. AFTER CHECKING ON THE INTERNET MY UNDERSTANDING IS I AM NOT A SOLE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 AND NEWER CHEVY MALIBU. PLEASE PREVENT THESE TYPE OF OCCURRENCES FROM CONTINUING BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR