2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED AN INACCURATE READING INDICATING A FULL CAPACITY LEVEL ALTHOUGH THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS A RESULT OF THE EMPTY FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED AND RESUMED OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE FUEL TANK SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY MALIBU. AT ABOUT 38,000 MILES THE ELECTRIC STEERING QUIT WORKING. I HAD TO REPLACE. SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF NEW ELECTRIC STEERING COMPONENT, THE STEERING SYSTEM MAKES A VERY LOUD SNAP OR CLUNKING OR METAL ON METAL SOUND EVERYTIME I MAKE A TURN OR TAKE OFF FROM A STOP. SOME THING IS SHIFTING OR MOVING IN THE STEERING GEAR SHAFT OR RACK & PINION. CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL THAT IT DOES IT AND SOME GREASE WOULD HELP QUITE IT. THAT WAS THERE ANSWER FOR POOR ENGINEERING. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PERMANENT FIX FOR IT FROM GM. IF I TRY TO SELL MY MALIBU TO SOMEONE ELSE I WILL EITHER TAKE A LARGE LOSS OR NOT BE ABLE TO SELL IT AT ALL. I AM COMPLAINING BECAUSE GM HAS NOT STEPPED UP AND ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. TO HAVE ANYTHING DONE AT A DEALER IS 60 TO $80.00 PER HOUR, WHICH ALL THE UNFORTUNATE OWNERS OF THOSE GM ELECTRIC STEERING VEHICLES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME PRESSURE PUT ON GM TO RESOLVE THIS VERY EXASPERATING AND POTENTIALLY SERIOUS EROSIVE SAFETY CONDITION. AS TIME GOES ON THE SITUATION GETS WORSE AND RESONATES MORE AND MORE UP THE STEERING COLUMN. LETS GET THIS FIXED BEFORE THERE IS A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR LOSS OF LIFE BECAUSE THE STEERING FAILS ON THESE AUTOMOBILES. SINCERELY. *TR

STEERING WHEEL FAILURE CAUSED CAR ACCIDENT. WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A FREEWAY TUNNEL, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER CAUSING MY CAR TO HIT THE TUNNEL WALL. THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 40,000 MILES, YET THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR WENT ON. THE POWER STEERING RESET AND WENT BACK ON, AFTER THE CAR WAS RESTARTED. PLEASE INITIAL A DEFECT INVESTIGATION OR A SAFETY RECALL BEFORE THIS HAPPENS TO SOMEONE ELSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD MOVE FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. ALSO, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HEARD A BUZZING NOISE AS THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIOLENTLY JERK FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

CHECK POWER STEERING MESSAGING APPEARED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. MESSAGING DISAPPEARED AFTER TURNING CAR OFF AND ON. MESSAGE REAPPEARED THREE MORE TIMES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS IN NEXT TWO DAYS. BROUGHT CAR TO MECHANIC WHO RECALIBRATED STEERING COLUMN. MESSAGING REAPPEARED ON DRIVE HOME FROM SHOP WHILE PASSING OVER A SPEED BUMP. RETURNED CAR TO SHOP, WAS TOLD STEERING COLUMN AND MODULE NEEDED REPLACED. REPAIRS EXCEEDED $1000. MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT WHEN LOCAL PARTS DEALER KEEPS MANY OF THESE REPLACEMENT UNITS ON HAND, IT'S CLEARLY A KNOWN ISSUE THAT CHEVY NEEDS TO ADDRESS. VEHICLE HAS LOW MILEAGE AND MAJORITY OF THESE MILES WERE ACCRUED ON CITY STREETS, IMPLAUSIBLE THAT A PART OF THIS CALIBER WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT AT THIS TIME BASED ON USE. MECHANIC TRIED CALLING CHEVY ON OWNER'S BEHALF AS PARTS WARRANTY EXTENDED TO 36,000 MILES. CHEVY UNWILLING TO GRANT ANY CONCESSIONS AS FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,847.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

MY 2006 CHEVY MALIBU DRIVERS SEAT BROKE, DRIVERS SEAT FRAME WELD BROKE, SEAT IS VERY UNSTABLE AND ROCKS. I HAD TO PHYSICALLY MOVE THE SEAT TO THE LOWEST LEVEL AND NOW THE SEAT IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. *TR

FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS POWER STEERING ON 2006 MALIBU LT HAD BEEN GOING OUT. I COULD RESET IT BY RESTARTING THE CAR AND PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO AGO POWER STEERING WENT OUT, WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THIS HAPPEN ABOUT 4 TIME BEFORE I REACH MY DESTINATION, I DROVE IN THE RIGHT LANE SO I WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. TO DATE IF I RESTART THE CAR I CAN DRIVE IT FOR A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE IT GOES OUT AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR ONE YEAR. LATER WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON AGAIN AND THE POWER STEERING RESET INDEPENDENTLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED HER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RACK AND PINION AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

I WAS ACCELERATING ONTO THE FREEWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING FOR 3-4 SECONDS. THERE WAS A CHIME AS WELL. IF IT LASTED LONGER OR THERE WERE OTHER CARS AROUND SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED!!!! *TR