2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH A STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. HE COASTED THE VEHICLE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND WAS ABLE RESTART IT. THE VEHICLE STARTED AND THE STEERING WARNING LIGHT SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. TWICE THE DEALER REPLACED THE INTERMIT SHAFT, AND ANOTHER THEN THE STEERING TORQUE SENSOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS VERY EASY TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT BUT DIFFICULT WHEN TURNING IT TO THE LEFT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR $580. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX LT. THE CONTACT STATED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING COLUMN WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE POWER STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED AND RESET. FIVE MINUTES AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE CODES FIVE TIMES TO NO AVAIL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WOULD LOCK WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OF 3 TO 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING ON MY 2006 MALIBU MAXX LT HAS FAILED REPEATEDLY. I TOOK IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALER, THE UNIT LOCKED ON THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DOING SIMPLE PARKING LOT MANEUVERS. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE STEERING COLUMN AND EPS UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED HOWEVER THE FAILURE WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM CAN NOT BE FIXED, IT CAN ONLY BE REPLACED WITH DEFECTIVE PARTS SINCE THE DEFECT IS INHERENT IN THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING SYSTEM. I HAVE REPORTED THIS SAFETY ISSUE TO THE CHEVROLET HOT LINE AS HAVE OTHER OWNERS AND STILL NO RECALL. I WAS ON THE ATLANTA INTERSTATE 85, IT LOCKED ON ME AND I THOUGHT THAT FOR SURE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WAS GOING TO OCCUR OR WORST DEATH. THIS FAILURE HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND HAS BEEN REPORTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS, PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIES AS A RESULT. A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS SAFETY ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITHOUT RESULTS. AGAIN, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RECALL THIS VEHICLE AND PROTECT THE AMERICAN CONSUMER FROM A DEATH TRAP. I CAN NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE KNOWING THAT THIS FAILURE CAN OCCUR AT ANYTIME WITHOUT WARNING. EVEN IF CHEVROLET DOES PAY TO FIX MY VEHICLE, THIS FAILURE WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

MY 2006 MALIBU MAXX HAS 73000 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED BLOWING COOL AIR. THE OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 95 DEGREES AND MY DAUGHTER AND I BOTH HAVE ASTHMA. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TODAY AND WILL COST $1100 TO REPAIR AND REPLACE THE A/C COMPRESSOR! A CAR THIS YOUNG SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE BOTH USING INHALERS BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED BACK HOME! *TR

2006 MALIBU MAXX LT. POWER STEERING FAILURE WHILE HARD ACCELERATION. HAD THE PROBLEM SINCE THE FIRST DAY IT WAS PURCHASED. DEALERSHIP CANT DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM. WE ALMOST HAD 2 ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. POWER STEERING MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE CAR SYSTEM INFORMATION.. THE CAR ALWAYS PULLS HARD TO THE RIGHT IF THE ACCELERATION HAS TO BE DONE FAST. THE VEHICLE HAS CURRENTLY 75,000 MILES. *TR

2006 CHEVY MALIBU, POWER STEERING FAILS IN MOTION OR UPON STARTUP. REPAIRS REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF BOTH THE PS SENSOR MODULE AND THE PS COLUMN. COSTS ANY WHERE BETWEEN $1500-$2000 TO REPAIR. STEERING BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT, COULD BE HARD TO AVOID ACCIDENTS OR SAFELY STEER CLEAR OF ROAD DEBRIS. *TR

2006 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX. POWER STEERING LOCK UP ON TURNS, PULLING AWAY AT A LIGHT, GOING STRAIGHT STEERING MOVES INTERMITTENTLY TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT AND BECOMES HARD TO CONTROL. THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR DOES NOT ALWAYS SHOW ON MESSAGE CENTER, SOMETIMES IT ONLY DINGS REPEATEDLY. AND YOU CAN HEAR A TICKING NOISE FROM THE DASH. WHEN IT STOPS WORKING THE STEERING ALSO WILL GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION YOU ARE DRIVING. *TR

2006 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX - 2 PROBLEMS 1. METAL TO METAL NOISE AS STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED 2. VIBRATING NOISE AROUND DASHBOARD ALL THE TIME. *TR

2006 MALIBU MAXX POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON STEERING WHEEL FREEZES WHILE CAR IS MOVING STEERING COLUMN VIBRATES AND YET NO CODES ARE PRESENT. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2006 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX FROM A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THE FIRST WEEK I LOST MY POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. THE MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED POWER STEERING. THE MILEAGE WAS 62,000. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK THE CAR TO THEIR SHOP AND SENT IT BACK SAYING IT WAS FIXED. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE NEXT 20,000 MILES. THE LAST WEEK BEFORE I HAD IT REPAIRED THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY. I COULD NOT STEER AT ALL AND I LOST MY BRAKES UNTIL I SHUT THE CAR OFF. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE TORQUE SENSOR FAILED COMPLETELY AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN. I WAS TOLD THEN BY THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND ALSO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND SEVERAL CHEVROLETS ON THEIR LOT HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS COST ME $700.00 AND ALSO I HAD A NEAR ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSING STEERING AND BRAKE FUNCTION AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT AND APPARENTLY WELL KNOWN. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN HURT I WOULD HAVE HELD GM RESPONSIBLE AS THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT GM USED SAAB PARTS FOR A FEW YEARS UNTIL THE PROBLEM BECAME APPARENT. THE CHEVY MALIBU MAXX 2004 AND 2005 MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR