2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX Complaints

POWER STEERING FAILURE. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF POWER STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY FAILING. FIRST ONE REPLACED UNDER RECALL NOTIFICATION. CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP WAITING FOR NEW UNIT TO BE INSTALLED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, THE STEERING JUST FROZE UP AND MADE IT DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. THIS INCIDENT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON A HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE COURSE OF FOUR MONTHS AND EACH TIME THE CAR HAD TO BE TAKEN TO A SHOP AND PUT ON A DIAGNOSTIC TESTER TO FIND AND CLEAR DEFAULT CODES TO MAKE CAR DRIVABLE. THIS PROBLEM CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME AGAIN AND TO REPAIR IT COSTS 600.00 . CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME? *TR

DRIVERS SEAT FRAME BROKE AT WELD. SEAT WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO VEHICLE. ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. $843 TO REPLACE THE FRAME. *TR

PWR STEERING FAILED UPON VEHICLE START-UP. TURNED OFF CAR AND RESTARTED AND PWR STEERING WORKED OK. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS WITH PWR STEERING FAILURES ON MALIBU'S AND THAT IT IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS CAUSE NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. I HAD TO PAY $600 TO REPAIR (REPLACE STEERING COLUMN AND BOX) SINCE GM WOULD NOT COVER IT. (THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED---THE 1ST TIME WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY.) *TR

I HAVE A CHEVY MALIBU MAXX. I WAS DRIVING YESTERDAY AND THE POWER STEERING COMPLETELY BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL AT ALL. THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE CAME ON THE CONSOLE. I STOPPED THE CAR AND WAITED A WHILE AND TRIED IT AGAIN. RIGHT WHEN I STARTED THE CAR, I HAD POWER STEERING, BUT WITHIN 60 SECONDS, IT LOCKED UP AGAIN AND THE LIGHT CAME ON. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IT IS AT A CAR PLACE NOW TO GET FIXED. *TR

STEERING UNIT WENT ON 2004 CHEVY MALIBU MAX WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THRUWAY AND GM REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

TURNING LEFT AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION THE POWER STEERING WENT DEAD. THE ORANGE SERVICE INDICATOR CAME ON, AND POWER STEERING CAME ON THE CENTER DISPLAY. I WAS ABLE TO GLIDE INTO A GAS STATION PARKING LOT. THE SERVICE DEPT SAID THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED BUT I NEEDED TO HAVE THAT DONE AT A DEALER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO THEN FOUND THE CAR TO BE OPERATIONAL. THERE WERE ERROR CODES IN THE SYSTEM BUT THEY ARE SO FAR UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM. THEY WILL TRY AGAIN TOMORROW BUT IF THEY CAN'T RECREATE IT I AM SUPPOSED TO COME PICK UP THE CAR AND DRIVE IT AS NORMAL. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AS HAD IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A BAD ACCIDENT HAD I NOT BEEN GOING VERY SLOWLY AT THE TIME. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX LT BOTH FRONT PARKING LIGHT / TURN SIGNAL LIGHT HOUSINGS ARE MELTING, BOTH LAMPS HAVE FAILED, BOTH LAMP SOCKETS ARE SCORCHED. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX HAS A BURNT OIL SMELL. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER HE CHANGED THE OIL, THE SMELL WOULD LINGER FOR 3-4 WEEKS AFTER TRAVELING HIGHWAY SPEED FOR MORE THAN 20 MILES OR MORE. *JB

DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR AT 75MPH, ALARM CHIME CAME ON, DISPLAY SAYS POWER STEERING, AND ORANGE LIGHT WITH A WRENCH. I LOST POWER STEERING, AND COULDN'T CONTROL MY VEHICLE WHATSOEVER. I RAN INTO A DITCH, CRASHED, AND SMASHED THE FRONT END IN. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, THIS ISSUE IS COMMON WITH MANY USERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE, BUT CHEVY NEVER RELEASED A RECALL. THEY REFUSED ANY DAMAGE COSTS CITING MY HIGH MILEAGE AS AN EXCUSE TO NOT PAY FOR IT. *TR