2009 Chevrolet Malibu complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN AND THE TRACTION CONTROL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER STEERING FLUID, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. IN ADDITION, THE POWER ASSIST WARNING MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: [XXX], BUT NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 187,000. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *AN

WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES MY BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN I AM NOT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, SOMETIMES, WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL THE BREAK LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS OF THEN LATER IT GOES OFF.

BOTH FRONT SPEAKERS, IN THE DOORS, DO NOT WORK. I CANNOT HEAR CHIMES FROM TURN SIGNALS BEING ON TOO LONG, FROM KEYS BEING IN THE IGNITION WHEN THE DOORS ARE OPEN AND OTHER SUCH WARNING SIGNALS. IT HAS CAUSED CONFUSION AT TIMES WHEN THE WARNING SIGNALS ARE NOT ALERTING ME TO PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING.

PASSENGER HEADLIGHT HAS BLOWN TWICE IN LESS THEN A YEAR. DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT NO LONGER RETRACTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, "POWER STEERING" AND "ESC OFF" WAS DISPLAYED AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MALFUNCTIONED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE FAILURES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT. IT IS NOT DETERMINED BY IF IT'S PARKED OR I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

BODY CONTROL MODULE CAUSING BRAKING LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS NOT TO FUNCTION WHILE IN MOTION AND STATIONARY. THREE TIMES I'VE HAD THE BULBS REPAIRED AND WIRING HARNESS CHECKED. GIVEN THAT TE FRONT END NEEDS TO BE PULLED JUST TO CHANGE THE BULBS, THIS HAS LED TO SOME HIGH REPAIR BILLS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT 2004-2014 MALIBU HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. CHEVY RECALL #13036 NHTSA CAMPAIGN #14V252000. FOR WHATEVER REASON MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. IT SHOULD BE, AND BEFORE MY DAUGHTER IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS.

CAR WON'T GO IN REVERSE AND WON'T CHANGE TO 3RD GEAR. RPM WIND HIGH GOING AT A SLOW SPEED OF 30MPH AND WON'T SWITCH TO HIGHER GEAR. CHEVY PAID FOR TRANSMISSIONS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE FOR 2008-2009 MALIBUS WITH 6T70 OR 6T75 BUT SAID MINE WASN'T PART OF #14404B: SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT SINCE MY TRANSMISSION IS 6T40 OR 6T45 EVEN THOUGH I AM HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND HAVE CARS PASS ME AS I COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC SPEEDS. BEFORE THAT I COULDN'T GET OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE. PUSHED MY CAR BACKWARDS JUST SO I WAS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. CALLED GM AND MADE CASE# 8-4709450172

HEADLIGHT CONNTOR KEEP BURING OUT LOW BEAM ON PASSAGER SIDE SECOND TIME REPLACING IT IN TWO YEARS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE DRIVER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO REVERSE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOB JOHNSON CHEVROLET (1271 W RIDGE RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14615, (866) 915-9664) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH WAVE PLATE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 8-4620605328. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,450.

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE IGNITION SWITCH FAILURES RESULTING IN LOSS OF AIRBAG SYSTEMS, THE ENGINE NOT SHUTTING OFF WHEN THE KEY IS REMOVED, THE BATTERY DYING, A BRAND NEW BATTERY STARTED SMOKING AND LEAKING ACID DUE TO A 3RD FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THE ISSUE CAN BE SPOTTY BUT INDEFINITELY BECOMES MORE PREVALENT AS WHATEVER SHORT IN THE SWITCH GETS WORSE. THIS IS ALSO ACROSS MULTIPLE SWITCH MANUFACTURERS INCLUDING BWD, AC DELCO AND BMG. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM MAY REMAIN ON EVEN WITH THE VEHICLE OFF AND, THE BATTERY DRAINAGE IS MUCH MORE PREVALENT WHEN THE AIRBAG STAYS EITHER IN THE ON OR OFF POSITION WITH THE VEHICLE OFF. THE OTHER ISSUE THIS CAUSES IS THE AIRBAG SYSTEM TO COMPLETELY GO OFF LINE IN WHICH CASE THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WILL GO OFF BUT THIS USUALLY RESOLVES ITSELF AFTER 2 TO 10 STARTS.

WAS DRIVING THE CAR TO WORK, STOPPED AT MC DONALD'S TO GET BREAKFAST IN THE DRIVE THROUGH. LEFT MC DONALD'S WAS CURVING ONTO THE ON RAMP TO 291 HWY WHEN I LOST POWER STEERING ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GO OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A WARNING MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. I THEN GOT THE CAR PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I TURNED THE VEHICLE ON EVERYTHING WAS OK. IT HAS DONE THIS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

MY 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU EXPERIENCED A WAVE PLATE ISSUE THAT GM IS AWARE ABOUT BUT WON'T COVER. THE PROBLEM WAS ISSUED SPECIAL COVERAGE #14404 FOR SAME MALIBU 2008-2009 BUT THEY SAY MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BUT WON'T GIVE SPECIFICS ONLY SAYING I SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER AND ONLY WHICH I NEED TO PRODUCE TO HAVE MY PROBLEM FIXED. THEY DON'T KEEP AN ACCURATE RECORD OF PEOPLE'S ADDRESSES SO HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT THEY WON'T FIX IT WHEN IT CLEARLY SHOWS IT'S A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR MY VEHICLE TYPE AND RATING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED WHEN THE GEAR WAS SWITCHED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF, AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STEVE RAYMAN CHEVROLET (678-269-7886, LOCATED AT 2155 COBB PKWY SE, SMYRNA, GA 30080) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,000.

THIS HAS POPPED UP ON MY CAR 2 MONTHS AFTER I LEASED THE CAR AND THE PLACE I BOUGHT IT FROM SAYS ITS OK TO BE ON MY DASHBOARD AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT. IT SHOWS UP EVERYTIME I GO UP TO 35 OR MORE.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN MOTION ON THE INTERSTATE AND HIGHWAY THE STEERING WOULD ACT AS IF A CAR HAD NO POWER STEERING FOR 1-3 SEC THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TIGHTEN UP AND VERY EASY TO LOOSE CONTROL BECAUSE IT TIGHTENS UP THIS HAS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND ON A CURVE WHICH I ALMOST LOST CONTROL CALLED DEALERSHIP AND MENTION NO RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE (ITS ELECTRIC POWER STEERING )

WHILE DRIVING , POWER STEERING STOPPED WORK. STEERING GOT REAL HARD AND BECAME REAL HARD TO TURN MY VEHICLE. THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE SOME PLAY (TWITCH) IN STEERING COLUMN WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. AFTER A RESTART, IT WENT AWAY BUT SAME PROBLEM CAME BACK AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. THERE WAS MESSAGE ON DASH REGARDING ESC SEVICE AND POWER STEERING. IT ALL SOUNDS SIMILAR TO THE DORMAN RECALL ON OTHER GM VEHICLES.

SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS CAR IN 2010, I HAVE REPLACED HEADLIGHTS AT LEAST 3 TIMES A YEAR, WHICH HAS COST ME AT LEAST $200.00 EACH VISIT, I HAVE SEARCHED ONLINE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE. I HAVE DROPPED IT OFF FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 3 MONTHS TO GET

WHEN DRIVING YOU LOSE POWER STEERING AND CANT TURN THE WHEEL THEY HAVE THIS RECAL ON SOME OF THE MALIBU CARS

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT ISSUE . HEADLIGHT LOWBEAM SPECIFICALLY ON PASSENGER SIDE KEEP GOING OUT . AFTER RESEARCH AND TESTING TO FIND OUT IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL BULB THAT'S THE ISSUE. IT'S THAT HEADLIGHT WIRING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT MALIBU'S . CHANGED BULB 3 TIMES IN 6 MONTH WINDOW .

THE CAR LOSES SPEED WHILE DRIVING THEN REDUCE POWER SHOWS ON DASHBOARD. WHEN STOP ENGINE SHAKING AND SOMETIMES DOES NOT START.. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM I ALREADY SPEND OVER 4000 AND STILL HAPPEN.

MY AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED NUCAR CHEVROLET (174 N. DUPONT HIGHWAY, NEW CASTLE, DE 19720, (302) 327-1171) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 204,000.

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE SERVICE TRACTION SERVICE ESC & ESC OFF LIGHTS COME OFF/ON SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN I TURN THE VEHICLE WILL DRIVE ROUGH AT TIMES, ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL FAIL TO WORK. GOT A RECALL ON THIS IN 2017 TOOK IT INTO A DEALER SHOP WHO APPLIED GEL TO CONNECTORS SAID THAT FIXED THE PROBLEM, IT CERTAINLY DID NOT.I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS SAFE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE SINCE IT IS THE ONLY ONE I OWN I DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE. SINCE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW I CAN NOT GIVE AN EXACT DATE BUT IT DOES HAPPEN DAILY..I NEED THE REPAIRS MADE BY GM NOT ME

THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT AND NOT I THINK IT IS AFFECTING MY DRIVER'S SIDE REAR LIGHTS. I ALREADY HAD IT FIXED AND PAID A TRAFFIC TICKET TOTALING $700.00 ON IT. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE BULB. I FOUND OUT IT WAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE PIGTAIL. I REPLACED IT AND NOW AFTER 4 MONTHS THEY ARE OUT AGAIN. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE IN MULTIPLE BLOGS.

THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM LIGHT BURNS OUT FREQUENTLY. UPON FIXING THE CONNECTION WAS MELTED. THE STEERING BECOMES HARD TO TURN WHILE DRIVING SLOW OR SLOWING DOWN TO TURN.

I PUT THE SHIFT LEVEL IN PARK BUT IT DOES NOT PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK. THE CALL ROLLS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS IS THE EXACT SYMPTOM SHOWN IN CHEVROLET RECALL NUMBER 09V073000. CHEVROLET WILL NOT HONOR IT.

OK SO THIS HAS HAPPNED MULTIPLE TIMES NOW I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS I WILL BE DRIVING SPEED DOSENT MATTER AS ITS HAPPNED AT LOW SPEEDS OF 25 ASWELL AS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY DASH INDICATES AND SAYS TRACTION CONTROL FAILURE THEN SERVICE ESC THEN MY POWER STEERING CUTS OUT. WHEN I PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF THEN BACK ON EVERTHING GOES BACK TO NORMAL AS IT NEVER HAPPNED. PLEASE REVIEW THIS BECAUSE IVE HERD OTHER PEOPLE SAYING THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES. THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS IF THIS ISSUE DECIDES TO ACT UP WHEN I NAVIGATE A TURN

HIGH MOUNT CENTER STOP LIGHT DOES NOT WORK DRIVERS HEATED SEAT HEATER DOES NOT WORK

ELECTRICAL STEERING SYSTEM OPERATED SPORADICALLY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, THEN QUIT FUNCTIONING COMPLETELY. HAD TO DRIVE HOME WITH SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL EFFORT TO STEER, WORSE THAN ANY MANUAL STEERING I'VE EVER OPERATED. BEEN PARKED IN DRIVEWAY EVER SINCE. GM LISTS THIS AS A RECALL ITEM (#14V153000) FOR SEVERAL MALIBU MODELS, BUT MY VIN WASN'T INCLUDED. OBVIOUSLY AN ERROR, BUT I'M GETTING NO HELP.

THE STEERING WHEEL ALMOST LOCKS, HAVE TO USE ALL MY POWER TO MAKE ANY TURNS. THIS HAPPENS ON ALL ROAD WAYS WHETHER STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. I HAVE SEE THERE ARE RECALLS FOR THIS IN THE EXACT YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, IT SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL WITH MY VIN.

MY 09 MALIBU BEGAN ACTING UP 1 YR AGO WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL, THE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD COME ON THE CAR WOULD BOG DOWN LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER AND THE SERVICE ESC AND TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THEN ABOUT 3 MIN LITER IT WOULD ALL TURN OFF, MY MECHANIC DID NOT KNOW WHY. RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN MISFIRING AND SHOWING LIGHTS THAT SAY SERVICE ESC, TRACTION CONTROL OFF AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BLINKS AS CAR BUGS DOWN LIKE IT IS LOSING POWER. IT DOES THIS AT 30 MPH AND 50 MPH. WHEN I GET THE LIGHT CHECK IT SAYS MISFIRE IN CYLINDER 3. I HAVE CHANGED THE PLUG AND COIL MULTIPLE TIMES IN LAST 2 MONTHS. UPON GOOGLING I FOUND MANY OTHERS HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. THIS STARTED JUNE 2017

THE SECOND DAY I HAD THE VEHICLE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I WAS DRIVING IN HOUSTON TEXAS IN FULL TRAFFIC AND MY MOTOR HAD ENGINE POWER LOSS. THEY FIXED MY POWER STEERING. NOW MY CAR GOES INTO ENGINE POWER LOSS WHEN DRIVING. ESC, TRACTION CONTROL AND ENGINE POWER LOSS COME ON THE DISPLAY. WE'VE CHANGED THE SPARK PLUGS AND THROTTLE BODY BUT STILL NOTHING. THE CAR SHAKES AT REDLIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. THE AC SMELLS LIKE FUMES. WHEN THE CAR IS STATIONARY WITH THE AC ON THE CAR GOES INTO ENGINE POWER LOSS. LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT GOES OUT AND COMES BACK ON.

MY BRAKE LIGHTS AND FIFTH LIGHT IN WINDOW COME ON WITHOUT BRAKING AND GO OFF WHEN BRAKE IS PRESSED

PASSENGER REAR AND FRONT DOOR AUTOMATIC LOCK DOESN'T WORK AND PASSENGER HAS TO MANUALLY PULL IT UP TO GET OUT OF CAR. ELECTRICAL PANEL WILL RESET AND THEN COME BACK NORMAL. SPEED, GAS, AND RPM NEEDLES WILL BOUNCE TO 0, E, 0 AND THEN GO NORMAL.

KEY FOB QUIT WORKING. BOUGHT NEW KEY FOB FROM CHEVROLET AND CHEVROLET MECHANIC COULD NOT GET IT TO PROGRAM. LOCK SWITCHES ON DOOR STOP WORKING. CAR WILL LOCK ITSELF. HAD TO PAY FOR LOCK SMITH BECAUSE IT LOCKED ME OUT.

PASSENGER HEADLIGHT LOSES POWER. LIGHT BULB CHANGES 3 TIMES AND THEY ALL ARE NOT BURNED OUT. CHANGED WIRING. LIGHT WILL NOW STAY LIT. LOW BEAM ONLY. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR.

WHILE DRIVING SERVICE ESC LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOLLOWED BY POWER STEERING LIGHT. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME DIFFICULTY TO TURN. I WOULD TURN INTO A SAFE PLACE TURN THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A MINUTE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD WORK FINE. THIS WILL HAPPEN OFF AND ON AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE SERVICE ESC LIGHT COME ON FOLLOWED BY POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TURN ALL THIS WILL HAPPEN WHILE I'M DRIVING SCARED THE DAY LIGHTS OUT OF ME EVERY TIME IT WOULD HAPPEN. BEING LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AS FAR AS THIS GOES. WILL HAPPEN EVERY TIME I'M IN MOTION ON CITY STREET OR INTERSTATE VERY SCARY AS I'M A FEMALE DRIVING THIS CAR 2009 CHEVY MAILBU LTZ 4CYL THIS HAS BEING GOING ON FOR MONTHS NOW STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE VEHICLE STARTED PURCHASING IT IN 2017 NOT SURE OF THE EXACT TIME IT STARTED

2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH WAVE PLATE WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS. *JS

PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT WENT OUT FOR 3RD TIME WITHIN ABOUT 8 MONTHS.

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE ESC LIGHT , TRACTION LIGHT , BATTERY LIGHT , AIR BAG LIGHT , AND ALL SPEED WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR DOWN THE ROAD. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED BEFORE BUT IT HAS STARTED AGAIN.

ON MAY 13, 2018 AT APROX 7:30AM, I WAS TRAVELING ON CT-9 HIGHWAY AT 55MPH PREPARING TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY CAR ALERT CHIMES CAME ON AND WARNING MESSAGE ABOUT "SERVICE POWER STEERING"AND I LOST POWER STEERING AS I WAS EXITING. I HAD DIFFICULTY MAKING A LEFT TURN AT THE END OF THE EXIT AND PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE. SHUT CAR OFF AND INSPECTED UNDER HOOD/BELTS, EVERYTHING OK. RESTARTED CAR AND MESSAGE WENT AWAY AND CAR HANDLED NORMALLY AGAIN.

SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WHEN I DRIVE IN COLD WEATHER, AM ACCELERATING AND TURNING TO THE LEFT AT ANY VARIATION OF DEGREE. FRIGHTENING THAT IT HAPPENS WHILE I'M DRIVING AND HAVE NO UPPER BODY STRENGTH. THE SENSOR FLASHED AND THEN DISAPPEARED. ONCE THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND TURNED ON AGAIN THERE WERE NO MORE ISSUES. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE ISSUE SO I'D HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO THEM WHILE THE PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING.

EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR IS VERY HUMID MY ALL OF THE DOOR LOCKS WILL RANDOMLY LOCK AND UNLOCK ' WHETHER I'M DRIVING OR THE CAR IS OFF AND I AM NOT INSIDE. ITS CREEPY. THE DOOR PANEL ON THE DRIVER SIDE INITIALLY STOPPED WORKING AND WAS REPLACED IN JANUARY 2018 BUT BY FEB THE PANEL HAD STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR ONLY LOCKS MANUALLY AND NEVER RESPONDED TO DRIVER SIDE DOOR PANEL CONTROLS WHEN THEY WERE FUNCTIONING. NOW THAT MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, MANUAL LOCKING IT IS.

THE CALIPER ARMS ON BOTH OF MY PASSENGER SIDE TIRES HAVE GOTTEN STUCK, WORE DOWN THE NEW BRAKE PADS COMPLETELY AND DESTROYED THE ROTORS OF MY CAR IN THE PAST. THE DEALERSHIP'S WARRANTY HAD COVERED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PADS, CORRECTION OF ARMS AND ROTORS PREVIOUSLY BUT THE SECOND OCCURRENCE HAPPENED AFTER MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND WAS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. WHEN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE GOT STUCK THE SENSOR FOR MY TIRE PRESSURE WAS SHOWING BUT THERE WAS NO HESITATION OR ISSUE WITH BREAKING. A SOFT DRAGGING SOUND LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THE SENSOR ITSELF HAD DISCONNECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND AND MAKING A SOFT BUT STRANGE NOISE. ITS GOING TO TAKE ME 2 WEEKS TO GET INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN APPOINTMENT ' SINCE THEN, MY REAR ROTOR HAS BECOME EFFECTED AND WILL NEED REPLACING. THIS MORNING THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SENSOR REMAINED ON THE SCREEN BUT WHEN I FIRST STARTED DRIVING AND ATTEMPTED TO USE MY BREAKS, I DID NOT STOP AND MY FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND AS I PRESSED THE PEDAL. AS I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF MY OFFICE (ABOUT 45 MINUTES OF MORNING COMMUTE), MORE LIGHTS LIT UP THE BACK PANEL INCLUDING THE EMERGENCY BREAK LIGHT, THE 'BRAKE FLUID,' WARNING, 'SERVICE ESC,' FOLLOWED BY 'ESC OFF' SCROLLED ACROSS THE DASH AND MY BREAKS DID NOT WORK AT ALL WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SLOWLY STOP. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE ESC WARNING LIGHT COMING ON PREVIOUSLY AND STOPPING MY POWER STEERING FROM WORKING BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULDN'T RECREATE THE WARNING SO THEY COULD

PASSENGER AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON. PASSENGER AIR BAG IS OFF WHEN THIS IS NOTED BY THE VEHICLE'S SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON.

CAR STALLED GOING UP A HILL AND TURNING LEFT. DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. DIFFICULT TO STEER OFF THE ROAD. NOW, UNRELIABLE ABILITY TO START THE CAR. CHUGGING GOING UP A HILL HAPPENED BOTH ON A CITY STREET AS WELL AS HIGH SPEED HIGHWAY. TURNING LEFT STALLING OCCURRED ON A CITY STREET AS WELL AS ON AN OFF RAMP FROM HIGHWAY TO CITY STREET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LUMBERTON CHEVROLET BUICK GMC CADILLAC (500 LINKHAW ROAD, LUMBERTON, NC 28358). THE DEALER NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE VEHICLE WAS OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 146,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE OF THE DOOR HANDLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

EVERY TIME CAR IS DRIVEN POWER STEERING AND ESC ERRORS SHOW ON DISPLAY AND TRACTION CONTROL IS TURNED OFF. ERRORS SHOW UP WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO WHILE STATIONARY. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS YEAR AND MODEL BUT DOES NOT SHOW FOR MY VIN.