2009 Chevrolet Malibu complaints

POWER STEERING POWER STEERING PUMP SERVICE ESC LIGHT CAME ON

2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO LOSS OF HYDRAULIC BRAKING. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE HYDRAULIC BRAKING FAILURE WAS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PIPES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE OWNER. *JS

1) RE-OCCURRING RECALL FAULT 13036 -BRAKE LIGHTS ON - ESC - TRACTION CONTROL - ETC, THESE WERE REPAIRED BUT YOU CANT REPAIR A DEFECT 2) POWER STEERING TURNS OFF AND ON - MENTIONED TO DEALER END LAST YEAR 2019 - MENTIONED DID NOT RECEIVE RECALL 14116 - SPOKE WITH GM REP TODAY 8/21/20 (JOHN) AT NBR 800-222-1020 HE STATED THIS RECALL EXPIRED DEC LAST YEAR ANY REPAIRS GOING FORWARD COST ON ME WHICH ISNT RIGHT. THESE REPAIRS - RECALLS - SHOULD BE HANDLED NO MATTER MILEAGE/AGE. UPON ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN ALL POWER TO STEERING WHEEL WAS LOST BUT REGAINED SLOWLY - MY THOUGHT WAS LOW POWER FLUID. I PARKED THE NIGHT AND IN MORNING SEARCHED VEHICLE FOR POWER STEERING RESERVOIR TO NO AVAIL DID I FIND IT - DEALER ADVISED IT WAS ELECTRONIC - STILL AT THAT DATE I RECEIVED NO RECALL TO POWER STEERING TRBL - THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED AT GM EXPENSE

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ( A COUNTRY BACKROAD AND NOT A HIGHWAY LUCKILY), AND SUDDENLY MY CAR LOST ALL POWER TO THE POWERTRAIN. I WAS GOING ABOUT 45 WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND I LOST POWER STEERING, ALL POWER TO THE MOTOR, AND MY BRAKES WERE INCREDIBLY HARD TO PUSH. AFTER THIS HAPPENED, THE CAR HAS A NO START NO CRANK CONDITION. IF I WERE IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A HIGHWAY, OR A THE RIGHT LANE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY OR FREEWAY, OR EVEN JUST GOING AROUND A SHARP CURVE, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT I WOULD HAVE WRECKED.

WAS DRIVING AND STEERING JUST LOCK UP I COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL.HAD TO GET MYFRIENDHELPME TO GET THE CAR HOME

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY TO WORK GOING 45 MILES AN HOUR THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY LOCKED UP ON ME ALMOST AS IF THE CAR WAS OFF AND I LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CAR RESULTING IN CRASHING INTO A STREET LIGHT POLE HEAD ON.

I WENT TO THE STORE CAME BACK OUT AN IT WOULDN'T TRUN OVER I GOT A NEW BATTERY AN GOT THE SAME RESULT

WHENEVER IT'S EXTREMELY HOT OUTSIDE MY VEHICLE START TO ACT UP AS IN THE 2 FRONT WHEELS WOULD JERK LIKE THEY'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH POWER. MY CAR WOULD ALSO STALL OUT WHENEVER IT'S EXTREMELY HOT BUT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD STILL SHOW AS THE CAR BEING 1/4 NEAR COLD. ALL OF THIS WOULD HAVE AT A STATIONARY POSITION OR CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY POSITION.

MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU HAS 75000 MILES AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I KEEP READING THE PROBLEMS W THESE VEHICLES AND NO RECALL? IM DISABLED AND MAKE 890 A MONTH AND CANT AFFORD TO FIX.THIS LET ALONE READING EVERYONES PROBLEMS W SAME MODEL

I HAVE REPEATEDLY REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT BULB. ONCE I DID IT 3 TIMES IN TWO MONTHS. WHEN THEY WENT OUT THEY WOULD GO OUT SOMETIMES AND THEN COME BACK ON THE NEXT DAY AND GO OUT AGAIN. THE FOURTH TIME I TOOK OFF THE ENTIRE BUMPER TO CHANGE THE LIGHT (BECAUSE THE RIDICULOUS DESIGN OF THE CAR REQUIRES YOU TO DO THIS) THE LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS REMOVING THE LAMP FROM ITS PLACE IN TO BUMPER I LEFT IT IN AND PUT THE LIGHT BACK IN (AND THE BUMPER BACK ON) IT WORKED FOR ONE DAY AND WENT OUT AGAIN. I DECIDED TO REGISTER THIS COMPLAINT AFTER FINDING A WEBSITE WHERE I WENT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. AT THAT WEBSITE, I FOUND MANY PEOPLE DESCRIBING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I WAS HAVING, ALL BUT ONE WERE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I REALIZE IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH ONLY ONE LAMP, BUT THE FREQUENCY OF THE PROBLEM MAKES IT TIME AN COST PROHIBITIVE TO CONTINUALLY REPLACE THE BULB, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GOES OUT SOON AFTER IT IS REPLACED. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING, I FELT I HAD TO DO THIS AFTER TRYING TO FIX IT AGAIN LAST WEEK. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED PERIODICALLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WITH THE MOST RECENT OCCURANCE ON JULY 8, 2020.

WHEN TRYING TO USE THE REMOTE TO UNLOCK THE DOORS, THE DOORS WILL NOT UNLOCK. IT STARTED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR. THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR STARTED HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND NOW IT HAS ALSO COME TO THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR. YOU CANNOT USE THE FOB FROM OUTSIDE NOR CAN YOU USE THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE INSIDE TO GET THE DOORS TO UNLOCK. IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BACK SEAT, YOU HAVE TO CLIMB OVER THE SEAT AND PULL THE UNLOCK BUTTON BY THE WINDOW. WE HAVE CHECK THE CHILD SAFELY LOCKS AND THEY ARE NOT ENGAGED. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ON AT LEAST 3 OTHER SITES(HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/MALIBU/2009/ACCESSORIESINTERIOR/POWER_DOOR_LOCKS_MALFUNCTIONING.SHTML) ANDHTTPS://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/CHEVROLET/MALIBU/POWER-DOOR-LOCKS-NOT-WORKING-PROBLEMS.PHP ANDHTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T33503_DS654132. THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES OF THE SAME ISSUE AS WELL AS ISSUES OF THE LOCKS UNLOCKING WHILE THEY CARS ARE IN MOTION. IT SEEMS THAT GM HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND THEY HAVE REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ISSUES. WHAT CAN A CITIZEN DO TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF? THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IN THE CAR AND CANNOT GET THE DOOR OPEN TO GET THEM OUT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. I HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH MECHANICS AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THE ACCUATOR(SPELLING) IS AN ISSUE AND HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS.

MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU HAS 86K MILES ON IT. JUST BEFORE IT RAN OUT OF WARRENTY, I HAD TO HAVE THE STEERING BOX REPLACED AT ABOUT 50K MILES. THAT WAS ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO. NOW THE SAME SYMPTONS ARE RETURNING AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE REPSPONSIBLE FOR A SECOND REPLACEMENT. ANY HELP?

CAR WAS DRIVING FINE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. ESC LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE POWER STEERING AND TRACTION LIGHT. BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE WHEEL. ESPECIALLY WHILE GOING SLOWER.

WAS DRIVING DOWN BUSY STREET AND THEN A SERVICE ESC LIGHT CAME ON MY CAR AND STARTED LOOSING POWER TO CAR AND THE DASH BOARD KEPT FLASHING SERVICE ESC AND POWER STEERING LIGHT. IT KEPT DOING THE SAME THING LIKE EVERY MINUTE. EVEN IT FINALLY STARTS RUNNING OUT STARTS JERKING BUT THEN IT LOOSES POWER AGAIN BUT GOES NECK ON. *TR

SINCE 2018 MY BRAKE LIGHTS WILL COME ON WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKES. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, MY CRUISE CONTROL WON'T WORK. I CAN TAP THE BRAKES AND THEY'LL GO OFF FOR ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS AND THEN COME BACK ON. AFTER AWHILE, THE ESC AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WILL POP UP ON MY DASHBOARD. I'VE HAD THE SENSOR REPLACED/RESET 5-6 TIMES SINCE AUGUST OF 2018, WITH THE MOST RECENT JUNE 2020. IT WORKED FINE THAT DAY, BUT THE NEXT DAY THEY ALL CAME BACK ON. TODAY, IT WAS FINE, BUT LATER WILL PROBABLY BE ANOTHER STORY., *TR

WHILE DRIVING AND IN MOTION THE VEHICLE BACK IN JANUARY I WOULD LOSE ALL STEERING CONTROL, THE EPS LIGHT WOULD COME ON. I WORK 45 MILES FROM HOME AND MOST OF THAT IS HIGHWAY. I HAD TO SLIP THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL, TURN IT OFF THEN BACK ON TO GET IT TO KICK BACK IN 5 TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME. STOPPING IN THE MAIN HIGHWAY WAS NOT AN OPTION AS IT WAS DARK AND NOT SAFE. I NEARLY RAN INTO A MEDIUM BARRIER AND HAD TO STOP ALL TRAFFIC BEHIND GOING 65 MPH OR MORE. THE CAR IS STILL SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. NOT SAFE - THANK GOD MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS NOT IN THE CARE WITH ME. WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR ON NOW THERE IS NO STEERING AND THE ESP LIGHT IS STILL ON. TO COSTLY TO REPAIR. *TR

THE ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND THE STEERING GETS KINDA STIFF LIKE IT'S GOING TO LOCK UP AND THEN IT FLASHES ENGINE POWER REDUCED AS I WAS AT A STOP SIGN I PRESSED ON THE GAS TO GO AND THE CAR TOOK OFF AS NORMAL THEN AS I WAS TURNING ONTO THE OTHER STREET TO ENTER THE FREEWAY ON-RAMP THE ESC LIGHT STARTED FLASHING THE STEERING BEGAN FEELING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO LOCK UP AND THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED STARTED FLASHING. *TR

I LOST THE ELECTRIC STEERING POWER MAKING A TURN ONTO THE HIGHWAY, WHICH CAUSED ME TO EXIT TO SHOULDER. I RE-ENTERED HIGHWAY & STRUGGLED FIERCELY WITH THE STEERING TO MAKE IT HOME, FOUGHT MY TURN ONTO MY STREET & MADE THAT HARD TURN INTO DRIVEWAY. INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWED UP ON DASH DURING THAT ENCOUNTER ON MY DRIVE! IT SEEMS THIS 4 CYL WAS NOT A PART OF RECALL BUT IT'S HAVING SAME SYMPTOMS AS RECALLED CARS. WHAT A VERY SCARY, PAINFUL (ARM/WRIST) & DANGEROUS DRIVING EXPERIENCE. FOR ALL THE MONEY THAT CAR COST THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO COURTESY CHEVROLET SAN DIEGO (750 CAMINO DEL RIO N, SAN DIEGO, CA 92108) WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT METAL FRAGMENTS WERE INSIDE THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, ON ANOTHER OCCASION WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,150.

THE LOCKS ON THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF DOOR LOCK FAILURE, SOMETIMES THEY GO UP WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES THEY WONT GO UP OR DOWN AT ALL WITH REMOTE OR CAR ON/OFF, AND THIS HAPPENS THE WORST AND MOSTLY IN HEAT AND HOT WEATHER. THERE ARE COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET FOR YEARS. GM REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN IN THE BACK. PLEASE DO SOMETHING, IM NOT THE ONLY ONE AT ALL THAT EVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. *TR

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING AN ISSUE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON ALMOST EVERY FUEL FILL UP I HAVE REPLACED THE CAP 3 TIMES ALREADY AND I KEEP GETTING THE SAME CODE. NOW I AM GETTING A P0420 CODE FOR EITHER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER OR THE OXYGEN SENSOR. IS THERE A WAY FOR CHECY TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR COSTS? I NEED MY CAR AND I AM AFFECTED BY COVID-19. *TR

A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL, NOTICED A SQUEALING, GRINDING NOISE. RECENTLY THE STEERING WHEEL HAS BECOME HARDER TO TURN. TODAY, THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE POPPED UP ON THE DISPLAY. I'VE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. I NOTICE SOME RECALLS FOR THIS, BUT NOT MY VEHICLE??? *TR

RECENTLY BOUGHT A MALIBU 2009 ,4 CYLINDER. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKY AS I DROVE THE CAR. AFTER A 4 DAYS OF PURCHASE I WENT ON THE FREEWAY AND THE SERVICE ESC / POWER STEERING CAME ON THE DASH BOARD . I EXITED THE FREEWAY WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL . I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE CAR WAS AGAIN DRIVABLE BUT AFTER ABOUT 5 MINS THE CAR DID THE SAME THING AGAIN AND I COULD NOT MANAGE TO STEER THE WHEEL TO MAKE LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED ABNORMALLY. ADDITIONALLY, AT START UP THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE WARNING MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DON MEALEY CHEVROLET LOCATED AT 17185 RT 50, CLERMONT FL 34711, (352)394-6176, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT TORQUE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.

THE STEERING COLUMN HAS A SENSOR THAT GOES OUT AND REMOVES POWER STEERING. THEY RECALLED SOME OF MY YEAR AND MODEL BUT MY VIN IS NOT ON THE LIST. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED SINCE IT IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

THE TRACTION LIGHT KEEPS COME ON WHEN CRANKING UP CAR.I THEN RECEIVED THE MESSAGE ESC OFF AND SERVICE POWER STEERING.HAVE HAD THUS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE AND HAD TO REPLACE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN. HAD VECHILE CHECKED AT CHEVROLET DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TORCH SENSOR.

MY CAR LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON SOMETIMES POWER STEERING COMES BACK, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. IF IT DOES COME BACK NOW MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND IF I'M DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I CAN FEEL IT PULLING ME SIDE TO SIDE AS IT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH ON ITS OWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AT START-UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR WHEN COLD STARTING THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE POWER STEERING CEASED AT START UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON WOULD FIX THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,500.

POWER STEERING SERVICE ECS LIGHT LOSS OF POWER SHUT THE STEERING ON MID ROAD VERY DANGEROUS IT'S A SHAME WE DON'T HAVE A RECALL YET AND I READ OVER 100 COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEMS ON THESE CARS MOST ON THE 2009 CHEVY MALIBU

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE STEERING CEASED WITHOUT WARNING. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE AT A STOP SIGN, THE STEERING VIBRATED ABNORMALLY WITH THE ESC, POWER STEERING ASSIST, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. WALDORF CHEVROLET LOCATED AT (2298 CRAIN HWY, WALDORF, MD 20601), WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL AND THAT AN APPOINTMENT SHOULD BE SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED, WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING WHILE DRIVING WITH ERROR ON DASH, CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. CODE C0545 SHOWING TORQUE SENSOR MALFUNCTION.

POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING. POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC OFF ON DASH. DASH WARNINGS LIGHT UP PERIODICALLY. SIMULTANEOUSLY ALL DIALS GO DOWN TO 0 EVEN WHEN MOVING. RADIO HAS NO POWER. MANUAL STEERING ALL THE TIME.

ON 28 FEBRUARY 2020, MY 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF HYDRAULIC BRAKING AS A RESULT OF A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC BRAKE PRESSURE DUE TO CORROSION-INDUCED FAILURE OF BOTH THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HYDRAULIC BRAKE PIPES THAT SUPPLY BRAKE FLUID FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATION VALVE (BPMV), WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED BUT FOR A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HYDRAULIC BRAKE PIPES. BOTH HYDRAULIC BRAKE PIPES FAILED WITHIN AN HOUR OF ONE ANOTHER AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MILES, FORTUNATELY WITHOUT RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. EACH OF THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HYDRAULIC BRAKE PIPES HAD FAILED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THESE PIPES WERE NOT NYLON COATED AS WERE THE REMAINING BRAKE LINES IN THE VEHICE, AND EACH EXTENDED DOWNWARDS ABOUT 8 INCHES FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER, TO A CORRESPONDING ELBOW DEFINING A CORRESPONDING LOW POINT, FROM WHICH EACH LINE EXTENDED UPWARDS ' VIA A FLEXIBLE LINK PORTION ' TO THE BPMV. THE ELBOWS ' BEING LOCATED ABOUT 8 INCHES BELOW THE MASTER CYLINDER ' ARE IN PROXIMITY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE BODY, AND ARE THEREFORE EXPOSED TO ROAD SPLASH, INCLUDE SALT SPRAY DURING WINTER MONTHS. WITH THE ELBOWS DEFINING LOW POINTS OF THE ASSOCIATED HYDRAULIC BRAKE PIPES, ANY WATER OR SALT-WATER SPRAYED ONTO THOSE PIPES WILL GRAVITATE, AND THEN CLING, TO THOSE ELBOWS UNTIL BEING EVAPORATED THEREFROM, LEADING TO CORROSION THEREOF AT A SUBSTANTIALLY ACCELERATED RATE RELATIVE TO WHAT WOULD OCCUR IF THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED, STEERING INTERMITTENTLY STOPS WORKING, AND ESC POPS UP ON INFO SYSTEM, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE. WHEN I TURN VEHICLE OFF AND ON AGAIN STEERING WORKS AGAIN, FOR INDETERMINATE AMOUNT OF TIME.

TURNING RIGHT ONTO HIGHWAY WHEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT COMPLETELY. ENDED UP IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED. AFTER 24 HOURS THE POWER STEERING WAS BACK ON....PASSENGER HEADLIGHT HAS BEEN CHANGED 4 TIMES IN 2 YEARS AND OUT AGAIN. BULB CONNECTOR WAS CHANGED AND HARNESS WAS CHANGED.

TRANSMISSION WON'T GO IN REVERSE WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL. ALSO, POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT WHEN FIRST STARTING CAR. VEHICLE WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

I HAVE REPLACED 2 LOW BEAM FRONT HEADLIGHTS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THIS VEHICLE ALREADY. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS AND IT SEEMS THAT ALL THESE CARS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.LOW BEAM BULB KEEPS GOING OUT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. AS THERE IS NO RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE YET EVERY MALIBU HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.

THE ESC SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON AND I HAVE NO POWER STEERING. WHEN I START THE CAR THE WHEEL SHAKES AND EVENTUALLY CAUSES THE LIGHT TO COME ON AND POWER STEERING TURNS OFF. THIS IS A KNOWN RECALL ISSUE ISSUE BUT FOR SOME REASON MY CAR WASN'T INCLUDED.THIS ISSUE HAPPENS IN THE DRIVE WAY, AT A STOP SIGN, ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE IS NO TELLING WHEN IT WILL BE GOING OUT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW.

ESC DISPLAYS ACROSS DRIVER INFO CENTER WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, FOLLOWED BY NO POWER STEERING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, SEEMS TO HAPPEN IN WET/COLD WEATHER. BASED ON FORUMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND REQUIRES A STEERING WHEEL SENSOR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,POWER STEERING GOT HARD TO TURN,LIGHTS CAME ON WARNING OF POWER STEERING.

I JUST GOT MY CAR FIXED AND INSPECTED A FEW WEEKS AGO $1000 AND NO SENSORS WERE ON THEN THE POWER STEERING STOPPED AND I COULDN'T BARELY MOVE THE VEHICLE. MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE CAR AND I WAS DRIVING HER TO SCHOOL PULLED OVER AND WAS SCARED BECAUSE I HAVE A HERNIATED DISC IN MY NECK AND COULDN'T TURN THE WHEEL. I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 2017 AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT. THEN CONTACTED A CHEVROLET DEALER WHO TOLD ME THAT THE SPECIAL COVERAGE WAS 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES WHICH EVER COMES FIRST AND MY CAR DID NOT QUALIFY. HOW CAN I GET A CAR FIXED ON A RECALL THAT WAS MADE IN 2014 AND I DIDNT GET IT TILL 2017. ALSO MY VIN# DOES NOT POP UP FOR RECALLS. JUST BLOWS MY MIND. TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE SHOP WERE I GOT IT FIXED AND HE GAVE ME A COPY OF THE BULLETIN. SEE ATTACHED

IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT. IT STARTED ALL OF A SUDDEN. IT IS A FIGHT TO KEEP IT ON ROAD. I HAVE A FLAT ON RIGHT SIDE ONCE A WEEK. IT WAS FINE UNTIL ABOUT 6MONS AGO AND I STARTED DOWN THE STREET HEARD A NOISE AND THAT'S WHEN IT STARTED.

AT TIMES WHEN I START THE CAR, THERE'S A LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. THE DASHBOARD WILL SAY "POWER STEERING" AND "ESC." THERE ALREADY IS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND YEAR THAT IS THE EXACT PROBLEM I'M HAVING. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000. HOWEVER, MY VIN NUMBER ISN'T TAGGED BY IT.

THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENS UP WHILE DRIVING CANNOT TURN STEERING WHEEL

LOCKED WHILE DRIVING. (IN MOTION) - THOUGHT WAS A FLUKE THING NOW WHEN ATTEMPT TO START THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP PRIOR TO STARTING - (STATIONARY) WHEN STARTED THE STEERING SHAKES VIGOROUSLY - (STATIONARY)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND OPERATED AS INTENDED. ADDITIONALLY, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED ABNORMALLY WHILE THE ESC WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED EAGLE CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (329 E W MAIN ST, MOREHEAD, KY 40351 (606) 784-6411) HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED OR INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,498.

WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON FRIDAY AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND I ALMOST ENDED UP IN A FIELD, COULD NOT TURN IT. STOPPED AND TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN AND IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL, AND IT WENT OUT AGAIN AS I WAS PULLING INTO THE DRIVE. THE NEXT DAY I STARTED CAR UP AND IT HAD ITS WARNINGS ACROSS MY DASH AND THE STEERING WAS OUT AGAIN. I JUST PICKED IT UP FROM THE SHOP AND IT COST ME $1562.00 TO GET IT REPAIRED. THE STEERING ASSIST MOTOR, A NEW STEERING COLUMN(ELECTRIC) AND R&R STEERING COLUMN W/SGL SWITCH AND NEW TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. IT'S ALL CONNECTED. I HAVE YET TO FIND A RECALL FOR MY CAR ON MY VIN NUMBER BUT YET THERE WERE A FEW RECALLS ON MANY CARS INCLUDING MY 2009 MALIBU FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE BUT YET I NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING IN THE MAIL ABOUT IT. I HOPE THAT THEY INTEND ON DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED WHILE TRYING TO TAKE A CURVE AND HAD TO STRUGGLE JUST TO KEEP IT ON THE ROAD IN THE OTHER PERSONS LANE UNTIL I COULD GET PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF THE WAY. FROM READING ALL THAT I HAVE READ ON HERE IT SEEMS THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE ISSUE.

WHILE DRIVING MY POWER STEERING DISABLED AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR THEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND IT WAS WORKING AGAIN. THEN IT CUT OFF AND LOCKED UP AGAIN.

SAME ISSUE AS EVERYBODY ELSE. I LOSE STEERING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE POWER STEERING. MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND IM ANYBODY TO TURN THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD PARKED OR PRETTY MUCH AT ANYTIME. WHEN IT DOES WORK MY STEERING WHEEL JERKS. WHILE DRIVING IT JERKS AS WELL VERY SCARY STUFF. WHEN IT HAPPENS THE ESC AND POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON. THIS WAS SPECIAL TYPE OF RECALL WITH A EXP DATE? REALLY SO YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE DRIVING YOUR CAR FOR 5 YEARS? AFTER THAT WHO CARES IF THEY DIE HUH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING CEASED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS INTENDED. SEVERAL DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DIVER CHEVROLET (2101 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, WILMINGTON, DE 19806) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN UNSTATED POWER STEERING FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.