Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (2005)

1,301 consumer complaints on file.

#10970040April 2, 2017
STEERING
NO POWER STEERING. ITS LIKE THERE IS NO STEERING AT ALL. HARD TO TURN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10969816March 31, 2017
SEATS
LEFT FRONT POWER SEAT WELDS BROKE. RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRAME BOTH FRONT AND REAR. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10968985March 28, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS PARKING MY VEHICLE. I HAD PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO BACK UP AND THE GEARS JUST STARTED TO SLIDE UP AND DOWN. THE GEARS WOULD NOT CATCH AT ALL, THEY JUST STARTED SLIDING. IT STAYED IN REVERSE. THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP MOVING BACKWARD, SO I HAD TO PUT ON MY EMERGENCY BREAK! I WAS VERY SHUCK UP. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND ALARMING WHEN YOUR GEARS GO OUT. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY HOUSE. I WILL NOT DRIVE A CAR THAT STAYS STUCK IN REVERSE. WHAT IF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN WHILE I AM DRIVING. THIS WOULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT FOR ME AND OTHER SAFE DRIVERS. PLEASE FIX THIS DEFECT!!!!!!!! WHO WILL TELL MY STORY IF I AM DEAD!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10968757March 27, 2017
STEERING
MY 2005 MALIBU IS EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING ASSIST, AND A RELATED "JERKING" IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH STOPS WHEN THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. SOMETIMES THE POWER STEERING IS OUT WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED, BUT OTHER TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN DURING A TURN OR ON A CURVE, IT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I DIDN'T OWN THE CAR AT THE TIME, BUT IT WAS SERVICED UNDER THE MARCH 2014 RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM IN NOVEMBER 2017. BECAUSE OF THIS, AND BECAUSE THE WARRANTY PERIOD IS OVER, GM IS UNWILLING TO GIVE FURTHER ASSISTANCE FOR THIS DANGEROUS FAULT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967736March 22, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
NOTICED A FUEL SMELL COMING FROM BACK OF 2005 MAILBU MAXX, NOTHING LEAKING FOR 3 DAYS, THEN NOTICED FUEL ON THE GROUND, WAS HAVING ISSUE STARTING (FUEL LINE NOT PRESSURIZED) TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE CRANKING WORKED TO PRESSURIZE THE LINE. AT THE SHOP NOW, THEY SAID IT A NON-REPAIRABLE FUEL LINE COMING OFF OF THE PUMP, GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SENDING UNIT AND IT IS GOING TO COST ME OUT THE WAHZOO TO REPAIR, HOW IS THERE NO RECALL ON THIS? I SPOKE WITH GM RECALL LINE AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN OF MY CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967774March 22, 2017
STEERING
POWER STEERING WENT OUT AFTER HAVING IT RECALLED IN OCT 2104. OBVIOUSLY THE RECALL DIDN'T FIX THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM. LUCKILY IT HAPPENED WHILE IT WAS IN PARK AND WE WERE NOT DRIVING WHEN IT HAPPENED. THE RECALL HAPPENED WHEN MY MILEAGE WAS ROUGHLY 147,000 AND NOW WE HAVE ROUGHLY 183,00, WHICH WAS LESS THAN 40,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966168March 15, 2017
STEERING
POWER STEERING LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY CHIMES ON. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN LOSS OF STEERING BUT LIGHT HAS BEEN CHIMING ON MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY, ALMOST DAILY. WHEN TAKING IT IN, LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON SO THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. BECOMING MORE FREQUENT EVERY DAY, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED I AM GOING, COMES ON ON HIGHWAY OR DRIVING THROUGH TOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10958631March 4, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS
REPLACED CANISTER PURGE VALVE AND SOLENOID AS WELL AS GAS CAP TWICE. 2006 AND 2012. DEALER SERVICE NO WARRANTY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL DOES NOT STAY OFF. SCARES YOU WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF CAR WILL STOP OR GET YOU HOME. COULD CAUSE PROBLEM IF THERE IS LEAK OR MECHANICAL ISSUE. #2 SEAT BELT LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF EVERY 3 TO 5 MILES. DEALER CAN'T FIND ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957250February 27, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REMEDIED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,259.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957101February 26, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT FEELS LIKE MY BRAKES ARE LOCKED UP THEY START VIBRATING IF I GO OVER 40 AND THE LEFT CALIPER IS REALLY HOT AND IT'LL HAVE PROBLEMS GETTING UP TO SPEED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10956314February 22, 2017
STEERING
POWER STEERING STARTED FAILING. USUALLY IT WOULD COME BACK IF I RESTARTED THE CAR. TODAY IT HAS FAILED AND NOT RETURNED. USUALLY SEEMED TO FAIL WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE CAR, BUT LATER IT SEEMED LIKE IT FAILED AS I DROVE THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955680February 20, 2017
SEATS
THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BROKE LOOSE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE AND WOBBLES AND IN MY OPINION IS CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955706February 20, 2017
SEATS
DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME ASSEMBLY MOUNT IS BROKEN. APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE SEAT TILTS TO THE RIGHT. IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, THERE IS NO WAY THE SEAT WOULD REMAIN IN THE CAR. THE FACTORY WELDS HAVE BROKEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955334February 17, 2017
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STEERING WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ON AND YOU ONLY HAVE MANUAL STEERING WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE VEHICLE AND ULTIMATELY REQUIRING YOU TO STOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10954502February 14, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY VEERED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE ALSO LOST ALL POWER STEERING ABILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A POWER STEERING RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 191,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10953664February 9, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING MADE A CLICKING NOISE AND PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. WHILE IDLING AT A STOP SIGN, THE STEERING WHEEL BOUNCED AND MADE A CLICKING NOISE. ONCE THE CONTACT RESUMED DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949966February 7, 2017
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL MOVES ON OWN, KNOCKING NOISE AND NOW POWER STEERING GONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949683February 5, 2017
POWER TRAIN
I GOT IN MY CAR SHIFTED TO DRIVE AND INSTEAD IT WENT REVERSE INSTEAD OF FORWARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949011February 2, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000(STEERING). THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948818February 1, 2017
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS ARE BURNING OUT THE SOCKET AS WELL AS THE LIGHT COVERING. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE BULB IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY MONTH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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