Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (2010)

1,365 consumer complaints on file.

#11186691March 13, 2019
STEERING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHEN I FIRST TURN THE CAR ON IT WILL FLASH SERVICE ESC AND POWER STEERING WHEEL ALSO FLASH AT THAT POINT I HAVE NO POWER STEERING, AND THEN I WILL TURN THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON AND I HAVE POWER STEERING THERE IS NO FLASHING OF ESC OR POWER STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE WHILE STATIONARY. IN THE LAST YEAR I HAVE REPLACED ALL FOUR TURN SIGNALS AT LEAST TWICE AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS AT LEAST TWICE. WHEN I TURN ON THE CAR THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLASH AND THEN ONE WILL GO OUT WHILE THE OTHER ONE STAYS ON DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I DON'T HIT ANY BUMPS OR POTHOLES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND THE HEAD LIGHT WILL COME ON, AT THAT POINT IT STAYED ON FOR ONE DAY AND THEN IT WENT BACK OUT AGAIN. MY THIRD BRAKE LIGHT WILL WORK OFF AND ON, MORE OFF THEN ON. MY REAR DEFROSTERS DO NOT WORK AT ALL AND THE CONTROL ON THE DRIVER SEAT DOES NOT WORK EITHER. WITHIN THE LAST MONTH WE HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND CABLES FOR THE CAR AND WAS TOLD THAT THAT SHOULD FIX ALL THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND IT DID NOT. I HAVE 2 VIDEOS OF WHAT THE CAR DOES BUT CANNOT UPLOAD ON HERE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11185721March 11, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TAKATA RECALL MY 2010 CHEVY MALIBU WAS IN PARK AND TURNED OFF. TURNED ON THE CAR PUT IT IN DRIVE AND DRIVE TONDRIVE FORWARD AND THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ACCELERATING BUT THE CAR WON'T MOVE AT ALL. PUT CAR IN PARK AND IT WILL REVERSE FINE. GOES INTO PARK AND WORKS IN NEUTRAL. ANYTIME I TRY TO GO FORWARD THE CAR WON'T GO ANYWHERE. IT'S NOT MAKING ANY SOUNDS EVERYTHING SOUNDS NORMAL. I HAVE BEEN TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION BY A COUPLE DIFFERENT CAR SHOPS AND THAT THE TRASMOSSION COOLING PIPE IS BROKEN BY CHEVY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11185584March 9, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, WHEELS
ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING BUT THE BATTERY/ELECTRONICS WERE STILL ON. I SAFELY STOPPED THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CHECK ENGINE + ABS + TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I FINALLY HAD TO CALL A TOW COMPANY. NO MECHANIC KNOWS HOW TO FIX IT. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, MANY OWNERS OF THE SAME MAKE MODEL AND MODEL YEAR RANGE SUFFERED SIMILAR SITUATIONS. THE CAR STILL WON'T START TILL NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11184962March 7, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
TAKATA RECALL MY CAR MADE A HUM SOUND WHILE ACCELERATING WHEN I JUST GOT IN IT ON MY 2 MINUTE JOURNEY HOME. WHILE GOING STRAIGHT, THE CAR NO LONGER CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND STOPPED ON THE STREET. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR, THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON AND WOULD STILL NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11184617March 6, 2019
STEERING
LOST STEERING POWER WHILE TRYING TO PARK CAR. STEERING WOULD NOT TURN WAS VERY HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL MANUALLY. ALSO NOW TOLD - MY STEERING COLUMN NOW NEED TO BE REPLACED. WAS PARKING IN FRONT OF THE HOME IN CITY, PUTTING CAR IN REVERSE AND THEN MOVING FORWARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11184254March 5, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
BRAKE LAMP RECALL FOR THESE MODELS DO NOT WORK. I NOTICED THE ISSUE RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT AROUND 55 MPH AT NIGHT. MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON, WHILE MY FOOT IS OFF OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHEN I PLACE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO OFF. THIS IS A SERIOUS DRIVING HAZARD. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO GET THE RECALL HANDLED, BUT NOTICED THIS MORNING, THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE STILL ILLUMINATING WHEN MY FOOT IS OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11183845March 4, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TAKATA RECALL. THE CODE P4096 KEEPS POPPING UP EVEN AFTER I UNHOOKED THE BATTERY. I COULDN'T FIND OUT WHAT THE SPECIFIC ISSUE IS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11183724March 3, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
WHILE DRIVING THE ESC, TRACTION AND POWER STEERING LIGHTS CAME ON AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. FOR A SHORT TIME I COULD STOP, TURN THE CAR OFF AND IT WOULD WORK AGAIN . NOW THERE IS NO POWER STEERING AND OF COURSE ALL THE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON. THIS YEAR MODEL WAS LISTED AS ONE OF THE RECALLS FOR THE POWER STEERING BUT NOT MY VIN NUMBER. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR IN THE SHOP FOR A RECALL ON THE LIGHTING SYSTEM THAT WAS FAULTY WHICH IN THE RECALL IT DID SAY THAT IT COULD CAUSE THE POWER STEERING TO GO OUT AS WELL AS THE ESC AND TRACTION. THE CHEV DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THIS WAS NOT CORRECT. THE ESTIMATE I WAS GIVEN WAS ABOUT $1500.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11183636March 2, 2019
STEERING
SERVICE ESC ERROR MESSAGE AND THEN POWER STEERING MESSAGE BEGAN FLASHING AND I COULDN'T TURN THE WHEEL. STEERING GOES INTO MANUAL MODE AND I AM UNABLE TO MOVE MY STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAPPENS MANY TIMES WHILE I WAS DRIVING, I HAD TO PULL OVER, PLACE IT IN PARK, TURN IT OFF, THEN RESTART THE CAR. I HAVE TO DO THIS ABOUT EVERY 5 TO 15 MINUTES. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11183516March 1, 2019
SUSPENSION, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PARALLEL PARKING, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS DETECTED COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHARRETT BUICK GMC (10312 AUTO PL, HAGERSTOWN, MD 21740, (800) 495-9755) WHERE THE FRONT STRUTS, INNER TIE ROD, AND PASSENGER SIDE AXLE WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AXLE SEAL WAS REPLACED TWO YEARS AGO. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,869. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11183534March 1, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING IN MY 2010 MALIBU. IT HAPPENS WHILE I AM DRIVING AND I CANNOT MOVE MY VEHICLE AT ALL. I HAVE TO PLACE MY HAZARDS ON IN THE MIDDLE OF ANY TYPE OF ROADWAY AND SHUT MY VEHICLE OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON. SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM CONTINUES, OF I'M LUCKY IT'LL RESET AND NOT HAPPEN FOR A FEW DAYS. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN 30 TIMES NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11182838February 27, 2019
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
ON MARCH 1, 2017 AT 28981 MILES, THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, (NOT THE FIRST TIME). THE NEXT DAY, THE STABILITY CONTROL AND THE ABS LIGHTS BOTH ALSO CAME ON. IN BOTH OCCASIONS THE CAR WAS MOVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH ON A CITY STREET. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY CHARGED ME $153 TO GET A DIAGNOSIS.THEY WANTED ANOTHER $850 TO HAVE IT FIXED. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP THAT DID IT FOR $190. THESE WERE 2 SEPARATE PROBLEMS, ONE WAS THE AIRBAG LIGHT (A CONNECTION UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT), AND THE OTHER WAS A SENSOR IN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL (THE STABILITY/ABS LIGHT).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11182825February 27, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AFTER DRIVING FOR A FEW MILES IT WON'T LET ME ACCELERATE AND VEHICLE STARTS SHAKING. IT FIRST HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO EXIT WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. RIGHT AFTER ACCELERATION WOULDN'T WORK ENGINE POWER LOW, SERVICE TRACTION POPPED UP. ONCE I PUT THE CAR IN PARK IT SHAKES. I TURN OFF CAR FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES AND THEN IT BACK ON AND IT DRIVES BUT HAPPENS AGAIN WITHIN 5 MINUTES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11182434February 25, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE CLUSTER PANEL STARTS SHOWING WARNING LIGHTS FOR THE STEERING, SERVICE ESC, AND THE MIL LIGHT WAS ON, THE CAR LOST POWER, LOST POWER STEERING AND HAD NO POWER, NO MATTER WHAT I DID, THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND. THIS PUTTING MY FAMILY AND ME IN DANGER, WE WERE DRIVING ON THE IDL IN TULSA OKLAHOMA AT RUSH HOUR, VERY, VERY BUSY ROAD AT THAT TIME OF DAY. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT WILL END UP GETTING SOMEONE KILLED. THE CAR IS COMPLETELY UNSTABLE, ERRATIC AND VERY HARD TO DRIVE, YOU LOSE POWER (NO ACCELERATION) AND POWER STEERING. THE CAR HAS 142,000 MILES ON IT, THAT SEEMS TO BE WHEN IT HAPPENING TO OTHER VEHICLES ALSO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11182208February 24, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, STEERING
DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ABOUT 30MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR LOOSES POWER AND ECO ASSIST SHUTS OFF, WITH TRACTION CONTROL,TRACTION ASSIST, AND POWER STEERING . THIS SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE AS I COULDN'T PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DUE TO THESE ISSUES AND THE CAR WOULD ONLY GO 10 MPH!! I SEE OTHER HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN NYS AND NOTHINGS BEEN DONE OR WHEN WE GO TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY JUST CLEAR THE CODES AND SAY NOTHINGS WRONG! THIS IS AN ISSUE AS IF SOMEONE WAS BEHIND ME THEY WOULD OF HIT ME AS WHEN THESE LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THE CAR WENT FROM 30MPH DOWN TO 10 MPH AND THE CAR RAN ROUGH AND SLOW . PLEASE DO SOMETHING WITH THIS ISSUE AS ALOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING !
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11182206February 24, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING RIGHT , PEOPLE INSIDE VEHICLE UNABLE TO EXIT UNLESS THEY CLIMB OUT THE WINDOWS AS DOORS SEEM TO UNLOCK BUT WONT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE . THIS IS A ISSUE BECAUSE IN THE EVENT OF THE CRASH YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS TO ESCAPE . DEALERSHIP SAYS MY CAR IS FINE BUT I HAVE TO CLIMB IN AND OUT OF THE WINDOW EACH DAY FOR WORK .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11181505February 21, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
WHILE DRIVING 50MPH ON A STATE HIGHWAY, POWER STEERING FAILED. SERVICE ESC AND POWER STEERING ALERTS DISPLAYED 2/19/19. DEALER IDENTIFIED STEERING WHEEL TORQUE SENSOR AND STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR OUT OF CALIBRATION. TECHNICIAN RE-CALIBRATED SENSORS. APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE 2/20/19 THE POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF SERIOUS BODILY HARM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11181451February 20, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, STEERING
VEHICLE SUDDENLY POWERED DOWN TO 10 MPH, SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND SPUTTERED. ENGINE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND SERVICE ESC MESSAGE ACROSS DASH. THIS LEFT ME STRANDED AT MIDNIGHT, PREGNANT WHILE IN ROUTE TO SEE DYING GRANDFATHER. IN ORDER TO GET HOME APPROX 60 MILES AWAY, HAD TO REMOVE BATTERY TERMINAL FOR A RESET. DEALER COULD NOT FIX DUE TO RESET ALAS CODE WAS CLEARED. DID NOT EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE AGAIN UNTIL OUT OF WARRANTY ALMOST ONE YEAR LATER. SLOWLY GOT TO DEALER. NEEDS NEW THROTTLE BODY. INITIALLY DEALER CLAIMED SERVICING WOULD BE COVERED DUE TO TSB AND EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR ISSUE; HOWEVER, AFTER DIAGNOSIS DEALER DENIED ANY SPECIAL COVERAGES EXISTED FOR THIS ISSUE. APPARANTLY A $600 FIX, DENIED SERVICE AND REPLACED OURSELVES FOR $185 PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11181243February 19, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
DRIVING TO WORK AND OUT OF NOWHERE DASH STARTS DINGING AND FLASHES 'SERVICE ESC' THE. 'POWER STEERING' AND STEERING GETS STIFF (NO POWER STEERING). LUCKILY IT WAS JUST ME IN THE CAR AND NOT WITH MY 3 AND 5 YEAR OLD AND ALSO NOT ON HIGHWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED. MY CAR HAS 157K MILES AND JUST FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A GM EXTENDED COVERAGE ON IT UP TO 150K MILES FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND WAS NOT AWARE. I'M OVER THE 150K MILES NOW SO I'M STUCK WITH THE REPAIR BUT THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE GM!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11180927February 18, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, I FELT A JUMP AS IF I HAD GONE OVER A BUMP. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE AND STARTED TO LOOSE SPEED. I WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SIDE AND BRAKED TO A COMPLETE STOP. I PLACED THE SHIFT TO PARKING AND SHIFT IT TO DRIVE AS I PRESS ON GAS PADDLE THE VEHICLE JUMPED AGAIN AND WAS DRIVING AS IF ON THE NEUTRAL POSITION AND THE SPEED WOULDN'T ADVANCE. I SHIFTED ONCE AGAIN, AND IT VEHICLE JUMPED AGAIN. I GOOGLED AND IT MENTIONED THE SHIFT CABLE TAB COULD BE BROKEN. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND CHECKED THE SHIFT CABLE AND THERE WAS NO TAB. MECHANIC REPLACED THE BUSHING AND IT FAILED ONCE AGAIN. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY UN-DRIVABLE. I READ THAT GM WAS RECALLING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH 2008-2010 MALIBU. I'VE GOT IMAGES AND INVOICE BUT HAVING TROUBLE UPLOADING AT THIS TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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