Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (2009)

1,536 consumer complaints on file.

#11338174July 8, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11338175July 8, 2020
STEERING
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?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11337362July 3, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11331520June 29, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11330317June 23, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11328514June 12, 2020
STEERING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11328357June 11, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, STEERING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11327383June 5, 2020
STEERING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11327315June 4, 2020
POWER TRAIN
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11327189June 3, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11326084May 26, 2020
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11325396May 21, 2020
STEERING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11323759May 7, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11323559May 6, 2020
STEERING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11323345May 5, 2020
STEERING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11321878April 22, 2020
AIR BAGS, STEERING
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.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11321705April 20, 2020
STEERING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11319360March 26, 2020
STEERING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11319009March 23, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11318731March 19, 2020
STEERING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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