Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (2009)

1,536 consumer complaints on file.

#11052692December 6, 2017
STEERING
TURNED RIGHT OUT OF A PARKING LOT AT LOW SPEED. THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING, MAKING THE STEERING WHEEL VERY HARD TO TURN. THE POWER STEERING WARNING ILLUMINATED ON THE INFORMATION PANEL. DROVE HOME SEVERAL MILES, TURNED OFF THE CAR, RESTARTED IT TO DIAGNOSE IT, AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED CORRECTLY. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. OTHER '09 MALIBUS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT MY VIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11052844December 6, 2017
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVER SIDE HEAD LAMP SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE IT FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11052860December 6, 2017
STEERING
IVE BEEN SEEING MY POWER STEERING LIGHT COME ON SOMETIMES WHEN I CRANK MY CAR AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULDNT TURN. I WOULD TURN OFF MY CAR AND THEN RESTART MY CAR AND IT WOULD GO AWAY. ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 3RD 2017 I WAS HEADED HOME AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I COULD BARELY FORCE MY CAR TO TURN AN INCH TO MISS THE LIGHT POLE I WAS ABOUT TO HIT. NOW MY STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TURN AT ALL AND I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11052179December 4, 2017
STEERING
POWER STEERING CAME ON RANDOMLY AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. VEHICLE HAD NEVER HAD A POWER STEERING PROBLEM BEFORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11052376December 4, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. WHENEVER THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. WHENEVER THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO REGAIN FULL CONTROL OF THE POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT CALLED THE PALMETTTO CHEVROLET DEALER (122 4TH AVENUE, PO BOX 766, CONWAY, SC 29528; 843-248-4283) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AND SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11048418November 25, 2017
STEERING
IT TAKES GREAT EFFORT TO STEER THE WHEELS BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING IS OFF. ON THE DASHBOARD, IT SAYS THAT MY ESC IS OFF AND IT NEEDS SERVICE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11048244November 24, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING LOST POWER AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11048314November 24, 2017
STEERING
TAKATA RECALL WHEN I TURN MY VEHICLE ON THE ESC LIGHT AND POWERING STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND I CAN NOT TURN MY WHEEL. I HAVE TO TURN MY VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON FOR IT TO GO AWAY, IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I TURN IT ON NOW THAT IT IS WINTER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11047585November 20, 2017
STEERING
MY SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS COMING HOME FROM CHEERING AT A BASKETBALL GAME AT 9:30 P.M. SHE WAS DRIVING UP SIGNAL MOUNTAIN FROM DUNLAP TENNESSEE ON HWY127 ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY UP THE MOUNTAIN HER POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. WHILE TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF THE CAR SHE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A TURN AND RAN INTO THE GUARDRAIL, DESTROYING THE GUARDRAIL AND THEN SHOT ACROSS THE ROAD ENDING UP IN A EMBANKMENT. THANK GOD SHE WAS NOT PHYSICALLY HURT. HER CAR IS TOTALED AND SHE IS COMPLETELY TRAUMATIZED, HAVING NIGHTMARES AND NOT WANTING TO DRIVE EVER AGAIN. I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE OR ANY KIND OF WARNING THAT THIS WAS A POSSIBILITY OF HAPPENING OR I WOULD HAVE MOST DEFINITELY HAD IT FIXED. THE POWER STEERING HEAD WENT OUT ONE OTHER TIME BEFORE AND SHE PARKED THE CAR AND BY TIME MY HUSBAND GOT TO WHERE SHE WAS THE POWER STEERING WAS BARKING AGAIN WE HAD THE CAR INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC AND HE SAID HE COULD SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH IT THIS WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO SO WE JUST ASSUMED IT WAS A ONE-TIME OCCURRENCE LITTLE DID WE KNOW IT ALMOST KILLED OUR DAUGHTER HAD THIS HAPPENED 15 FT SOONER WHERE THERE WAS NO GUARDRAIL SHE WOULD HAVE WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND MORE THAN LIKELY DIED. IT'S VERY DISTURBING THAT I KNEW NOTHING VERY IRRESPONSIBLE OF CHEVROLET I DO HAVE A POLICE REPORT WITH ALL OF THIS STATED ON IT I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IT AT THE TIME OF REPORTING THIS THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND IT IF NEEDED. AT THIS TIME MY DAUGHTER HAS NO CAR SHE IS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL FIXING TO GO TO COLLEGE IN LESS THAN A YEAR SO WE ARE STUCK PAYING FOR COLLEGE AND A CAR BECAUSE SHE ONLY HAD LIABILITY INSURANCE. I THINK THE RECALL NUMBER IS N140115. 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU POWER STEERING FAILURE
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11047120November 17, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STRONG GAS ORDER IS COMING FROM MY 09' MALIBU. PROBLEM STARTED OVER 4 MONTHS AGO. THE ORDER CAN BE SMELLED EVEN WHILE THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED. THERE IS NO LEAKING OR SPOTTING ON THE GROUND BUT THE SMELL IS VERY OVER POWERING. THE SMELL IS STRONGEST NEAR DRIVER'S SIDE REAR. THE SMELL IS VERY UNBEARABLE NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11045563November 13, 2017
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY GOING OUT. SOMETIMES THEY WILL COME BACK ON BY THEMSELVES OR IF WE MOVE THINGS AROUND A BIT, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THEY STAY OFF. MOST OF THE TIME IT IS ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT AS OF TODAY BOTH OF MY LOW BEAM LIGHTS ARE OUT. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11045797November 13, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, A FEDEX TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND PUSHED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE INTO TRAFFIC. AS A RESULT, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000. *BF UPDATED 8/20/18*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11044076November 7, 2017
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT PART OF A RECALL AND THAT THE CONTACT HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11042198November 1, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
THE 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU'S HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE "ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST". I CURRENTLY OWN A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU AND HAD AN INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN WHICH MY POWER STEERING ASSIST WAS LOST AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE AND WAS LOCKED IN PLACE. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER, THEY ADVISED THAT THESE MODELS HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER, MY VEHICLE WAS 1025 MILES OVER THE MILEAGE TO HAVE IT FIXED UNDER THE RECALL. AFTER RESEARCH ON GM SITE ON THE NHTSA SITE, WE FOUND INFORMATION COLLABORATING THIS RECALL, IN WHICH IT STATED THAT UNDER THIS RECALL THE DEALERSHIP HAS TO FIX THIS; HOWEVER, MY CHEVROLET MALIBU'S VIN NUMBER DID NOT POP UP ON THIS RECALL. NHTSA STATES THAT THIS PROBLEM AFFECTS 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU'S AND DOES NOT LIST VIN'S AFFECTED. WE WOULD ASSISTANCE IN HAVING THIS VEHICLE ALSO ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST AND HAVING GM FIX THIS PROBLEM WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11040588October 27, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER (POWER CHEVROLET ARROWHEAD, 9055 W BELL RD, PEORIA, AZ 85382). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHEST, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 5911664. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH RENITA JACKSON AT 866-446-6963 (CLAIM NUMBER: 866407). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000. *LN UPDATED 9/13/18*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11034559October 19, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING SEIZED, AND THE POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BELLAMY STRICKLAND CHEVROLET (145 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, MCDONOUGH, GA 30253), BUT HAD NOT YET BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000. *BF CONSUMER WAS TURNING RIGHT WHILE DRIVING ON MCDONOUGH PKWY AND REALIZED IT WAS HARDER TO STEER, AT THE SAME TIME A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. UPDATED 8/22/18*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11034655October 19, 2017
STEERING
WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A STREET I SUDDENLY FELT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP ON ME MAKING IT EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR INTO A PARKING LOT WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS THEN TOLD MY THE AUTO SHOP THAT THE ISSUE WAS THE STEERING COLUMN PROBLEM WHICH APPARENTLY IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH MY CAR BUT FOR SOME REASON MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11034229October 18, 2017
STEERING
LOSS POWER STEERING ON EXPRESS WAY, BEING 77 YEARS OLD HAD HARD TIME TRYING TO STAY ON HIGHWAY. LOOK ON INTERNET AND SEEN RECALL IN 2009 FOR PROBLEMS WITH DORMAN PARTS FOR STEERING.WANT TO BY NEW CHEV BUT AFRAID NEXT BUYER MIGHT GET IN BAD ACCIDENT WHAT SHOULD I DO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11034458October 18, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVING THE MALIBU DOWN THE COUNTRY ROAD AND SOME CODE FLASHED ON THE DASH AND THEN SAID POWER REDUCTION AND NOW ITS MAKING A WEIRD NOISE AND CAR ONLY DRIVES SLOW, IF THIS HAPPENS ON A HIGHWAY THEIR WILL BE A CRASH AS WHEN THE POWER REDUCTION KICKED ON IT TURNED OFF TRACTION CONTROL AND POWER STEERING MAKING IT HARD TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL THANK GOODNESS I WAS IN THE COUNTRY WITH LITTLE TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11032842October 11, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ABILITY SEIZED. ALSO, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE CHIME SOUNDED. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE FAILURE WENT AWAY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LEAST TWENTY TIMES PREVIOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,898.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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