Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (2004)

1,582 consumer complaints on file.

#10319424March 13, 2010
STEERING
I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR THE ELECTRONIC POWER ASSIST ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU FOR REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, AND/OR ADJUSTMENTS. MY VEHICLE IS NOW OVER 110,000 MILES AND A POWER STEERING NOTIFICATION LIGHT IS COMING ON AGAIN. THIS TIME THE LIGHT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED WITH FAILURE. NO CHANGE TO MY ABILITY TO STEER HAS BEEN OBSERVED. IT COMES ON USUALLY AFTER I START THE CAR AND MAKE MY FIRST SIZABLE TURN OF THE WHEEL. I CAN SOMETIMES AVOID THE LIGHT GOING ON IN THE MORNING IF I MAKE SLOW GRADUAL MOVEMENTS OF THE WHEEL BUT IT WILL ALWAYS COME ON WHEN I START THE CAR LATER IN THE DAY. DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF THE DEALER FIXING IT AND THEIR REPEATED COMPLETE INABILITY TO FIX THE PROBLEM LONG TERM, I AM LEFT TO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE MYSELF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10319208March 12, 2010
STEERING
POWER STEERING CONTROL I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX V6, I BOUGHT NEW A FEW MONTHS LATER I HEARD A FAINT KNOCKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL EACH YEAR IT BECAME MORE NOTICEABLE. NOW THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITH THE MESSAGE OF POWER STEERING. I HAVE COMPLAINED AND HAD A NUMBER OF DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS THAT ARE DIFFERENT RESULTS. CHEVY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. MY POWER STEERING FAILED ON ME GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY BEHIND AN 18 WHEELER, I STRUGGLED JUST TO GET ACROSS 1 LANE AND ONTO THE SHOULDER. I WAS TOO SCARED TO TURN THE CAR OFF BECAUSE I WAS 10 MI. AWAY FROM HOME. SO I SLOWLY DROVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY ONCE I MADE IT HOME I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND LATER TURNED IT BACK ON WITH POWER BACK IN MY STEERING WHEEL. THIS IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS TOYOTA CARS. THERE NEED TO BE A FULL INVESTIGATION THIS IS ONE OF MANY COMPLAINTS I HAVE POSTED WITH NO RESULTS!!!!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10319215March 12, 2010
STEERING
TL* CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK. HE WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE POWER STEERING RESET ITSELF AND WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEED OF AN ALIGNMENT DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED ONE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 55,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10319324March 12, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE TECHNICIAN DETECTED SLIGHT DIFFICULTY WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND A SQUEAKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT REQUIRE SERVICE REPAIR FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING WHEEL WAS A MINOR DEFECT. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 25000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318499March 10, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHEN THE CONTACT DRIVES THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED HE NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY. A LOUD NOISE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT HAD THE TRANSMISSIONS COMPUTER UPDATED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT OUTPUT SHAFT SEALS WILL ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 53600.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318507March 10, 2010
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND THE VEHICLE CAN NOT STEER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317931March 9, 2010
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL, STEERING
I'VE BEEN DRIVEN MY 04 CHEVY MALIBU MAX WITH OUT POWER STEERING FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS NOW. EVERY TIME I CONTACT A CHEVY DEALER THEY SAY OH THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I HAD DIAGNOSTICS DONE AND THEY SAID THERE NOTHING THEY CAN DO ITS NOT TO BIG.. THEY ALSO SAID ITS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE.. I JUST SAW ON THE NEWS THAT THEY ARE RECALLING THE COBALTS FOR POWER STEERING, WHY ARE THEY NOT FIXING THEM AND THEY KNOW THE MAXXS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS NOTHING HAS HAPPENED YET.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317806March 8, 2010
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE VEHICLE AT 10 MPH THE POWER STEERING WOULD SUDDENLY SHUT OFF MAKING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STEER. THIS HAS CAUSE THE CONTACT TO ALMOST DRIVE THE VEHICLE INTO A DITCH. THE CONTACT HAS NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THIS ISSUE. THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER STEERING WILL CAUSE A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317404March 6, 2010
STEERING
AFTER HEARING AN ODD SPARK-ELECTRICAL SOUND THAT SEEMED TO COME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN POWER STEERING FAILED DURING ROUTINE DRIVING CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. STEERING COLUMN WOULD NOT LOCK INTO PLACE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO STEER WITHOUT POWER ASSIST. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONE TIME AS VEHICLE USE HAS BEEN RESTRICTED SINCE THE FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317052March 5, 2010
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHENEVER THE CONTACT DRIVES THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED, IN ANY DRIVING CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY LOSE ALL POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10316607March 4, 2010
STEERING
LOSS OF POWER STEERING, ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10316041March 3, 2010
STEERING
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I HAVE 2004 CHEVY MALIBU AND I AM OCCURRING HAVE POWER STEERING PROBLEMS, I TOOK MY DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSTIC MY I NEED TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN, STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, THAT S IS NOT AND CUSTOMER WEAR AND TEAR THAT AN MANUFACTURE PROBLEM, I WENT AN ALITTLE HIGHER I CONTACT GM FILE [XXX] AND THE SAID THERE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STEERING GO BAD, WILL YOU PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS ISSUE FOR ME CONTACT INFO [XXX], IF THERE OTHER CAR HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM SO IS MALIBU 2004 THE WASN'T AND ACCIDENT BUT IT COULD BE IF THIS DOESN'T GET FIX. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10316075March 3, 2010
STEERING
POWER STEERING PULLS HARD ONE WAY SOFT ANOTHER AND CAN AT RANDOM QUIT FUNCTIONING AT ALL. THE PROBLEM I EXPERIENCE SOUNDS IDENTICAL TO THE RECENT GM RECALL AND IS A KNOWN ISSUE. I AM ADDING THIS BECAUSE THE NHTSA CLOSED THE INVESTIGATION FOR THIS CAR AND SHOULD REOPEN IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315603March 2, 2010
STEERING
OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU THAT HAS BEEN DRIVEN NORMALLY OVER THE COURSE OF OWNERSHIP. INEXPLICABLY THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON THE DRIVERS INFORMATION CENTER. SHORTLY AFTER THE STEERING LOCKED UP. IT TOOK SEVERAL TIMES TURNING THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF TO GET THE POWER STEERING TO COME BACK ON. THE FAILURE OCCURS 4 TO 5 TIMES A WEEK AND WE ARE AFRAID THAT IT MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, THE STEERING COLUMN HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT IT HAS NOT RESOLVED THE ISSUE. I HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT GM HAS INITIATED A RECALL FOR THE SAME SAFETY ISSUE BUT FOR DIFFERENT MODELS/YEARS OF VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315636March 2, 2010
STEERING
I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX. ON JAN. 26, I GOT INTO THE CAR. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE INFORMATION CENTER SAID TO CHECK POWER STEERING. THE STEERING WAS A LITTLE HARD. MY FRIEND WAS GOING TO CHECK IT WHEN I GOT HOME. BY THE TIME I GOT HOME THAT NIGHT, THE PROBLEM WAS NOT OCCURRING AND THE LIGHTS WERE OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES SINCE. THEN TODAY, 3/2/2010, I GOT IN THE CAR. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER UNTIL ABOUT 15 MPH. IT WAS LESS DIFFICULT BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH, AND O.K., BUT NOT NORMAL, OVER 30 MPH. WHEN I GOT TO WORK, I HAD TO MOVE MY CAR AFTER A FEW MINUTES. WHEN I GOT INTO IT AND MOVED IT, THE STEERING WAS FINE. I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE OF THE SIMILARITY WITH THE COBALT STEERING ISSUE THAT HAS CAUSED A RECENT RECALL. THE SYMPTOMS SOUND EXACTLY LIKE THE NEWS REPORTS, BUT THE MALIBU ISN'T ON THE LIST YET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315642March 2, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HIS POWER STEERING FAILED WHENEVER HE DROVE THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE FAILURE BEGAN IN 2004 AFTER HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE ALSO CAUSED HIM TO DRIVE INTO A DITCH AND CRASH INTO A FIRE HYDRANT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. HE HAS NOTIFIED THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED WAS 120,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315742March 2, 2010
STEERING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
A FEW MONTHS AGO, MY POWER STEERING LIGHT BEGAN TO COME ON. I TOOK IT TO SEVERAL PLACES ONLY FOR EVERYONE TO TELL ME THAT THE CAR DOES NOT TAKE POWER STEERING FLUID AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HOOK THE CAR TO A COMPUTER TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG. EVERY SO OFTEN, I WOULD CRANK THE CAR AND HAVE A HARD TIME STEERING. I LEARNED THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, I COULD TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTART THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING WOULD RETURN. I HAVE HAD MY CAR SERVICED AND TWICE, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING ANY CODE READINGS ON THE COMPUTER. NOW, JUST RECENTLY, I WAS TOLD THAT THE STEERING COLUMN HAS ISSUES. I READ TODAY ABOUT THE RECALL ON GM CARS, BUT THE 2004 MALIBU ISN'T LISTED BUT I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS DESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE. I DO NOT WANT TO WAIT UNTIL I HAVE AN ACCIDENT FOR MY CAR TO BE ON THE RECALL LIST. I HAVE ALREADY PAID MONEY TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED ON MY CAR, I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO SPEND MORE FOR THE STEERING COLUMN. THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND MY INFANT SON, AS WITH OTHERS ON THE ROAD, IS OF CONCERN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315898March 2, 2010
STEERING
STARTED THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON MESSAGE CENTER [POWER STEERING] TURNED CAR OFF AND RESTARTED, STEERING WAS OK AT THAT TIME. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE JAN. 13, 2009. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315892March 2, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DECREASE IN SPEED WITHOUT HAVING HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN. SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND IT WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE POWER STEERING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 163,184 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 175,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315897March 2, 2010
STEERING
MY 2004 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX IS SHOWING THE POWER STEERING NEEDS FIXED. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT I NEED TO REPLACE IT RIGHT AWAY. I AM GETTING FIXED NOW SO THAT I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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