2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX Problems & Recalls

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx. The contact stated while driving on several occasions, the vehicle made an abnormal sound and the vehicle lost power steering functionality. There were no warning lights illuminated; however, the power steering failure message was displayed. The vehicle...

Mileage: 235,000

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the power steering assist fault message was displayed and the steering wheel became very difficult to turn in either direction. Additionally, there was a ticking sound coming from the steeri...

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH and making a right turn, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact was able to pull to the side of the road and stop the vehicle. The contact ...

Mileage: 150,000

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx. The contact stated that while her husband was driving 55 MPH, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that her husband manually steered the vehicle and veered to the side of the road. T...

Mileage: 98,000

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx. The contact stated that while her husband was driving 55 MPH, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that her husband manually steered the vehicle and veered to the side of the road. T...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, A CLUNKING SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE STEERING COLU...

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO JOHN ELWAY CHEVROLET LOCATED AT 5200 S. BROADWAY, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS I...

Mileage: 47,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000.

Mileage: 165,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MALIBU MAXX. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE TURN SIGNALS MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LEWIS CHEVROLET OF GARDEN CITY (1903 US 50 BUS E., GARDEN CITY , KS) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHT BULB SOCKET...

Mileage: 160,000

GM RECALLED SEVERAL VEHICLES FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING AND ELECTRIC STEERING ASSIST IN 2014. ACCORDING TO THE GM NEWSBRIEF, "IF POWER STEERING ASSIST IS LOST, A MESSAGE DISPLAYS ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER AND A CHIME SOUND TO INFORM THE DRIVER. STEERING CONTROL CAN BE MAINTAINED BEC...

Mileage: 170,000

MY POWER STEERING IS CONSTANTLY GOING OUT ON MY CAR WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL AS CITY STREETS AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND PARK FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL WORK AGAIN. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I'VE BARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIMES MOST RECENTLY IT HAS FAILED 3 TIMES IN 2 HOU...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT A DRIVE-THRU, THE STEERING WHEEL INDEPENDENTLY MANEUVERED LEFT, RIGHT, BACK, AND FORTH. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER (CHASE CHEVROLET, LOCATED AT 6441 HOLMAN RD, STOC...

Mileage: 79,500

TAKATA RECALL I WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 19 JUST BEFORE THE MAPLE FORK EXIT THE LIGHT WAS RED AND I BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKES AND STEERING WOULD NOT WORK AND THE CAR HIT THE REAR END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGES TO THE FRONT OF MY CAR. THE OTHER CAR WAS NOT AFFEC...

Mileage: 180,000

TAKATA RECALL I WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 19 JUST BEFORE THE MAPLE FORK EXIT THE LIGHT WAS RED AND I BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKES AND STEERING WOULD NOT WORK AND THE CAR HIT THE REAR END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGES TO THE FRONT OF MY CAR. THE OTHER CAR WAS NOT AFFEC...

Mileage: 180,000

TAKATA RECALL I WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 19 JUST BEFORE THE MAPLE FORK EXIT THE LIGHT WAS RED AND I BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKES AND STEERING WOULD NOT WORK AND THE CAR HIT THE REAR END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGES TO THE FRONT OF MY CAR. THE OTHER CAR WAS NOT AFFEC...

Mileage: 180,000

WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I HEARD A CHIME AND A MESSAGE POPPED UP AND STATED 'POWER STEERING' MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND MADE IT HARD TO TURN. I WAS STILL ABLE TO DRIVE TO MY DESTINATION. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO TURN MY CAR OFF AND IT'LL RESET AND THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE WOULD GO AWAY AN...

Mileage: 320,000

POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT CAME BACK MOMENTARILY. SPORADICALLY WENT ON AND OFF FOR SEVERAL DAYS, HOWEVER HAVE HAD NO POWER STEERING SINCE FRIDAY OCTOBER 12TH, TODAY IS OCTOBER 16TH.

Mileage: 194,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS INDICATED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHIC...

Mileage: 115,000

WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND EVEN IN IDLE THE STEERING WHEEL SOMETIMES WILL LOCK. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE MAKING TURNS, GOING AROUND ROUNDABOUTS, ON THE HIGHWAY, AND ON A REGULAR 15 MIN. WORK COMMUTE. THE CAR WILL BEEP AS IF THE TRUNK IS OPEN. THE BEEPING IS RIGHT BEFORE THE STIFFNESS OF THE STEERIN...

WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND EVEN IN IDLE THE STEERING WHEEL SOMETIMES WILL LOCK. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE MAKING TURNS, GOING AROUND ROUNDABOUTS, ON THE HIGHWAY, AND ON A REGULAR 15 MIN. WORK COMMUTE. THE CAR WILL BEEP AS IF THE TRUNK IS OPEN. THE BEEPING IS RIGHT BEFORE THE STIFFNESS OF THE STEERIN...

ALERT SYSTEM DINGS THREE TIMES, POWER STEERING ISSUE INDICATOR COMES ON, POWER STEERING IS COMPLETELY OUT WHILE DRIVING. CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE TWO RECALLS FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO T...

Mileage: 135,000

POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING. DIFFERENT TIMES.

Mileage: 180,000

DRIVER'S SEAT IS WOBBLING AND FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS BROKEN OR DETACHED BENEATH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT. I'VE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS IN A CHEVY MALIBU/MAXX. SHOULD BE A RECALL. MECHANICS ON THE PHONE ASSUME IT'S A WELDING ISSUE. THE WOBBLING OCCURRED OVER TIME. SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR...

Mileage: 117,000

JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND IT HAS POWER STEERING PROBLEMS OFF AND ON SAW IT WAS RECALLED PRIOR AND NOT SURE IF IT WAS PROPERLY FIXED WHAT AM I SUPPOSED DO?

Mileage: 225,000

STARTED THE CAR, POWER STEERING WORKED AND THEN SUDDENLY, WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, I HEAR "DING DING DING" AND THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY GOES OUT MAKING THE VEHICLE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND LEAVING ME WITH NO RESPONSE TIME.

Mileage: 136,000

I WAS DRIVING AND A WARNING SIGNAL SOUND CAME ON AND THE "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE SCREEN THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I WAS ON ON ON THE HIGHWAY SO THAT WAS THE SCARY PART. I STARTED TO GO HOME BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS NOT SAFE. THE CAR WOULD SHAKE AND MAKE NOISES WHILE I WAS STOPPE...

Mileage: 176,000

I WAS DRIVING AND A WARNING SIGNAL SOUND CAME ON AND THE "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE SCREEN THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I WAS ON ON ON THE HIGHWAY SO THAT WAS THE SCARY PART. I STARTED TO GO HOME BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS NOT SAFE. THE CAR WOULD SHAKE AND MAKE NOISES WHILE I WAS STOPPE...

Mileage: 176,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT AN UNKNOWN EPS RECALL REMEDY WAS PERFORMED BY AN UNKNOWN DEALER BEFORE THE CONTACT OWNED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICU...

MY STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO TURN AT STARTUP, LIKE IT IS MANUAL OR METAL ON METAL FEEL LIKE THERE IS NO LUBRICATION. IT IS SURELY NOT SAFE TO EVEN BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY LET ALONE DRIVE IT. I LOOKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS NO STEERING FLUID BUT LEARNED THERE IS NO SUCH THING ON THIS MAKE/MODEL BUT T...

Mileage: 95,000

IGNITION STAYING STUCK ALOWING STARTER TO CONTINUE TO TURN, DAY TIME NO BREAK LIGHTS , NIGHT TIME BREAK LIGHTS STAY LIT UP OR FLASH ON AND OFF , FUEL GAUGE DROPS TO EMPTY EVEN WHEN FULL BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH EMPTY FULL , SERVICE AIR BAG AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE BE...

Mileage: 148,795

IGNITION STAYING STUCK ALOWING STARTER TO CONTINUE TO TURN, DAY TIME NO BREAK LIGHTS , NIGHT TIME BREAK LIGHTS STAY LIT UP OR FLASH ON AND OFF , FUEL GAUGE DROPS TO EMPTY EVEN WHEN FULL BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH EMPTY FULL , SERVICE AIR BAG AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE BE...

Mileage: 148,795

IGNITION STAYING STUCK ALOWING STARTER TO CONTINUE TO TURN, DAY TIME NO BREAK LIGHTS , NIGHT TIME BREAK LIGHTS STAY LIT UP OR FLASH ON AND OFF , FUEL GAUGE DROPS TO EMPTY EVEN WHEN FULL BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH EMPTY FULL , SERVICE AIR BAG AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE BE...

Mileage: 148,795

WHEN ACCELERATING TO FOR EXAMPLE MARS ONTO THE INTERSTATE, THE STEERING LOCKS UP AND POST LEFT WHILE IT ALL WARNING LIGHTS FLASH IN THE SYSTEM CHIMES THREE TIMES. AFTER LETTING OFF THE GAS AND THE STEERING COMES BACK IN THE VEHICLE IS ONCE AGAIN CONTROL. BUT UNTIL THEN IT WILL PULL YOU DIRECTLY INTO...

Mileage: 140,000

WHEN ACCELERATING TO FOR EXAMPLE MARS ONTO THE INTERSTATE, THE STEERING LOCKS UP AND POST LEFT WHILE IT ALL WARNING LIGHTS FLASH IN THE SYSTEM CHIMES THREE TIMES. AFTER LETTING OFF THE GAS AND THE STEERING COMES BACK IN THE VEHICLE IS ONCE AGAIN CONTROL. BUT UNTIL THEN IT WILL PULL YOU DIRECTLY INTO...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND PULLED TO THE LEFT. BILL CRISPIN CHEVROLET IN SALINE, MICHIGAN WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND REF...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE SERVICE ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING LOCKED FOR FEW SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONE OTHER TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE...

Mileage: 139,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE SERVICE ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING LOCKED FOR FEW SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONE OTHER TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE...

Mileage: 139,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND PRODUCED FAILURE CODE: 8-2902753243 (POWER STEERING S...

Mileage: 196,696

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WHEN PROMPTED. THE CONTACT CHANGED THE BATTERY AND THE STARTER, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE F...

Mileage: 136,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLU...

Mileage: 80,000

THE BRAKES ARE NOT RELEASING AFTER NORMAL PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THEM, WHICH IS CAUSING SMOKE AND BURNING FUMES TO ESCAPE FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND FROM BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE TIRES (VERY DANGEROUS). THE BRAKES BECOME LOCKED OR STUCK WITH THE PRESSURE NOT RELEASING FOR A FEW HOURS OR UNTIL...

Mileage: 163,125

TAKATA RECALL : I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL AND AS I EXIT THE FREEWAY, MY CAR STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND MY CAR WAS STILL RUNNING FORWARD. I ALMOST A VEHICLE WITH CHILDREN IN IT, BUT LUCKY THEY WERE ABLE TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD AND MISS ME. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO MAKE A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF...

Mileage: 243,000

TAKATA RECALL : I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL AND AS I EXIT THE FREEWAY, MY CAR STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND MY CAR WAS STILL RUNNING FORWARD. I ALMOST A VEHICLE WITH CHILDREN IN IT, BUT LUCKY THEY WERE ABLE TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD AND MISS ME. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO MAKE A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF...

Mileage: 243,000

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 SHU...

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 N...

Mileage: 94,480

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 LES...

Mileage: 183,000

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 G...

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 RE...

Mileage: 151,259

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EPS WARNING INDICATOR RANDOMLY FLASHED AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOOSELY SWAYED LEFT AND RIGHT EACH TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THA...

THE FRONT AND REAR TURN SIGNAL BULBS CONTINUALLY BURN OUT. THEY GET SO HOT THAT BOTH FRONT ORANGE BULB COVERS HAVE HOLES BURNT IN THEM AND THE SOCKET HAS DISCOLORED BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. THIS BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2005 BUT DID NOT NOTICE THE HOLES UNTIL RECENTLY.

GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING SUDDENLY.PULLED OVER , RESTARTED CAR, WORKED FINE. FOUND OUT IT HAD A RECALL, TOOK IT IN AROUND 11-16-2016 .DROVE CAR THAT NEXT WEEKEND. STEERING STOPPED AGAIN.RESTARTED CAR, WORKED FINE AFTERWARDS. RECONTACTED DEALER , TOLD THEM PROBLEM STILL E...

Mileage: 174,000

MY SON WRECKED HIS CAR AND IT ROLLED MULTIPLE TIMES AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS WENT OFF HE WAS DRIVING AND HIS CAR STRUCK A GUARDRAIL AND CONTINUED IN MOTION AND ROLLED MULTIPLE TIMES HE WAS CUT FROM THE CAR.

Mileage: 81,000

MY SON WRECKED HIS CAR AND IT ROLLED MULTIPLE TIMES AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS WENT OFF HE WAS DRIVING AND HIS CAR STRUCK A GUARDRAIL AND CONTINUED IN MOTION AND ROLLED MULTIPLE TIMES HE WAS CUT FROM THE CAR.

Mileage: 81,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED TO THE LEFT AND WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMERGED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INDICATED THAT IT WAS DUE TO A SAFETY FEATURE. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED TO THE LEFT AND WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMERGED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INDICATED THAT IT WAS DUE TO A SAFETY FEATURE. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED TO THE LEFT AND WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMERGED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INDICATED THAT IT WAS DUE TO A SAFETY FEATURE. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ...

THE DRIVER SEAT, REAR RIGHT SIDE IS BROKEN. DRIVER LEANS TOWARD CENTER CONSOLE. POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERN IF THERE WERE TO BE AN ACCIDENT. SEEMS AS IF THERE WAS A STRUCTURAL FAILURE IN THAT LOCATION. DRIVER DID NOT NOTICE IT BREAK UNTIL SITTING DOWN ONE DAY TO START DAILY COMMUTE.

Mileage: 87,000

REGARDING GM RECALL #13036 - MICRO CORROSION ON BCM TERMINALS AND RELEARN - DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THAT RECALL WAS PERFORMED. ISSUES WITH BRAKE LIGHTS AND CRUISE CONTROL REMAIN AFTER RECALL SERVICE. UPON VEHICLE INSPECTION, FOUND THERE WAS NOT AN APPLICATION OF DIELECTRIC GREASE ON C2 TERMINAL PORTS ...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLU...

Mileage: 144,000

I PURCHASED A 2005 MALIBU MAXX FROM AN USED CAR DEALER AND THE VERY NEXT DAY THE CAR LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT TURNED ON MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. WHILE THE CAR WAS COMING TO A STOP I NOTICED THAT IT LOST ALL POWER AND THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THE CAR WOULD TURN ...

Mileage: 176,000

I PURCHASED A 2005 MALIBU MAXX FROM AN USED CAR DEALER AND THE VERY NEXT DAY THE CAR LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT TURNED ON MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. WHILE THE CAR WAS COMING TO A STOP I NOTICED THAT IT LOST ALL POWER AND THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THE CAR WOULD TURN ...

Mileage: 176,000

I PURCHASED A 2005 MALIBU MAXX FROM AN USED CAR DEALER AND THE VERY NEXT DAY THE CAR LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT TURNED ON MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. WHILE THE CAR WAS COMING TO A STOP I NOTICED THAT IT LOST ALL POWER AND THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THE CAR WOULD TURN ...

Mileage: 176,000

THE WELD ON THE FRONT TORSION TUBE OF THE DRIVER SEAT ADJUSTER IS DETACHED AND THE TUBE IS DISCONNECTED, ALLOWING MORE THAN 200MM OF FORE/AFT MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER SEAT BACK AND HEADREST IF SEAT IS IN FULL UP POSITION. THIS WILL CLEARLY NOT PASS FMVSS 207 OR 210. THERE ARE ALREADY DOZENS OF COMPLAIN...

2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE RECEIVED AN INVOICE STATING THE RECALL WAS COMPLETED. HOWEVER, AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, HE EXPERIENCED A POWER STEERING FAILURE. UPON RETURNING TO THE DEALER FOR AN E...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR...

Mileage: 130,000

ISSUE ONE IS THE DRIVERS SEAL WELDS BRAKE ON THE REAR AND FRONT FROM THE FLOOR MOUNT BASE TO THE ELEVATED CONTROL THUS IN THE CASE OF A CRASH THE SEAT IS COMPROMISED TO SEPARATE COMPLETELY FROM THE FLOOR MOUNT DUE TO THESE WELDS BEING BROKE. SECOND ISSUE FUEL PUMPS BEGIN TO LEAK AT THE SEAL OF T...

Mileage: 95,000

ISSUE ONE IS THE DRIVERS SEAL WELDS BRAKE ON THE REAR AND FRONT FROM THE FLOOR MOUNT BASE TO THE ELEVATED CONTROL THUS IN THE CASE OF A CRASH THE SEAT IS COMPROMISED TO SEPARATE COMPLETELY FROM THE FLOOR MOUNT DUE TO THESE WELDS BEING BROKE. SECOND ISSUE FUEL PUMPS BEGIN TO LEAK AT THE SEAL OF T...

Mileage: 95,000

ISSUE ONE IS THE DRIVERS SEAL WELDS BRAKE ON THE REAR AND FRONT FROM THE FLOOR MOUNT BASE TO THE ELEVATED CONTROL THUS IN THE CASE OF A CRASH THE SEAT IS COMPROMISED TO SEPARATE COMPLETELY FROM THE FLOOR MOUNT DUE TO THESE WELDS BEING BROKE. SECOND ISSUE FUEL PUMPS BEGIN TO LEAK AT THE SEAL OF T...

Mileage: 95,000

FUEL PUMP LEAK. NOTICED STRONG GAS SMELL THAT ONLY INCREASED AS TIME PASSED, DRIVING AND PARKED. FUEL PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HAVE NOTICED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE. SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

Mileage: 197,000

I TOOK MY CAR IN ON 9/3/15 FOR A RECALL ON POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR ASSEMBLY, A BRAKE COMPONENT, AND GEAR SHIFT CABLE. MY CAR HAD THE ISSUE OF LOOSING POWER STEERING PRIOR TO ME BRINGING IT IN ON ONE OCCASION. AFTER GETTING MY CAR SERVICED AT CHUCK HUTTON CHEVY IN MEMPHIS, TN FOR THE RECALLS ONL...

I TOOK MY CAR IN ON 9/3/15 FOR A RECALL ON POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR ASSEMBLY, A BRAKE COMPONENT, AND GEAR SHIFT CABLE. MY CAR HAD THE ISSUE OF LOOSING POWER STEERING PRIOR TO ME BRINGING IT IN ON ONE OCCASION. AFTER GETTING MY CAR SERVICED AT CHUCK HUTTON CHEVY IN MEMPHIS, TN FOR THE RECALLS ONL...

I TOOK MY CAR IN ON 9/3/15 FOR A RECALL ON POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR ASSEMBLY, A BRAKE COMPONENT, AND GEAR SHIFT CABLE. MY CAR HAD THE ISSUE OF LOOSING POWER STEERING PRIOR TO ME BRINGING IT IN ON ONE OCCASION. AFTER GETTING MY CAR SERVICED AT CHUCK HUTTON CHEVY IN MEMPHIS, TN FOR THE RECALLS ONL...

DRIVER POWER SEAT/ BROKEN WELD ON METAL STABILIZER BAR ACROSS THE LOWER FRONT OF THE SEAT. CAUSES THE SEAT TO BE UNSTABLE AND SHIFT WHEN BRAKING OR ACCELLERATING.

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT BOTH TURN SIGNALS FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE FAILURES RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT BOTH TURN SIGNALS FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE FAILURES RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT BOTH TURN SIGNALS FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE FAILURES RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ...

Mileage: 98,000

WE JUST GOT OUT OF CHURCH AND WAS STOPPING AT A GAS STATION TO GET SOME GAS. PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND IT WENT INTO REVERSE AND STAYED IN REVERSE. NO MATTER HOW WE TRIED TO GET THE GEAR SHIFT OUT OF REVERSE, IT WOULD MOVE UP AND DOWN BUT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF REVERSE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN MY ...

Mileage: 156,000

UPON ACCELERATION POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING AND POWER STEERING WARNING MESSAGE SHOWS. GM DEALER SERVICE CENTER ADVISED THAT IT IS THE IGNITION COIL. REPLACED WITH A NEWER VERSION OF THE IGNITION COIL AND ADDED A GROUND STRAP BASED ON THE DETECTED ERROR CODES AND A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM GM. UPDA...

Mileage: 125,000

UPON ACCELERATION POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING AND POWER STEERING WARNING MESSAGE SHOWS. GM DEALER SERVICE CENTER ADVISED THAT IT IS THE IGNITION COIL. REPLACED WITH A NEWER VERSION OF THE IGNITION COIL AND ADDED A GROUND STRAP BASED ON THE DETECTED ERROR CODES AND A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM GM. UPDA...

Mileage: 125,000

REPORTED EARLIER THAT POWER STEERING WENT OUT AFTER PARTS WERE REPLACED UNDER A RECALL. NEW: POWER STEERING WARNING/CHIMES CAME ON DURING ACCELERATION (ENTERING HIGHWAY FROM RAMP). APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER (LOU LARICHE CHEVROLET, PLYMOUTH, MI) ON 7/10/15 (8 AM EST) TO HAVE RECALL PARTS CHECKED. ......

Mileage: 125,000

TURNING LEFT FROM A PARKING LOT ONTO STREET. POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING FOR LESS THAN ONE SECOND WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN. POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN REPLACED EARLIER UNDER A GM RECALL. HAD NO ISSUES WITH OLD PARTS BEFORE RECALL. RECALL NUMBER: 14V153000 RECALL DATE: 03/31/2014 COMPONE...

Mileage: 125,000

ON 12/16/14 I PURCHASED A SET OF 4 NEW 215/60R/16 95T GOODYEAR VIVA2 TIRES FROM LOUISVILLE WALMART SUPERCENTER 175 OUTER LOOP LOUISVILLE, KY 40214 FOR A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. ON 05/19/2015, WITH APPROPRIATELY 1500 MILES ON THE TIRES. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH THE RIGHT REAR TIRE FAILED DUE TO ...

Mileage: 240,508

LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, AND CAN BE FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. SLIGHT "PLAY" IN THE STEERING ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE NOISE SEEMS TO BE POPPING WITHIN THE "PLAY" AREA OF THE STEERING. PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM PRIVATE OWNER WITH LOW MILES, GARAGE KEPT, AND REGULAR MAINT...

Mileage: 31,000

2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. CONSUMERS STATED THAT THEY TRIED TO GET CAR FIX DUE TO STEERING RECALL, BUT COULDN'T BECAUSE THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE THEM FOR LABOR. *TA THE DEALER STATED THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE OF $393.00 TO REPLACE A CONNECTING SHAFT, BETWEEN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE RACK AND P...

2005 CHEVY MALIBU MASS MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO WEAR VERY QUICKLY. *MW ALSO, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE, AS IT WAS TOTALED IN AN ACCIDENT. *JB

2005 CHEVY MALIBU MASS MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO WEAR VERY QUICKLY. *MW ALSO, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE, AS IT WAS TOTALED IN AN ACCIDENT. *JB

I USED MY SCANNER TOOL AND I GOT THE CODE P0826 WHICH IS DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE SHIFTER, THE SHIFT CABLE MUST BE BROKEN. AM I ENTITLED TO TAKE MY CAR TO GET FIXED IN A DEALER BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS OR SOMEBODY DIES? *TR

Mileage: 182,449

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY ONLY TURNED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH WHEN TURNING AND LIFTING AT THE SAME TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE ...

Mileage: 25,000

REPLACED A STEERING ROD AT 34000 & 73000 & 105,000 THAT WAS MADE OF METAL LN 05. GM WENT BACK TO PLASTIC THE NEXT YEAR AS THIS DID NOT HOLD UP. SECOND IS THE REMOTE START PROBLEM. I HAD IT REPAIRED TWO DIFFERENT TIMES AT GM AND DOES NOT WORK AS OF NOW. WAS TOLD IT WAS A BCM PROBLEM EACH TIME.AS IT W...

Mileage: 34,000

REPLACED A STEERING ROD AT 34000 & 73000 & 105,000 THAT WAS MADE OF METAL LN 05. GM WENT BACK TO PLASTIC THE NEXT YEAR AS THIS DID NOT HOLD UP. SECOND IS THE REMOTE START PROBLEM. I HAD IT REPAIRED TWO DIFFERENT TIMES AT GM AND DOES NOT WORK AS OF NOW. WAS TOLD IT WAS A BCM PROBLEM EACH TIME.AS IT W...

Mileage: 34,000

TOOK CAR TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, FOR NHTSA ID: 14V252000/GM SAFETY RECALL: 13036, TO CORRECT THE ISSUES IN THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WHICH IMPACTED THE BRAKE APPLY SENSOR. NOW REAR TOP BRAKE LIGHTS NO LONGER ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS BEING PUSHED. FRONT LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS GOES ON AND OF...

Mileage: 163,000

TOOK CAR TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, FOR NHTSA ID: 14V252000/GM SAFETY RECALL: 13036, TO CORRECT THE ISSUES IN THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WHICH IMPACTED THE BRAKE APPLY SENSOR. NOW REAR TOP BRAKE LIGHTS NO LONGER ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS BEING PUSHED. FRONT LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS GOES ON AND OF...

Mileage: 163,000

TOOK CAR TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, FOR NHTSA ID: 14V252000/GM SAFETY RECALL: 13036, TO CORRECT THE ISSUES IN THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WHICH IMPACTED THE BRAKE APPLY SENSOR. NOW REAR TOP BRAKE LIGHTS NO LONGER ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS BEING PUSHED. FRONT LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS GOES ON AND OF...

Mileage: 163,000

TOOK CAR TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, FOR NHTSA ID: 14V252000/GM SAFETY RECALL: 13036, TO CORRECT THE ISSUES IN THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WHICH IMPACTED THE BRAKE APPLY SENSOR. NOW REAR TOP BRAKE LIGHTS NO LONGER ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS BEING PUSHED. FRONT LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS GOES ON AND OF...

Mileage: 163,000

TOOK CAR TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, FOR NHTSA ID: 14V252000/GM SAFETY RECALL: 13036, TO CORRECT THE ISSUES IN THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WHICH IMPACTED THE BRAKE APPLY SENSOR. NOW REAR TOP BRAKE LIGHTS NO LONGER ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS BEING PUSHED. FRONT LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS GOES ON AND OF...

Mileage: 163,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE ABS WAS ACTIVATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHI...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE ABS WAS ACTIVATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHI...

Mileage: 140,000

PASSENGER FRONT TURN SIGNAL BULB AND ELCTRICAL UNIT MELTED. TURN SIGNAL ON DASH BLINKING FAST. CHANGED TO NEW BULB, THOUGHT BULB WAS BAD, REPLACED. WORKED FOR A FEW MONTHS AND IT OCCURRED BULB HAD BLOWN OUT. REPLACED AGAIN.. THIS TIME IT HAG GONE OUT AND EVERYTHINGS MELTED.. CONTACTED GM, HAVE A...

Mileage: 65,000

THE DRIVER SEAT WELDS HAVE BROKEN MAKING THE SEAT UNSAFE. *TR

Mileage: 201,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED INTERMITTENTLY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER DUE TO BEING TOO LOOSE OR TIGHT. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL D...

Mileage: 108,233

"SERVICE AIR BAG" WARNING MESSAGE ON RADIO CONSOLE: 2 CHIMES, AND TEXT: "SERVICE AIR BAG" PROBLEM OCCURS APPROX. 50% OF TIME. USUALLY OCCURS A FEW MINUTES AFTER STARTING AND DRIVING AND ALSO USUALLY OCCURS ONLY ONCE PER DRIVE CYCLE. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

THERE IS A CRACK/LEAK IN THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. THIS IS THE SECOND ONE TO BE REPLACED ON THIS CAR. THE FIRST WAS ABOUT A YEAR AFTER PURCHASE (2006) AND THE NEWEST PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AROUND THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR (2014). I TOOK IT TO A COUPLE OF MECHANICS AND THE ENTIRE UNIT WILL HAVE TO BE REP...

THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN PERSISTENT SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. THE AIR BAG LIGHT JUST CAME ON AT RANDOM AND THEN WENT OFF AFTER BEING RESET. AFTER A WHILE, I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THE CLOCK SPRING WAS BROKE. HOW? I DO NOT KNOW. I HAVE JUST DEALT WITH IT SINCE ALL OF THE ELECTRONIC...

AT THE STOP LIGHT THE STEERING LOCKED UP WITH ENGINE RUNNING AT STOP LIGHT. AFTER POLICE STOPPED TO HELP AND ANOTHER PASSER BY STOPPED TO HELP THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED TO RESET CPU COMPUTER AND THEN THE STEERING WAS RETURNED ON AGAIN TO WORK FREE.. THIS CAR ALSO HAS THE STARTER...

Mileage: 134,000

DRIVERS SEAT WELDING HAS SNAPPED UNDERNEATH CAUSING THE SEAT TO LEAN TO THE RIGHT AND BOUNCE UP AND DOWN. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

FUEL LEAK FROM THE SENDING UNIT ABOVE THE FUEL TANK. *TR

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILAB...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AMBER LIGHTS BURNED OUT AND MELTED THE PLASTIC SHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,370. UPDATED 10/10/14*CN T...

Mileage: 124,370

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V224000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACT...

BRAKES FAILED. I AM CONCERNED WITH 3 RECALLS ON MAJOR PARTS: IGNITION, POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. I HAD TO PAY FOR A BRAKE REPAIR OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE THE CAR WAS TOTALLY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I SHOULD GET A REFUND. I HAVE 3 RECALL LETTERS AND I AM TOLD THE PARTS ARE UNAVAILABLE. THIS IS NOT ...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN MAKING A TURN, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING...

Mileage: 213,000

MY WIFE WAS SLOWING DOWN TO ENTER A REST STOP IN HER 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX WHEN THERE WAS A DING AND POWER STEERING WAS DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER. AT THE SAME TIME, SHE NOTICED SHE HAD LOST POWER STEERING. SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY AND TURNED IT OFF. A FEW MINUTES LAT...

Mileage: 149,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE REPAIRS THAT WERE MADE WERE UNKNOWN, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE REPAIRS THAT WERE MADE WERE UNKNOWN, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME STUCK CAUSING HIM TO BE UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE...

Mileage: 124,728

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND I WAS STUCK IN EVERYONE'S WAY. TRIED TO STEER TO THE SHOULDER BUT I WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH. AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF FOR AWHILE I STARTED IT UP AND THE STEERING CAME BACK ON JUST LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE IT HOME. CHEVY SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE PA...

Mileage: 141,429

WHEN ENTERING MY PARKED 2005 MALIBU MAXX, THE CROSS BAR UNDER THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT SNAPPED AT THE CORNER WELD. FROM READING THESE POSTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED. NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN AFFORD $1000 TO BUY ANOTHER DEFECTIVE SEAT FR...

Mileage: 70,000

WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY THE WARNING CHIME SOUNDED, A CLICK WAS HEARD UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND THE (ELECTRIC) POWER STEERING ASSIST QUIT. ALSO A BATTERY SYMBOL ILLUMINATED MOMENTARILY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. REDUCING ACCELERATION CAUSED THE POWER STEERING ASSIST TO RETURN TO NOR...

Mileage: 117,500

WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY THE WARNING CHIME SOUNDED, A CLICK WAS HEARD UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND THE (ELECTRIC) POWER STEERING ASSIST QUIT. ALSO A BATTERY SYMBOL ILLUMINATED MOMENTARILY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. REDUCING ACCELERATION CAUSED THE POWER STEERING ASSIST TO RETURN TO NOR...

Mileage: 117,500

I WAS ADJUSTING THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT WHEN I HEARD A METALLIC POP. SEAT HAD A SLIGHT TILT TO RIGHT THAT BECAME WORSE WHEN SEAT WAS RAISED UP. SLIGHT ROCKING MOTION WAS NOTICED WHEN SHIFTING BODY WEIGHT. VISUAL INSPECTION FOUND THAT RIGHT FRONT WELD HAD FAILED. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED AND HAVE HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHTS.GOING ON AND OFF.I HAVE REPLACED THE WIRE HARNESS 7 TIMES IN 2 YEARS.IS THEIR A RECALL ON THESE CARS FOR THE HEADLIGHT ISSUES.IF SO I NEED TO BE NOTIFIED ASAP BEFORE THEIR IS A FIRE IN MY CAR.I AM A HANDIC...

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED AND HAVE HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHTS.GOING ON AND OFF.I HAVE REPLACED THE WIRE HARNESS 7 TIMES IN 2 YEARS.IS THEIR A RECALL ON THESE CARS FOR THE HEADLIGHT ISSUES.IF SO I NEED TO BE NOTIFIED ASAP BEFORE THEIR IS A FIRE IN MY CAR.I AM A HANDIC...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ON ALTHOUGH THE BRAKES WERE NOT ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER...

Mileage: 72,000

MY POWER STEERING TURNED OFF SUDDENLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING - I PULLED OVER MY CAR AND RESTARTED IT - THE POWER STEERING SEEMED TO BE ON AND I DROVE LESS THAN HALF A MILE BEFORE THE POWER STEERING ONCE AGAIN TURNED OFF. GM HAS NOTIFIED ME THERE ARE NOT ANY PARTS CURRENTLY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND THEY ...

POWER DRIVER'S SEAT SUDDENLY TILTED BACK AND RIGHT, AND I HEARD A LOUD POP. UPON INSPECTION A BAR THAT RUNS UNDER THE SEAT BROKE AT A WELD. SEAT NOW FEELS INSECURE AND BOUNCY. *JS

Mileage: 137,000

A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX LS. 156964 MILEAGE. THE STEERING WHEEL EMITTED A CLUCKING AND A CREAKING NOISE WHILE MAKING A TURN. A CLAPPING REPEATED NOISE SOMEWHERE IN THE WHEELS HAS APPEARED ALSO. BLINKERS BURNED OUT TOO OFTEN AND THE PLASTICS THAT COVER THEM ARE MELT DOWN. IF IT STAYS MORE THAN ...

Mileage: 129,831

A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX LS. 156964 MILEAGE. THE STEERING WHEEL EMITTED A CLUCKING AND A CREAKING NOISE WHILE MAKING A TURN. A CLAPPING REPEATED NOISE SOMEWHERE IN THE WHEELS HAS APPEARED ALSO. BLINKERS BURNED OUT TOO OFTEN AND THE PLASTICS THAT COVER THEM ARE MELT DOWN. IF IT STAYS MORE THAN ...

Mileage: 129,831

A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX LS. 156964 MILEAGE. THE STEERING WHEEL EMITTED A CLUCKING AND A CREAKING NOISE WHILE MAKING A TURN. A CLAPPING REPEATED NOISE SOMEWHERE IN THE WHEELS HAS APPEARED ALSO. BLINKERS BURNED OUT TOO OFTEN AND THE PLASTICS THAT COVER THEM ARE MELT DOWN. IF IT STAYS MORE THAN ...

Mileage: 129,831

THIS 2005 MALIBU MAXX LT IS EQUIPPED WITH A 6-WAY POWER DRIVER'S FRONT SEAT. SOMETHING HAS BROKEN THAT ALLOWS THE SEAT TO SLIDE FORWARD SLIGHTLY DURING BRAKING AND SLIDE BACK DURING ACCELERATION. I HAVE READ THE VARIOUS OWNER'S COMPLAINTS REGARDING BROKEN MALIBU SEAT FRAMES AND I FEEL THAT THI...

Mileage: 52,000

DRIVERS SEAT BROKE IN THREE PLACES AND IS A HAZARD TO DRIVE , BECAUSE THE SEAT MOVES LEFT TO RIGHT WHEN YOU GET IN AND OUT OF THE CAR. WHEN THE SEAT MOVES BEFORE DRIVING, YOU SIT TILTED TO THE LEFT AND ITS UNCOMFORTABLE TO SIT AND DRIVE GOOD. IT HAPPENED SO SUDDEN I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE ANYWHERE, ...

Mileage: 160,659

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE YESTERDAY AND UPON INSPECTION LAST NIGHT I REALIZED THAT THE ORANGE PLASTIC DOME THAT FITS OVER THE LAMP FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE BLINKER IS UNATTACHED, WHEN MY FATHER LOOKED FURTHER INTO IT HE BECAME AWARE THAT THE WIRES ARE MELTED AND SO IS THE PART OF THE ORANGE PIECE THAT ...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE ON MY WAY HOME AND MY BACK BREAKS LOCKED UP AND THE TIRES AND HUBCAPS STARTED TO BURN. I HAD NO IMMEDIATE EXIT SO I HAD TO CONTINUE TO ROLL SLOW. ONCE I EXITED THE INTERSTATE MY WHEEL WAS ON FIRE. I PUT IT OUT WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. I ASKED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID NO ...

Mileage: 90,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE ON MY WAY HOME AND MY BACK BREAKS LOCKED UP AND THE TIRES AND HUBCAPS STARTED TO BURN. I HAD NO IMMEDIATE EXIT SO I HAD TO CONTINUE TO ROLL SLOW. ONCE I EXITED THE INTERSTATE MY WHEEL WAS ON FIRE. I PUT IT OUT WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. I ASKED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID NO ...

Mileage: 90,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE ON MY WAY HOME AND MY BACK BREAKS LOCKED UP AND THE TIRES AND HUBCAPS STARTED TO BURN. I HAD NO IMMEDIATE EXIT SO I HAD TO CONTINUE TO ROLL SLOW. ONCE I EXITED THE INTERSTATE MY WHEEL WAS ON FIRE. I PUT IT OUT WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. I ASKED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID NO ...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL EMITTED A CLUCKING NOISE WHILE MAKING A TURN. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE IN THE STEERING WHEEL DRIVE SHAFT AND COLUMN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. T...

Mileage: 76,000

DRIVERS SEAT WELD BROKE RIGHT SIDE. NOW I HAVE A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVE AND DON'T TRUST THE SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE SINCE MY SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH AT EVERY TURN AND STOP. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

WHEN STARTING THE CAR IT WOULD HESITATE BEFORE TURNING OVER. LATER IT BEGAN TO STRUGGLE TO TURN OVER. NOW ITS STRUGGLING TO TURN OVER BUT WON'T. I PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY AT FIRESTONE LESS THAN A MONTH AGO AND THE CAR HAS PLENTY OF GAS. I ALSO TOOK THE CAR INTO FIRESTONE FOR A VEHICLE INSPECTION THE...

Mileage: 176,000

WHEN STARTING THE CAR IT WOULD HESITATE BEFORE TURNING OVER. LATER IT BEGAN TO STRUGGLE TO TURN OVER. NOW ITS STRUGGLING TO TURN OVER BUT WON'T. I PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY AT FIRESTONE LESS THAN A MONTH AGO AND THE CAR HAS PLENTY OF GAS. I ALSO TOOK THE CAR INTO FIRESTONE FOR A VEHICLE INSPECTION THE...

Mileage: 176,000

MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO BUSY ROAD. STEERING WENT OUT AND HAD TO GO STRAIGHT TILL I COULD GET TO A SAFE SPOT TO STOP. CAR MADE CHIME NOISE AND INDICATED POWER STEERING FAILURE. HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND WAITED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. STARTED CAR AND STEERING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. *TR

Mileage: 203,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A TURN, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING CHIME SOUNDED. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, BUT T...

Mileage: 160,000

AUGUST 1, 2013, WAS DRIVING OFF THE PARKING LOT AT WORK WHEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT. IT CAME BACK AFTER THREE DAYS BUT ON AUGUST 23, 2013, IT WENT OUT COMPLETELY. WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, DOING 65 MPH AND COMPLETELY LOST STEERING CAPACITY. POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND BEEPED TWICE. THIS...

Mileage: 103,789

THIS IS IN RELATION TO WHAT I'VE SEEN IN A FEW CRASH IIHS CRASH VIDEOS. I WAS HIT ON THE LEFT SIDE, WITH THE IMPACT RANGE FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO THE OUTSIDE MIRROR. I WAS BEGINNING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN I WAS STRUCK. THE IMPACT ON THE STEER TIRE CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN QUICKLY TO ...

Mileage: 44,400

THIS IS IN RELATION TO WHAT I'VE SEEN IN A FEW CRASH IIHS CRASH VIDEOS. I WAS HIT ON THE LEFT SIDE, WITH THE IMPACT RANGE FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO THE OUTSIDE MIRROR. I WAS BEGINNING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN I WAS STRUCK. THE IMPACT ON THE STEER TIRE CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN QUICKLY TO ...

Mileage: 44,400

TL* THE CONTACT 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MODULE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE MANUFACTURER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONE YEAR LATER. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 122,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AS THE POWER DIMINISHING AND ENGINE DISABLED WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE IT WAS RESTARTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHIC...

Mileage: 125,000

THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT ORANGE GLASS IN SIDE OF HEAD LAMP IT HAS A HOLE MELTED THE TOP OF THE ORANGE LENS. HAS A HOLE ON TOP WHAT CAN YOU DO TO FIX THAT PROBLEM, IT'S SEAMS TO BE ONLY ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR. IT'S ON A 2005 MALIBU MAXX. CAN YOU REPLACE IT UNDER A FACTORY WARRANTY FOR US THAN...

I NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT "SWAYED" TO THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SITTING DOWN IN THE VEHICLE. AFTER REMOVING THE SEAT FOR INSPECTION, THE WELD CONNECTING THE SUPPORT TUBE INSIDE THE SEAT COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM ITS WELD JOINT. NO PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCURRED WITH THIS VEHICLE. LOCAL SE...

Mileage: 142,000

THE CAR IS A WRECK. *TR

THE CAR IS A WRECK. *TR

THE CAR IS A WRECK. *TR

TWO WELDS HOLDING THE CONSOLE SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO THE BODY OF THE CAR SNAPPED, CAUSING THE SEAT TO SIT CROOKED (LOWER ON THE INSIDE), PIVOT BACKWARD DURING ACCELERATION, AND FORWARD WHEN BREAKING. IF IT WERE EVER IN A COLLISION, THE ADDITIONAL STRESS PLACED ON THE DOOR SIDE WELDS WILL LIKEL...

Mileage: 150,000

YOU CAN SMELL FUEL WHEN YOU ARE BY THE CAR. AT THIS TIME IT TAKES 2 TO 3 CRANKS FOR THE CAR TO START. I'M TOLD THAT THERE IS A LEAK ON THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK SOMEWHERE. *TR

Mileage: 97,555

I PURCHASED A USED CHEVY 2005 MALIBU MAXX FROM EAST HILLS CHEVROLET. I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING IN 08' THEY REPLACED OR REPAIRED THE STEERING GEARS. 5 YEARS LATER AND 30,000 MILES (LOCAL) I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS SITED IN A BULLETIN WITH MY VIN NUMBER HOWEVER, GM, NOR THE DEALER WILL...

Mileage: 60,123

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, LUCKILY ON A CURVE. THE DRIVER SEAT BEGAN TO WOBBLE AND LEAN TO THE RIGHT AND BACK AND I THOUGHT THE MOTOR CAME OUT OF ALIGNMENT. WHEN I GOT HOME I BEGAN TO SEARCH TO LOCATE THE ISSUE. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I NOTICED THAT THE FRONT BAR OF THE SEAT HAD BROKEN OF...

Mileage: 162,000

SAT DOWN IN DRIVERS SEAT AND IT POPPED AND SLUMPED TO THE RIGHT TOWARDS THE CENTER CONSOLE. I LOOKED UNDER THE SEAT AND THE METAL TUBE FRAME HAD SEPARATED AT THE WELD AND LOOKS LIKE IT JUST PEELED BACK. THE SEAT IS NOW UNSTABLE AND WILL WOBBLE BACK AND FORTH DURING DRIVING. RESEARCHED THIS ON THE IN...

Mileage: 100,000

THE SUPPORT BRACKET WELDED TO THE SEAT FRAME BROKE ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT, CAUSING THE SEAT TO LEAN TOWARDS THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE SEAT CAN NOT RAISE UP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DRIVER SEAT. *TR

Mileage: 98,500

I PURCHASED MY CHEVY MALIBU MAXX JANUARY OF JUST LAST YEAR AND I HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT LEFT HEAD LIGHT THINKING NOTHING OF JUST NORMAL MAINTENANCE AND THIS WAS RIGHT AROUND AUGUST OF LAST YEAR AND IT IS NOW MARCH OF 2013 AND I JUST HAD TO DO IT AGAIN BUT THIS GO ROUND IT SEEMED MORE LIKE A SHORT B...

I PURCHASED MY CHEVY MALIBU MAXX JANUARY OF JUST LAST YEAR AND I HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT LEFT HEAD LIGHT THINKING NOTHING OF JUST NORMAL MAINTENANCE AND THIS WAS RIGHT AROUND AUGUST OF LAST YEAR AND IT IS NOW MARCH OF 2013 AND I JUST HAD TO DO IT AGAIN BUT THIS GO ROUND IT SEEMED MORE LIKE A SHORT B...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, HE NOTICED THAT A HOLE WAS MELTED INTO THE AMBER TURN SIGNAL HEADLIGHT LENS, EXPOSING THE HOUSING UNIT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEA...

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT POWER STEERING ASSIST. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE POWER STEERING OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE STEERING FAILURE RECURRED NUMERO...

Mileage: 160,000

TURN SIGNALS BURNING SO HOT THEY EXPLODE, AND MELT NOT ONLY HOUSING FOR BULB, BUT ALSO THE SOCKET IN ORDER TO REPLACE BULB IS MELTED TOO. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS AS I HAVE FOUND OVER 200 OTHER COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE! *TR

Mileage: 162,000

TURN SIGNALS BURNING SO HOT THEY EXPLODE, AND MELT NOT ONLY HOUSING FOR BULB, BUT ALSO THE SOCKET IN ORDER TO REPLACE BULB IS MELTED TOO. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS AS I HAVE FOUND OVER 200 OTHER COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE! *TR

Mileage: 162,000

I WAS DRIVING INTO A PARKING LOT AT THE END OF MY COMMUTE WHEN AN ALARM WENT OF AND A "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE APPEARED ON MY CONSOLE. IMMEDIATELY MY POWER STEERING WAS DISABLED AND I HAD TO RESTART MY CAR 3 TIMES BEFORE THE POWER STEERING WAS ENABLED AND I WAS ABLE TO TURN MY CAR INTO THE PARKING L...

Mileage: 103,388

SAT DOWN IN DRIVERS SEAT AND IT POPPED AND SLUMPED TO THE RIGHT TOWARDS THE CENTER CONSOLE. I LOOKED UNDER THE SEAT AND THE METAL TUBE FRAME HAD SEPARATED AT THE WELD AND LOOKS LIKE IT JUST PEELED BACK. THE SEAT IS NOW UNSTABLE AND WILL WOBBLE BACK AND FORTH DURING DRIVING. RESEARCHED THIS ON THE...

BOTH THE FRONT TURN SIGNAL AMBER BULB HOUSING KEEPS MELTING TO THE BULB AND ALSO THE LIGHT SOCKETS , OEM AND AFTER MARKET ONES. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX INDICATED THAT A TURN SIGNAL BULB WAS OUT AND WHEN I WENT TO REPLACE THE BULB I NOTICED, NOT ONLY THAT THE BULB ITSELF WAS SIGNIFICANTLY BURNED AT THE SOCKET, BUT ALSO THAT THE BLINKER PLASTIC WAS SUBSTANTIALLY MELTED. I CHECKED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR AND EVEN THOUGH THAT BULB...

Mileage: 87,000

DRIVING AWAY FROM WORK IN A PARKING LOT AND THE FRONT RIGHT SEAT OF THE DRIVER SEAT POPPED AND SAGGED ABOUT 3 INCHES DOWN, SHOVING THE SEAT SIDEWAYS. I PULLED OVER TO CHECK IT AND FOUND THAT A PIPE RUNNING THE FRONT OF THE SEAT HAD SHEERED AWAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. DRIVING IT HOME, ANOTHER POP I...

Mileage: 101,595

AROUND JUNE 2012 I STARTED SMELLING FUEL WHEN I PARKED THE CAR IN THE GARAGE. I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE OVER FILLED. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND I TOOK THE CAR INTO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE PLASTIC LINE FROM THE FUEL PUMP HAD CRACKED CAUSING THE LEAK OF FUEL. I CHECKED FOR A RECALL AND FOUND ...

Mileage: 77,000

MY CARS HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM AT NIGHT AND TAKE A WHILE TO GET BRIGHTER EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD THE BULB REPLACED AND THE LIGHTING COMPONENTS CHECKED OUT. THE WINDOWS WON'T ROLL DOWN FROM ANY SIDE OF THE CAR, A RECURRENCE FROM TWO YEARS AGO. ALSO MY DOORS WON'T UNLOCK FROM THE AUTO-UNLOCK BUTTON THAT SI...

Mileage: 80,038

MY CARS HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM AT NIGHT AND TAKE A WHILE TO GET BRIGHTER EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD THE BULB REPLACED AND THE LIGHTING COMPONENTS CHECKED OUT. THE WINDOWS WON'T ROLL DOWN FROM ANY SIDE OF THE CAR, A RECURRENCE FROM TWO YEARS AGO. ALSO MY DOORS WON'T UNLOCK FROM THE AUTO-UNLOCK BUTTON THAT SI...

Mileage: 80,038

MY CARS HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM AT NIGHT AND TAKE A WHILE TO GET BRIGHTER EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD THE BULB REPLACED AND THE LIGHTING COMPONENTS CHECKED OUT. THE WINDOWS WON'T ROLL DOWN FROM ANY SIDE OF THE CAR, A RECURRENCE FROM TWO YEARS AGO. ALSO MY DOORS WON'T UNLOCK FROM THE AUTO-UNLOCK BUTTON THAT SI...

Mileage: 80,038

I STARTED TO SMELL GAS AFTER PARKING MY CAR IN GARAGE ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO. CHANGED FUEL CAP, DIDN'T WORK. THE GAS SMELL BECAME MORE AND MORE STRONG AFTER FEW WEEKS. DID SOME SEARCH AND FOUND IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM OF FUEL PUMP LEAK IN 2004-2006 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX. THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE BREAKS AND THE...

Mileage: 96,500

THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. MOST OF THE TIME ITS WHEN WE ARE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND TURNING LEFT. AT FIRST WE THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE..NOW IT IS HAPPENING MORE AND I AM GETTING VERY NERVOUS ABOUT DRIVING OUR CAR, SCARED THAT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHILE WE ARE DRIVING ON THE ROA...

A FUEL SMELL/ODOR BEGAN PERMEATING THE VEHICLE AND THE IMMEDIATE AREA AROUND IT. THE NEXT DAY, VEHICLE BEGAN REQUIRING TWO CRANKS TO GET STARTED. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK, AND IT WAS COMING FROM THE FUEL PUMP. THE PART WAS REPLACED, AND THE FUEL PUMP HAD...

Mileage: 68,000

2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX FRONT HEADLIGHT TURN SIGNAL BULB MELTED THE HOUSING SURROUNDING THE BULB WITH CORRECT BULB REPLACEMENT. BULB KEEPS BURNING OUT AND AM CONCERNED THAT THIS MELTING WILL RESULT IN SAFETY ISSUES OR FURTHER DAMAGES TO THE HEADLIGHT HOUSING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER DRIVING OR UPON STARTING THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN...

Mileage: 13,849

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TURN SIGNALS FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LENSES WERE MELTED ON BOTH SIDES. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE LENSES THREE TIMES IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CONNECTIO...

Mileage: 84,000

THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER SEAT STARTED TO SAG ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE POWER SEAT ADJUSTMENT IS USED, THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE SEAT DOES NOT RAISE WHICH MAKES THE SEAT LEAN. FINALLY, THE SEAT NOW ROCKS FORWARD AND BACKWARD. IT APPEARS THAT THE FRAME OF THE SEAT HAS BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

OVER THE PAST YEAR MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX POWER STEERING HAS WITHOUT WARNING STOP WORKING. LUCKILY THIS HAS HAPPENED AT SPEED LESS THAN 30MPH AND I WAS ABLE TO SLOW AND STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENCE. RECENTLY MY ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON WARNING POWER STEERING. THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUAT...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT BULBS MELTED AND THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES ADDRESSING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD TO PURCHASE FOUR DIFF...

Mileage: 103,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF THE TYPE OF REPAIRS T...

Mileage: 83,000

I HAVE OWNED MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX FOR JUST OVER A YEAR AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT TURN SIGNAL SOCKETS, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES, THREE TIMES NOW DUE TO MELTED SOCKETS AND AMBER COVERS MELTING DOWN TO THE BULBS. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE VENTED THEY DO NOT STAY COOL ENOUGH TO PREVENT SEVERE E...

Mileage: 95,000

I HAVE OWNED MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX FOR JUST OVER A YEAR AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT TURN SIGNAL SOCKETS, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES, THREE TIMES NOW DUE TO MELTED SOCKETS AND AMBER COVERS MELTING DOWN TO THE BULBS. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE VENTED THEY DO NOT STAY COOL ENOUGH TO PREVENT SEVERE E...

Mileage: 95,000

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION ALREADY ON THIS CAR, AND IT STILL IS NOT RIGHT. THE POWER STEERING WILL BE GONE NO MATTER THE TEMPERATURE, BUT THEN COMES RIGHT BACK. THE BRAKES ARE ALWAYS GOING BAD ON IT, I HAVE REPLACED THEM SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN THE 25K MILES OF OWNING THE CAR. THE DRIVER...

Mileage: 136,000

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION ALREADY ON THIS CAR, AND IT STILL IS NOT RIGHT. THE POWER STEERING WILL BE GONE NO MATTER THE TEMPERATURE, BUT THEN COMES RIGHT BACK. THE BRAKES ARE ALWAYS GOING BAD ON IT, I HAVE REPLACED THEM SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN THE 25K MILES OF OWNING THE CAR. THE DRIVER...

Mileage: 136,000

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION ALREADY ON THIS CAR, AND IT STILL IS NOT RIGHT. THE POWER STEERING WILL BE GONE NO MATTER THE TEMPERATURE, BUT THEN COMES RIGHT BACK. THE BRAKES ARE ALWAYS GOING BAD ON IT, I HAVE REPLACED THEM SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN THE 25K MILES OF OWNING THE CAR. THE DRIVER...

Mileage: 136,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BULBS HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 138,000 AND THE ...

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHEN ATTEMPTING A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN AT LOW SPEEDS. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE STABILIZER BAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT M...

Mileage: 112,000

MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX LS LOSES ITS POWER STEERING. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THE TEMPERATURE, OR WHAT THE WEATHER IS LIKE, JUST OUT OF THE BLUE THE BELL GOES OFF AND POWER STEERING IT RUNS ACROSS THE DASH. IT WILL RESET ITSELF ONCE THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUTOFF AND RESTARTED. IT HAS HAPPENED ON SEVER...

Mileage: 62,000

THE DRIVER'S POWER SEAT IS BROKEN. IT'S BEEN SLOWLY STARTING TO TILT BACK AND TO THE RIGHT AND FINALLY SNAPPED. IN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, IT APPEARS IT IS VERY COMMON WITH THE CHEVY MALIBU AND ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS A BROKEN DRIVERS SEAT WILL NOT WORK AS INTENDED IN A...

Mileage: 79,401

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS BURNED OUT. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BULB BUT THE HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT A SECOND TIME. THE CONTACT LATER NOTICED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT WIRES WERE MELTED INTO THE BULB ...

Mileage: 89,000

FRONT DRIVER SEAT WELD BROKE, SEAT LEANS TO RIGHT AND WOBBLES. *TR

2005 MALIBU MAXX BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT, THEN A COUPLE MONTHS LATER THE POWER STEERING NOTIFICATION STARTING BEEPING ON THE DASH DISPLAY, THE STEERING IS TIGHT, SOMETIMES HARD TO TURN. FOUND OUT THE POWER STEERING IS ELECTRONIC AND THERE IS NO FLUID TO ADD. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 75,000 MILES ON ...

SOMETHING BROKE UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT. IT NOW LEANS TO THE RIGHT. IT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP. IT CAUSES STRAIN ON MY BACK TO DRIVE. I HAVE TO LEAN ALL THE WAY TO THE DOOR FOR THE SEAT TO BE UTILIZED. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE METAL BRACKET SNAPPED AND NEEDED TO BE WELD...

Mileage: 132,768

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 2 MPH IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE POWER STEERING SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON FOR A COUPLE SECONDS BEFORE THE SYSTEM RESET ITSELF. THE STEERING WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ALSO. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOT...

Mileage: 173,000

LEFT FRONT (DRIVER'S SEAT) IS BROKEN, IT ROCKS SIDE TO SIDE, SLIDES FORE AND AFT SLIGHTLY, AND NO LONGER HOLDS HEIGHT POSITION. THE SEAT IS A 6 WAY POWER SEAT. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP (PUYALLUP, WA) WAITING FOR A NEW SEAT TRACK TO BE INSTALLED. ESTIMATED REPAIR COST IS $800.00....

Mileage: 86,000

ACCELERATING QUICKLY, MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC, THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND A WARNING DING DINGED 3 TIMES AND THEN MULTIPLE LIGHTS FLASHED ON THE DASH. RELEASING THE GAS PEDAL RELEASED THE LOCK. THIS IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY NOW. EVERY TIME THERE IS A WARNING DING, SOMETIMES ...

Mileage: 130,000

ACCELERATING QUICKLY, MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC, THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND A WARNING DING DINGED 3 TIMES AND THEN MULTIPLE LIGHTS FLASHED ON THE DASH. RELEASING THE GAS PEDAL RELEASED THE LOCK. THIS IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY NOW. EVERY TIME THERE IS A WARNING DING, SOMETIMES ...

Mileage: 130,000

AT APPROX 76,000 MILES THE POWER DRIVERS SEAT STARTED TO LEAN TO THE RIGHT. A WELD BROKE LOOSE FROM THE SEAT FRAME UNDERNEATH. THE REPAIR REQUIRES SEAT REPLACEMENT FOR OVER $1000. THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND SINCE IT CLEARLY IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. ITS UNFAIR. *TT

Mileage: 76,000

WHILE ACCELERATING, WARNING BELL DINGED AND POWER STEERING FAILED MOMENTARILY. HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES SO FAR. I PLAN TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

I HAVE A 2005 MALIBU MAXX. APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 WEEKS AGO, I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE -VERY, VERY SLOWLY, THERE WERE A SERIES OF RED POLE ABOUT 3 FEET HIGH, I SAW THEM. I WAS TURNING RIGHT AND MY CAR JERKED TO THE LEFT ACCELERATED AND I HIT A POLE DAMAGING MY FRONT END. CAR WAS TOWED AND R...

Mileage: 72,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE YELLOW PLASTIC COVER FOR THE HEADLIGHTS WAS FOUND BURNED ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE F...

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS OVER HEATED, WHICH CAUSED THE SOCKETS TO MELT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 65,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEA...

Mileage: 65,000

THE POWER TO THE DRIVER SEAT OF OUR '05 MALIBU MAXX, IS MAULFUNCTIONING/BROKEN/NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. IT APPEARS THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRAME HAS GIVEN UP. THE POWER TO THE SEAT GOES UP BUT THE RIGHT SIDE STAYS DOWN; LEAVING THE DRIVER LEANING TO THE RIGHT. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO CLAIMS T...

Mileage: 72,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED CAUSING THE LIGHT BULB PLASTIC COVERING TO MELT AND THE LIGHT BULB TO FAIL. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY, BUT THE DRIVER HEADLIGHT ALSO FAILED. THE DRIVERS HEADLIG...

Mileage: 86,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED CAUSING THE LIGHT BULB PLASTIC COVERING TO MELT AND THE LIGHT BULB TO FAIL. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY, BUT THE DRIVER HEADLIGHT ALSO FAILED. THE DRIVERS HEADLIG...

Mileage: 86,000

DRIVER SIDE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHT/TURN SIGNAL BULB SOCKET CAUSES BULB BASE TO MELT AND CAUSE A SHORTAGE. IN ONE YEAR BULB HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED 4 TIMES. BULB MANUFACTURER SENT ME HEAVY DUTY REPLACEMENT BULBS TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM THEY SUGGEST THAT GM IS AWARE OF. TWO HEAVY DUTY BULBS HAVE ALSO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, THE CONTAC...

Mileage: 101,000

REAR HATCH BACK HINGE HAS POPPED OFF IT'S PIVOT RESULTING IN THE HATCH BACK SLAMMING DOWN AND GLASS SHATTERING. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOCK UP OF POWER STEERING; BATTERY LIGHT FLICKS ON AND THEN EVERYTHING LOCKS UP UNTIL YOU REPLACE THE GAS PEDDLE FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. MY LIGHTS RANDOMLY FLASH AND REAR BULBS ON THE DRIVER SIDE BLOW EVERY 3 DAYS. MY TURN SIGNALS WILL SPORADICALLY BLINK AND THE WIPER BLADES GO OFF W...

Mileage: 142,225

COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOCK UP OF POWER STEERING; BATTERY LIGHT FLICKS ON AND THEN EVERYTHING LOCKS UP UNTIL YOU REPLACE THE GAS PEDDLE FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. MY LIGHTS RANDOMLY FLASH AND REAR BULBS ON THE DRIVER SIDE BLOW EVERY 3 DAYS. MY TURN SIGNALS WILL SPORADICALLY BLINK AND THE WIPER BLADES GO OFF W...

Mileage: 142,225

COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOCK UP OF POWER STEERING; BATTERY LIGHT FLICKS ON AND THEN EVERYTHING LOCKS UP UNTIL YOU REPLACE THE GAS PEDDLE FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. MY LIGHTS RANDOMLY FLASH AND REAR BULBS ON THE DRIVER SIDE BLOW EVERY 3 DAYS. MY TURN SIGNALS WILL SPORADICALLY BLINK AND THE WIPER BLADES GO OFF W...

Mileage: 142,225

COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOCK UP OF POWER STEERING; BATTERY LIGHT FLICKS ON AND THEN EVERYTHING LOCKS UP UNTIL YOU REPLACE THE GAS PEDDLE FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. MY LIGHTS RANDOMLY FLASH AND REAR BULBS ON THE DRIVER SIDE BLOW EVERY 3 DAYS. MY TURN SIGNALS WILL SPORADICALLY BLINK AND THE WIPER BLADES GO OFF W...

Mileage: 142,225

COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOCK UP OF POWER STEERING; BATTERY LIGHT FLICKS ON AND THEN EVERYTHING LOCKS UP UNTIL YOU REPLACE THE GAS PEDDLE FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. MY LIGHTS RANDOMLY FLASH AND REAR BULBS ON THE DRIVER SIDE BLOW EVERY 3 DAYS. MY TURN SIGNALS WILL SPORADICALLY BLINK AND THE WIPER BLADES GO OFF W...

Mileage: 142,225

COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOCK UP OF POWER STEERING; BATTERY LIGHT FLICKS ON AND THEN EVERYTHING LOCKS UP UNTIL YOU REPLACE THE GAS PEDDLE FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. MY LIGHTS RANDOMLY FLASH AND REAR BULBS ON THE DRIVER SIDE BLOW EVERY 3 DAYS. MY TURN SIGNALS WILL SPORADICALLY BLINK AND THE WIPER BLADES GO OFF W...

Mileage: 142,225

COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOCK UP OF POWER STEERING; BATTERY LIGHT FLICKS ON AND THEN EVERYTHING LOCKS UP UNTIL YOU REPLACE THE GAS PEDDLE FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. MY LIGHTS RANDOMLY FLASH AND REAR BULBS ON THE DRIVER SIDE BLOW EVERY 3 DAYS. MY TURN SIGNALS WILL SPORADICALLY BLINK AND THE WIPER BLADES GO OFF W...

Mileage: 142,225

SHORTAGE IN TURN SIGNALS. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WE HAD EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT 87017 MILES. DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING COLUMN UNDER POLICY 10183. CAR HAS AGAIN HAD THE SAME PROBLEM NOW AT 101754 MILES. POLICY 10183 STATES THAT GM WILL PAY FOR REPAIRS BUT ONLY UP TO 100,000 MILES. I'...

Mileage: 101,754

MY WIFE WENT TO DRIVE THE CAR ON SUNDAY, 5/15/2011. THE SEAT BROKE. THE SEAT CROSS MEMBER FAILED. THE SEAT NOW ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. IT IS GOING TO THE DEALER ON 5/24/2011 FOR REPAIR. FORTUNATELY, IT DID NOT HAPPEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED. WE HAVE TO LOWER THE SEAT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GET ANY STABIL...

Mileage: 53,900

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE WHEELS WOULD LOCK. WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN THE WHEELS WOULD MAKE A LOUD NOISE BEFORE THE WHEEL LOCKED AGAIN. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT R...

Mileage: 22,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE WHEELS WOULD LOCK. WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN THE WHEELS WOULD MAKE A LOUD NOISE BEFORE THE WHEEL LOCKED AGAIN. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT R...

Mileage: 22,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VEER TOWARD THE LEFT BEFORE THE POWER STEERING FAILED. DURING THE FAILURE, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND UPON RESTART, THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS ...

Mileage: 114,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN BECAME HARD TO MOVE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONT...

Mileage: 129,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT FRAME WAS FRACTURED AND LEANING TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED HER THAT REPAIRS TO THE SEAT WOULD ESTIMATE $800 AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. T...

Mileage: 77,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN AND A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURRED, FOLLOWED BY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING USING EXTREME BODILY FORCE TO MANEUVER THE...

Mileage: 52,000

STOPPED AT STOP SIGN AND I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN. WHEN TRAFFIC CLEARED I PUSHED ON THE GAS TO ENTER ONTO THE WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO MAKE THIS LOUD DING, DING, DING SOUND AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. AT THAT TIME I COULD NOT TURN MY STEERING WHEEL. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STEERIN...

Mileage: 109,433

THE STEERING HAS A HEAVY CLUNK SOUND WHEN TURNING LEFT IN REVERSE, NO SOUND WHEN GOING TO THE RIGHT. THEN AT JUST OVER 50K MILES, THE STEERING ON THE VEHICLE STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH POWER WHILE TURNING TO THE RIGHT UNDER POWER, TO THE LEFT WAS JUST FINE. THE HEAD LAMPS ALSO HAVE GOTTEN SEVERELY ...

Mileage: 24,547

THE STEERING HAS A HEAVY CLUNK SOUND WHEN TURNING LEFT IN REVERSE, NO SOUND WHEN GOING TO THE RIGHT. THEN AT JUST OVER 50K MILES, THE STEERING ON THE VEHICLE STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH POWER WHILE TURNING TO THE RIGHT UNDER POWER, TO THE LEFT WAS JUST FINE. THE HEAD LAMPS ALSO HAVE GOTTEN SEVERELY ...

Mileage: 24,547

THE STEERING HAS A HEAVY CLUNK SOUND WHEN TURNING LEFT IN REVERSE, NO SOUND WHEN GOING TO THE RIGHT. THEN AT JUST OVER 50K MILES, THE STEERING ON THE VEHICLE STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH POWER WHILE TURNING TO THE RIGHT UNDER POWER, TO THE LEFT WAS JUST FINE. THE HEAD LAMPS ALSO HAVE GOTTEN SEVERELY ...

Mileage: 24,547

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH DOWNHILL WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE STEERING WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE STEERING COLUMN BACK UP BUT HAD TO HOLD IT UPWARD WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. LATER, TH...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXHIBITING AN UNUSUAL KNOCKING AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXHIBITING AN ABNORMAL GRINDING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT AND STEERING GEAR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE ...

2005 MALIBU MAXX, ABOUT 88,000 MILES. DRIVERS SEAT FRAME BROKE UNDERNEATH, CAUSING THE SEAT TO LEAN TO THE RIGHT. DANGEROUS. JUST HAPPENED, TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID THAT ENTIRE SEAT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR OVER $1000. EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER. NOT SURE HOW I'M GETTING IT F...

Mileage: 88,000

2005 MALIBU MAXX, 84,000 MILES. POWER DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME IS BROKEN, CAUSING THE SEAT TO LEAN TO THE RIGHT. DANGEROUS, AND UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

2005 MAILBU MAXX. CONSUMER STATES INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE LIGHTS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE WASN'T APPLIED AND WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE LAMP, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *JB

2005 MAILBU MAXX. CONSUMER STATES INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE LIGHTS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE WASN'T APPLIED AND WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE LAMP, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *JB

THE DRIVERS SIDE TURN SIGNAL (INSIDE THE HARNESS IN THE HEADLIGHT) KEEPS MELTING THE PLASTIC SNAP IN BASE OF THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT BULB AND CAUSES IT TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. ALMOST CAUSING OTHER VEHICLES TO CRASH IN TO ME AT 4 WAY STOP SIGNS. THE HARNESS ASSEMBLY GETS VERY HOT. MAY ONE DAY CAUSE A FI...

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, IT GIVES OUT A COUPLE OF DINGS BUT NO LIGHT EVER OR ANYTHING TO LET ME KNOW THAT THE POWER STEERING THE ISSUE IT JUST GOES OUT. THIS OCCUR ON THE EXPRESS WAY IN CHICAGO WHERE THERE IS LITTLE ROOM FOR ERROR. I FELT THAT MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER AND I HATE TO SAY IT BUT I WAS REALL...

Mileage: 44,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SEATBELT WOULD NOT RELEASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY UNHARNESSED THE SEATBELT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 31,50...

Mileage: 31,470

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT RUNNING LIGHTS WERE OVERHEATING AND MELTING THE PLASTIC COVERS. THE FAILURE FIRST STARTED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT PROGRESSED TO BOTH LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THE AMBER ...

Mileage: 70,000

SUBJECT: NHTSA ITEM NUMBER 10032206 BRAKE LIGHTS COMMENTS: MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX HAS INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE LIGHTS. THEY GO ON WITHOUT PUTTING ON THE BRAKES AND GO OFF WHEN I PUT ON THE BRAKES. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. I FOUND A TSB DATED 2009-06-01 THAT DESCRIB...

Mileage: 92,000

SUBJECT: NHTSA ITEM NUMBER 10032206 BRAKE LIGHTS COMMENTS: MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX HAS INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE LIGHTS. THEY GO ON WITHOUT PUTTING ON THE BRAKES AND GO OFF WHEN I PUT ON THE BRAKES. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. I FOUND A TSB DATED 2009-06-01 THAT DESCRIB...

Mileage: 92,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX LS (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 149,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WA...

Mileage: 148,500

THE DRIVERS SIDE TURN SIGNAL (INSIDE THE HARNESS IN THE HEADLIGHT) KEEPS MELTING THE PLASTIC SNAP IN BASE OF THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT BULB AND CAUSES IT TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. ALMOST CAUSING OTHER VEHICLES TO CRASH IN TO ME AT 4 WAY STOP SIGNS. THE HARNESS ASSEMBLY GETS VERY HOT. MAY ONE DAY CAUSE A...

Mileage: 43,447

THE DRIVERS SIDE TURN SIGNAL (INSIDE THE HARNESS IN THE HEADLIGHT) KEEPS MELTING THE PLASTIC SNAP IN BASE OF THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT BULB AND CAUSES IT TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. ALMOST CAUSING OTHER VEHICLES TO CRASH IN TO ME AT 4 WAY STOP SIGNS. THE HARNESS ASSEMBLY GETS VERY HOT. MAY ONE DAY CAUSE A...

Mileage: 43,447

UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER STEERING DURING ACCELERATION - DANGEROUS SITUATION. DEALER CORRECTED PROBLEM USING TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN #08-02-32-005A. THE SERVICE BULLETIN REQUIRED ADDING A GROUND STRAP AND REPLACING THE IGNITION MODULE. SOUNDS LIKE A DESIGN ISSUE (LACK OF REQUIRED GROUND STRAP) COR...

Mileage: 58,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAX. THE CONTACT STATED THE AMBER LIGHT REFLECTOR WOULD BECOME ABNORMALLY HOT AND BURN THE PLASTIC HOUSING, CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS TO FAIL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE LIGHT BULB AND SOCKET WOULD ...

Mileage: 34,000

I WAS TURNING ONTO A ROAD WHILE DRIVING TO WORK AND MY POWER STEERING FAILED. I ALMOST DROVE OFF OF THE ROAD INTO A TREE! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE STEERING COLUMN MUST BE REPLACED TO FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 CHEVY MALIBU, I MADE A TURN AND THE DRIVERS SEAT BROKE ON THE RIGHT REAR. THE WELDS BROKE OFF THE FRAME RAIL CAUSING ME TO SWERVE IN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR NEEDS A NEW SEAT RAIL TO REPAIR THE CAR. THE COST IS ABOUT $800, GM WILL NOT ASSIST IN THE REPAIR OF A DEFECT...

Mileage: 91,500

1. I WAS PASSING A CAR UP HILL ON A CURVE IN THE ROAD. WHEN I ACCELERATE HARD I LOSS MY POWER STEERING. I HAD TO APPLIED MORE PRESSURE ON THE WHEEL TO GET AROUND THE CAR I WAS PASSING BUT HALF WAY AROUND THE CAR THE POWER STEERING KICKED BACK IN BUT BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA PRESSURE I WAS APPLYING ON ...

Mileage: 116,000

TURN SIGNAL ON MY 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX. JUST LIKE SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINT ON THIS SITE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BULBS MONTHLY IF NOT WEEKLY. I HAVE DISCOLERATION ON THE RIGHT FRONT LIGHT HOUSING FROM HEAT AND SOMETIMES SMELL THE SMELL OF SOMETHING ELECTRIC BURNING ALWAYS COMING FROM THE RECENTLY BURN...

Mileage: 105,000

SAFETY ISSUE WITH 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH STEERING AND SUSPENSION, I HAVE HAD FOUR CERTIFIED MECHANICS INSPECT THE CAR. THREE FOUND THAT THE STEERING RACK IS DEFECTIVE; ONE FOUND THAT THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT IS DEFECTIVE. NEITHER SHOULD BE DEFECTIVE ON A CA...

Mileage: 57,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME INCREASINGLY HARD. THE CONTACT WAS BARELY ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO AVOID A CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER ADV...

Mileage: 123,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WHEN THE WHEEL TURNED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAT SHE WAS TURNING IN. THE POWER STEERING ALARM ALSO FAILED AND THE WARNING LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER. SPEE...

Mileage: 50,000

ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH MY 05 MALIBU MAXX.THE POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT-CHEVY IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE ENGINE HAS TROUBLE STARTING. THE REAR WIPER GOES BY ITSELF WITHOUT ANYONE TOUCHING THE CONTROL-MOST RECENT EVENT, HAPPENS EVERY FEW DAYS 1 OR 2 TIMES. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE STARTING F...

ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH MY 05 MALIBU MAXX.THE POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT-CHEVY IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE ENGINE HAS TROUBLE STARTING. THE REAR WIPER GOES BY ITSELF WITHOUT ANYONE TOUCHING THE CONTROL-MOST RECENT EVENT, HAPPENS EVERY FEW DAYS 1 OR 2 TIMES. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE STARTING F...

WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH, THE POWER STEERING ON OUR CAR STOPPED WORKING MAKING STEERING VERY DIFFICULT. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND HE HAD TROUBLE STEERING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT, AND THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK ON. WITHIN A 2 MILE...

Mileage: 95,000

THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS NOW, POSSIBLY A YEAR. HARD TO DETERMINE AS IT WAS VERY INCONSISTENT AT FIRST. OCCURS MORE OFTEN NOW. WHEN ACCELERATING, GENERALLY OVER 3000 RPM'S (THINK PASSING ON FREEWAY OR LEFT TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC) THE STEERING WILL FREEZE FOR A FEW SECOND...

Mileage: 96,000

FRAME UNDER THE DRIVERS POWER SEAT IS BROKEN IN MULTIPLE PLACES. IT HAS BROKEN ON WELD POINTS AND THE BAR ITSELF IS BROKEN. THIS LEADS TO A ROCKING MOTION OF THE SEAT WHEN DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT WELLS WERE FRACTURED AND CAUSING THE SEAT TO ABNORMALLY LEAN TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE WELLS HAD FRACTURED FROM THE TRACK ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT ...

Mileage: 75,500

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY POWER STEERING IN MY 2005 CHEVY MALIBU THAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE POWER STEERING COLUMN. I CALLED AND SPOKE WITH A NHTSA REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND HE SAID IT WAS A KNOWN DEFECT ON MANY CHEVY MODELS WHERE THE COBALT WAS RECALLED BUT MY 2005 MALIBU HAS N...

Mileage: 73,000

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY POWER STEERING IN MY 2005 CHEVY MALIBU THAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE POWER STEERING COLUMN. I CALLED AND SPOKE WITH A NHTSA REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND HE SAID IT WAS A KNOWN DEFECT ON MANY CHEVY MODELS WHERE THE COBALT WAS RECALLED BUT MY 2005 MALIBU HAS N...

Mileage: 73,000

BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON BY THEMSELVES AND GO OUT WHEN PEDAL IS PUSHED. TRIED NEW SWITCH, CALIBRATION, AND TSB PROCEDURE. PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY FOR A MONTH OR TWO THEN RETURN. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB. I HAVE SEEN OTHER CARS DRIVE BY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. M...

Mileage: 75,000

BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON BY THEMSELVES AND GO OUT WHEN PEDAL IS PUSHED. TRIED NEW SWITCH, CALIBRATION, AND TSB PROCEDURE. PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY FOR A MONTH OR TWO THEN RETURN. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB. I HAVE SEEN OTHER CARS DRIVE BY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. M...

Mileage: 75,000

WE OWN A 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX THAT WE BOUGHT CERTIFIED USED IN 2008. FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING WHILE THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN.. IT BECOMES VERY HARD TO STEER AND IS VERY SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN TRAVELING AT FASTER SPEEDS. ALSO SCARY WHEN T...

Mileage: 80,000

2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX FRONT TURN SIGNALS BURNED OUT, BUT BEFORE THAT, THEY BURNED/MELTED THE PLASTIC GLOBE AROUND THE BULB. HAVE REPLACED BULBS NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE, AND REPLACED BULB SOCKET (MELTED AND SHORTED) THIS TIME AROUND TOO. THIS MELTING AND SHORTING IS CERTAINLY A MFR. DEFECT AND SHOUL...

Mileage: 118,500

A WELD BROKE FOR A CROSS BAR (DRIVER SEAT). I REQUEST GM FIX THIS FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

THE LIGHT BULBS NUMBER 3057 IN 2 OF MY CARS HAVE MELTED THE BASE AND DAMAGED THE LIGHT SOCKETS. AS A RESULT THE LIGHT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE PROPERLY. ONE VEHICLE IS A 2006 DODGE RAM 3500. THE BULB IS USED IN THE BRAKE LIGHT. WHEN IT FAILS YOU GET THE RUNNING LIGHTS BUT NOT THE BRAKE LIGHT. THERE...

3RD POSTING HERE. SAME PROBLEM. NO POWER STEERING. NOW IT IS TO THE POINT WHERE IM LUCKY TO GET POWER STEERING FOR THE LENGTH OF MY DRIVEWAY. I CALLED THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE COBALT RECALL (WHICH IS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE MALIBU POWER STEERING ISSUE) AND THEY TOLD ME AT THIS T...

Mileage: 35,000

LOOSE/CLUNKY STEERING. THE CLUNKY SOUND AND FEEL CAN BE HEARD/FELT WHENEVER THE STEERING WHEEL IS MOVED. THERE IS ALSO SOME SPACE BETWEEN WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED AND WHEN THE WHEELS ACTUALLY TURN. FEELS UNSAFE TO ME. I'M VERY EASY ON THE TURNS, IT SCARES ME THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO B...

THE PARKING BRAKE ON MY 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX WON'T FULLY RELEASE AND AS EVIDENCED HAS CAUSED EXTREME HEAT IN THE REAR DISC BRAKES. THIS HAS RENDERED THE PARKING BRAKE UNUSABLE AND THERE IS NO ADJUSTMENT TO FACILITATE FULL PARKING BRAKE RELEASE AS TOLD TO ME BY A CHEVROLET DEALER. I MUST NOW PARK M...

Mileage: 26,000

THE PARKING BRAKE ON MY 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX WON'T FULLY RELEASE AND AS EVIDENCED HAS CAUSED EXTREME HEAT IN THE REAR DISC BRAKES. THIS HAS RENDERED THE PARKING BRAKE UNUSABLE AND THERE IS NO ADJUSTMENT TO FACILITATE FULL PARKING BRAKE RELEASE AS TOLD TO ME BY A CHEVROLET DEALER. I MUST NOW PARK M...

Mileage: 26,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND TURNING A CORNER, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY; HOWEVER THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE VEH...

Mileage: 95,005

NO CRASH, NO INJURY, JUST WORRIED IT`S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE STEERING. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

NO CRASH, NO INJURY, JUST WORRIED IT`S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE STEERING. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

2005 MALIBU MAXX POWER STEERING READING CAME UP 2X ON RADIO. TOOK TO BE CHECKED AND COST TO $700 TO REPLACE THE UNIT. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 53,000 MILES. THIS UNIT SHOULD NOT BE GOING OUT THIS SOON! *TR

Mileage: 53,000

2005 MALIBU MAXX HATCHBACK / V6 / AT 30,000 MILES ON ODOMETER STEERING PROBLEMS INTERMITTENT FOR A MONTH, MECHANIC COULD FIND NO CODE WHEN I TOOK IT TO HIM AND HE DROVE TO CONFIRM WITH POWER STEERING HAVING FAILED - DEALER KNEW RIGHT AWAY AND REPLACED THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN ALTHOUGH NO FAILED P...

Mileage: 30,000

I OWN A 2005 MALIBU MAXX LS. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE WORK AND PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE. A MESSAGE POPPED UP THAT SAID POWER STEERING. MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE IN EITHER DIRECTION. I WAS STRANDED AT WORK, FORTY MILES FROM HOME. LATER THAT EVENING I WENT ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE MY CAR AND IT WAS FI...

Mileage: 117,000

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX. WHEN I WAS DRIVING IT TO WORK THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. SHORTLY AFTER THAT MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP SO I COULDN'T FREELY MOVE IT LIKE I WANTED TO. MIND YOU I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY SO WHEN IT LOCKED UP I WAS TERRIFIED. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WILL...

MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX I JUST HAD TO GET THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT FIXED AGAIN. AFTER ABOUT EVERY 10,000 TO 15,000 MILES WE HAVE TO DO THIS. AND ALSO MY POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT AND WHEN THE CAR IS SHUT OFF IT RESETS ITSELF BUT CAN'T STEER THE VEHICLE WHEN IT HAPPENS. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 TI...

Mileage: 142,000

MY POWER STEERING RANDOMLY GOES OUT ON MY CAR. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART MY CAR TO RESET THE POWER STEERING. SOMETIMES IT LAST 10 MINUTES, SOMETIMES IT LASTS 1 MONTH. WHY DON'T THEY RECALL THIS PART WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS OWNERS ARE HAVING WITH POWER STEERING ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL? *TR

Mileage: 84,000

MY DRIVERSEAT IS LOOSE AND ROCKS FROM BROKEN WELDS IN THE FOUNDATION/SUPPORT BARS. *TR

Mileage: 164,400

TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS THAN BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. I'M REPLACING TURN SIGNAL BULBS EVERY YEAR. THE BULB WORKS INFREQUENTLY. *TR

Mileage: 164,400

MY ELECTRIC POWER STEERING GOES IN AND OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 164,400

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 60 AND 65MPH WHEN MY POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. THERE WAS AN ALERT READING "POWER STEERING" BUT NO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. I STEERED THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY WITH MUCH EFFORT AND TURNED IT OFF. I LOOKED AT MY OWNER'S MANUAL AND DECIDED THA...

Mileage: 87,756

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. HE HAD TO USE EXTREME FORCE TO TURN THE WHEEL. HE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE TO REMEDY THE FAILURE....

Mileage: 95,000

LOST OF POWER STEERING, VARIES SPEEDS. NO CONTROL OF CAR. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

HAD TO HAVE THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT REPLACED ON MY 2005 MALIBU AT 9,923 MILES AND 23 MONTHS. LUCKILY THE 3 YEARS OR 36,000 COVERED THAT. HAD TO HAVE THAT SHAFT REPLACED 10,658 MILES, AND 34 MONTHS LATER. "OUT OF WARRANTY" HAD TO PAY EVEN THOUGHT THE PART WAS "YOUNGER" THAN THE WARRANTY WH...

POWER STEERING FAILURE ON MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX. *TR

Mileage: 72,335

MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX'S POWER STEERING HAS CONTINUED TO WORSEN LATELY. I HAS BEEN COMING AND GOING, AND AT TIMES IT HAS BEEN RATHER HARD TO STEER AT LOWER SPEEDS FOR MY WIFE. IT HAS ALSO RATTLED RIDICULOUSLY WHEN BRAKING. THIS IS NOT RELATED TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM, BUT IS IN THE STEERING SECTION OF ...

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE POSTED ON THIS SITE 2 TIMES NOW WITH BOTH ABOUT THE "POWER STEERING" OR LACK THERE OF. I HAVE BEEN BATTLING THIS FOR 70,000 MILES! I CAN TELL YOU ALL THAT IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE TO THE POINT OF YOU WILL GO DAYS WITHOUT POWER STEERING. IT WILL GO OUT EVERYTIME YOU START THE CAR WHEN THE TEMPER...

Mileage: 35,000

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE GM DO CONCERNING 2005 MALIBU MAXX STEERING SYSTEM. POWER ASSIST PUMPS FAILING, STEERING SHAFTS, ETC. MINE STARTED THE CLUNKING NOISE AND GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND OF COURSE IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY, WHICH IS WHAT GM DESIRES. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES SO FAR. THE POWER STEERING ON MY MALIBU MAXX GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE WARNING BELL SOUNDS AND ON MY DISPLAY IT SAYS 'POWER STEERING'. THE STEERING GETS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT WHEN THIS OCCURS. IT USUALLY HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN. I HAVE TO STOP, TURN THE...

Mileage: 116,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET MY DAUGHTERS 2005 CHEVY MALIBU'S POWER STEERING STOPPED AND SHE CRASHED INTO A SNOW BANK. AFTER LEAVING THE CAR OFF FOR 10 MINUTES THE CAR RESET ITSELF. I HAVE LOOKED ON MANY WEB SITES AND I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND I WAS WONDERING WHY THE...

Mileage: 62,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS CAR WITH STEERING PROBLEMS. I BELIEVE THE FIX DID NOT IMPROVE THE PROBLEM AS IT STILL EXIST AS OF TODAY. *TR

2005 MALIBU MAXX LS- TICKING NOISE SHAFT WENT ROD TIRE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ENGINE ON BUT NOTHING IS REGISTERING CAR SEEM TO LOCK UP, SAME BRAKE LIGHT GOES OUT, CAR HESITATES,REPLACED BRAKES AFTER ONLY 2YR, NEW TIRE. I FILED A COMPLAIN WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL MCCOLLUM. I HAVE INVOICES OF HOW MAN...

2005 MALIBU MAXX LS- TICKING NOISE SHAFT WENT ROD TIRE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ENGINE ON BUT NOTHING IS REGISTERING CAR SEEM TO LOCK UP, SAME BRAKE LIGHT GOES OUT, CAR HESITATES,REPLACED BRAKES AFTER ONLY 2YR, NEW TIRE. I FILED A COMPLAIN WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL MCCOLLUM. I HAVE INVOICES OF HOW MAN...

2005 MALIBU MAXX LS- TICKING NOISE SHAFT WENT ROD TIRE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ENGINE ON BUT NOTHING IS REGISTERING CAR SEEM TO LOCK UP, SAME BRAKE LIGHT GOES OUT, CAR HESITATES,REPLACED BRAKES AFTER ONLY 2YR, NEW TIRE. I FILED A COMPLAIN WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL MCCOLLUM. I HAVE INVOICES OF HOW MAN...

2005 MALIBU MAXX LS- TICKING NOISE SHAFT WENT ROD TIRE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ENGINE ON BUT NOTHING IS REGISTERING CAR SEEM TO LOCK UP, SAME BRAKE LIGHT GOES OUT, CAR HESITATES,REPLACED BRAKES AFTER ONLY 2YR, NEW TIRE. I FILED A COMPLAIN WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL MCCOLLUM. I HAVE INVOICES OF HOW MAN...

2005 MALIBU MAXX POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TURNS. IT WILL RESET AFTER I STOP THE CAR, TURN IT OFF AND RESTART THE ENGINE. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, A DANGEROUS ONE AT THAT. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

I AM AN OWNER OF 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX LS VEHICLE. FEW DAYS AGO, IT SUDDENLY LOST ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING! YES, THIS CAR USES ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING RATHER THAN FLUID POWER STEERING. IT REALLY SCARES ME BECAUSE I COULD NOT MOVE MY STEERING WHEEL AT THAT TIME. I TRIED MY BEST ON THE WAY TO ...

Mileage: 94,000

AFTER LEAVING THE POST OFFICE, MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AS MY POWER STEERING STOPPED FUNCTIONING. I DROVE FOR ABOUT 2 BLOCKS BEFORE I PULLED OVER. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, RESTARTED IT, AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND MY POWER STEERING RETURNED. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

CORROSION ON BOTTOM OF DRIVER SEAT, HAS ALLOWED A CROSSMEMBER TO BREAK, COMPROMISING THE INTEGRITY OF THE SEAT. MAY BE VERY DANGEROUS IN A CRASH. VEHICLE IS NOT SUBJECTED TO ADVERSE/FLOOD CONDITIONS AND DRIVER IS OF AVERAGE WEIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

CARS POWER STEERING LIGHT WILL COME ON WITH FAILED POWER STEERING. THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO WHILE MAKING A TURN. HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME AND WHEN I WENT TO MOVE CAR FURTHER INTO MY DRIVEWAY PROBLEM NO LONGER EXISTED. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED 1 OTHER TIME WHILE DRIVING IN RUSH H...

Mileage: 63,000

HEAT? AIR CONDITION FANS DO NOT BLOW ON #1-3. ONLY OPERATES ON LEVEL #4. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

ON A PERIODIC BASIS, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN THE CAR IS SLOWING TO A STOP. THEREAFTER, THE POWER STEERING FAILS. POWER STEERING CAN BE RESTORED BY TURNING OFF POWER TO THE CAR AND THEN RESTARTING. THERE IS NO IDENTIFIABLE CONSISTENCY TO WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS. *TR

Mileage: 102,000

THE CAR WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS WHEN ACCELERATING, BRAKING, AND WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH NEITHER ACCELERATION OR BRAKING. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ON LINE AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS WITH NO KNOWN RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. EVERY IN...

HAD TO REPLACE TAIL LAMPS AFTER CAR WAS 1 YEAR OLD AND 10,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

2005 MALIBU MAXX HAVE A "POWER STEERING MOTOR (ELECTRICAL)" VERSUS A POWER STEERING PUMP. THE VEHICLE LOSSES POWER STEERING DUE TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES (3500 RPM SEE TBS 08-02-32-005) MY VEHICLE HAD THIS HAPPEN DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS DUE TO TIME/MILEAGE FAILURE OF STEERING COLUMN SENSOR.....I HAD TO PA...

Mileage: 95,850

THE 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX IS WELL KNOWN FOR HAVING POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHEN YOU ACCELERATE QUICKLY. IT ALSO HAS AN AUDIBLE CHIME WHEN THIS OCCURS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT GM IS WELL AWARE OF AND SHOULD BE A RECALL WARRANTY ITEM. THE POWER STEERING ALSO G...

Mileage: 30,000

POWER ASSISTED STEERING FAILED. STEERING BECAME HARD SO I PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE AT THE NEAREST EXIT, STOPPED VEHICLE AND TURNED IT OFF. AFTER THE VEHICLE SAT FOR A WHILE I RESTARTED IT AND IT WORKED FINE. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

HAD TO REPLACE RIGHT SIDE CONTROL ARM, I.E. BALL JOINT. OTHER BALL JOINT APPEARS TO BE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

HAD TO REPLACE RIGHT SIDE CONTROL ARM, I.E. BALL JOINT. OTHER BALL JOINT APPEARS TO BE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

POWER STEERING GAVE OUT. *TR

Mileage: 86,045

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE ENTERING A PARKING SPACE, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. AS A CONSEQUENCE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED , BUT BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE A FREE REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 80,6...

Mileage: 80,600

SINCE PURCHASING MY 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX IN SEPTEMBER OF 2006, THE VEHICLE HAS REQUIRED AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE TIME., ESPECIALLY FOR A CONSERVATIVE DRIVER LIKE MYSELF. IN THREE YEARS, BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS WITH BALL JOINTS (THE ARMS ARE OF ALUMINUM CONSTRUCTION) HAVE HAD TO BE REPL...

ELECTRONIC ASSISTED STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING. MECHANIC ADVISED IT WAS SENSOR BUT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE COLUMN. COST WAS 571.99. *TR

Mileage: 80,038

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE ELECTRONIC ASSISTED STEERING STOPPED WORKING. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN LESS THAN 12,000 MILES AND 8 MONTHS. THIS TIME MECHANIC ADVISED IT WAS THE STEERING BOX NOT THE COLUMN SO IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY (SURPRISE). I WAS ADVISED THE LABOR AND PART WOULD COS...

Mileage: 91,200

2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX (1) FRONT PARK/TURN/DRL LAMP INOPERATIVE AND OVERHEATING PROBLEMS. (2) REAR STOP/TURN/TAIL LAMP INOPERATIVE PROBLEMS. THIS CAR CURRENTLY HAS 41,000 MILES. THE LAMPS FOR THE LEFT FRONT (DRIVER SIDE)HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES AND RIGHT FRONT 3 TIMES. THE REAR LAMPS HAS ...

Mileage: 6,500

2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX (1) FRONT PARK/TURN/DRL LAMP INOPERATIVE AND OVERHEATING PROBLEMS. (2) REAR STOP/TURN/TAIL LAMP INOPERATIVE PROBLEMS. THIS CAR CURRENTLY HAS 41,000 MILES. THE LAMPS FOR THE LEFT FRONT (DRIVER SIDE)HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES AND RIGHT FRONT 3 TIMES. THE REAR LAMPS HAS ...

Mileage: 6,500

LEFT FRONT SIGNAL LIGHT KEEPS BURNING OUT. HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES IN 6 MONTHS. BULBS LAST ONLY 2 WEEKS AT MOST. HAD SIGNAL LIGHT SOCKET REPLACED AND PROBLEMS STILL HAPPENED WITHIN TWO WEEKS. LIGHT BULBS TURN BLACK. TOOK CAR BACK AGAIN TODAY. STILL WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THEY SAY THIS TIME. LA...

Mileage: 46,911

TODAY,WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT, FELT A TUG, STEERING LOST. THIS WAS THE THIRD OCCURRENCE. THE FIRST TWO TIMES THIS OCCURRED IN 2008, THE FIRST TIME POWER STEERING WAS PARTIALLY LOST. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE LOSS. LOST THE STEERING AGAIN AND THE DEALER RE...

Mileage: 85,000

2005 MALIBU MAXX, STARTER ASSEMBLY: SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO START, ESPECIALLY AFTER RUNNING THE AIR CONDITIONER.PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO, OCCURRED SINCE THEN ABOUT 40 TO 50 TIMES. I RETIRED 18 MONTHS AGO AND DO NOT DRIVE AS MUCH NOW THAN I DI WHILE WORKING. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS DESPITE NEW ...

Mileage: 30,100

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TURN SIGNAL BULB FAILED. ONE WEEK LATER, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TURN SIGNAL BULB ALSO FAILED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE CAUSED THE LIGHT HOUSING ASSEMBLY TO MELT. THE ESTIMATED CO...

Mileage: 78,000

DRIVER OF A 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX SUDDENLY LOST ALL ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSISTANCE WITHOUT WARNING MAKING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE DEFECT IS INTERMITTENT AND IS SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY A WARNING CHIME BUT WITHOUT ANY MALFUNCTION INDICATOR ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. *TR

Mileage: 30,069

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PARKING LIGHT HAD BLOWN OUT. SHE ALSO FOUND THAT THE FRONT PARKING LIGHTS WERE MELTED DUE TO THE LIGHT BULBS. THE BULB WAS REPLACED WITH A SYLVANIA BULB. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE LIGHT HAD A LARGE HOLE IN THE ORANGE A...

Mileage: 60,000

VEHICLE MADE A LOUD POP NOISE. STEERING SHAFT WAS REPLACED AT 35,000 MILES DUE TO A DEFECTIVE STEERING SHAFT. VEHICLE IS NOW AT 70,000 MILES AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I CONTACTED CHEVY AND WAS ISSUED A CASE NUMBER. THEY ADVISED ME A CHEVY DEALER DIAGNOSTIC WAS REQUIRED. CHEVY DEALERSHIP C...

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE A 05 MALIBU MAXX MY TURN SIGNAL HAVE MELTED I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS IS THIS A RECALL? *TR

2005 CHEVY MALIBU, 95000 MILES. FOR 60000 MILES HAVE HAD LIMITED IF ANY POWER STEERING. IT GENERALLY GOES OUT RIGHT AWAY WHEN OUTSIDE TEMP IS ABOVE 60 DEGREES. OTHERWISE WITHIN 20 MILES OF DRIVING IT GOES OUT. WHEN IT GOES OUT I AM USUALLY GOING AROUND A CORNER OR CLOVERLEAF. WHEN POWER STEERING GOE...

Mileage: 35,000

WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW, IT SHOOK WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BY SMOOTHING THE BRAKE PADS. A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT SPEEDS ABOVE 35 MPH. THIS PROBLEM HAS GRADUALLY BECOME WORSE AND THE CA...

Mileage: 55,000

THE CONNECTING FOUNDATION FOR THE POWER DRIVERS SEAT BROKE LOOSE AT THE WELD POINT. THE DRIVERS SEAT IS NOT PROPERLY GROUNDED TO THE VEHICLE AND IT MOVES UP AND DOWN WHILE I AM DRIVING. I WROTE THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY DECLINED MY REQUEST TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE STARTER TURNING OVER EVEN WHEN THE CAR STARTS AND SOMETIMES IT STILL WONT START. THE DEALER SAYS IT NORMAL AND AFTER IT GETS MILES ON IT THEN IT WILL STOP... IT NOW HAS 52,000 MILES ON IT AND STILL DOES IT. I ALSO HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT IN THE SHOP EVERY COUPLE OF ...

Mileage: 50,000

STEERING RACK FAILURE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION BY DESIGN. HAVE NOT HAD ACTUAL FAILURE, BUT SYMPTOMS OF STEERING RACK FAILURE PRESENT W/IN ONE YEAR OF REPLACEMENT. FAILURE OF STEERING RACK COULD RESULT IN STEERING FAILURE, WHICH WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN A CRASH. *TR

Mileage: 36,100

AMBER LENS ON TURN SIGNALS AND DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS HAS MELTED AND BURNED DOWN ONTO BULB. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT TURN SIGNALS. *TR

Mileage: 49,766

BALL JOINT WORN OUT IN VEHICLE AT LITTLE OVER 50K MILES--HAD TO REPLACE LOWER BALL JOINT AND CONTROL ARM. VERY LIGHT AND SMALL IN SIZE FOR SUCH A POWERFUL V6 FWD---I SUSPECT NOT HEAVY ENOUGH FOR THIS VEHICLE--HAVE FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. LUCKY THAT AS A FORMER SERVICE MGR. I RECOGNIZED...

Mileage: 55,500

BALL JOINT WORN OUT IN VEHICLE AT LITTLE OVER 50K MILES--HAD TO REPLACE LOWER BALL JOINT AND CONTROL ARM. VERY LIGHT AND SMALL IN SIZE FOR SUCH A POWERFUL V6 FWD---I SUSPECT NOT HEAVY ENOUGH FOR THIS VEHICLE--HAVE FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. LUCKY THAT AS A FORMER SERVICE MGR. I RECOGNIZED...

Mileage: 55,500

ON A COLD (-20 C) WINTER MORNING I FOUND I COULD NOT STEER THE CAR LEFT MORE THAN 10 DEGREES. I HUNG FROM THE WHEEL AND IT SIMPLY WOULD NOT TURN FURTHER. I DROVE IT THE SHORT DISTANCE TO MY MECHANIC WHO PUT IT IN HIS SHOP TO WARM UP. AFTER IT WAS WARMED UP THE CAR TURNED JUST FINE, BUT THEY SENT ...

Mileage: 98,000

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR IN A SCHOOL ZONE AT ABOUT 20MPH AND I STARTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THE TURN MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY CAR AND IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. BECAUSE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEFT TURN GOING ACROSS TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED I DRIFTED IN TO ON CO...

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX . WHEN DRIVING LOW SPEEDS RANGING FROM 0 TO 10MPH THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. WHEN HE MADE A LEFT AND RIGHT TURN OR DROVE IN REVERSE THE NOISE WAS PRESENT. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO ...

Mileage: 43,000

MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX LT HAS HAD A RECURRING PROBLEM BESIDES THE "ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILURE" WHICH HAS SO FAR NOT FAILED AGAIN (DID TWICE ONCE WHEN BRAND NEW, AND AGAIN AT ABOUT 20,000 KM. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 45,000 KM ON IT NOW! WE LIVE IN WINNIPEG WHERE WINTER TEMPERATURES OFTEN ARE BELOW FRE...

Mileage: 45,000

MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX LT HAS HAD A RECURRING PROBLEM BESIDES THE "ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILURE" WHICH HAS SO FAR NOT FAILED AGAIN (DID TWICE ONCE WHEN BRAND NEW, AND AGAIN AT ABOUT 20,000 KM. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 45,000 KM ON IT NOW! WE LIVE IN WINNIPEG WHERE WINTER TEMPERATURES OFTEN ARE BELOW FRE...

Mileage: 45,000

TURN SIGNAL & 4-WAY FLASHER OPERATION, COMPLETE FAILURE, INTERMITTENT. HOT, COLD, KEY/ENGINE/HEADLAMPS ON/OFF. DRL REMAINS FUNCTIONAL. *TR

Mileage: 39,100

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS, THE CONTACT HEARD A HISSING NOISE EACH TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. ON A SEPARATE OCASSION, WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 65 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN THE V...

Mileage: 112,000

CLUNK, KNOCK OR RATTLE NOISE FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING OR TURNING OVER BUMPS AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER FIXED CLUNK. THE CLUNK CAME BACK. DEALER DID NOT MENTION WHAT PARTS WERE REPLACED OR FIXED. *TR

Mileage: 33,000

LEARNED OF A POWER STEERING SERVICE NOTICE AFTER THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE ENTERING TRAFFIC. GM AUTHORIZED THE REPAIR AND THE DEALER FAILED TO COMPLETELY REPAIR THE STEERING OR OTHER ISSUE THAT WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FAILED STEERING. THE DEALER DID NOT INFORM ME THAT THE CAR WAS NOT COMP...

Mileage: 68,250

POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE TURNING LEFT INTO TRAFFIC. THE LED READ OUT SAID "POWER STEERING". TURNED CAR OFF. SEARCHED INTERNET AND FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE CAR #07126. CALLED GM AND ASKED WHY I WASN'T INFORMED OF THIS BULLETIN SINCE I COMPLAINED OF SIMILAR BUT LESS INTENSE OCCURRENCES S...

Mileage: 68,000

I OWN A 2005 MALIBU MAXX AND AFTER ONE YEAR OLD IT BEGAN MAKING CLUNKING NOISES IN THE FRONT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE A PART OF THE STEERING SHAFT. THEY DID WHAT THEY DID AND THE NOISE WAS GONE. THEY ALSO REPLACED STRUTS. A FEW MONTHS LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. THIS...

Mileage: 20,000

I OWN A 2005 MALIBU MAXX AND AFTER ONE YEAR OLD IT BEGAN MAKING CLUNKING NOISES IN THE FRONT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE A PART OF THE STEERING SHAFT. THEY DID WHAT THEY DID AND THE NOISE WAS GONE. THEY ALSO REPLACED STRUTS. A FEW MONTHS LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. THIS...

Mileage: 20,000

I OWN A 2005 MALIBU MAXX AND AFTER ONE YEAR OLD IT BEGAN MAKING CLUNKING NOISES IN THE FRONT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE A PART OF THE STEERING SHAFT. THEY DID WHAT THEY DID AND THE NOISE WAS GONE. THEY ALSO REPLACED STRUTS. A FEW MONTHS LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. THIS...

Mileage: 20,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHENEVER THE CONTACT TURNS THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION, HE HEARS A CLUNKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES. THE CURRENT AND...

Mileage: 40,050

UNDER WARRANTY MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX DEVELOPED A CLUNKING NOISE THAT YOU ALSO FEEL IN THE STEERING. MOSTLY TURNING LEFT. GOING FORWARD OR REVERSE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR AND IT FIXED THE PROBLEM. NOT A SOUND TURNING LEFT ,RIGHT OR WHATEVER. I WAS VERY SATISFIED BUT 10 MONTHS AND 12,...

2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THUMPING NOISE FROM FIREWALL AREA WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL AT LOW SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AT 65 MPH, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE REAR ROTORS WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR THE FAILURE SEVERAL DIFF...

Mileage: 5,500

2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX - RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY FAILURE AT 37,000 MILES (JUST BEYOND WARRANTY). INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS SEVERAL DOZEN SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, AND SOLUTIONS DO NOT LAST VERY LONG. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE "POWER STEERING" GOES OUT. GENERALLY RIGHT AWAY OR AFTER 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING. PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR 25000+ MILES. MY MECHANIC CLAIMS THE FIX IS IN THE STEERING COLUMN. CHEVROLET WANTS $200.00 TO "LOOK" AT THE PROBLEM AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE. I HAVE NOT HAD IT F...

Mileage: 49,000

WE OWN A 2005 MALIBUMAX, RECENTLY THE RIGHT FRONT TURN SIGNAL BULB DIED SO I REPLACED IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OWNERS MANUAL. WHEN I OPENED THE LIGHTING UNIT TO REMOVE THE BULB I FOUND THE BULB HAD MELTED THE AMBER PLASTIC ENCLOSURE THAT SURROUNDS THE BULB. I THOUGHT THIS WAS ODD HOWEVER I THOUGH...

Mileage: 56,340

BOUGHT OUR 2005 MALIBU MAXX IN NOVEMBER OF 2006. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE POWER STEERING ASSIST. RECEIVED THE LETTER THAT IF THE PROBLEM WAS OCCURRING WITH OUR VEHICLE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, OUR CAR WAS AND IS EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM AND SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AN...

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY 2005 MALIBU MAXX, A CLUNK DEVELOPED IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN, THEY REPLACED THE GEAR BOX. THE SECOND TIME I TOOK IT IN THEY REPLACE THE RACK & PINION STEERING. NOW IT HAS DEVELOPED A THIRD TIME. I WILL BE TAKING IT IN AGAIN. AFTER IT IS F...

Mileage: 6,000

I BOUGHT MY CAR IN 2006. IT IS A 2005 MALIBU MAXX. THE FIRST WEEK THAT I BOUGHT IT I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE REPAIRS MADE ON THE FRONT END. I WAS TOLD THE STRUTS AND CV JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FINE...IT WAS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, ANOTHER SOUND...

I BOUGHT MY CAR IN 2006. IT IS A 2005 MALIBU MAXX. THE FIRST WEEK THAT I BOUGHT IT I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE REPAIRS MADE ON THE FRONT END. I WAS TOLD THE STRUTS AND CV JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FINE...IT WAS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, ANOTHER SOUND...

REPLACE A C/S L/F PARKING LAMP BURNED AND MELTED L/F HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY B C/S R/F PARKING LAMP BURNED AND MELTED R/F HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY. *TR

2005 CHEVY MALIBU ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES THAT GM STATED NOT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN UNLESS YOUR VEHICLE HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE. *KB THE LETTER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL INPUT SIGNALS WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY. IF THE POWER ...

I PURCHASED MY 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX LS AS A "PROGRAM CAR" THINKING IT WAS THE NEXT BEST THING TO A NEW CAR. I GUESS I WAS WRONG. SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN APRIL 2006 I HAVE HAD CONSISTENT TROUBLE WITH MY FRONT END. I HAVE HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS FOUR TIMES! NOW AT 5...

I PURCHASED MY 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX LS AS A "PROGRAM CAR" THINKING IT WAS THE NEXT BEST THING TO A NEW CAR. I GUESS I WAS WRONG. SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN APRIL 2006 I HAVE HAD CONSISTENT TROUBLE WITH MY FRONT END. I HAVE HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS FOUR TIMES! NOW AT 5...

2005 CHEVY MALIBU HEADLIGHT OVER HEATING. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT COVER OF THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS MELT. WHEN THE COVER DRIPS ONTO THE LIGHT BULB IT PUTS A HOLE IN THE BULB. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE PLASTIC COVERINGS WERE DISCOLORED ABOVE THE BULB DUE TO EXTREME HEAT ...

2005 MALIBU MAXX AT 35,504 MILES. THUMPING NOISE FROM STEERING AND STEERING REQUIRED MORE EFFORT. DEALER REPLACED INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT PER CHEV. BULLETIN #06-02-32-007. COST WOULD HAVE BEEN $174 BUT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 35,505

LOUD "CLUNKING" SOUND IN STEERING COLUMN AND LOSS OF POWER ASSISTED STEERING WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE FOR REPAIR 5 TIMES. STEERING COLUMN HAS BEEN REPLACED AND ELECTRIC STEERING GEAR. STILL GET A LOUD "CLUNK" WHEN STEERING AS WELL AS LOSS OF POWER ASSIST. CAR PULLS TO THE RIGHT AN...

Mileage: 42,000

LOUD "CLUNKING" SOUND IN STEERING COLUMN AND LOSS OF POWER ASSISTED STEERING WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE FOR REPAIR 5 TIMES. STEERING COLUMN HAS BEEN REPLACED AND ELECTRIC STEERING GEAR. STILL GET A LOUD "CLUNK" WHEN STEERING AS WELL AS LOSS OF POWER ASSIST. CAR PULLS TO THE RIGHT AN...

Mileage: 42,000

AFTER THE FIRST 200 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, THE CAR HAD FRONT ROTOR PROBLEMS. THE DEALER TRIED TO FIX IT 2 TIMES BY TURNING THE ROTORS, ONLY TO RETURN IN LESS THAN 2,000 MILES EACH TIME. THEY FINALLY CHANGED OUT THE ROTORS FOR BRAND NEW ONES AFTER I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER OWNER AND MANAGEMENT ABOUT...

Mileage: 30,000

AFTER THE FIRST 200 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, THE CAR HAD FRONT ROTOR PROBLEMS. THE DEALER TRIED TO FIX IT 2 TIMES BY TURNING THE ROTORS, ONLY TO RETURN IN LESS THAN 2,000 MILES EACH TIME. THEY FINALLY CHANGED OUT THE ROTORS FOR BRAND NEW ONES AFTER I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER OWNER AND MANAGEMENT ABOUT...

Mileage: 30,000

I JUST PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX LS AND IM HAVING INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS. IT APPEARS TO HAPPEN MORE WHEN I'VE BEEN DRIVING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON AND I STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WILL CRANK FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME LIKE ITS GOING TO START BUT WILL NOT START INITIALLY. AFTER A W...

Mileage: 50,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT'S FIVE AND SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILDREN OPENED THE REAR DOOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE HAS NO CHILD SAFETY LOCKS ON THE REAR DOORS. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE DOOR LOCKS ARE TOO LONG. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTUR...

Mileage: 2,000

MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A USED CERTIFIED 2005 MALIBU MAXX IN JULY OF 2006, BY THE TIME THE WEATHER GOT COLD, I NOTICED A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END. IT WAS TAKEN IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING BOX. THE SECOND TIME WAS IN MARCH 07, THEY COULD NOT VERIFY THE NOISE, THEN AG...

Mileage: 34,231

MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A USED CERTIFIED 2005 MALIBU MAXX IN JULY OF 2006, BY THE TIME THE WEATHER GOT COLD, I NOTICED A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END. IT WAS TAKEN IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING BOX. THE SECOND TIME WAS IN MARCH 07, THEY COULD NOT VERIFY THE NOISE, THEN AG...

Mileage: 34,231

2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAX, POWER STEERING FAILURE - TOTAL LOSS, LOCKED UP OF STEERING CONTROL AT LOW SPEED. DURING LOW SPEED TURN DRIVER COULD NOT TURN WHEEL AND LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THIS FAILURE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A POWER STEERING WARNING ON THE CAR'S INFORMATION PANEL. VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 53,000

LAST FEBUARY I BOUGHT THIS CAR "CERTIFIED USED" FROM A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. SOME HOW I MANAGED TO PULL OVER WITHOUT WRECKING THE CAR. I TURNED IT OF AND BACK ON AGAIN AND IT SEEMED FINE. THEN IT HAPPED AGAIN ...

LAST FEBUARY I BOUGHT THIS CAR "CERTIFIED USED" FROM A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. SOME HOW I MANAGED TO PULL OVER WITHOUT WRECKING THE CAR. I TURNED IT OF AND BACK ON AGAIN AND IT SEEMED FINE. THEN IT HAPPED AGAIN ...

LAST FEBUARY I BOUGHT THIS CAR "CERTIFIED USED" FROM A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. SOME HOW I MANAGED TO PULL OVER WITHOUT WRECKING THE CAR. I TURNED IT OF AND BACK ON AGAIN AND IT SEEMED FINE. THEN IT HAPPED AGAIN ...

2005 MALIBU MAXX STEERING--RACK AND PINION MAKING A THUMPING SOUND DURING SHARP TURNS AND AS YOU DRIVE OVER BUMPS. A SECOND SOUND IS HEARD DURING THE TURNING OF THE WHEELS WHILE PARKING--SOUNDS LIKE A SPRING BEING STRECHED.

Mileage: 22,800

STEERING RACK HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE STEERING WAS ACTING ERRATIC AND "THUNKING" WHEN STEERING. 3 TIMES THE POWER STEERING HAS QUIT ON ME. THE CAR BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER. I KNOW MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE IN THIS COND...

Mileage: 31,900

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HER 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN THE CITY THE POWER STEERING DID NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. THE STEERING GOT ROUGH ,AND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL SHE HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE, BUT NOT SURE IF IT WAS FROM THE WHEEL OR THE ENGINE. THE CON...

Mileage: 29,000

2005 MALIBU MAXX WAS SENT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SOME WARRENTY SERVICE WORK ON PROBLEMS WITH FRONT END NOISES. THE CAR WAS RETURNED 30 MINUTES AFTER BEING DROPPED OFF. THE DEALER SAID THE CAR HAD A BAD STEERING RACK AND SHAFT. THE PARTS WERE ORDERED AND THE CAR RETURNED FOR DRIVING UNTIL THE PARTS WE...

Mileage: 20,020

AFTER ALLOWING VEHICLE TO WARM UP APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES, PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE'S STEERING FAILED, WAS UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL FOR DURATION OF ABOUT ONE MINUTE, THEN STEERING ASSIST BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN AND I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL. SEVERAL TIMES PREVIOU...

Mileage: 26,000

MALIBU MAXX WITH 24,000 MILES I STARTED HEARING A POPPING OR CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE GEARS IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND SAID THEY FIXED. A WEEK LATER THE SAME NOISE WAS BACK. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO T...

Mileage: 24,000

WE BOUGHT OUR MALIBU MAXX IN FEB. OF 2005. STARTED HAVE IN PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING, IN OCT 05. THERE WAS A KNOCKING-CLUNKING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. WE TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP IN DEC. OF 05. WE WHERE TOLD THERE WAS NO FIX FOR IT AT THAT TIME BUT ONE WOULD BE AVAILABLE T...

Mileage: 21,000

2005 MALIBU ACCELERATED AT HIGH SPEED IN REVERSE. *TS

MY VEHICLE IS A 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX. THE VEHICLE DOESN'T ALWAYS TURN OVER. I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE IN THE SHOP A COUPLE OF TIMES TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AND THE CHEVY DEALER CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. I WILL TRY TO START MY VEHICLE BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS CRANK OVER. IT WILL CHUG A LOT AND THEN STALL ...

MY VEHICLE IS A 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX. THE VEHICLE DOESN'T ALWAYS TURN OVER. I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE IN THE SHOP A COUPLE OF TIMES TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AND THE CHEVY DEALER CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. I WILL TRY TO START MY VEHICLE BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS CRANK OVER. IT WILL CHUG A LOT AND THEN STALL ...

MY VEHICLE IS A 2005 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX. THE VEHICLE DOESN'T ALWAYS TURN OVER. I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE IN THE SHOP A COUPLE OF TIMES TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AND THE CHEVY DEALER CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. I WILL TRY TO START MY VEHICLE BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS CRANK OVER. IT WILL CHUG A LOT AND THEN STALL ...

THE TURN SIGNALS KEEP BURNING OUT. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERS BUT WAS TOLD THAT MY WARRANTY HAD RUN OUT. SO I AM STUCK BUYING LIGHTS ALMOST EVERY WEEK. *NM

Mileage: 29,999

STEERING POP WHEN TURNING CAR, ON 2005 MALIBU MAXX. *JB

Mileage: 43,000

STEERING POP WHEN TURNING CAR, ON 2005 MALIBU MAXX. *JB

Mileage: 43,000

STEERING LOCK AND KNOCKS WHEN TURNING THE CAR. VEHICLE HAS 44000 MILES ON IT. STARTED ABOUT THE TIME THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. *NM

Mileage: 36,500

I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2006. I WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON LAKETON RD. THERE WAS A CAR COMING EASTBOUND IN MY LANE. I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO TURN ONTO THE STREET I WAS TURNING, BUT BY THE TIME I FIGURED OUT HE WAS COMING AT ME, IT WAS TOO LATE TO GET IN ANOTHER LANE ...

CLUNKING IN STEERING AGAIN. DEALERSHIP SAID THE STEERING BOX 'NEW IMPROVED" WENT OUT AND SAID THAT THE NOISE IS COMING IN FROM INSIDE OF THE BOX. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT KEEPS GOING OUT. THIS IS THE THIRD STEERING BOX. MALIBU ONLY HAS 34,500 MILES. DEALERSHIP TIGHTENED STEERING WHILE WAITIN...

Mileage: 34,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION AND STEERING COLUMN, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. UPDATED *JB

Mileage: 29,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION AND STEERING COLUMN, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. UPDATED *JB

Mileage: 29,000

CLUNKING NOISE IN STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT TO RIGHT. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED AND SAID STEERING GEAR BOX IS BAD. ONLY 33,122 MILES. *NM

Mileage: 31,122

THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER PANEL OF MY CHEVROLET 2005 MALIBU IS NOT READABLE WHENEVER SUNLIGHT IS PRESENT. THE PANEL IS TOO DIMLY LIT TO BE READ BY THE DRIVER UNTIL YOU SHADE THE PANEL WITH YOUR HAND OR A MAP AND PLACE YOUR FACE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF IT. THIS CANNOT BE DONE WHILE DRIVING. THE SEVE...

FRONT SUSPENSION IS CLUNKY AS IF THERE ARE LOOSE-FITTED PARTS. FRONT BRAKES PULSATE AT FREEWAY SPEEDS CAUSING STEERING DIFFICULTY IN CORNERS. *JB

FRONT SUSPENSION IS CLUNKY AS IF THERE ARE LOOSE-FITTED PARTS. FRONT BRAKES PULSATE AT FREEWAY SPEEDS CAUSING STEERING DIFFICULTY IN CORNERS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS A POPPING OR KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 07/03/06. *JB

Mileage: 32,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING COLUMN SHAKES AND LOCKS. THIS OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE STEERING RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED.

Mileage: 36,020

RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM. CONSTANT NOISES AND DETERIORATING STEERING CONDITION. PURCHASED VEHICLE IN MARCH AND HAVE HAD IT SERVICED FOR RELATED PROBLEM 3 TIMES IN 3 MONTHS. *JB

Mileage: 30,000

2005 MALIBU MAXX HYDRAULIC SEAT MALFUNCTIONED AND THE BACK SEAT UNLOCKED. *KB ***NAR*** THE DRIVERS SEAT WOULD NOT STAY IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. DUE TO THE MISALIGNMENT OF THE SEAT, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED RECURRING RIGHT KNEE JOINT PAIN AND INFLAMMATION, WHICH REQUIRED EMERGENCY MEDIAL CARE AND...

2005 MALIBU MAXX HYDRAULIC SEAT MALFUNCTIONED AND THE BACK SEAT UNLOCKED. *KB ***NAR*** THE DRIVERS SEAT WOULD NOT STAY IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. DUE TO THE MISALIGNMENT OF THE SEAT, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED RECURRING RIGHT KNEE JOINT PAIN AND INFLAMMATION, WHICH REQUIRED EMERGENCY MEDIAL CARE AND...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE MOON ROOF VIBRATED VIOLENTLY ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE ROOF ANYTIME THE REAR WINDOWS WERE DOWN. THE PROBLEM IS MORE OBVIOUS AT SPEEDS OF 65-75MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED IT WAS NORMAL FOR VIBRATION TO OCCUR WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN. THE MANUF...

Mileage: 13,000

MY CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX (2005, 17K MILES) FREQUENTLY HAS A CLUNKING NOISE THAT APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION. THE NOISE IS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY THE FEELING OF A "HIT" UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER'S FEET AND ON OCCASION SEEMS TO BE CONNECTED TO A STEERING INPUT (STEERING WHEEL MOVES N...

Mileage: 16,500

MY CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX (2005, 17K MILES) FREQUENTLY HAS A CLUNKING NOISE THAT APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION. THE NOISE IS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY THE FEELING OF A "HIT" UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER'S FEET AND ON OCCASION SEEMS TO BE CONNECTED TO A STEERING INPUT (STEERING WHEEL MOVES N...

Mileage: 16,500

UPON STARTING THE CAR, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS COMPLETELY DOWN EXCEPT FOR THE LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT HOWEVER THE CAR HAD A FULL TANK. POWER WOULD RETURN TO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL WAS ENGAGED. THE FAULT CLEARED AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. *N...

Mileage: 6,700

IGNITION TENDS TO STICK AND CAUSES THE SOLENOID TO GRIND W/FLYWHEEL. I JUST RECEIVED A COPY OF A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM G.M. STATING THEY ARE AWARE OF A PROBLEM. HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME THE ENGINEERS WILL CONTINUE TO WOK ON A SOLUTION. *JB

POWER STEERING FAILED 2 TIMES IN LAST 3 DAYS AND BOTH TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED I WAS STOPPED. I HAD NO POWER ASSIST AND IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO MOVE THE WHEEL IN ANY DIRECTION. AFTER I DID MOVE THE WHEEL SEVERAL TIMES I REGAINED POWER STEERING AND WAS ABLE TO PROCEED ON MY WAY. I THINK THIS PROBLE...

Mileage: 15,721

OUR 2005 CHEVY MALIBU HAS HAD STEERING ISSUES SINCE IT WAS NEW. THE DEALER AND GM HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT AS OF YET. THE CAR HAS A CONSTANT PULL TO THE LEFT AND ON OCCASION (4 TIMES) THE CAR WILL VEER TO THE LEFT CROSSING LANES BEFORE YOU CAN GET CONTROL AND BRING IT BACK IT TO THE CORRECT DRIV...

Mileage: 13,480

OUR 2005 CHEVY MALIBU HAS HAD STEERING ISSUES SINCE IT WAS NEW. THE DEALER AND GM HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT AS OF YET. THE CAR HAS A CONSTANT PULL TO THE LEFT AND ON OCCASION (4 TIMES) THE CAR WILL VEER TO THE LEFT CROSSING LANES BEFORE YOU CAN GET CONTROL AND BRING IT BACK IT TO THE CORRECT DRIV...

Mileage: 13,480

THERE WERE NO EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO THE FAILIURES. I HAVE THE PAPER WORK OF THE TWO TIMES I 'VE TAKEN MY CARE TO BE REPAIRED. THE DATE I INIDATE BELOW IS NOT ACCURATE HOWEVER, JUST AN ESTIMATED DATE.*AK THE FAILURE WAS THE ELECTRIC POWER STEARING HAS GONE OUT NUMEROUS TIMES. I'VE HAD IT IN TEH S...

Mileage: 1,000

CAR IS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OLD AND UNDER 400 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. CONSTANT STALLING AND EVENTUALLY DIFFICULT TO START. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER SERVICE DEPT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AWAITING DELIVERY OF REPLACEMENT P...

Mileage: 350

WHILE DRIVING 68 MPH AND HAD APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO CONTROL; VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER INTO A DITCH. *AK RENTAL VEHICLE FROM ENTERPRISE CONTRACT #113732

Mileage: 8,000