2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU Steering Problems

Power steering went out and Esc warning came on the dash . This has happened multiple times mostly while sitting at idle. Turned off car and restarted and it was corrected. This is becoming more frequent.

The power steering fails and SERVICE ESC is displayed on the dash. This has been happening intermittently on my daughter’s car and she struggles to control the vehicle when it loses power steering. A quick internet search revealed is a known issue and is extremely dangerous. Please consider recall immediately.

power steering will shut off when moving at slow speeds or when stopped with car running such as at a stop light. warning lights will flash. Saw that there was a recall in 2014 for the same issue and was never informed. when checking recall alerts, i don't see my VIN however i am having the same issues as the recall.

The power steering went out while driving and is available for inspection right now. The car has 145k miles. The vehicle has been inspected by an independent service center and reproduced but has not been inspected by manufacturer/police/insurance. There were no indicators on dash before the power steering went out. Now the power steering ESC indicator as well as traction light and ABS warning show on dash now and the power steering is still out.

2009 chevy malibu i lost of Electric Power Steering it happened to me twice both when i was driving one was in the freeway the bad thing my car or vin wasn't included in the recall the dealer said its not included in the affected cars unfortunately it deed my vehicle has 40k miles on the odometer although its a 2009 its very clean. I brought it at firestone auto they said after diagnosing it that they can't fix it because it had a recall so i bring it to were we bought it at Guaranty Chevy in Santa Ana i paid $240. to have it diagnose and they said it was wiring issue so i went home after a day drove the car the next day the STEERING went out again and i was driving it again i was on the freeway this could cause an accident. So when i brought it back to the dealer they fix it for a whopping $1144.87 plus the initial $240 to diagnose says on my receipt the sensor that was actually on their recall again my Vin wasn't included in the affected cars obviously it did. I ask the dealer if they could contact the manufacturer to at least give me a discount or at least cover the expense because this shouldn't happen but to no avail. Hope you could help me recover what i paid this should been recalled by the manufacturer again my car wasn't included for repairs i have all receipts and documentation and pictures of my car hope you guys help me! It could have been worst what if i hit someone on the freeway and i can't steer. They know the vehicles was affected but they didn't want to fix the problem instead i paid out of pocket.

My 2009 chevy malibu is 40k miles only! The Electronic Power Steering failed almost causing me into an accident they had a recall on this but unfortunately the dealer said my car was not on the list. I went to the dealer and had it diagnose for $240 i paid out of pocket a day later they called me Chevy Guaranty at Santa Ana CA. That my car was fix so i was happy a day later i was driving at the 5 highway and it happened again the steering wheel was locked engine running ac and everything but i can’t steer it there was no power assist so i had to call AAA again i used my towing 3 times in a soan of almost 3 days just to fix this when i told the dealer what had happen they had the car for kike 4 days and when it was done the cost of repair and parts was $1144.87 i feel kike they should have done this in good faith because its a known issue but my car wasn’t in the affected vin so there were no recalls but at 40k i could have been in an accident worst it could have out me in danger and other all i ask is GM pays me back what i paid the initial diagnostic of $240 plus the $1114.87 i think aftertax i paid almost $1200 the 2nd time but the taught that i almost crashed is not something i could let go they knew it but wouldnt help me!

The power steering keeps going in and out and the vehicle only has 85,000 miles on it. I also keep having weird electrical issues. I had to replace my headlight wiring harnesses as well as my taillights harnesses. But the power steering issue is coming from the rack and pinion. The steering wheel will shake while sitting still and the power steering will completely go out basically every other time I turn the car on.

Experiencing power steering issues, Power steering goes off randomly and airbag light has come on and won’t go off.

While driving the car, the power steering suddenly goes out and a message displays saying something like "service ESC Power Steering". It seems completely random. Some days, power steering works all day and other days it is completely intermittent. There is a recall for this exact car, Recall 14V153000 from 3-31-2014 but somehow according to the VIN this car is not in that group. It needs to be expanded. I have researched this problem extensively, and it is identical to the symptoms described in Recall 14V153000. I do not know why this car is not included in the recall. It is the identical electrical power steering system, and clearly it is faulty.

The steering recently failed in my 2009 Chevrolet Malibu (VIN # [XXX] ) and I feel that my car should have been included in the October 2014 safety recall related to the Torque Sensor. I called General Motors/Chevrolet on [XXX] and they told me that my car would not be covered. However, my torque sensor needed to be replaced (see attached repair bill) and I would like the manufacturer to reimburse me for the expense ($924.48). INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

The power steering in my 2009 Chevy Malibu went out on . The car is available for inspection upon request. This is very unsafe because I am unable to turn the car quickly, if needed. This is a safety risk to not only me, but other drivers on the road. I took the car to Tire Rama in Helena, Montana on February 12, 2025. The receipt stated that there was a steering column internal wire issue. The car has not been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representative or others. The message, ESC (electronic steering control) occurred at the same time the power steering stopped working. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

My Power Steering stops working. I have to shut the car off and on several times and it will come back on. There is a recall for the 2009 Malibu, although my VIN is showing it’s not part of the recall. The air conditioner works some days, but other days not at all. It also shows that this is under recall, although my VIN shows not affected by this recall either. The air conditioner is inconvenient, but the steering is a safety issue. My wheel will barely turn when it stops working.

My chevy malibu has been losing power steering multiple times per day. It comes back on after turning the car off and on again, but then goes out again after just a few miles. I understand this is an issue with the 4 cylinder, electric power-steering malibus from that year. However, my VIN is not covered by the recall for this.

After no issues with my electric power steering for the vehicles whole life, it randomly started shutting off and back on. If I were to park and restart the car, the power steering will return, then shut off again once I steer while driving. The next day, no power steering at all and none since. After taking it into a shop, they told be the steering sensor needed to be replaced and would cost about $1000. I read on this and found there was a recall for '09 Malibus for the electric power steering, but my car was not part of the recall. All of the symptoms of the issue listed in the recall are the same and many people online report the same. Same issues, same shutting on and off and a complete shutdown.

Powering steering intermittently goes out. Sometimes when backing up sometimes while driving straight and sometimes while trying to take a ramp on the highway. The battery on the car was replaced and the alternator was checked and all there is good. This model has an electric power steering pump and the same pump was recalled on other malibus. Why has this one not been recalled?

Power steering failing intermittently. While driving get message power steering and check ESC. After stopping and restarting the car the failure goes away but returns few miles later. It's very hard turning with no power steering. If I had to avoid something I probably wouldn't be able to respond quickly enough. I probably will go to car shop to have it checked. I see that on Chevy forums this issue is common. Some VINS recalled and some not? No warning lamps other than when it happens I get the power steering indication and check ESC.

Power Steering light and function kept shutting on and off. Stated with shaking wheel. Eventually just stopped working completely. Took to Dealership to get diagnosed. I see this is a common issue/recall on 2009 chvy malibus.

Without notice, as I was driving down the road, I turned the turn signal on to turn right and then the steering wheel stiffened up and was unable to turn so I hit the curb ,as i kept on struggling to force hardened steering wheel to the right.. I managed to straighten it to pull over safely.. I was very fortunate not to be rear-ended or hit something else in front of me besides the curb.. I was thinking I could pour power steering fluid into it, but I was unaware until someone else looked at it , that it is not like the cars back in the day where you can pour it in …I was told (not by a mechanic, just someone who stopped to help me get home.) that there was no reservoir and that it was an electrical power steering unit , that needed to be replaced, from inside the car, & that they had heard of a recall on this problem. Sooo, can you help me with this in some way ?? 😳

Driving and suddenly lose power steering. Service ESC comes on and service power steering. Seems dangerous has happened multiple times past few years

Sudden Loss of Electrical Power Steering - it is the exact problem listed in NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 . When the VIN number is scanned it does not list this vehicle as falling under the recall, but it is the same year, make, & models as those that do. The steering failure occurs randomly, several times a week, including today.

“Power steering” “esc off” “service traction control”

I've been trying to fix the car I've put alternator new starter wires everything you can think of new fuses and the esc light burnt out 2 brand new battery's I've lost my job because it's unfixable almost killed after the power steering went out because of what's going on with this problem I can't fix it I've spent over 1000 trying to find the problem.

When driving my 2009 chevy malibu out of nowhere my car steering wheel became difficult to turn. Then "Service Power Steering Loss SC" illuminated. I was able to steer the vehicle using extra effort to drive the vehicle. I turned off and restarted the vehicle and the vehicle regained power steering functionality. Then as I continued driving the power steering failure reoccurred. I pulled off the roadway and turned off and restarted the vehicle and the vehicle regained power steering functionality. The failure was intermittent but had become a recurring failure. It was dangerous that out of nowhere the power steering started that issue as I was driving and could have caused a serious accident.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact pulled over to the side of the roadway. The contact was able drive to the residence by using excessive force to steer the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the electric power steering (EPS) assist motor had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 (Steering). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 245,000.

Mileage: 245,000

I recently bought this car used a month ago, currently I still do not have any check engine lights. The other day while turning my power steering went out and “service esc” flashed on my dash. My vehicle is normal when you start it but as soon as I start driving and make a turn in any direction my power steering goes out and the traction control gets turned off.

The component that’s messing up is the power steering causing a warning light to come up I got the car in January and been dealing with this issue since it’s making my car hard to drive and I been getting stuck in places the warning lamps been popping up about two months after I got the car and it’s been acting up since my steering wheel shakes uncontrollably and sometimes it slips and tries to turn on its own I haven’t been in a accident but the issue is getting worse and will cause that

Power steering intermittently went out while driving. It is unsafe and can cause a wreck

Loss of Power Steering Assist while driving, increasing risk of crash, occurred on 3/8/24. No warning of failure, but upon failure the dash indicated Power Steering malfunction. When able to schedule into repair shop, system error codes indicated the Electronic Power Steering Motor Control Module and Steering Column required replacement (shop mechanic said these parts have worn out). Vehicle has not been repaired due to excessive cost ($1400 parts, plus $385 labor and shop supplies, plus sales tax). Vehicle only had 96,227 miles when malfunction occurred and has never been driven hard. Malfunctioning parts are still in vehicle and are thus available for inspection upon removal. Vehicle is still in use and probably poses an elevated and unnecessary risk to the general public and occupants of this vehicle due to poor manufacturer design and/or quality assurance. I have driven the vehicle 11 miles to date, without re-occurrence of malfunction (yet).

Power steering intermittionly turns off and on

In 2012, I was driving down a somewhat of a curvy road when all of a sudden when approaching a curve, the car would not turn!!! I was headed straight for a tree as well as traveling into opposing traffics lane. Fortunately, no one was coming. Eventually the steering came back which sent me back in the other direction as I was pulling on the wheel trying to get it to turn. This sent me over a curb that was on my side of the road, resulting in damage that had to be repaired at a collision center. I was scared to drive the car after this because of what happened, but everyone I talked to said there wasn't nothing wrong with the car. I started driving it again and everything was fine, until in 2022 as I was pulling into my mother's driveway, and it happened again!! I started the turn and boom no steering and ended up in her front yard. I haven't drove it since because I am terrified it will happen again. Today I decided to look into if anyone was having the same issue as I, and I found that my car was under a GM special coverage 15356 which has now expired. This should have been a RECALL!! If I wouldn't have thought to look into the problem I would have never known. Not only am I out money for the repair from the first incidence this could have ended poorly not just for me but other drivers around me as well.

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Power Steering suddenly quit working while driving. Code reader said steering wheel input torque sensor was bad.

Loss of power steering while driving nearly causing an accident, very dangerous situation.

Electric power steering goes out while driving. Very hard to steer!!!! Major safety concern. Traction control and ESC don't work while this problem occurs.

I brought car told dealer of air bag light on to service and tire monitor light I had my steering lock and ESC light on dealership did nothing to comply to safety of this called don't return calls

The power steering randomly goes out while I'm driving and triggers esc off. This creates a seriously dangerous driving situation as I have very little control of the vehicle. Why hasn't this been recalled. It's a seriously unsafe design that can kill someone.

The power steering stops working then the light comes on and reads power steering. This has happened multiple times so far. An example is when I was turning from one street to another. No other cars were coming or I may have hit them due to no steering at all. I was able to let it coast into the edge of someone's yard. I turned the car off. Then about 3 minutes later I turned it on and it worked again. 2nd time was at a food drive thru rounding the building. Turned off and back on and it worked. 3rd time in my driveway backing out. Again no one was near my car when I backed out onto a 55 mph road.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving approximately 70 MPH the contact heard a chime and then the "Service Power Steering Loss SC" illuminated. The contact was able to steer the vehicle using extra effort to drive the vehicle. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle and the vehicle regained power steering functionality. The contact continued driving and the power steering failure reoccurred. The contact pulled off the roadway and turned off and restarted the vehicle and the vehicle regained power steering functionality. The contact stated that that failure was intermittent but had become a recurring failure. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The contact researched online and related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 (Steering). The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 226,000.

Mileage: 226,000

Intermittent loss off power steering while driving, usually in cold weather conditions. Absolutely no warning. This is EXTREMELY dangerous, especially when the driver is an elderly woman without the arm strength to steer the car without assisted power steering.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while attempting to turn the steering wheel to the left or the right, the steering wheel seized and failed to operate as needed. The contact aggressively maneuvered the steering wheel to regain normal functionality. The air bag warning light was also illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 184,553.

Mileage: 184,553

My vehicle can overheat at times and the thermostat won’t work. That’s during the summer and winter so the temperature could rise above normal and I wouldn’t know because of the electric problems. It’s happened too many times to count. The ESC sign comes on across the dash for me letting me know there are issues with power steering and traction. I can drive on my way to work and on the highway and it happens randomly. It’s dangerous and scary I have to pull over on the side of the road to turn it off and on. Sometimes more than three to four times before it acts normal again. I tried to go to GM because my car has the symptoms of the cars being repaired in the recalls. But I’m told there are none for my car but yet the car still locks on me. It jumps too as it’s accelerating.

My power steering continues to go in and out while driving. There is a “service esc” light on the dash along with multiple other lights. I see this among thousands of other 2009 Chevrolet Malibus, yet they are not recalled. I feel this is a serious safety warning for everyone who has one or might get one in the future.

Electronic power steering goes out randomly while driving highway speeds. Traction control light and ESC light go on when this happens.

I purchased this car used on 3/27/2023. The previous owner took good care of the car and had any recalls issued taken care of. On 4/10/2023 the power steering went out. I had the Power Steering Control Module replaced on 4/17/2023 at a cost of $1,154.36 at my local Chevrolet dealer. Upon research on the Internet I found that some Chevrolet Malibus were issued a recall for this problem. This car should have been issued a recall and this problem taken care of years ago. I need for Chevrolet / GM to address this. Thank you.

The car suddenly turns off while driving shutting down the power steering making it difficult or impossible to maneuver. It is a death trap. This happened 3 times today May 5, 2023 Losing power while driving is a major safety issue that is putting innocent people's lives at risk.

My steering wheel shakes and jerks while driving and when I start the car. Also, my car steers and pulls to the left while I’m driving until the electric power steering light comes on and then the steering locks up and I am unable to turn the steering wheel to make a turn which can lead to a crash because I have to force the wheel in order to turn. I was driving on the highway and my steering locked and I pulled over safely and tried turning the car off and on. This has turned the electric power steering light off and I was able to turn the wheel but my steering wheel still shakes and jerks and the car pulls to the left. To add, a few minutes later my steering locks up and the electric power steering light comes on again and I am unable to turn the steering wheel. A couple of days ago I was coming off of an exit and the power steering light came on and I could turn the wheel to make the turn, almost causing an accident. Fortunately, I was able to force the steering to make the turn. *This has been a reoccurring issue. I will post the date below for the latest occurrence.

When accelerating the car glides to the right even tho you’re holding the steering wheel straight there’s not any play in the steering that i can observe. When you are driving it is unpredictable which way you feel the said “ gliding motion “ when braking I would say that it usually glides to the left but at times it’s caught me off guard and I vear off to the right the esc service light is now on also I made a appointment for safety inspection at a local dealership

As I'm driving down the road my vehicle will engage the brake without warning while I'm in a curve or turning and it's extremely dangerous. I had a 18 wheeler behind me and my car came to an abrupt stop without warning as I was getting onto the interstate

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while his wife was backing out of the driveway, the power steering failed without warning. Due to the failure, his wife hit a pole on their property. The contact's wife was not injured, the air bags did not deploy due to low impact, a police report was not filed, and no property damage was reported. The contact went to assist his wife after the failure and used excessive force to steer the vehicle back into the driveway. The contact called the dealer and informed him that the vehicle was not under NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 (Steering). The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was 76,500.

Mileage: 76,500

Unknown when I try to turn the steering locks up and then it lets go it’s like grabbing not wanting to let me turn

When I am going down the road the vehicle comes to a complete stop in a curve sometimes and it's dangerous. Only the bright lights work on the vehicle. The esc activates and turns off a lot when you least expect it

Electric power steering failure, while driving service ESC and power steering came up on the dash along with a traction control indicator. The only symptom prior was a Shakey steering wheel which was assumed to be mechanical. Problem persists on and off even with resetting system powering off and then back on.

The power steering went out when my son was driving. He was barely able to get out of the road for safety purposes. We took it to a dealer and they are recommending a whole new steering column and sensors. They say this is very common on these models. In looking at a $1,500-$2,000 fix and from what I researched this is very common with these models but only some were 'recalled.' Seems to be a way bigger issue. Im lucky my son wasn't in an accident.

I was pulling out of my alley onto a main street and my power steering went out I had to pull over I shut the car off and restarted it and it came back. When this happened got a message on dash ESC active and service power steering.

The contact's daughter owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at 55 MPH, the vehicle experienced a loss of power steering assist. The vehicle was taken to an independent dealer, where it was diagnosed as EPS System failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000. The VIN was not available.

Mileage: 100,000

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle experienced a loss of power steering assist. The traction control warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed as power steering assist failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

Loses power steering and switches to manual steering, making it hard to steer.

Electric power steering failure (EPS). I looked on the website and shows a recall but I called my dealer and said my VIN does not come up. I have loss of power steering. driving down the road it will stop working or when in a parking lot trying to maneuver around. Warning lamps are on. Steering is very difficult. I do not feel safe having anyone drive my car because it is so hard to steer when it stops working. It will catch you off guard and when you are in traffic it could be fatal. Loss of steering has been happening for about 6 months but has gotten worse the last week to the point I cant even drive and feel safe.

My power steering Assist is beginning to fail again. In January 2020, I had my power steering Assist motor replaced. Now, just over 3 years later, the power steering is failing again. This can be extremely dangerous if it fails while on the freeway.

While driving vehicle on highway a sudden loss of power steering happened. A message did appear on the dash stating “service powering steering system ESP”. I immediately turned off the highway as I was very afraid of what had happened. I got a ride from a friend and left the car on the side road overnight. After researching what happened it is a very common issue with this year, make and model. Since I researched it was a loss of power steering I knew I had to get it serviced and knew it would be difficult to steer under manual steering. I was able to drop it off at a local AAA service center. The service center contacted me the next day and said this particulat steering column has been recalled by GM. I called GM and they said my vehicle was not recalled by the VIN I had. I called the service center back and they called a certified GM technician and again stated the steering column had been recalled. I decided to go ahead with the repair the service center had to get a remanufactured GM steering column and that’s what was replaced. I am requesting an investigation to why my VIN was not part of the recall and I would like to request reimbursement by GM. The NTHSA campaign id# is 14V153 and the GM technical bulletin that was issued for my year make and model is bulletin 14116 and 14116B.

2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO LOSS OF POWER STEERING.

The power steering just stopped working. Not really safe to drive. I did research and found that many GM cars have had this problem. No warning messages came on prior to the problem happening. I think this is a sensor problem with this car.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH and exiting a highway exit ramp, the steering wheel and column started to shake and vibrate abnormally. The contact stated she drove the vehicle to a nearby independent mechanic. The contact was able to place the vehicle in park P) and turned off the vehicle. The contact returned to the vehicle to drive to a maintenance bay however, the power steering function was unavailable. The contact stated she observed an unknown warning light. The vehicle was diagnosed, and the independent mechanic determined that the steering motor and the steering angle sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was driven back to the same mechanic who diagnosed that the u-joint on the steering shaft had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The independent mechanic researched online and related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 14E044000 (Steering). The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 129,000.

Mileage: 129,000

Bought a 2009 Malibu (2.4 engine with electric power steering) a few weeks ago. Pulled into my driveway today and the power steering goes out and the traction control light comes on and service ESC message comes across the message center. Turn the car off and back on and the light goes out, power steering comes back for a second then the light trips again and it's out again as soon as I turn the wheel. It’s absolutely insane and I can’t even drive it half the time. I’m a nurse and a mother of two. This is the same recall in many of the same year and vehicle type, and we have snow. Severe snow. It can kill me. The ESC LIGHT TRACTION CONTROL ABS POWER STEERING AND CHECK ENGINE LOGHT ARE ALL ON BECAUSE OF THIS DEATHTRAP OF AN electronic steering system you have

At the time I bought my Chevy Malibu Hybrid in 2009, I was not aware nor was it made known to me by the dealership or the Sales Rep. that the steering mechanism was electronically controlled and not hydraulic. Had I known that to be the case, I would have reconsidered the purchase. In September of 2015 GM issued a notice informing me and those who were owners of my particular vehicle equipped with electric power assist (EPS): "... the steering column torque sensor or the EPS motor/controller may cause the vehicle to suddenly lose EPS ...The vehicle will revert to a manual steering mode, which requires greater driver effort to operate at low vehicle speeds." GM's resolution: 10 year warranty from date of purchase or 105,000 mile whichever occurs first. About two years after the warranty was issued, I started experiencing an intermittent failure with the steering upon starting on extremely cold mornings though not while driving. Once the car warmed up the steering problem went away. But because it was not continuous and difficult to replicate and thus to diagnose, the dealership as well as GM found that it would be hard for my unique problem to be covered by the warranty. I verbalized my complaint to GM on Oct. 15, 2016. Additionally, I was told by the dealership, if a diagnostic code (ESP) could not be found at the time the vehicle was bought in, a fee of $119.00 for diagnostics would be owed at that time. Note: A total failure of the torque sensor is the only time a code is present therefore I was reluctant to bring the vehicle in. The warranty expired for my vehicle in 2019. Recently, within a year or two, the steering has failed me while driving - twice, intermittently. When failure does occur on a car with this type of steering it is extremely difficult to steer and very dangerous especially at low speeds. Therefore, my plea is for NHTSA to issue a recall, not a limited warranty for this kind of safety issue. The estimated cost to repair: $1,500.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving 5 MPH and making a turn, the vehicle lost power steering functionality with an alarm engaged. Additionally, the message "Service ESC" was displayed. The contact pulled into his driveway and turned off the vehicle. The contact stated upon restarting the vehicle, the power steering responded as needed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The dealer informed the contact that the vehicle could not repair the vehicle under NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 (Steering) because an unknown TSB had expired. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 81,230. The dealer diagnosed the defect as the torque sensor and along with the power assist motor needed to be replaced to fix the power steering loss issue. The manufacturer informed the consumer that since the repairs were not made by the dealer, they could not even offer the minimal remedy of a loyalty certificate.

Mileage: 81,230

I have lost power steering multiple times while driving! I was able to turn the car off and turn it back in to regain steering! It is a reoccurring issue! The issue has not been taken to a dealer, as they told me if it was the Steering shaft torque sensor that it would be roughly 700$ to fix it! (This is what was fixed in both my sister and cousins 2009 Malibu’s and I can provide the Vins if requested! As they had the exact same issues! I believe the code it throws is a EPS code on the dash! This issue seems to Happen more so when it is cold as it has happened in the past as well and finally quit giving me problems after it got warm again! But now that it is cold again it is starting to act up again as it has reoccurred 7 Times in the last 200 miles

Driving at around 40MPH last night the power steering quick working. The EPS light and traction lights came on as well. Luckily I was only about 1/2 mile from home. Now this morning looking into it by checking fuses etc, trying to figure what is wrong, I turn it on and the steering is working again.

my transmission is slipping when there was a recall and my car went in to get fixed for both my power steering and my transmission and my power steering does not work and my transmission is slipping.

My power steering suddenly stopped working in a very unsafe location. This has happened several times. In the past, I've been able to shut the car off, wait for a couple minutes, start the car back up, and the warning lights are no longer lit (the road hazard light and the check engine light come on during this episode, which has happened on more than one occasion, both times in unsafe locations. This model with this specific 2.4L motor has not been recalled but I have been told that these malibus with the larger motors have at least had bulletins issued for the same exact characteristic. My fear is that one of my daughters will be driving this car and the power steering pump will go out when they are on the highway. So even though my car has 156,000 miles on it, this has happened since I bought the car with 48,000 miles on the odometer.

when It gets colder my cars power steering goes out and my no traction light turns on, I can’t turn my vehicle properly and have no traction it’s dangerous in the winter time. I have noticed other malibu’s from 2009 were recalled for the same exact issue yet mine was not. If i can’t turn or break properly it puts others on the road in risk especially in the snow. The problem always appears when it is cold.

Steering has become increasingly stiff and harder to turn, as if the power steering doesn't work. My granddaughter hit a curb in a tight turning entrance to a 4 lane highway and broke the wheel and other component parts.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while pulling out of a parking space, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The power steering assist warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who informed the contact that they could not duplicate the failure. The battery was replaced; however, the failure reoccurred while pulling out of a parking space. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the power steering torque sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 77,227.

Mileage: 77,227

The vehicle loses power steering at random moments while driving. I have had to stop and turn off the vehicle in order to regain power steering function in the middle of intersections several times and lost control while driving around corners barely avoiding accidents.

After exiting the highway, I came to a four-way stop sign, started a left-turn when I heard a chime, I think a light came on & suddenly my power steering went out completely in the middle of the turn. I had to fight to complete the turn without hitting other cars as well as a biker who was crossing the lane I was leaving. I had just left I-40, traveling highway speeds, with my daughter & 2-year-old granddaughter in the car with me. The car has NEVER done anything like this before. I am terrified to think what would have happened if it had done this while we were traveling at 70 MPH with the cruise control engaged. I called the dealership & they can't repair my car until 6/24/22, over a week after this event. I REFUSE to drive this car again until they fix it. I thank God no one was hurt.

After I’ve been driving the car for a while, the steering wheel doesn’t just shakes, it jerks violently very quickly in the left/right direction as if it’s trying to turn. It happens so fast to where I couldn’t stop the wheel if I wanted to without injuring myself. It also places grave danger while driving anywhere. I’ve turned the car off & back on, it’s fine for maybe 20-30 mins. But now it’s worsen to where immediately once I start the car, the steering wheel spins left and right as if it’s trying to find a direction to turn. No one (mechanic) seems to be able to identify the issue leaving me with a vehicle I’m unable to drive or fix.

Lost power steering while driving on the highway. The display board is reading power steering, service ESC, and the traction control symbol is on.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving at approximately 35 MPH, the power steering failed to operate with the electronic stability control and power steering warning lights illuminated. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The approximate failure mileage was 144,000.

Mileage: 144,000

The contact's son owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while his son's wife was driving 45 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact stated that the Electronic Stability Control (ESC) warning light was illuminated. The driver parked on the side road, restarted the vehicle, and was able drive to her residence. The contact's son called the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Upon further investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 14E044000 (Steering) however, the VIN was not included. The contact attempted to call the manufacturer but was unable to speak to a representative. The failure mileage was approximately 152,000.

Mileage: 152,000

Power steering shut off

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated upon starting the vehicle, the power steering warning light and the message to "Service ESC" illuminated. The contact stated he turned off and restarted the vehicle, the warning light and warning message were no longer illuminated; however, the vehicle lost power steering while driving and making a turn. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and assisted the contact with setting up an appointment with the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the power steering assist control motor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring daily while driving. The failure mileage was approximately 149,450.

Mileage: 149,450

experience a sudden loss of electric power steering assist. If power steering assist is lost, a message displays on the Driver Information Center and a chime sounds to inform the driver. Steering control can be maintained because the vehicle will revert to manual steering, but greater driver effort would be required at low vehicle speeds, which could increase the risk of a crash. the power steering motor, the steering column, the power steering motor control unit or a combination of the steering column and the power steering motor control unit.

I was diving when my power steering stops working. Stop the car, turn it off restart it and it works again. It's been happening for the past few weeks and is happening more often as time goes on.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I COULD NOT STEERING MY CAR AT ALL.

I OWN A 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. I noticed a few times while stopped at a traffic light, the steering wheel started to vibrate. On start up, intermittently the power steering assist and traction control warning light will illuminate. I also noted no power steering when this happened. I shut the vehicle off. Upon restart the problem was solved.

Electric power steering randomly shuts off

Power steering intermittently fails.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while stopped at a traffic light, the steering wheel started to vibrate. The contact stated that the power steering assist and traction control warning light were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who informed her that the vehicle needed further diagnostic testing and should be taken to an authorized dealer. The dealer was contacted and informed her of an unknown recall however, the recall had expired. The contact stated that she then contacted the manufacturer who referred her to the NHTSA for assistance. The failure mileage was 103,967.

Mileage: 103,967

I was driving and my steering wheel got extremely tight not allowing me to turn the car steering left or right. My service ESC light is on and power steering came across the dash.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH, the steering wheel suddenly seized. The power steering warning light and the traction warning light illuminated. The vehicle was restarted however, the vehicle failed to regain power steering functionality. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 123,025.

Mileage: 123,025

Steering affected, unable to control direction of vehicle. Luckily I was not on highway driving at high speed ....it very well had caused a serious accident. Warning lights on : dashboard monitor messaged " power steering " traction control light First time it happened was on December 22, 2021 . The most recent time was on February 21, 2022.

I was driving on a main road when my steering wheel locked up and was almost impossible to turn. It read SERVICE ESC and POWER STEERING. Barely made it home without an accident.

I started to smell a slight burning smell, as I pulled off the road to investigate at the gas station my power steering failed upon restarting the vehicle. On the message center it says power steering, service ESC, ESC off. This could have caused an accident if i had not pulled off the road. Upon research, it shows a recall bulletin has been issued for 2008-2009 Chevy Malibu for a torque sensor, which appears to be the same issue. Bulletin No.: 14116B Date: October 2014 GM recall search returns no results for this VIN#, so we were not notified of a recall. This appears to be a mistake, as the recall is for the same issue as what we have experienced.

well it all started at one, i fixed the electrical myself after inspecting 6 months worth of it sitting , finally found electrical problems that i got it running afterwords 2 fuel pumps later knowing pumps werent the issue then, now I almost have it paid off, its really began to just be a piece of junk after dearly taking care of it when i bought the car I loved it, now I found on it, no steering, comes and goes, like I know how to put a steering asst. in... i pulled one from the J yard, its in the backseat now, airbags indicator saying it needs servicing, tires I bought brand new last summer, they are baby butt smooth now, the car cant even squeal the tires so whatever on that, 5 days ago I threw a new alternator in it, similar to every alternator when they go it was normal... no problem, now I'm pooped out, I want the problems fixed so when its paid off in April I can sell it legally without anyone getting hurt, also the value is poor, not even close to what you value it as on here. [XXX] if I didn't spend more on costs on parts, repair, labor (thankfully I know wyf I'm doing when I work on a GM) it would be more than the car loan I took out on the junk on October 19th 2019. I think somebody is responsible in repairing these issues as I knew nothing about the problems gm had when buying this vehicle. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

When i start my car the TC light will cut on them my steering wheel will start being rough and rough to start , i would turn my car off and turn it back on , it would run good for a few mins then it would do it again

Power steering failed at driving speed. Could have caused an accident. Research shows a recall bulletin has been issued for 2008-2009 Chevy Malibu for a torque sensor, which appears to be the same issue. Bulletin No.: 14116B Date: October 2014 GM recall search returns no results for this VIN#, so we were not notified of a recall. This appears to be a mistake, as the recall is for the same issue as what we have experienced.

I couldbt turn tge car out of nowhere an nout ran off the road

My cars power steering failed while making a right turn the steering wheel locked up and wouldn’t move I turn the car off and the issue went away but I know it will come apparently there has been a recall on this cars EPS but there’s no open recall on my vehicle

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving 25 MPH, the vehicle inadvertently decelerated with several unknown warning lights and messages displayed. The contact stated he pulled over and waited 45 minutes to restart the vehicle. Upon restart, the vehicle resumed normal operation. The contact mentioned that the failure occurred several times and he was able to restart the vehicle with normal operation. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnosed the failure as a power steering failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that he found Manufacturer Technical Service Bulletin: 14116B however, the dealer and manufacturer declined repairs as he was over the allowed mileage. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 (Steering). The contact stated that the manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The manufacturer referred the contact to NHTSA to file a complaint. The approximate failure mileage was 188,000.

Mileage: 188,000

The power steering goes out and the light for service ESC and power steering comes on. The steering becomes nearly impossible to use even at higher speeds. Took to GM they acknowledged the problem and said that there is a recall on other VINs, just not mine.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the steering wheel locked up. The Electronic Stability Control (ESC) warning light and power steering assist warning message were displayed. The failure nearly caused a collision. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the dealer could not duplicate the failure. The dealer performed a P-Module program and relearn, a T-S module unit, and a multi-point inspection; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic, who related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 (Steering) however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 48,477.

Mileage: 48,477

The car displayed a warning for the power steering and ESC service. I lost the power steering.Now after turning the car on and off it disappeared and the power steering was back.

Power Steering and ESC both failed at the same time randomly, no warning lights or signals until after the incident. Can get it to turn back on by starting car and jerking wheel, steering wheel shakes back and forth, power steering and ESC goes back out once wheel is turned even slightly. Electronic power steering is constant, so I am fighting my car just to drive it, and I have no electronic stability control in snow/ice. Impossible to react/turn quickly enough to prevent an accident in the worst case scenario. Most likely torque sensor, extremely common issue with 09 Malibu’s, no recall issued.

Steering wheel locks while driving. Only way to unlock steering is by parking the car, turning off the ignition, starting the ignition and it will unlock. Parking brake light, ABS and traction control lights come on when this happens.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact’s daughter stated while driving approximately 45 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the residence. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer to be inspected. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 (Steering) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in an active recall. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

Power steering message appeared and complete loss of power steering occurred immediately while driving. After researching, it appears this is a recall issue with these models and year, but does not apply to this vehicle? A teenage driver was behind the wheel when this known safety issue occurred.

Power steering failed when turning from a stop and/or low speed into traffic. Steering was nearly impossible and required great effort from driver. A brief message flashed on the Driver Information Center and a unique chime was heard. The safety of the driver was affected by oncoming traffic. The failure has not been inspected by a mechanic as of yet, but the vehicle is available for inspection at any time.

Steering failed when driving on freeway, abruptly stopped and had to restart on the road to can control of steering. Spent several hundred dollars, replacing breaks and to fix the check engine light error. Despite service, ABS, service tire pressure, service + passenger air bag and other controls flash in and out when driving at various speeds/times. Breaks seem not to work right when stopping and speeding up is strained. Now cruise control is not disengaging consistently.and power steering issues are returning this winter. Dashboard lights are in and out and I can't read speed. Do not purchase!

The power steering will just randomly shut off, no rhyme or reason and then when the car is turned off and on it will be back.

While making a turn, power steering message appeared on the dash, but went away after I parked. I continued to drive and the next time I attempted a turn the message appeared again and I lost steering capability. This happens periodically and the car is impossible to steer when it does occur.

There was a recall in 2014 on this car.I did not receive a notice so I did not know anything about it. My car has 78,500 miles.I have noticed a power steering leak. I am unable to purchase a new car or have this fixed without the past recall being honored. I am afraid of having a crash. Please send me a recall from the year it was recalled so that I can have it fixed.I have owned this car sense 2009 the year it was manufactured.

While driving the "power steering" light and traction control light came on the dash and immediately the car became almost uncontrollable as the steering became VERY hard to steer. I pulled over and turned the car off and restarted and it seemed to be fine, but did it a couple of days later. I have not driven the car since as it is unsafe to drive in this condition since there is no warning when it will happen. The car is available for inspection if needed.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while turning the ignition key, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact stated that the power steering and the service ESC warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated when she turned off the vehicle, the failure would cease. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 (Steering) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 202,000.

Mileage: 202,000

December 25th, 2019- Driving home from work, steering wheel twitched then began to shake. Thought it was just needing alignment or tires. Drove on highway (70mph) 8.5months pregnant and then abs light, Traction off/service traction, service ESC and Power steering pop up on cluster panel and then steering became hard and my car shut off on its own. Wouldn't start back up. For 2 days. After it being look at by 4 DIFFERENT mechanics they all seem to have no idea except one. Complete Steering Column replacement. This is extremely unsafe for anyone and I have 2 kids I can't risk to drive in this vehicle AND just paid off.Recalls shouldn't expire and they should be honored if a new owner has the same issue. This is deadly and if I wasn't as strong as I am, I doubt I'd be able to steer it like I did.

Electric power steering failure while vehicle was in motion resulting in difficulty to steer vehicle. "Power Steering," "ESC OFF" message codes on information panel. GM issued a recall for a series of 2009 Chevrolet Malibus regarding the same safety issue with the power steering, unfortunately my NIN is not covered under the recall. Issue started at ~188k miles and has not yet been verified by a certified mechanic. Power Steering failure has occurred once while vehicle was in motion and on multiple occasions on start-up; would clear on restart.

When i turn the wheel almost all the way i loose power steering i almost hit some one & their car due to this i took it to the dealer and they said my vin wasn't apart of the recall

There is a clicking noise in the steering wheel column while it jerks both left and right while driving. Happening every time it is driven hard to turn steering wheel both left and right.

My power steering has intermittently gone off making the vehicle nearly impossible to steer at times while driving. It appears to be in line with recall # 14V153000. When I brought this to the attention of a local dealership, they advised my car now has too many miles and is past the end date of this recall. For one, I never received notice that my car was eligible for this recall and two, it wasn't causing these issues until recently- and the dealership said to repair this would be in excess of $2000. The car is still drivable and available to be inspected. It would be preferred that it was examined soon as this is not only a hazard to myself & those in my vehicle, but others on the road as I would not be able to avoid them. The power steering alert comes on when this occurs, but obviously it is too late as it provides no prior warning that this is about to happen - and this has happened multiple times.

UNKNOWN I was driving to work last week on Thursday and when I attempted to make a right turn my steering wheel was difficult to turn and a few seconds later it locked and the car turned off and on the dash board the battery light turned on and the words that appeared were Service Traction, Service ESC, and Power Steering.

I started my vehicle and began to drive it as I normally would. After stopping at a stop sign, I began accelerating and turning 90° left onto the street. Mid-turn my power steering completely shut off and I almost got into an accident. Luckily there was a turn around right there I was able to veer to. Turning this vehicle without power steering is nearly impossible. I'm a strong guy and it was pretty tough for me. This issue happened completely out of the blue without any warning whatsoever. When it happened, the ESC light came on as well as saying something about power steering. I turned the car off and then back on and noticed that the ESC light and power steering message were now gone and the car drive as it should. But it decides to go out randomly at any given time while driving and that is a HUGE safety hazard for not only me but others on the road as well. It has come to my attention after plenty of research that this seems to be massive issue among Chevrolet Malibu owners. The issue was recalled for different models/engines but not the 2.4 liter. At this point it's obvious that this is a vehicle wide issue and needs to be recalled for all models/engines.

Steering is difficult after driving and components get hot, research shows many other Vehicles have same issue. costing 300.00 to 1200.00 for repairs. Needs reported this to GM and the NHTSA. You never know, GM might cover some of the replacement cost. There is a video on youtube that covers replacing the torque tube sensor but what if that is not the cause? Yes, a GM tech 2 scan tool is required to set up the front end once the part has been replaced. Keep any bills you acquire during this job so that GM may reimburse you in the future should they decide to cover this repair. it also could be a module in the steering colum plus the turn signals do not shut off making it a hazard to drive while turn signals are still on! SEE LINK BELOW: THIS IS HARD TO TURN WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS! https://www.chevymalibuforum.com/threads/2009-esc-service-light-no-power-steering.47242/

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, the steering wheel was difficult to turn. The contact stated that there was no warning light illuminated. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 14V153000 (Steering) however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

POWER STEERING LIGHT ON PROBLEM OF THE 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU AS I WAS AT THE HOUSE WAYNESBORO GEORGIA IT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 25 IT HAPPENED TAKING OFF FROM WORK ON HIGHWAY 56 IN AUGUSTA GEORGIA MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND WAS HARD TO TURN CAUSING ME TO ALMOST CRASH. IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE SPEEDING UP OR SLOWING DOWN MAINTAINING SPEED IS OKAY THE ESC LIGHT AND POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. THE STEERING WHEEL IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. THIS IS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS THE END OF APRIL THIS IS NOW MAY 10 2020 I AM ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND I AM TRYING TO GET THE CAR THAT I GOT FOR MY DAUGHTER FIXED

SERVICE ESC WARNING RANDOMLY COMES ON AND IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND NO RECALLS.

Mileage: 101,000

HAVE PLMS FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING IT LITTL HARD TURN AND IT NOT SAFE

INTERMITTENTLY MY CAR ESC SERVICE POWER STEERING LIGHT GOES ON AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN THE POWER STEERING COMES ON. I'M AN OLDER WOMAN AND AM TERRIFIED TO GET ON A FREEWAY OR BUSY STREET BECAUSE I CAN BARELY STEER THE CAR WHEN THE POWER STEERING GOES OFF. AFTER READING NUMEROUS REPORTS ONLINE, THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT WITH THE CAR AND IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. SINCE I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO SPEND THE MONEY RIGHT NOW, IT FEELS AS THOUGH I TAKE MY LIFE IN MY HANDS EVERY TIME I DRIVE. THERE IS NO PREDICTING WHEN THE STEERING GOES OUT. SOMETIMES IT'S SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, SOMETIMES IT'S MONTH BETWEEN. VERY DANGEROUS!!!!

Mileage: 110,000

THE STEERING WHEEL MOVES BACK AND FORTH ON ITS OWN WHILE IDLING. IT GETS HARD TO STEER WHEN THE TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON. THE LIGHT ABOVE OUR HEADS DON'T WORK. THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON WHILE WE'RE DRIVING WHEN I'M NOT PRESSING ON THE BRAKES. THE TIRE PRESSURE DON'T WORK TO LET US KNOW HOW MUCH AIR IS IN THE TIRE AND THE TIRE CAUTION LIGHT IS ON AT ALL TIMES. THE FRONT FENDER ON THE BOTTOM IS BROKE. WE JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE LAST MONTH

Mileage: 199,000

POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT SAYS NO ESC SERVICE POWER STEERING. WAS THE STEERING COLUMN MODULE COSTED ME 1600 BECAUSE MINE WASN'T INCLUDED IN RECALL SO MANY ALBUMS WERE COVERED WHY WAS MINE NOT

Mileage: 63,000

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT

Mileage: 126,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST AND THE SERVICE ESC WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN HOWEVER, SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO HER DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER BLEECKER CHEVROLET (1200 E CUMBERLAND ST, DUNN, NC 28334, (910)891-1001) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING THE STEERING SENSOR MODULE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000.

Mileage: 155,000

AS I WAS DRIVING, MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND WAS HARD TO TURN CAUSING ME TO ALMOST CRASH. THE ESC LIGHT AND POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. THE STEERING WHEEL IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. THE CAR HAS 100K MILES AND IS A 2009 CHEVY MALIBU. THIS IS NOT PART OF A RECALL THAT IS EXTENDED TO MY CAR BUT I AM AWARE THAT MANY MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME CAR SINCE 2015! THANK YOU.

Mileage: 100,000

MY POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT 2X NOW IN LESS THAN A YEAR OF HAVING THE VEHICLE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEXT TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER VANDEVERE CHEVROLET (1490 VERNON ODOM BLVD, AKRON, OH 44320, (330) 800-0230) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL HAD EXPIRED ON THE VIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

MY STEERING WHEEL AGGRESSIVELY SHAKES WHEN I'M IN PARK, AT SLOW SPEEDS AND AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE 'ESC OFF' DISPLAYS ON THE DASH AND I LOSE POWER STEERING. THIS USE TO HAPPEN RARELY, BUT NOW IT IS ALMOST EVERY TIME I START MY VEHICLE. EVEN WHEN I'M ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THIS WARNING DISPLAYING, IT IS STILL VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED DUE TO THE SHAKING. THIS STARTED 3 YEARS AGO AND HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE SINCE.

Mileage: 150,000

2014 I WAS TOLD THE CAR HAD THE RECALL FIXED, I DID T PURCHASED THE CAR UNTIL THREE YEARS WHICH WAS 2017 ,NOW IT'S 2021 THE SAME ISSUES THAT THE RECALL NEEDED I NEED FIX AND CHEVY SAID THEY CAN'T FIX IT I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE I'VE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT 4-5 YEARS AND NOW APPARENTLY THE SAME ISSUES IS REOCCURRING

Mileage: 197,778

POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT, AND ESC SERVICE LIGHT TURNED ON WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH

Mileage: 120,000

POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND LOCKS UP.

Mileage: 174,000

OUT OF NO WHERE MY POWER STEERING IS GONE AND 'SERVICE ESC' DISPLAYS ON MY DASH WHILE I'M STATIONARY AS WELL AS IN MOTION AND TURNING.

Mileage: 190,000

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE A LIGHT COMES ON DASH SAYING SERVICE ESC POWER STEERING AND THEN ESC OFF. THE POWER STEERING GOES AND CAN BARELY TURN THE WHEEL ENOUGH TO GET OFF . GOING 60 MPH AND SCRAPE THE RETENTION WALL. NO WARNING AT ALL JUST STOPPED. THIS IS INSANE.

Mileage: 170,000

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HEAR A BEEPING NOISE THEN A LIGHT COMES ON DASH SAYING SERVICE ESC POWER STEERING AND THEN ESC OFF. THE POWER STEERING GOES OFF AND I CAN HARDLY HANDLE TURNING THE WHEEL. I GOT IT TURNED AROUND AND TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK HOME THEN LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR THIS MODEL VEHICLE FOR AWHILE NOW AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ISSUED BUT MY VIN IS NOT LISTED FOR THIS RECALL. OBVIOUSLY IT NEEDS TO BE ADDED.

Mileage: 75,000

POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND LIGHT COMES ON

HAS A PROBLEM WITH COLD START NEEDS A JUMP ALOT, SERVICE ESC COMES ON WITH LOSE OF TRACTION AND POWER STEERING, SENSOR IN WHEELS GO OUT OFTEN WHEELS SOUND WEIRD WHEN TURNING, HEADLIGHT GOES OUT OFTEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE OUT ,GEARSHIFT LINKAGE HAS BROKEN WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS PROBLEM OCCURS BOTH NON-STATIONARY

Mileage: 130,000

POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING. MAKES STEERING/DRIVING/TURNING ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

Mileage: 180,000

I'M HAVING POWER STEERING ISSUES AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE RECALL PARTS HAVE EXPIRED! I'M VERY UPSET BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO CHARGE ME 2,700 OUT OF MY POCKETS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THE WORK FOR FREE. THESE PARTS THAT THEY NEED ARE RECALL PARTS!!

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, NO STEERING CONTROL THE POWER STEERING ,AND ESC WARNINGS LIGHT CAME ON DASH

Mileage: 61,000

THE ZERO POSITIONING SENSOR WENT OUT . I DO NOT HAVE POWERSTEERING!!!! IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. IT IS A RECALL BUT NOT FOR MY VIN. IT SHOULD BE! IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. IT WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT WENT OUT.

Mileage: 93,000

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT ON MY VEHICLE A LOT. IT IS NOT SAFE AND IT SAYS THERE'S NO RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE. IT LOCKS UP ALL OF A SUDDEN. WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND/OR INTERSTATE. ALSO, WHEN I MAKE A TURN. IT IS NOT SAFE AT ALL AND FROM THE LOOKS OF IT, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION AND RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES.

POWER STEERING FLASHES ON DASH BOARD AND I LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL. I THEN HAVE TO USE MY STRENGTH TO TURN THE WHEEL WHILE THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN. SOMETIMES THIS GOES AWAY AND IT DRIVES FINE. I'VE EXPERIENCED IT SHUTTING DOWN WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGH WAY AND THIS CANNOT BE SAFE! AFTER RESEARCHING RECALLS, IT APPEARS I AM EXPERIENCING THE DETAILS OF THE RECALL FOR THE TORQUE SENSOR. THE VEHICLE IS BELOW 150,000 MILES. IT ALSO RANDOMLY WILL FLASH 'SERVICE AIR BAG'.

Mileage: 149,000

MY POWER STEERING WHEEL HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE THEN NOT LESS THAN A YEAR MY POWER STEERING WHEEL GOES OUT AGAIN. MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ALSO ON AND NEVER TURN OFF. IT'S SCARY BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHEN I'M ACTUALLY BRAKING.

LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING BUT IF YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON IT CORRECTS THE PROBLEM. THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY IN COLD WHEATHER. ESC SERVICE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE IT ONLY HAPPENS WHILE THE CAR IS IN DRIVE. POWER STEERING SEEMS TO LOCK ON WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNING. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR US SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020.

Mileage: 165,000

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, AND SERVICE ESC MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS IN THE LANE BESIDE MY WIFE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE CAR WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. SHE MANAGED TO PULL INTO A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND CALLED FOR A TOW. WHEN THE TOW DRIVER ARRIVED AND TURNED ON THE VEHICLE, WARNING LIGHTS HAD DISAPPEARED, AND POWER STEERING WAS OK. I STILL HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND AM AWAITING DIAGNOSTICS. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED, AND HAVE ONLY HAD IT FOR 2 WEEKS. WHEN RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE IN THE 2009 MALIBU. WONDERING WHY THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BEFORE NOW AS IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS.

Mileage: 65,000

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING BACK AROUND NOV 2019. STEERING WHEEL SHAKING WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST BEGAN ALMOST AS IF IT WAS SWITCHING BETWEEN HAVING POWER STEERING TO NO POWER STEERING. SERVICE ESC POWER STEERING MESSAGE. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM SUDDENLY WENT AWAY. NOW IT'S FEB 2021 AND IT STARTED DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO (NOV 2020). MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH OTHER 2009 MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS ON THEIR OWN DIME.

Mileage: 115,000

SERVICE ESC LIGHT ON, LOSS OF POWER STEERING, CRUISE CONTROL, AND TRACTION CONTROL...TURNOFF VEHICLE AND TURN BACK ON AND PROBLEM IS RECTIFIED .VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT HIGHWAY SPEED 60-65 MAKING TURNING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

Mileage: 86,000

SON DRIVING HOME FROM COLLEGE, LOSES POWER STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. READOUT BAR SERVICE POWER STEERING AND ESC. THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS ON THIS EXACT PROBLEM AND EXACT YEAR OF VEHICLE BUT HIS VEHICLE VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. SO IRRITATING WHEN MANUFACTURERS WILL NOT STAND BEHIND AND FIX A KNOWN ISSUE... CLEARLY THEY KNOW THE RAMIFICATIONS, THEY HAVE A RECALL ALREADY!

Mileage: 75,000

SERVICE ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND LOSES POWER STEERING WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AT LEAST 3 TIMES PER WEEK, ESPECIALLY IN COLDER CONDITIONS.! DUE TO THIS ISSUE, THIS CAR IS OFF LIMITS TO MY WIFE. I WOULD NOT WANT POWER STEERING TO GO OUT ON HER WHILE SHE'S GOING DOWN THE ROD WITH OUR [XXX] IN THE CAR. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON FORUMS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. PLEASE HELP! PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Mileage: 176,000

ESC LIGHT CAME ON,WIFE COULD NOT STEER CAR,LOOSES STEERING WHEN TURN AT INTERSECTIONS ,VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, SHE COULDN'T STEER CAR AND WENT INTO DITCH,LUCKILY WAS GOING SLOW AND DIDN'T TEAR ANYTHING UP, BUT IF ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS THERE IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY

Mileage: 161,488

INTERMITTENTLY LOSES POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC, POWER STEERING LIGHTS COME ON IN THE DASH. THIS HAS HAPPENED DURING NORMAL IN TOWN DRIVING. WHEN WE TURN IT OFF THE SYSTEM WILL REST, BUT COMES ON NOW AT RANDOM INTERVALS. SEVERAL TIMES TODAY

Mileage: 147,500

WHEN DRIVING MY 2009 MALIBU LTZ 2.4L EITHER STREET OR HIGHWAY THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT WITH NO NOTICE. QUITE DANGEROUS IN ANY SITUATION OF DRIVING. MIL LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AT SAME TIME POWER STEERING SHUTS DOWN. TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON SOMETIMES FIXES THE PROBLEM BUT ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES. THIS PROBLEM JUST STARTED TO OCCUR AT 164,007 MILES.

Mileage: 164,007

POWER OF STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT I HAVE TO TURN MY CAR OFF AND BACK ON JUST TO GET IT TO STEER AGAIN. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN I'M BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPOTS OR DRIVING SLOW OR TURNING. MY HEADLIGHTS WIRING HARNESS HAS A SHORT IN IT AND ONE OF MY LIGHTS CUTS OFF AND ON THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY WHILE I'M DRIVING.

Mileage: 130,000

THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND MY STEERING WHEEL GETS STIFF. THIS HAPPENED TO ME LEAVING HOME AND WHILE I WAS TURNING ON THE HIGHWAY. IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND I HAVE READ THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS.

Mileage: 133,000

POWER STEERING FAILS WHILE DRIVING, HAD TO SHUT MY CAR OFF WHILE I TRIED TO MAKE A TURN ON THE HIGWAY. THE 1ST TIME IT HAPPENED AT HOME ON MAY 2020, CAR LOCKED UP AND WOULDN'T MOVE AT ALL. DASHBOARD WILL SAY TRACTION OFF, ESC OFF AND IT WON'T LET ME MOVE MY STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE TO SHUT OFF THE CAR AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES FOR IT TO COME BACK. CAR IS AT ROUGHLY 133K MILES AND HAD NO ISSUES PRIOR TO THIS. ALSO, WHEN I DRIVE MY FRONT SIDE OF THE CAR SHAKES AS IF IT IS GOING OVER STUFF. I REPLACED BOTH CV JOINTS, GOTTEN THE CAR ALIGNED, AND BALANCED MY TIRES AND THEY STILL CAN'T FIND THE ISSUE WITH IT. ONLY RECALL THAT POPS UP IS THE ELECTRONIC, BUT I BELIEVE IT HAS THE STEERING RECALL AS WELL.

Mileage: 133,000

IT IS JANUARY 4, 2021. MY CAR HAS 172,000 MILES ON IT AND THIS WINTER I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL. I WILL BE DRIVING AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON WITH THE POWER STEERING WARNING. I HAVE RED CHEVY MALIBU FORMS AND IT SEEMS LIKE I'M NOT THE FIRST ONE TO EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WASN'T. THE ONLY WAY I'M ABLE TO CLEAR IT WHILE DRIVING IS PUTTING MY CAR IN PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON TURNING MY CAR OFF AND BACK ON THEN THEY GO AWAY. AND THEN IT DOESN'T APPEAR FOR A COUPLE DAYS THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW IT POPS BACK UP MULTIPLE TIMES. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE CAN BE A SOLUTION FOR ME FOR THE SITUATION. IT HAPPENS BOTH WHILE DRIVING AND EVEN SITTING AT A LIGHT.

Mileage: 172,498

WHEN DRIVING AND AT A STOP/LIGHT, THE CAR SHUTS OFF, OR IT SHAKES AS IF IT GONNA DIE OUT. THE ESC SERVICE LIGHT APPEARS ON DASHBOARD. SOMETIMES WHEN JUST DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, IT JERKS AND BOTH ESC SERVICE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL BOTH COME ON THE DASHBOARD.

Mileage: 80,000

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME, PULLED OFF OF THE INTERSTATE AND HALFWAY DOWN THE EXIT RAMP, MY TRACTION LIGHT AND A WARNING MESSAGE BEGAN SCROLLING. THE MESSAGE SAID POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC. I TURN MY CAR ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO SHAKE. AFTER A MINUTE (OR LESS) MY POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC TURNS ON AS A WARNING AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP. I CAN HARDLY TURN THE WHEEL ON MY OWN. I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE IT SAFELY.

Mileage: 142,430

THE ESC ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL FAULTED WHILE ACTIVELY DRIVING THE VEHICLE TWICE IN THE LAST DAY I WAS DRIVING IT. IF I WAS NOT A STRONG MALE I WOULD HAVE CRASHED DUE TO THE COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING ASSIST. THE FAULT MESSAGE WENT AWAY AFTER STOPPING THE ENGING AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2009 MALIBU BUT MY VEHICLE, BY VIN IS UNAFFECTED.

Mileage: 249,000

I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY MALIBU 2.4 THAT I PURCHASED. MY VEHICLE HAS UNDER 150 MILE AND RUNS EXCEPTIONAL. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE OTHER DAY AND POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ALL POWER STEERING IN A TURN THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO RECOVER THE VEHICLE TURNING DIRECTION QUICKLY BARELY MISSING A PEDESTRIAN ON SIDE WALK. I GOT THE VEHICLE TO TURN IN TO A NEAR BY GAS STATION PARKING LOT AND PARKED. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND LET IT SIT FOR A MIN. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO? I TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING LIGHT THAT CAME ON EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. LIKE IT DIDNT EVEN HAPPEN. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME. I HAD CODES READ ON THE MALIBUE TO SEE WHAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED NO CODES EVEN SHOWED UP ON THE SCREEN. I CHALKED IT UP TO A SCARY FLUKE. I'VE DRIVIN THE CAR WITH OUT ANY ISSUE UNTIL TODAY I STARTED THE CAR AND BEFORE I EVEN GOT OFF THE GRAVEL ROAD I LIVE ON THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. ONCE I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AS BEFORE THE POWER STEERING ISSUE GOES AWAY. THIS ISN'T SAFE AT ALL.

Mileage: 147,000

THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING GETTING A WARNING, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. AFTER SHUTTING OFF IT RESTARTED POWER STEERING.

Mileage: 200,000

MY DOOR LOCKS WERE AUTOMATICLY GOING UP AND DOWN. NOW DOORS LOCK OUT OF BLUE. KINDA DISCOURAGING NOW MY POWER STEERING AND SERVICE HAS ACTED UP 2 TIMES ON DEC 06 2020. BOTH TIMES THE POWER STEERING WARNING CAME ON I HAVE BEEN SITTING STILL. HEARD THERE HAS BEEN RECALL ON PREVIOUS MALIBU.

Mileage: 143,672

UPON STARTING MY CAR ONE DAY, MY SERVICE ESC LIGHT CAME ON AND MY POWER STEERING DISABLED. THIS HAPPENED OUT OF ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE. MY VEHICLE HAS HAD NO STEERING PROBLEMS UNTIL THAT DAY. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. NO LIGHTS CAME ON AND EVERYTHING WORKED JUST FINE. LATER THAT DAY IT DID THE SAME THING. SO I RESTARTED MY CAR AND IT WAS OKAY. THE NEXT DAY I STARTED IT AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING WAS DISABLED, ONLY THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT GO AWAY. SO I DROVE WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING. LATER, THE EPS WORKED FINE AND ALL THE SUDDEN WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. SINCE THEN, THE EPS HAS STAYED DISABLED AND THE ESC LIGHT HAS STAYED ON. IN THE EVENT THAT I START THE CAR AND EVERYTHING IS IN WORKING ORDER, IT'S NOT LONG (5-10 MINUTES) BEFORE THE EPS STOPS WORKING AGAIN. THERE WERE OVER A MILLION CARS THE EXACT SAME YEAR AND MODEL RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 203,000

POWER STEERING FAILURE WITH EPS SERVICE WARNING. SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND A WARNING THAT STATES SERVICE ESC. WHEN I TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURN BACK ON SYSTEMS MAY RETURN BUT EVENTUALLY FAIL WITH SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND ESC. THIS OCCURS WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY INTERMITTENTLY AT STOP LIGHTS WHILE DRIVING AND PARKED.

Mileage: 174,915

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE ESC POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO SISBARRO BUICK-GMC, INC (425 W. BOUTZ RD, LAS CRUCES, NM 88005, (575) 524-7707) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E044000 (STEERING) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000. *LN CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED.*JB

Mileage: 150,000

THE POWER STEERING JUST GOES IN AND OUT AND TGE STEERING WHEEL STARTS ACTI G FUNNY AND PULLS BACK HAR TO THE OPOSIT SIDE

Mileage: 2

I'VE BEEN HAVING AN ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE REGISTERING WHICH GEAR IT IS IN. THE GEARS SHIFT HARD, AND WHEN PLACING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE VIGOROUSLY JERKS BACK AND FORTH. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD, IT SLOWED DOWN TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, AND WHEN IT FINALLY DID, IT JUST TAKES OFF WITH NO WARNING. WHEN PLACING THE VEHICLE ON PARK, AT TIMES IT WOULD STILL ROLL.. THERE IS ALSO THE POWER STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL SENSORS THAT ARE BOTH ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE STEERING STIFFENING IN THE VEHICLE IS AN ISSUE ONLY SOMETIMES. HOWEVER, IT STILL WORRIES ME WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD WITH MY TODDLER IN THE VEHICLE AS WELL. I DID RESEARCH RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR OF MY VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL IN EACH AREA I'M HAVING TROUBLE IN. HOWEVER, WHEN I SPOKE WITH A CHEVROLET ASSOCIATE, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. I WON'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL IT'S SAFE AND I'M AFRAID OF AN ACCIDENT TAKING PLACE.

Mileage: 130,000

POWER STEERING FAILS WHILE DRIVING. DASHBOARD WILL SAY "TRACTION OFF, ESC OFF" AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN BUSY INTERSECTIONS. I HAVE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IN ORDER TO GAIN POWER STEERING AGAIN. MECHANIC HAS DIAGNOSED IT AS TORQUE SENSOR/STEERING COLUMN. THIS WAS RECALLED ON MANY OTHER MALIBUS, BUT NOT MINE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I PURCHASED VEHICLE SEVEN YEARS AGO AT 80,000 MILES (ABOUT ONCE PER YEAR) AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE RECENTLY AT 170,000 MILES (MULTIPLE TIMES PER MONTH). THIS IS DANGEROUS AND VERY EXPENSIVE.*DT *TR

Mileage: 80,000

WHEN GOING OVER ANY BUMP OR TURNING THE FRONT END SHAKES AND MAKES A CLACKING NOISE. ESC IS OFF. TRACTION CONTROL IS ALWAYS OFF. ERROR CODES READ P0010 P0449 P0013 P0722 P0011

Mileage: 188,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTING UP AND WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

Mileage: 90,000

DRIVING AT ABOUT 60 MPH ON A STRAIGHT AWAY, CAR LOST POWER STEERING AND SENSOR LIGHT SERVICE ESC/POWER STEERING STARTED FLASHING. THE STEERING FELT NO DIFFERENT PRIOR TO LOSING, NO NOISES. DROVE IT THIS WAY UNTIL I REACHED MY DESTINATION ABOUT 4 MILES AWAY. CAR SAT FOR 4 HOURS, TURNED IT BACK ON AND HAD REGAINED ALL STEERING AND NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. I HAVE NOTICED THAT FOR ABOUT THE PAST 4 YEARS, DURING THE COLDER MONTHS, THE SERVICE ESC/SERVICE TRACTION NOTIFICATION WILL RANDOMLY POP ON FOR NO OTHER REASON THEN THE COLD AND I LOSE TIRE TRACTION. PRETTY POSITIVE THIS IS WHAT CAUSED ME TO SLIDE OFF THE ROAD 2 YEARS AGO. WHENEVER I HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIP FOR ANALYSIS, THEY CLAIM THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, BECAUSE THE LIGHT POPS OFF AS QUICK AS IT COMES ON. I HAVE ALSO SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT AND LOOKED UP A RECALL FOR THIS, AND WHEN MY VIN IS ENTERED IT SHOWS THAT IT IS NOT NEEDED. I FOUND THE RECALL FROM 2014 FOR THE POWER STEERING ISSUE, SO EITHER THE PRIOR OWNER HAD IT FIXED AND IT DIDN'T LAST, OR IT WAS NEVER DONE TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG HERE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR ISSUE AND THE FIRST TIME I HAVE LOST MY STEERING. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 7 YEARS, STAYING ON TOP OF ALL REQUIRED MAINTENANCE AND THEN SOME. GM NEEDS TO GET A FIX FOR THIS!!!

Mileage: 175,000

OUR 2009 MALIBU JUST TURNED 67,000 MILES TODAY AND THE ECM STARTED FLASHING SERVICE STEERING AND NO TRACTION CONTROL ON A TWO-HOUR DRIVE HOME. AFTER LIMPING HOME BY PHYSICALLY MAN-HANDLING THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAKE A TURN, WE MADE IT HOME. SEARCHED ON-LINE FOR POSSIBLE ISSUES AND FOUND A MULTITUDE OF OTHER 2009 MALIBU OWNERS FACING THE SAME IDENTICAL ISSUE. CHECKED THE GM WEBSITE FOR ANY POSSIBLE RECALLS AND NONE WERE FOUND. THE SAME WAS TRUE WHEN CONTACTING A LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD THAT COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH THAT, WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN IF NOT FIXED. GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND CORRECT THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 67,050

IN TURNING THE VEHICLE THE ESC POWER STEERING TRIP ON REMOVING THE ABILITY TO TURN USING POWER STEERING. OTHER CARS WERE RECALLED FOR A FIX FOR THIS BUT NOT MY 4 CYLINDER 2.4 YET I'M HAVING THE SAME ISSUE

Mileage: 110,000

I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY MALIBU AND IT'S VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE A 4 CYLINDER CAR WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AND IT WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL. YET IT'S HAVING THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS THE RECALL CARS. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR PUSHED OUT OF A DITCH YESTERDAY BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO TURN MY STEERING WHEEL I LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR. MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS ON, AND PRESSING THE BUTTON DOES NOT WORK. I SOMETIMES DON'T HAVE CONTROL TO UNLOCK MY DOOR AND HAVE TO CALL SOMEONE TO PHYSICALLY OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, ALSO MY BATTERY LIGHT. AND THEY ARE ALL GOOD AND UP TO DATE. MY TRACTION AND SYSTEM LIGHT IS ON TOO. AND MY HEAD LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND BATTERY IS CONSTANTLY DRAINED AND GOING OUT. IT'S HARD TO FIND REASONABLE PRICE'S FROM AUTO SHOPS, AND THE DEALERSHIP PRICES ARE TOO EXPENSIVE. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE TO TURN AND WORK MY CAR BECAUSE OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT'S OUT. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. I'M GOING TO UPLOAD A PICTURE OF MY CAR AFTER IT WAS PUSHED OUT THE DITCH. BUT MY STEERING WHEEL HAS BEEN HARD TO TURN AND I'VE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM SINCE JANUARY OF 2020. AND IT MAKES A LOUD WHINING NOISE WHILE TRYING TO TURN THE WHEEL.

Mileage: 246,672

THE POWER STEERING JUST GOES OUT, THE ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND IT WILL JUST GO OUT. IVE SEEN THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. ALSO THE DOOR LOCKS QUIT ON MOST OF THE CARS.

POWER STEERING FAILS OFTEN IN COLD WEATHER BUT HAS GROWN TO HAPPEN IN WARMER WEATHER AS WELL. GETTING WORSE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 3 YEARS. HAPPENS BOTH IN MOTION AND STATIONARY. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL BUT NOT ALWAYS. THERE ARE RECALLS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH OLDER MODEL MALIBUS AND OTHER GM VEHICLES BUT NOT THIS MODEL EVEN THOUGH OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE.

Mileage: 180,000

POWERSTEERING KEEPS GOING IN AND OUT. HEADLIGHTS GO IN AND OUT. IVE GOTTEN THOSE REPLACED THREE TIMES! I ALSO HAD SOME OF THE WIRING REPLACED FOR MY LIGHTS. I FORGOT WHAT THOSE ARE CALLED AND MY LIGHTS STILL WENT OUT. LOCK BUTTONS NOT WORKING. RADIO WASNT WORKING UNTIL I REPLACED A FUSE. SPEAKERS GO IN AND OUT. CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. MY BATTERY WENT DEAD ,SO I REPLACED THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR AND MY CAR STILL DIDNT WORK.

POWER STEERING POWER STEERING PUMP SERVICE ESC LIGHT CAME ON

Mileage: 166,250

1) RE-OCCURRING RECALL FAULT 13036 -BRAKE LIGHTS ON - ESC - TRACTION CONTROL - ETC, THESE WERE REPAIRED BUT YOU CANT REPAIR A DEFECT 2) POWER STEERING TURNS OFF AND ON - MENTIONED TO DEALER END LAST YEAR 2019 - MENTIONED DID NOT RECEIVE RECALL 14116 - SPOKE WITH GM REP TODAY 8/21/20 (JOHN) AT NBR 800-222-1020 HE STATED THIS RECALL EXPIRED DEC LAST YEAR ANY REPAIRS GOING FORWARD COST ON ME WHICH ISNT RIGHT. THESE REPAIRS - RECALLS - SHOULD BE HANDLED NO MATTER MILEAGE/AGE. UPON ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN ALL POWER TO STEERING WHEEL WAS LOST BUT REGAINED SLOWLY - MY THOUGHT WAS LOW POWER FLUID. I PARKED THE NIGHT AND IN MORNING SEARCHED VEHICLE FOR POWER STEERING RESERVOIR TO NO AVAIL DID I FIND IT - DEALER ADVISED IT WAS ELECTRONIC - STILL AT THAT DATE I RECEIVED NO RECALL TO POWER STEERING TRBL - THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED AT GM EXPENSE

Mileage: 200,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ( A COUNTRY BACKROAD AND NOT A HIGHWAY LUCKILY), AND SUDDENLY MY CAR LOST ALL POWER TO THE POWERTRAIN. I WAS GOING ABOUT 45 WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND I LOST POWER STEERING, ALL POWER TO THE MOTOR, AND MY BRAKES WERE INCREDIBLY HARD TO PUSH. AFTER THIS HAPPENED, THE CAR HAS A NO START NO CRANK CONDITION. IF I WERE IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A HIGHWAY, OR A THE RIGHT LANE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY OR FREEWAY, OR EVEN JUST GOING AROUND A SHARP CURVE, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT I WOULD HAVE WRECKED.

Mileage: 134,000

WAS DRIVING AND STEERING JUST LOCK UP I COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL.HAD TO GET MYFRIENDHELPME TO GET THE CAR HOME

Mileage: 168,000

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY TO WORK GOING 45 MILES AN HOUR THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY LOCKED UP ON ME ALMOST AS IF THE CAR WAS OFF AND I LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CAR RESULTING IN CRASHING INTO A STREET LIGHT POLE HEAD ON.

Mileage: 171,000

MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU HAS 75000 MILES AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I KEEP READING THE PROBLEMS W THESE VEHICLES AND NO RECALL? IM DISABLED AND MAKE 890 A MONTH AND CANT AFFORD TO FIX.THIS LET ALONE READING EVERYONES PROBLEMS W SAME MODEL

Mileage: 75,879

MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU HAS 86K MILES ON IT. JUST BEFORE IT RAN OUT OF WARRENTY, I HAD TO HAVE THE STEERING BOX REPLACED AT ABOUT 50K MILES. THAT WAS ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO. NOW THE SAME SYMPTONS ARE RETURNING AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE REPSPONSIBLE FOR A SECOND REPLACEMENT. ANY HELP?

Mileage: 85,900

CAR WAS DRIVING FINE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. ESC LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE POWER STEERING AND TRACTION LIGHT. BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE WHEEL. ESPECIALLY WHILE GOING SLOWER.

Mileage: 225,000

WHILE DRIVING AND IN MOTION THE VEHICLE BACK IN JANUARY I WOULD LOSE ALL STEERING CONTROL, THE EPS LIGHT WOULD COME ON. I WORK 45 MILES FROM HOME AND MOST OF THAT IS HIGHWAY. I HAD TO SLIP THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL, TURN IT OFF THEN BACK ON TO GET IT TO KICK BACK IN 5 TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME. STOPPING IN THE MAIN HIGHWAY WAS NOT AN OPTION AS IT WAS DARK AND NOT SAFE. I NEARLY RAN INTO A MEDIUM BARRIER AND HAD TO STOP ALL TRAFFIC BEHIND GOING 65 MPH OR MORE. THE CAR IS STILL SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. NOT SAFE - THANK GOD MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS NOT IN THE CARE WITH ME. WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR ON NOW THERE IS NO STEERING AND THE ESP LIGHT IS STILL ON. TO COSTLY TO REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

THE ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND THE STEERING GETS KINDA STIFF LIKE IT'S GOING TO LOCK UP AND THEN IT FLASHES ENGINE POWER REDUCED AS I WAS AT A STOP SIGN I PRESSED ON THE GAS TO GO AND THE CAR TOOK OFF AS NORMAL THEN AS I WAS TURNING ONTO THE OTHER STREET TO ENTER THE FREEWAY ON-RAMP THE ESC LIGHT STARTED FLASHING THE STEERING BEGAN FEELING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO LOCK UP AND THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED STARTED FLASHING. *TR

Mileage: 159,590

I LOST THE ELECTRIC STEERING POWER MAKING A TURN ONTO THE HIGHWAY, WHICH CAUSED ME TO EXIT TO SHOULDER. I RE-ENTERED HIGHWAY & STRUGGLED FIERCELY WITH THE STEERING TO MAKE IT HOME, FOUGHT MY TURN ONTO MY STREET & MADE THAT HARD TURN INTO DRIVEWAY. INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWED UP ON DASH DURING THAT ENCOUNTER ON MY DRIVE! IT SEEMS THIS 4 CYL WAS NOT A PART OF RECALL BUT IT'S HAVING SAME SYMPTOMS AS RECALLED CARS. WHAT A VERY SCARY, PAINFUL (ARM/WRIST) & DANGEROUS DRIVING EXPERIENCE. FOR ALL THE MONEY THAT CAR COST THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. *TR

Mileage: 174,429

A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL, NOTICED A SQUEALING, GRINDING NOISE. RECENTLY THE STEERING WHEEL HAS BECOME HARDER TO TURN. TODAY, THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE POPPED UP ON THE DISPLAY. I'VE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. I NOTICE SOME RECALLS FOR THIS, BUT NOT MY VEHICLE??? *TR

Mileage: 150,991

RECENTLY BOUGHT A MALIBU 2009 ,4 CYLINDER. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKY AS I DROVE THE CAR. AFTER A 4 DAYS OF PURCHASE I WENT ON THE FREEWAY AND THE SERVICE ESC / POWER STEERING CAME ON THE DASH BOARD . I EXITED THE FREEWAY WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL . I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE CAR WAS AGAIN DRIVABLE BUT AFTER ABOUT 5 MINS THE CAR DID THE SAME THING AGAIN AND I COULD NOT MANAGE TO STEER THE WHEEL TO MAKE LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED ABNORMALLY. ADDITIONALLY, AT START UP THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE WARNING MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DON MEALEY CHEVROLET LOCATED AT 17185 RT 50, CLERMONT FL 34711, (352)394-6176, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT TORQUE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.

Mileage: 107,000

THE STEERING COLUMN HAS A SENSOR THAT GOES OUT AND REMOVES POWER STEERING. THEY RECALLED SOME OF MY YEAR AND MODEL BUT MY VIN IS NOT ON THE LIST. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED SINCE IT IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

THE TRACTION LIGHT KEEPS COME ON WHEN CRANKING UP CAR.I THEN RECEIVED THE MESSAGE ESC OFF AND SERVICE POWER STEERING.HAVE HAD THUS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE AND HAD TO REPLACE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN. HAD VECHILE CHECKED AT CHEVROLET DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TORCH SENSOR.

Mileage: 125,000

MY CAR LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON SOMETIMES POWER STEERING COMES BACK, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. IF IT DOES COME BACK NOW MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND IF I'M DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I CAN FEEL IT PULLING ME SIDE TO SIDE AS IT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH ON ITS OWN.

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AT START-UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR WHEN COLD STARTING THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE POWER STEERING CEASED AT START UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON WOULD FIX THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,500.

Mileage: 121,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE STEERING CEASED WITHOUT WARNING. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE AT A STOP SIGN, THE STEERING VIBRATED ABNORMALLY WITH THE ESC, POWER STEERING ASSIST, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. WALDORF CHEVROLET LOCATED AT (2298 CRAIN HWY, WALDORF, MD 20601), WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL AND THAT AN APPOINTMENT SHOULD BE SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED, WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING WHILE DRIVING WITH ERROR ON DASH, CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. CODE C0545 SHOWING TORQUE SENSOR MALFUNCTION.

Mileage: 151,000

POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING. POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC OFF ON DASH. DASH WARNINGS LIGHT UP PERIODICALLY. SIMULTANEOUSLY ALL DIALS GO DOWN TO 0 EVEN WHEN MOVING. RADIO HAS NO POWER. MANUAL STEERING ALL THE TIME.

Mileage: 114,000

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED, STEERING INTERMITTENTLY STOPS WORKING, AND ESC POPS UP ON INFO SYSTEM, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE. WHEN I TURN VEHICLE OFF AND ON AGAIN STEERING WORKS AGAIN, FOR INDETERMINATE AMOUNT OF TIME.

Mileage: 120,000

TURNING RIGHT ONTO HIGHWAY WHEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT COMPLETELY. ENDED UP IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED. AFTER 24 HOURS THE POWER STEERING WAS BACK ON....PASSENGER HEADLIGHT HAS BEEN CHANGED 4 TIMES IN 2 YEARS AND OUT AGAIN. BULB CONNECTOR WAS CHANGED AND HARNESS WAS CHANGED.

Mileage: 89,000

TRANSMISSION WON'T GO IN REVERSE WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL. ALSO, POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT WHEN FIRST STARTING CAR. VEHICLE WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

Mileage: 140,000

THE ESC SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON AND I HAVE NO POWER STEERING. WHEN I START THE CAR THE WHEEL SHAKES AND EVENTUALLY CAUSES THE LIGHT TO COME ON AND POWER STEERING TURNS OFF. THIS IS A KNOWN RECALL ISSUE ISSUE BUT FOR SOME REASON MY CAR WASN'T INCLUDED.THIS ISSUE HAPPENS IN THE DRIVE WAY, AT A STOP SIGN, ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE IS NO TELLING WHEN IT WILL BE GOING OUT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW.

Mileage: 160,000

ESC DISPLAYS ACROSS DRIVER INFO CENTER WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, FOLLOWED BY NO POWER STEERING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, SEEMS TO HAPPEN IN WET/COLD WEATHER. BASED ON FORUMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND REQUIRES A STEERING WHEEL SENSOR

Mileage: 91,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,POWER STEERING GOT HARD TO TURN,LIGHTS CAME ON WARNING OF POWER STEERING.

Mileage: 3

I JUST GOT MY CAR FIXED AND INSPECTED A FEW WEEKS AGO $1000 AND NO SENSORS WERE ON THEN THE POWER STEERING STOPPED AND I COULDN'T BARELY MOVE THE VEHICLE. MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE CAR AND I WAS DRIVING HER TO SCHOOL PULLED OVER AND WAS SCARED BECAUSE I HAVE A HERNIATED DISC IN MY NECK AND COULDN'T TURN THE WHEEL. I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 2017 AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT. THEN CONTACTED A CHEVROLET DEALER WHO TOLD ME THAT THE SPECIAL COVERAGE WAS 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES WHICH EVER COMES FIRST AND MY CAR DID NOT QUALIFY. HOW CAN I GET A CAR FIXED ON A RECALL THAT WAS MADE IN 2014 AND I DIDNT GET IT TILL 2017. ALSO MY VIN# DOES NOT POP UP FOR RECALLS. JUST BLOWS MY MIND. TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE SHOP WERE I GOT IT FIXED AND HE GAVE ME A COPY OF THE BULLETIN. SEE ATTACHED

Mileage: 110,000

IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT. IT STARTED ALL OF A SUDDEN. IT IS A FIGHT TO KEEP IT ON ROAD. I HAVE A FLAT ON RIGHT SIDE ONCE A WEEK. IT WAS FINE UNTIL ABOUT 6MONS AGO AND I STARTED DOWN THE STREET HEARD A NOISE AND THAT'S WHEN IT STARTED.

Mileage: 190,000

AT TIMES WHEN I START THE CAR, THERE'S A LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. THE DASHBOARD WILL SAY "POWER STEERING" AND "ESC." THERE ALREADY IS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND YEAR THAT IS THE EXACT PROBLEM I'M HAVING. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000. HOWEVER, MY VIN NUMBER ISN'T TAGGED BY IT.

Mileage: 180,000

THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENS UP WHILE DRIVING CANNOT TURN STEERING WHEEL

Mileage: 10,400

LOCKED WHILE DRIVING. (IN MOTION) - THOUGHT WAS A FLUKE THING NOW WHEN ATTEMPT TO START THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP PRIOR TO STARTING - (STATIONARY) WHEN STARTED THE STEERING SHAKES VIGOROUSLY - (STATIONARY)

Mileage: 99,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND OPERATED AS INTENDED. ADDITIONALLY, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED ABNORMALLY WHILE THE ESC WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED EAGLE CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (329 E W MAIN ST, MOREHEAD, KY 40351 (606) 784-6411) HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED OR INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,498.

Mileage: 133,498

WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON FRIDAY AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND I ALMOST ENDED UP IN A FIELD, COULD NOT TURN IT. STOPPED AND TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN AND IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL, AND IT WENT OUT AGAIN AS I WAS PULLING INTO THE DRIVE. THE NEXT DAY I STARTED CAR UP AND IT HAD ITS WARNINGS ACROSS MY DASH AND THE STEERING WAS OUT AGAIN. I JUST PICKED IT UP FROM THE SHOP AND IT COST ME $1562.00 TO GET IT REPAIRED. THE STEERING ASSIST MOTOR, A NEW STEERING COLUMN(ELECTRIC) AND R&R STEERING COLUMN W/SGL SWITCH AND NEW TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. IT'S ALL CONNECTED. I HAVE YET TO FIND A RECALL FOR MY CAR ON MY VIN NUMBER BUT YET THERE WERE A FEW RECALLS ON MANY CARS INCLUDING MY 2009 MALIBU FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE BUT YET I NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING IN THE MAIL ABOUT IT. I HOPE THAT THEY INTEND ON DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED WHILE TRYING TO TAKE A CURVE AND HAD TO STRUGGLE JUST TO KEEP IT ON THE ROAD IN THE OTHER PERSONS LANE UNTIL I COULD GET PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF THE WAY. FROM READING ALL THAT I HAVE READ ON HERE IT SEEMS THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE ISSUE.

Mileage: 137,787

WHILE DRIVING MY POWER STEERING DISABLED AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR THEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND IT WAS WORKING AGAIN. THEN IT CUT OFF AND LOCKED UP AGAIN.

Mileage: 106,000

SAME ISSUE AS EVERYBODY ELSE. I LOSE STEERING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE POWER STEERING. MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND IM ANYBODY TO TURN THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD PARKED OR PRETTY MUCH AT ANYTIME. WHEN IT DOES WORK MY STEERING WHEEL JERKS. WHILE DRIVING IT JERKS AS WELL VERY SCARY STUFF. WHEN IT HAPPENS THE ESC AND POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON. THIS WAS SPECIAL TYPE OF RECALL WITH A EXP DATE? REALLY SO YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE DRIVING YOUR CAR FOR 5 YEARS? AFTER THAT WHO CARES IF THEY DIE HUH.

Mileage: 152,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING CEASED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS INTENDED. SEVERAL DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DIVER CHEVROLET (2101 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, WILMINGTON, DE 19806) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN UNSTATED POWER STEERING FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 165,000

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE YESTERDAY AND STARTED FEELING SMALL JERKS IN THE STEERING WHEEL. LIKE SOMETHING ON THE OTHER SIDE JERKING IT IN MY HAND. NOT ENOUGH TO MOVE THE CAR JUST IN MY HAND. NOW TODAY GO OUTSIDE, CRANK IT AND STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT MOVE. THE ESC AND POWER STEERING INDICATORS CAME ON.

Mileage: 178,000

DRIVING ON THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST POWER STEERING ASSIST

Mileage: 160,000

VEHICLE HAS HAD POWER STEERING ASSIST QUIT TWICE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE IN A TURN ON COUNTY ROADS. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING MID TURN. MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN.

Mileage: 70,000

THE SERVICE ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND THE LOW TRACTION LIGHT(CAR ICON) COMES ON AND I LOSE POWER STEERING. WHEN I START THE CAR THESE SENSORS COME ON AND I LOSE POWER STEERING. SOMETIMES I'LL START IT AND THE SENSORS ARE OFF THEN I HAVE POWER STEERING THEN I'LL START DRIVING AND SOMETHING TRIPS THOSE SENSORS TO COME ON AND I LOSE POWER STEERING. THIS STARRED IN JANUARY 2020.

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY CHEVY MALIBU 2009, 2.4 LITER ENGINE. THE CAR CAN BE TURNED ON AND THE POWER STEERING WILL SHUT OFF AND I AM UNABLE TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING. THE SENSOR WILL PICK UP AN ERROR AND IT WILL DISPLAY 'POWER STEERING' ON THE DASH. THEN I WILL TURN THE CAR OFF AND THE POWER STEERING WILL TURN BACK ON. TURNING WHEN THE POWER STEERING IS STILL WORKING CAUSES IT TO HAVE A WEIRD TWITCH OR JERK WHEN DRIVING WHERE IT MOVES THE STEERING WHEEL BY ITSELF WHEN TURNING AND DRIVING STRAIGHT. GM HAD A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE WITH MY EXACT MODEL BUT I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP ME AND THAT MY CAR WASN'T ON THE RECALL BULLETIN YET MY CAR IS THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR THAT ON THE BULLETIN HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. IT IS ALSO NOT ME, I SEE OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT GM IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE. I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND IT HAS 160,000 MILES ON IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE POWER STEERING IS ESSENTIAL TO DRIVER SAFETY. THIS HAPPENS ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME THE POWER STEERING DECIDES TO JUST SHUT ITSELF OFF.

Mileage: 160,000

I WAS DRIVING AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND STEERING GOT REAL HARD TO TURN AND NOW I HAVE NO STEERING POWER TO DRIVE AND I'M SCARED TO DRIVE AND ALSO MY CAR BE IN REVERSE AND IT WENT FORWARD

Mileage: 180,000

MY VEHICLE HAS LOST STEERING AFTER STARTING SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST WEEK. MY INFO SCREEN DISPLAYS AN ESC AND POWER STEERING MESSAGE AND MY STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED IN PLACE. ONCE THE CAR IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE MESSAGES GO AWAY AND STEERING IS BACK TO NORMAL. I HAVE FOUND A RECALL RELATED TO THIS ON CERTAIN VEHICLES OF MY YEAR/MAKE/MODEL AND ALSO MANY FORUMS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. HOWEVER, WHEN SEARCHING BY VIN IT SAYS MY VEHICLE HAS 0 RECALLS. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED WHEN MY VEHICLE IS STOPPED, OR IN PARK MY STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE FOR A MOMENT AND THEN STOP.

Mileage: 204,500

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING, AND I WAS IN DANGER OF CRASHING THE VEHICLE. THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP SAYS ITS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR, AND THAT GM HAD A MILLION CAR RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, THEY STATED THIS SAFETY CONCERN HAD AN EXPIRATION DATE AND FOR MY VEHICLE, IT EXPIRED MAY 2019. IT APPEARS TO BE HAVING EXACTLY THE SAME SYMPTOMS, WITH THE SAME DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES, AS THOSE RECALLED VEHICLES, AND YET GM WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS SAFETY MATTER. THIS CONDITION OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY, AND THEN ALL OF THE TIME. IT OCCURS WHEN IN REVERSE, AND FORWARD GEARS, WHEN TURNING AND WHEN TRAVELING STRAIGHT. IT OCCURS AT ALL SPEEDS. AGAIN, THE GM MECHANICS STATE THE PROBLEM IS THE STEERING COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR.

Mileage: 106,500

MY VEHICLE IS HAVING EXACT SYMPTOMS AS OTHER VEHICLES IN THE SAME YEAR RANGE WITH THE EXACT ENGINE SIZE AND POWER TRAIN. I HAVE A 4 - CYL ECO TEC ENGINE AND I HAVE FOUND THAT GM RECALLED LOTS OF UNITS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM YET MINE IS NOT IN THE DATABASE. MY ELECTROINC STEERING SHUTS ON AND OFF ALL WINTER!

WHILE DRIVING ESC LIGHT CAME ON, STEERING WHEEL JERKS/SHAKES UNABLE TO FULL STEER OR CONTROL VEHICLE. CUTS ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING

Mileage: 121,000

POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND SERVICE ESC MESSAGE COMES ACROSS THE MESSAGE CENTER. TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND THE LIGHT GOES OUT, POWER STEERING COMES BACK FOR A SECOND THEN THE LIGHT TRIPS AGAIN AND IT'S OUT AGAIN. I HAVE LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY AND ALSO WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THIS CAR. IF I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN AND I LOOSING POWER STEERING, I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND HOPE THAT POWER STEERING TURNS BACK ON.

Mileage: 120,000

WHEN DRIVING MY VEHICAL ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LOWER STEARING WENT OUT AND ALL THESE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. IT'S SUPER HARD TO STEER I HAVE 3 KIDS THAT RIDE IN THIS CAR EVERYDAY AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. ALSO MY HEADLIGHT DRIVERS SIDE HAS GONE OUT 4 TIMES IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS AND ITS VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX!

Mileage: 166,000

I CALLED GM BECAUSE MY STEERING WHEEL IS VIBRATING AND I AM LOOSING POWER STEERING. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A SPECIAL REPAIR WINDOW AND NOT A RECALL. THEY INFORMED ME THAT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS AND THAT THEY WINDOW HAS PASSED SO THEY WILL NOT BE DOING ANY REPAIRS. THE WHEEL SHAKES WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL AND LOOSES POWER STEERING.

Mileage: 147,252

DRIVING AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL JUST GOT REAL HARD TO STEER AND BELIEVE IF IDEAS TURNING I MIGHT HAVE WENT UP ON THE CURB OR RAN INTO SOMEONE I HOPE THEY WAIT TO SOMEONE DIE BEFORE THEY RECALL THIS PROBLEM

Mileage: 218,211

MY DASH LIGHTS UP POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC ANDY POWER STEERING GOES COMPLETELY OUT OF MY CAR DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I HAVE CHILDREN AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO EVEN TURN THE WHEEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, AN AUDIBLE SOUND EMITTED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE STEERING WHEEL CEASED. THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

Mileage: 200,000

THE STEERING STARTED JERKING, ABOUT A WEEK LATER I HAD NO POWER STEERING. SERVICE ESC IS ON THE DASH ALONG WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT.

Mileage: 105,345

MY ELECTRIC POWER STEERING JUST WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AND MY ANTI LOCK BREAK LIGHTS CAME ON, AFTER RESEARCHING THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE IN 09'S IN VERY DANGEROUS, THERE WERE RECALLS ON THIS BUT MY VIN NUMBER IS SAYING MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED, I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE.

Mileage: 133,000

WHILE SITTING IDLE MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES ERRATICALLY. SOMETIMES WHEN I START THE CAR THE SERVICE ESC AND POWER STEERING SHOWS ON MY DASH, WHEN I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN IT WILL NOT APPEAR AGAIN AND THE STEERING IS BACK. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHILE DRIVING IF I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY TO ONE SIDE IT STOPS. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN IT IS VERY COLD OUT.

Mileage: 155,000

DRIVING AND ESC COMES ON AND POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF. PULLED TO SAFE PLACE, WHICH WAS HARD WITHOUT POWER... AND TURNED CAR OFF BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN SHORTLY THERE AFTER.

Mileage: 128,900

INTERMITTENT ISSUE WITH POWER STEERING FAILURE. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. SO FAR, IF I SHUT THE VEHICLE DOWN AND RESTART, THE POWER STEERING WORKS AGAIN. BUT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE I FEEL A SLIGHT TUGGING TO THE RIGHT ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THE TUGGING ALSO HAPPENS WHEN STOPPED IF I SLIGHTLY TURN THE WHEEL.

Mileage: 119,600

ESC TURNS OFF AND ON BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING. SERVICE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND THE WHEEL IS HARD TO TURN I HAVE TO KILL THE CAR AND RESTART IT TO GET IT TO START WORKING AGAIN. WHEN I PRESS MY BREAKS THE CAR JERKS AND THE ESC ACVTIVE LIGHT COMES ON. THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES IN AND OUT BY ITSELF I'VE REPLACED THE BULB BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A WIRING ISSUE.

POWER STEERING HAS QUIT WORKING UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING.. ELECTRONIC TRACTION CONTROL HAS QUIT WORKING ALSO AT THE SAME TIME.

Mileage: 90,000

PROBLEM WITH STEERING CONTROL IT STOPS IN MIDDLE OF THE ROAD NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL SO I ASKED THE MECHANICS THEY SAID IT MAD NEADS THE POWER STEERING AND THIS ONE IS ELECTRIC IS GOING TO COST ALOT SO MY QUESTION IS THERE ANG RECALLS ABOUT THIS ISSUE?

VEHICLE POWER STEERING WILL STOP WORKING RANDOMLY. TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING WILL WORK. THE BEHAVIOR LINES UP WITH RECALL: 14V153000 HOWEVER, VIN IS NOT COVERED POSING A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES.

Mileage: 174,000

POWER STEERING SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING, STABILITY CONTROL SHUT DOWN, LOSS OF TRACTION CONTROL

Mileage: 126,000

OCCASIONALLY, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WILL NOT INITIATE / FUNCTION WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. I WOULD TURN OFF THE IGNITION THEN RESTART THE ENGINE THEN THE POWER STEERING WOULD FUNCTION. ON JANUARY 9, 2020 WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY TO RESTART THE ENGINE HOPING THAT IT WOULD REBOOT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING BUT I COULD NOT GET IT TO WORK EVEN AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS. I DROVE THE CAR HOME WITHOUT POWER STEERING, WHICH TOOK CONSIDERABLE EFFORT. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WAS NOT VERY DIFFICULT BUT NEGOTIATING TURNS WAS QUITE HARD. I'M NOT SURE MY WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. I CHECKED FOR RECALLS FOR MY VIN NUMBER BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE ARE ZERO RECALLS FOR THAT VIN. HOWEVER, THERE ARE OVER 1.3 MILLION RECALLS FOR THE SAME SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING (EVEN ON THE SAME MODEL YEAR OF MALIBU AS MINE.) RECALL NUMBER N140115 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000

Mileage: 156,500

DRIVING ON A MAJOR EXPRESSWAY. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. NOT ALLOWING ME TO STEER OR CONTROL THE DIRECTION THE CAR WAS TRAVELING IN. HEART RACING, I SHIFTED THE CAR IN NEUTRAL.TURNED THE IGNITION SWITCH ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES, WHILE STILL TRAVELING AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. THE ABILITY TO STEER CAME BACK. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER,S CAR . THE CAR HAS SAT WHILE SHE REPAIR THINGS THE DEALER SUGGESTED TO REPAIR, BEFORE THE STEERING COULD BE CHECKED. A MODULE CONTROL SENSOR WAS JUST REPAIRED THIS WEEK. JAN.6,2020

Mileage: 175,000

WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING GOES OUT IT HAPPENS EVEN GOING 10 MILES PER HOUR

Mileage: 131,700

I LOSE POWER STEERING WHILE I'M DRIVING. I HAVE TO STOP AND RESTART MY CAR. AFTER DRIVING A FEW MINUTES THE LIGHT COMES ON AND SAYS ESC AND I LOSE POWER STEERING AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME FIRM AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. BICAL CHEVROLET OF VALLEY STREAM (709 W MERRICK RD, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580, (512) 285-6500) WAS CONTACTED AND A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 176,381.

Mileage: 176,381

POWER STEERING GOES OUT AT RANDOM MOMENTS IT COULD BE 1 MILE OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE OR 1000 MILES OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHEN OR IF THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO THE SHOP AND I'M SURE IF THERE IS A SURVEY THESE VEHICLE HAVE MORE OWNERS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS DEFECT IS SO DIFFICULT TO DETECT AND THEY ARE SOLD OFF WHEN DETECTED. BUT THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY GETS EXTREMELY HARD DRIVING (CUTS OFF) AT HIGH SPEEDS. SOMEONE COULD CRASH AND GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR POTENTIALLY DIE. THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFTY RECALL NOT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND SHOULD BE REOPENED BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE WOULD GO GET THIER CAR FIXED IF YOU TELL THEM THIER SAFETY IS AT STAKE. AND ALSO THE DOORS GET LOCKED SHUTT RENDERING PASSENGERS OR DRIVERS LOCKED AND UNABLE TO ESCAPE IF DANGER IS IMMANENT.

Mileage: 14,100

I WAS DRIVING AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS REALLY HARD TO STEER

OVER THE PAST WEEK, MY VEHICLE WAS SENDING ME A ESC SERVICE MESSAGE AND I NOTICED THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY POWER STEERING. THIS HAPPENS WHEN MY CAR IS TURNED ON. THE POWER STEERING TURNS ITSELF TO MANUAL STEERING MAKING IT HARD TO TURN. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF RESETTING IT TO MAKE THE POWER STEERING WORK AGAIN. WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION THE STEERING WHEEL IS PULSATING AND I'M AFRAID IT WILL GO INTO MANUAL STEERING. I BROUGHT IT DOWN TO MY MECHANIC AND HE INFORMED ME IT WAS A TORQUE SENSOR. HE THEN SAID HE DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL BACK IN 2014 (BULLETIN 14116B.) THIS BULLETIN EXPLAINS THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS MY CAR IS HAVING. HE CALLED HURD CHEVY IN JOHNSON RI AND THEY TOLD HIM THERE WAS A RECALL. I THEN CALLED HURD AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I THEN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE (DIAMOND CHEVY, AUBURN MA) AND SPOKE TO AN ADVISOR NAMED SEAN. HE TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL BUT THE SPECIAL EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED 3/25/19 AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I THEN CONTACTED GM ON THEIR WEBSITE AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THE SITUATION. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE PROBLEM IS, I NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING NOTIFYING ME OF THIS RECALL. IT SOUNDS LIKE DIAMOND KNEW ABOUT THE RECALL BUT THEY NEVER CONTACTED ME OR FIX IT THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE FOR MAINTENANCE. NOW I'LL HAVE TO PAY OVER $500 OUT OF MY OWN POCKET TO HAVE MY VEHICLE FIXED. I HAVE PROVIDED BULLETIN 14116B AND THE PAPERWORK MY MECHANIC RESEARCHED AND GAVE ME.

Mileage: 95,100

POWER STEERING WILL WORK WHEN IT WANTS TO SOME DAYS IT WORKS ALL DAY OTHER DAYS IT WONT WORK AT ALL AND SOME DAYS I LOOSE POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING MY POWER STEERING LIGHT AND SERVICE ESC LIGHTS COME ON WHEN POWER STEERING FAILS THIS IS A SCARY PROBLEM TO HAVE WHEN TRANSPORTING MY 4 KIDS

Mileage: 149,000

I HAVE A 2009 MALIBU 2.4 ENGINE WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WHEN IT GOT COLD OUTSIDE POWER STEERING STARTED GOING OUT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND SERVICE ESC MESSAGE COMES ACROSS THE MESSAGE CENTER. TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND THE LIGHT GOES OUT AND THE POWER STEERING WORKS AGAIN IT DOES IT WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING OR EVEN IF THE CAR IS PARKED AND I TURN THE WHEEL IT HAS DONE 3 TIMES WHILE DOING 65 ON HIGHWAY LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON SO THE STEERING CAN WORK AGAIN THE COLDER TEMPERATURES GET THE MORE OFTEN THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT I'M AFRAID I MIGHT HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT

Mileage: 90,000

THE CAR WILL DISPLAY AN ESC SERVICE LIGHT AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT ONCE THAT HAPPENS. WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF THEN BACK ON THE LIGHT GOES AWAY AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT AGAIN AND THE ESC SERVICE WILL DISPLAY AGAIN.

WHILE DRIVING, I NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD PULSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL LEFT. AFTER ABOUT 3 OR 4 DAYS, I LEFT WORK(12/17/19), AND "POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC" SHOWED ON THE DASH DISPLAY. SINCE THAT TIME, THE POWER STEERING HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT. MOST TIMES IT GOES OUT WHILE I'M DRIVING.

Mileage: 113,500

SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING. CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING OR AT IDLE AND CAN CAUSE TOUGH STEERING OR LOSS OR VEHICLE CONTROL. FROM THE COMPLAINTS IVE READ THIS SEEMS TO BE MORE COMMON DURING COLDER TEMPERATURE DAYS. COULD HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING IN ICY CONDITIONS... MY DAUGHTER IS NOW TERRIFIED TO DRIVE HER VEHICLE. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND THEY REFUSE TO COVER ANY COSTS FOR THIS ISSUE EVEN THOUGH ITS A NATION WIDE KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES.

Mileage: 153,000

TODAY I LOST POWER STEERING AGAIN (ALSO HAPPENED 2 TIMES ABOUT A MONTH AGO). I WAS DRIVING IN DOWNTOWN MADISON WI TODAY WHEN IT HAPPENED, VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. GM'S WEBSITE SAYS THERE WAS A RECALL FOR SOME 2009 MALIBUS IN 2014, BUT WHEN I JUST CALLED GM NOW THEY SAY MY VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. BUT OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE. BASED ON ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE WEBSITE, GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AGAIN! THIS TIME, ALL OF THEM.

Mileage: 157,000

I HAD A POWER STEERING LIGHT COME ONE, AND MY ESC LIGHT COME ON. THESE LIGHTS CAME ON WITH NO WARNING AND DISABLE THOSE FEATURES WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, GOING 57 MPH, AFTER A MAJOR ICE AND SNOW STORM. I AM UNABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE WHILE IT IS ON THE ROAD.

Mileage: 127,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND FORCED THE CONTACT TO DRIVE FORWARD. IN ADDITION, THE ESC SERVICE NEEDED WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED INITIALLY TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANICS AND THEN ANOTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING GEAR SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT CALLED ALAN WEBB CHEVROLET (LOCATED AT 3712 NE 66TH AVE, VANCOUVER, WA 98661, (360) 574-1131) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,846.

Mileage: 93,846

MALUBU 2009 BOUGHT NEW ON 2009 APRIL, EVEN THE FIRST YEAR THE STEERING WOULD BECOME HARD TO TURN WHILE PARALLEL PARKING. IN THE PARKING CIRCLE WHILE CLIMBING IT WOULD STIFFEN, IT HAPPENS MAYBE 5 TO 6 TIMES A YEAR AND RECENTLY 2019 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH KIDS AND THE STEERING FROZE. I WAS REALLY AFRAID AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THE INCIDENCE FROM MY WIFE. IT ALSO HAPPENED TO ME IN THE CITY STREET, AND IN THE PARKING LOT WHILE TURNING ROUND AND ROUND. I AM TERRIFIED THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY OR ON ROAD AGAIN. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS MALIBU CAR WHILE DRIVING ANY MORE. NEED HELP.

Mileage: 96,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS POPPED UP ON THE DASH 'POWER STEERING' 'SERVICE ESC OFF' 'BRAKE LIGHT' 'SERVICE AIR BAG' AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES VERY HARD TO TURN. TRYING TO GET THE CAR PULLED OVER TO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT TO MY LEFT I WAS ALMOST T-BONED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE THE TURNING PROCESS WAS SO HARD. AFTER PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT AND TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF THEN BACK ON IT GOES AWAY THEN ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS POP ON AGAIN. THIS TIME AFTER A FEW SECONDS EVERYTHING ON THE DASHBOARD GOES BLANK INCLUDING THE RADIO AND THEN THE CAR DIES OUT DRAINING THE CARS BATTERY COMPLETELY.

Mileage: 203,000

LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON MAIN ROAD AT 55 SPEED ZONE AND CAR WOULD ONLY DO 15 MPH FINALLY GOT TO A STORE AND GOT IT STOPPED AND STEERING WAS SHAKING AND CAR SHAKES WHEN I HIT BRAKES

Mileage: 19,235

STOPPED CAR, GOT GAS, TURNED CAR BACK ON AND HAD NO POWER STEERING. THEN TURNED CAR OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, TURNED IT BACK ON AND POWER STEERING RETURNED BUT POWER STEERING NOTICE CAME UP ON THE DISPLAY.. NOTICED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS BUT WHEN ENTERING THE VIN, THIS VEHICLE DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD DUE TO OBVIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS. I ALSO READ THAT CHEVROLET HAD A SPECIAL RECALL FOR THIS THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP IN RECALL LISTS.

Mileage: 110,000

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING TWICE TODAY.

Mileage: 111,350

TWICE WHILE STARTING MY CAR THE INDICATOR FOR POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC CAME ON. WHEN I WOULD TURN IT OFF AND RESTART IT THE INDICATORS WOULD GO AWAY. WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC ON THE PARKWAY THE INDICATORS CAME BACK ON AND MY STEERING LOCKED. I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL TRAFFIC SLOWED DOWN ENOUGH TO STOP MY CAR AND RESTART QUICKLY, HOPING IT WOULD UNLOCK. THANK GOD IT DID AND THAT MY KIDS WERE NOT IN THE CAR WITH ME. SCARY

Mileage: 12,870

START THE CAR AND ESC IS OFF AND POWER STEERING IS OFF. SHUT THE CAR OFF, RESTART AND IT COMES ON. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A COUPLE OF TIMES. ALSO WHEN IT IS ON AND SITTING WITH THE CAR IN DRIVE, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BACK AND FORTH.

Mileage: 111,100

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND SERVICE ESC MESSAGE COMES ACROSS THE MESSAGE CENTER. I CANNOT TURN THE WHEEL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND THE LIGHT GOES OUT, POWER STEERING COMES BACK FOR A SECOND THEN THE LIGHT TRIPS AGAIN AND IT'S OUT AGAIN AS SOON AS I TURN THE WHEEL. THIS OCCURS WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT A SLOW PACE.

Mileage: 138,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU IN THE CITY, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL AT ALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS

LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING CAR. VERY HARD TO TURN STEERING WHEEL, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. EPS, EPS OFFAND POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON DASH DISPLAY. HAD TO BRING CAR TO STOP AND RESTART ENGINE AND THEN WAS OK TO DRIVE.

Mileage: 113,856

TCS, ABS, ESC, ETC INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING. ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING OCCASIONALLY STOPS WORKING, USUALLY WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS. BRAKE LIGHTS SOMETIMES DO NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN PEDAL IS PRESSED. I ALSO REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS TO THE PASSENGER HEAD LIGHT THAT HAD SHORTED OUT AND MELTED. THERE IS A SLEW OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES, AND THEY USUALLY GET WORSE AS THE WEATHER GETS WETTER AND COLDER.

Mileage: 98,000

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 127,000

POWER STEERING SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON AND LOSE POWER STEERING! IT HAS DONE IT WHILE TURNING MOSTLY AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS OUTSIDE! 3 TIMES THIS WEEK ALONE! IT HAS HAPPENED ON WHILE IN MOTION ON CITY STREETS LATELY & I HAVE LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON 2009

MY POWER STEERING LIGHT WENT ON AND MY ESC LIGHT WENT ON AND IT LOST TRACTION WHILE WAITING IN LINE TO DROP MY DAUGHTER OFF AT SCHOOL. I HAD BEEN DRIVING MY CAR FOR 5MINS AND LUCKILY IT WENT OUT THERE AND NOT WHILE DRIVING I COULD BARELY TURN THE WHEEL AND ENDED UP DRIVING ON THE SIDE WALK.

Mileage: 150,000

2009 MALIBU LS 2.4L WITH ELECTRONIC STEERING. I'LL BE DRIVING AND THEN OUT OF THE BLUE THE STEERING GOES OUT. HEAR A CHIME AND THE DIC REPORTS SERVICE ESC. HAVE TO PULL OVER, TURN CAR OFF AND THEN AFTER A FEW CYCLES THE STEERING WILL WORK AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS, CAR IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO CRASH! THIS IS TOTALLY NOT SAFE. I'VE OWNED OVER 12 GM CARS AND CURRENTLY OWN 6 INCLUDING A NEW MALIBU. HOPEFULLY GM WILL FIX THE STEERING BECAUSE IT'S JUST DANGEROUS. I ONLY HAVE 113,650 MILES ON IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE CAR WORKS GREAT EXCEPT I CAN'T HAVE MY KIDS DRIVE THIS CAR IF THEY ARE GOING TO END UP IN A DITCH. I'VE OWN THIS CAR SINCE NEW AND ALWAYS TOOK ACTION ON ANY AND ALL RECALLS BUT I NEVER GOT A NOTICE ABOUT THIS ONE. I CAN NOW RECREATE THIS PROBLEM BY JUST STARTING IT AND THE INSTANT YOU TRY TO TURN THE WHEEL IT HAPPENS SO NOW THE CAR IS IMMOBILE. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO STOP THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED BUT NOW I CAN'T EVEN BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WITHOUT IT HAPPENING OVER AND OVER. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT UP TO THE FRONT OF THE DRIVEWAY BUT I CAN'T CHANCE MY KIDS DRIVING THE CAR IF IT MEANS THEY ARE GOING OT CRASH AND GET HURT OR HURT SOMEONE ELSE.

Mileage: 113,650

GAUGES GO CRAZY ON DASHBOARD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEFECTIVE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE WHEELS FAILED TO RESPOND. IN ADDITION, THE ABS AND ECM WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. ED BOZARTH CHEVROLET (2001 S HAVANA ST, AURORA, CO 80014, (720) 746-2716) AND AUTONATION CHEVROLET NORTH (7320 N BROADWAY, DENVER, CO 80216, (303) 720-7609) WERE CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

ON NOVEMBER 6, 2019 WAS DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL ON A REGULAR STREET, WHEN SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING MY POWER STEERING GOES COMPLETELY OUT. RAN UP ON A CURB ALMOST HITTING A POLE BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO TURN WHEEL. I TOOK VEHICLE TO GET POWER STEERING FLUID AND WAS TOLD IT WAS ELECTRICAL. TOOK TO ANOTHER PLACE TO HAVE TESTED AND A RECALL CAME UP FOR VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A RECALL BUT IT IS LISTED AS ONE. REFUSE TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM DUE TO OVER MILEAGE AND ME NOT BEING THE ORIGINAL OWNER. REFUSAL FOR RENTAL OR EVEN A LOANER.

Mileage: 167,500

POWER STEERING QUITS ABRUPTLY

Mileage: 143,000

MY CAR IS THE 4 CYLINDER WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AND WHEN DRIVING IT AND MAKING A TURN I LOSE ALL POWER STEERING, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON TURNING OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL AND THE ESC SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON. MY CAR WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST BUT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS CARS ON THE RECALL LIST.

Mileage: 122,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING SEIZED AND THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE FOR IT TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PHIL LONG FORD AT CHAPEL HILLS (1565 AUTO MALL LOOP, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80920, (844) 234-1769) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EPS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 122,000.

Mileage: 122,000

AFTER PULLING AWAY FROM ESPRESSO STAND THE POWER STEERING ON 2009 CHEVY MALIBU COMPLETELY FAILED W/OUT WARNING. THIS OCCURRED AS I WAS JUST GOING INTO A RIGHT HAND TURN IN A PARKING LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10MPH. I NEARLY HIT THE DRIVERS DOOR OF A VEHICLE IN THE INTERSECTION AS THEY WERE TAKING A LEFT TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT. THE STEERING WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND REQUIRED BOTH HANDS. I CAME TO A STOP AS I COMPLETED THE TURN, JUST BEFORE THE PARKING LOT EXITED TO A SIDE ROAD. THE TRUCK BEHIND ME WAS HONKING AND MY VEHICLE WAS BARELY POSITIONED SAFELY ON 'MY' SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TURN RIGHT ONTO THE ROADWAY AND PULL AS FAR OFF TO THE SHOULDER AS I COULD. THE SHOULDER; IS ABOUT TWO CAR LENGTHS LONG BEFORE IT TURNS INTO A SIDEWALK. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY TASK HOWEVER, DUE TO THE STEERING I COULD BARELY GET OFF THE ROADWAY- MY FRONT TIRES ALL BUT RESTING ON THE START OF THE SIDEWALK. THE MESSAGE CENTER ON MY DASH READ "POWER STEERING" FOLLOWED BY "SERVICE ESC" AND THE ESC/ TRACTION CONTROL INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASH WAS LIT UP. I CALLED FOR HELP & THEY ARRIVED WITHIN MINUTES. WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS THE POWER STEERING UNIT AS IS LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE ALTERNATOR, AND REQUIRES REMOVAL OF THE ALTERNATOR. ABOUT 30 MIN AFTER INCIDENT I MOVED CAR BACK SEVERAL FEET - STEERING WAS STILL HARD. I TURNED IT OFF. A FEW MINUTES LATER I TURNED BACK ON. STILL GETTING MESSAGE, BUT DECIDED TO DRIVE THE 5 MI BACK SINCE ONLY 2 TURNS WERE NECESSARY. ONE PERSON HELPING WAS IN FRONT AND ONE PERSON FOLLOWING. IT WAS UNEVENTFUL HOWEVER WARNING INDICATORS WERE STILL ON & STEERING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 3HRS LATER I TURN CAR ON TO GET MILEAGE AND NOTICED THAT INDICATORS ARE OFF. TESTED THE STEERING- IT HAS RESUMED TO NORMAL. VEHICLE IS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 8MI HM. MESSAGE DISPLAYED TWICE DURING THIS DRIVE. VEHICLE HAD PRE-TRIP INSPECTION 1WK PRIOR. 108K MILE

Mileage: 108,000

ELECTRICAL-I WAS FOLLOWING SOMEONE WHO WAS DRIVING MY MALIBU, AND WE CAME UP TO A STOPLIGHT. I NOTICED THAT MY BRAKES LIGHTS DIDN'T ILLUMINATE WHEN HE WAS STOPPING, THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND WE PROCEEDED DOWN THE ROAD. I THEN SAW THE BRAKES LIGHTS GOING ON AND OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES. WE WERE NOT COMING UP ON A LIGHT, NOR WAS THERE ANYONE IN FRONT OF HIM. WHEN WE GOT TO OUR DESTINATION, I ASKED IF HE WAS TAPPING THE BRAKES WHEN WE PULLED AWAY FROM THAT RED LIGHT, AND HE SAID NO, NOT ONCE. THIS ISSUE CONTINUES TO HAPPEN, ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. STEERING- THE POWER STEERING WILL JUST STOP WORKING WHEN I AM DRIVING. IT DOES THIS OFTEN. TO CORRECT IT, I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO DO THIS A FEW TIMES RIGHT IN A ROW BEFORE IT CORRECTS THE PROBLEM. I HAVE LOOKED UP RECALLS FOR MY YEAR VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE RECALLS FOR BOTH OF THESE ISSUES, JUST NOT FOR MY VIN. I CANNOT HELP BUT THINK THAT IF THE SAME EXACT ISSUES HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH OTHER VEHICLES FROM THE SAME YEAR AS MINE AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN THE RECALLS, THAT THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT MINE SHOULD PROBABLY BE INCLUDED IN THESE RECALLS AS WELL. THOSE RECALLS ARE 14V153000 AND 14V252000.

Mileage: 127,000

I HAVE NOT HAD MY 2009 MALIBU FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET LOOKED AT AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME 140 DOLLARS FOR LOOKING AT IT, JUST TO TELL ME THE TRANSMISSION IS MESSED UP. I KNEW THIS. IT STARTED WHEN I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND A LIGHT CAME ON AND IT WAS REALLY HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD TO SLOW WAY DOWN BECAUSE I COULD BARELY TURN THE WHEEL. THIS WAS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS TERRIFIED FOR MY LIFE WITH MY THREE YEAR OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND SHUT THE CAR OFF, THEN STARTED IT UP AGAIN. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS FINE. THEN AGAIN I GOT INTO MY CAR THE NEXT DAY AND IT DID IT AGAIN! BUT ONLY THIS TIME, IT DIDN'T STOP. NO MATTER WHAT. THEN MY CAR STOPPED SHIFTING. I CAPPED THEY CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SET ME UP AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING MY CAR IN. I EXPLAINED IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IT SO THEY SCHEDULED A TOW FOR ME. THAT FOLLOWING WEEK, (CARLESS) I WAS WAITING FOR THE TOW TO SHOW UP AND NO ONE CAME. I CALLED THE DEALSHIP AND SHE SAID THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED AND I HAD TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE IN, I EXPLAINED, AGAIN, THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. SHE TOLD ME THAT I COULDN'T GET MY VEHICLE LOOKED AT THEN IF IT WASN'T THERE. I DROVE 20 MILES GOING TEN MILES AN HOUR WITH MY HAZARDS ON TO GET IT THERE, JUST TO LEAVE IT THERE FOR THREE DAYS THEN BE TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION IS MESSED UP AND THEY NEEDED FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX IT. NEEDELESS TO SAY, MY CAR HAS BEEN SITTING THERE FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW. NOTHING BEING DONE TO IT. IF MY TRANSMISSION IS MESSED UP... WHICH IT IS.... IT'S BECAUSE OF THEM!! I CHECKED MY RECALLS AND I HAVE RECALLS FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS ON A WEBSITE. BUT NOT YOURS? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. PLEASE HELP.

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER ASSIST COMPLETELY FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WARNING INDICATORS ONLY ILLUMINATED ON THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH DUBLIN CHEVROLET GMC BUICK (2042 VETERANS BLVD, DUBLIN, GA 31021, 478-246-4916) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL RATTLED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL, THE WHEELS ON THE VEHICLE FAILED TO TURN AND PERFORM AS DESIRED. THE CONTACT DROVE TO BALDWIN CHEVROLET CADILLAC (621 S WESTWOOD BLVD, POPLAR BLUFF, MO 63901, 573-840-0228) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E044000 (STEERING) PRIOR TO HER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS REPAIRED; THEREFORE, ANY REMAINING ISSUES WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID OUT OF POCKET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

Mileage: 156,000

ISSUE STARTED WITH GEAR SHIFT NOT GOING INTO PARK AND THEN POWER STEERING STARTED HAVING ISSUES AND QUIT WORKING WHILE DRIVING WITH WHEEL SHAKING BACK AND FORTH. NEXT TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND NOW BARELY SHIFTS. WHEEL JERKS SO HARD WHEN I TURN NOW THAT IT KICKS MY HAND OFF WHEEL. COUGHLIN AUTOMOTIVE IN LONDON, OHIO TOLD US THAT RECALL HAD BEEN FIXED BUT REFUSES TO GIVE US PROOF. POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF TURNING.

Mileage: 146,000

I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY MALIBU .RECALL WEBISITE REFLECTS NUMEROUS RECALLS REGARDING MY AUTO , MAKE AND MODEL. WHILE DRIVING ON A 6 LANE HWY,, I HAVE LOST POWER STEERING TWICE. WHICH IS ALMOST IMPOSSABLE TO CONTROL. ALSO, THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS HAVE STOPPED OPERATING EVEN WHEN PRESSING THE DOOR AUTO LOCK/ UNLOCK BUTTON .YOU CAN HEAR THEN TRYING TO FUNCTION HOWEVER DOES NOT. ALSO, WHILE SITTING IN PARK, I CRANK MY CAR AND SHIFT TO REVERSE, MY CAR DOES NOT GO INTO REVERSE. SOMETIME IT WILL HIT VERY HARD AND SOMETIME NOT GO INTO GEAR AT ALL. I PLACE MY CAR IN DRIVE AND MOVE FORWARD THEN TO REVERSE , THE CAR GOES INTO REVERSE . ON OTHER OCCASIONS , I TURN THE CAR OFF, RE-CRANK IT AND ITS FINE. THESE PROBLEMS ARE LISTED AS RECALLS FOR THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY AUTO HOWEVER, DOESN'T APOEAR UNDER MY VIN WHEN I SEARCH. WHAT CAN I DO I AM AFFRAID FOR MY SAFETY WHILE DRIVING MY CAR AND ALSO RELUCTANT TO DRIVE IT. THESE ISSUES NEED TO BE RESOLVED AS THEY APPEAR AS RECALLS. WHEN YOU LOOSE CONTROL WHILE DRIVING AND YOUR SAFETY IS IN JEOPARDY, ITS TIME TO EXPECT RESULTS.

Mileage: 155,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS FAULTY AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WHILE MAKING A TURN. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AT ALL. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL RETURNED TO NORMAL; HOWEVER, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ESC INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT COULD NOT BE SERVICED BECAUSE THE FAILURE WAS ELECTRIC AND THE MECHANIC DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER TOOLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,520.

Mileage: 70,520

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WHILE STOPPED, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. ALSO, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE CONTACT SHOOK THE STEERING WHEEL A COUPLE OF TIMES TO GET IT TO OPERATE. THE FAILURES RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. JUST AS DESCRIBED IN BULLETIN 114116, MAKING IT HARD FOR ME TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO SHAKE TERRIBLY.

Mileage: 209,000

RANDOMLY WITHOUT WARNING THE ESC LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE CARS ELECTRIC STEERING GOES OUT AND MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. AS OF NOW YOU CAN SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND START THE VEHICLE AND IT WILL WORK BUT THEN SHUT DOWN WITHIN 10 MILES. THIS MAKES THE CAR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.

Mileage: 172,000

TAKATA RECALL. ESC TRIGGERS WITH TURNS, POWER STEERING SHUTS DOWN MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TURN. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS STEERING HAS FAILED CAUSING ME TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, LUCKILY ABLE TO AVOID ACCIDENTS. 09' MALIBU @ 148K

Mileage: 148,000

I RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY SON. THE SELLER TOLD ME THAT THE STEERING WAS NOT RIGHT . SO WHILE DRIVING IT HOME IT BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER. THE DASH FLASHED "POWER STEERING". SO I SEARCHED RECALLS AND FOUND THE ATTACHED PRINT OUT. BUT WHEN I SEARCH THOUGH YOUR WEBSITE IT SAYS NO OPEN RECALLS. SEEMS TO BE HARDER TO STEER WHILE TURNING AND AT ALL DIFFERENT SPEEDS.

Mileage: 3

POWER STEERING LIGHT IS ON. BEFORE THE LIGHT CAME ON THE WHEEL RANDOMLY BECAME HARD TO TURN AND A DANGER TO DRIVE

Mileage: 88,000

WHILE DRIVING EACH LIGHT COMES ON FOLLOW BY POWER STEERING THE WHEEL AUTOMATICALLY STARTED CLICKING WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL IN THE MIST THE WHEEL JERKS THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION MAKE IT HARD TO TURN AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE POWER STEERING THEN GOES COMPLETELY OUT

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING TURN STEERING WHEEL GET STIFF

Mileage: 57,183

REPLACED BATTERY, STARTER, AND ALTERNATOR DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY ESU WARNING AND TRACTION SERVICE LIGHT COME ON POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. CAR LOSS POWER AND CUT OFF

Mileage: 104,478

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS FAULTY AND EXCESSIVE FORCE HAD TO BE USED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. IN ADDITION, THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL INDICATOR (ESC) ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE CHANGED THE BRAKE HUBS MORE THAN TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ESC SENSOR NEEDED TO BE SERVICED AND A NEW POWER STEERING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,700.

Mileage: 154,700

DRIVING THE CAR DOWN THE ROAD AND THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY QUITS WORKING MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER THE CAR AND INCREASING THE CHANCE OF AN ACCIDENT. RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SEVERAL MALIBU'S WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM BUT THIS CAR HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 94,000

RANDOMLY LOSES POWER STEERING, I WAS LEAVING A CONCERT SITTING STILL WENT TO MOVE THE CAR AND NO POWER STEERING, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND HAD POWER STEERING AGAIN, THAT WAS THE 2ND TIME IT HAD HAPPENED, THE FIRST TIME I WAS IN A DRIVE THRU AGAIN SITTING STILL WENT TO MOVE AND NO POWER STEERING TURNED CAR OFF THEN ON AND POWER STEERING CAME BACK

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC MESSAGES DISPLAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CAMBE CHEVROLET (704 S. HEATON ST, KNOX, IN), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP IN COLD WEATHER EVEN AFTER BEING WARMED UP FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES. HAPPENED TWICE, SECOND TIME I DID A NORMAL TURN TO THE RIGHT IT LOCKED UP AND HAD TO PULL OVER RIGHT AWAY. ALWAYS UNLOCKS WHEN RESTARTING THE CAR. RIGHT HEADLIGHT ALSO DOESN'T PROPERLY WORK. CHANGED THE LIGHT BULB TWO WEEKS AGO AND TURNED OFF JUST TODAY. CHECKED THE BULB AND STILL WORKS. I'VE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEMS ONLINE AND THERE'S BEEN RECALLS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT BOTH OF MY PROBLEMS.

Mileage: 146,714

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS FAULTY. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND HAD TO MAKE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED ON ITS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AND THE POWER STEERING AND ESC WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

MY DAUGHTER WAS PULLING OUT OF OUR PARKING SPACE AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. POWER STEERING MESSAGE AND SERVICE ESC POPPED UP. SHE WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE CAR AND CAME VERY CLOSE TO HITTING A PARKED CAR. SHE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT STAYED PARKED BLOCKING TRAFFIC UNTIL I COULD GET HOME TO MOVE THE CAR.

Mileage: 122,600

TAKATA RECALL. THE WHOLE CAR APPEARS TO BE HAVING PROBLEMS AT ONCE. WE GO AND GET A CERTAIN MINOR PROBLEM FIX AND THE NEXT THINGS POPS UP. HAVING PROBLEMS DRIVING ACCELERATION AND BREAKING. DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SAFE TO DRIVE.

Mileage: 15,000

WHILE OPERATING MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU 4CYL IN A TURN, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WITHOUT ANY WARNING FAILED. A WARNING INDICATOR AFTERWARDS THEN FLASHED POWER STEERING AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL FAILURE. THE RESULT WAS ALMOST TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH A TRAFFIC CIRCLE WITH CHILDREN IN BACKSEAT OF MY VEHICLE. THIS IS BECAUSE WITHOUT WARNING THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILED WHICH CAUSED ME TO PANIC EMOTIONALLY AND ALSO CAUSED ME GREAT PHYSICAL DIFFICULTY AS I AM A WOMAN AND I ALL OF A SUDDEN HAD TO GARNER ALL THIS STRENGTH TO MANUALLY STEER THE VEHICLE IN HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC. CHEVY IS AWARE OF THIS DEFECT AND WILL REPAIR THIS IF THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD AND HAD LESS THAN 150,000 MILES. WE COULD HAVE ALL DIED IN A CAR CRASH. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AS THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT COMES WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND RENDERS THE VEHICLE UNDRIVABLE UNLESS REPAIRED AS IT IS UNSAFE. THE CHEVY MECHANIC INDICATES IF BOTH THE SENSOR AND MOTOR NEED TO BE REPLACED IT WILL COST $1200.00. MY HUSBAND IS A VETERAN AND WE CANNOT AFFORD THIS COSTLY REPAIR.

Mileage: 205,000

THE WHEEL IS HARD TO TURN...... SOMETIMES IT HARD TO TURN AND AFTER TURNING RIGHT TO LEFT IT GET EASIER TO TURN STATIONARY.

"POWER STEERING FAILURE". OUR 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU LOST ITS POWER STEERING WITH NO WARNING WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. FORTUNATELY SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY. SHE TURNED THE CAR OFF THEN RESTARTED AND IT WORKED AGAIN. IT WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS THEN FAILED COMPLETELY AGAIN WHEN SHE WAS GOING SHOPPING. CHEVROLET IS RECALLING MANY VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM INCLUDING MANY 2009 MALIBU'S. FOR SOME REASON CHEVROLET TELLS US OUR 2009 MALIBU IS NOT INCLUDED. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! MY WIFE WAS SHOOK UP TERRIBLY AND CAN NOT DRIVE IT TILL IT GETS FIXED ( AT GREAT EXPENSE). BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS A FAILURE OF THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MECHANISM/SENSOR. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND CHEVROLET SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTING THIS PROBLEM ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. THANK YOU.

Mileage: 121,000

THE SERVICE ESC LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS IN MOTION AT THE TIME ABOUT TO MAKE A TURN. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF THE PROBLEM BEING INTERMITTENT, MY CAR WOULDN'T START AT ALL. I TRIED TO START IT AND NOTHING. REPLACED BATTERY AND A ENGINE POWER REDUCED LIGHT CAME ON. CAR STILL WON'T START.

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHEN MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING FAILED AND THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

MY CAR POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND COMES PACK AFTER I TURN MY CAR OFF AND ON. SOMETIMES THE CAR WON'T START AND THE ABS LIGHT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS ON ON THE DASH AND THE INSIDE LOCK AND UNLOCK BUTTONS DON'T WORK. THEY WILL GO UP AND DOWN ON THEIR OWN IN THE BEGINNING NOW IF I OPEN MY DOOR IT LOCKS ON ME. I CHANGED THE WHEEL BARRING ON THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BECAUSE BELL TIRE SAID THAT THE SENSOR WAS BAD AND YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE THING G. STILL HAVING ISSUES. I DON'T FEEL SAFE WHERE I WORK I TRAVEL AND I DON'T ALWAYS WORK IN THE BEST OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND I DON'T WANT TO GET MY CAR BROKEN INTO OR ROBBED. AND I SURELY DON'T WANT MY POWER STEERING TO GO OUT AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY AND ME CRASHING AND POSSIBLY INJURING OR KILLING SOMEONE ELSE.

Mileage: 150,000

POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. COULD NOT STEER AND HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME.

Mileage: 200,000

APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS AGO MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER CAR AND STEERING BECAME INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO STEER. FORTUNATELY, SHE MANAGED TO MAKE IT HOME. TOOK TO LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD POWER STEERING WAS THE REASON. HE TOLD US TO TAKE TO LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP D/T THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A SPECIAL WARRANTY/RECALL ON POWER STEERING. TOOK TO LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND CONFIRMED WAS POWER STEERING BUT STATED IT WAS A WARRANTY OF 10 YEAR OR 150,000. CAR HAS CURRENT MILEAGE OF 133,000 . 10 YEAR WAS SAID TO BE UP ON 12/13/2018 SO REFUSED TO FIX. DID SOME RESEARCH AND SAW AN ARTICLE ABOUT RECALL FROM VP OF GM . SAID IN ARTICLE THAT THEY ARE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY CONCERN AND WILL FIX ALL THE CARS THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. SPOKE WITH EXECUTIVE CAR CENTER AT GM AND REFUSE TO FIX VEHICLE. SENT NUMEROUS LETTERS TO VP OF SAFETY AT GM . (XXXX) WITH NO RESPONSE. LUCKILY FOR MY DAUGHTER SHE WAS ON LOCAL STREET WHEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND NOT ON HIGHWAY ETC. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Mileage: 133,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE SERVICE ESC AND POWER STEERING WARNING MESSAGES APPEARED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

Mileage: 112,000

CAR LOSS OF POWER, AND STEERING ASSIST, ENGINE STOPS. MAY START AFTER A MINUTE.

Mileage: 90,000

MY POWER SOURCE IN CAR WON'T WORK, MY CRUISE CONTROL WON'T WORK, MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT FIST I WOULD JUST HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR AND IT WOULD BE FINE NOT ANYMORE. SOME TIMES MY CAR COMPLETELY LOCKS UP IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, MY HEADLIGHTS SOMETIMES WORK AND SOMETIMES DON'T

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. ALSO, THE ESC DEVICE, POWER STEERING, AND TRACTION CONTROL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE EXTRA STRENGTH TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S PARENT HAD TO COME PICK UP THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED. THE CONTACT CALLED KELLEY CHEVROLET (5220 VALUE DRIVE, FORT WAYNE, IN 46805, (260) 484-5566) AND WAS ADVISED TO CALL GM'S CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

Mileage: 171,000

POWER STEERING QUITS WITHOUT WARNING. RANDOMLY.... TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT COMES BACK. SOMETIMES GOTTA TURN IT ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WORKS. THEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OUTTA THE BLUE NO POWER STEERING. IT BECOMES A REAL FIGHT TO KEEP THE CAR ON THE ROAD AT THAT POINT

Mileage: 190,000

2009 CHEVY MALIBU EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING FAILURES IDENTICAL TO THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN THE GM #14116B PRODUCT SAFETY NOTICE (DOCUMENT ID 4006770), WHICH AFFECTS SOME 2009 CHEVY MALIBU. THE ISSUE OFTEN OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IT JUST STARTED, THEN WILL GO AWAY ONCE THE CAR IS RESTARTED AFTER IT HAS WARMED UP. GM SAYS THIS SAFETY RECALL IN NOT APPLICABLE TO OUR VEHICLE'S VIN. I HAVE NO WAY TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY WHICH TORQUE SENSOR WAS INSTALLED IN THIS VEHICLE, AND WANTED TO REPORT THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. ALSO, THE TRACTION CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, AND SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STOP. GRIFFIN CHEVROLET (11100 W. METRO AUTO MALL, MILWALKEE, WI) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

Mileage: 170,000

MY STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES/SHAKES EXTREMELY DURING STOP OF VEHICLE AS WELL AS IN DRIVE. AT ONE POINT IT SAID POWER STEERING SERVICE ETC. I CAME ACROSS RECALL #14V153000, DEALERS AND WEBSITE SAYS NOT FOUND ON MY VEHICLE. I AM WONDERING WHY THAT IS SINCE MY PROBLEMS ARE THE SAME AS THE ONES STATED ALONG WITH THE SAME MAKE, MODE AND YEAR

Mileage: 107,800

POWER STEERING, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER ELECTRIC PROBLEMS I AM HAVING WITH THIS CAR. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS AND ALREADY THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP FREQUENTLY WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAYS, AND TRAVELING THROUGH THE CITY. LAST NIGHT THE POWER STEERING LOCKED AS ME AND MY CHILD WAS DRIVING HOME. I HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR PARKED ON A SIDE STREET BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO OPERATE THE CAR PROPERLY. AT THIS TIME I AM SEEKING IMMEDIATE HELP WITH THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 116,000

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE HAS THIS ISSUE FOR ABOUT 2WEEKS NOW WHEN DRIVING MY ESP LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASH AND THE WORD POWER STEERING AS WELL I DONE TOOK IT IN FOR A FULL DIAGNOSTIC AND BY MY VEHICLE BEING ELECTRIC NOTHING CAN BE DONE DUE TO THIS ISSUE A FEW REPAIR SHOPS STATED MY CAR HAS A RECALL I JUST WANT TO GET THIS HANDLED CORRECTLY BECAUSE ITS TIME CONSUMING PLEASE HELP ME OUT THANKS

MY POWER STEERING JUST QUIT. I HAD TO TURN CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON. IT'S DONE IT TWICE NOW.

Mileage: 95,000

POWER STEERING RANDOMLY STOPS WORK. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY AND IT COMPLETELY STOPED WORKING! I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR SHUT IT OFF AND BACK ON FOR THE POWER STEERING TO START WORKING AGAIN. ALSO, WHEN I START THE CAR THE WHEEL STARTS TO SHAKE (WHEN IN PARK) AND ALSO SHAKES GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. HAPPENS AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES A WEEK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE EPS WARNING INDICATOR RANDOMLY ILLUMINATED. BANNER CHEVROLET (5950 CHEF MENTEUR HWY, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126, (504) 302-8900) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM MANUFACTURER COVERAGE CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15356 (SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT ' LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST) BASED ON THE MILEAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING OFF AND SERVICE OFF WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY SEIZED. GEORGE MATICK CHEVROLET (14001 TELEGRAPH RD, REDFORD CHARTER TWP, MI 48239, (313) 531-7100) REPLACED THE INTERNAL DOME LIGHT MORE THAN TEN TIMES DUE TO AN INTERNAL ELECTRICAL SHORT, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE DEALER MADE NO MENTION OF CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15356 SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT (LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST). THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW IF THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

STEERING WHEEL RANDOMLY LOSES POWER AND WILL NOT MOVE OR IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE. IT HAPPENS AT START UP OR WHILE IN MOTION. DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD. THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO SHAKES OR TWITCHES AT SLOW SPEEDS OR AT A STOP.

Mileage: 174,000

ESC SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. POWER STEERING WARNING COMES ON AT RANDOM TIMES AND IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. ONCE I GET PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT RETURNS TO NORMAL. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT STARTED. IT HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES LAST YEAR AND THEN AGAIN YESTERDAY.

Mileage: 157,000

THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING AND ESC CONTROL ARE TURNED OFF AS SOON AS I START THE CARS IGNITION. WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED , THE POWER STEERING BEGINS TO TWITCH THE WHEEL AND DOES NOT STOP. WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF THEN BACK ON, IT RESOLVES THE PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL SECONDS THEN CONTINUES TO DO THE SAME THING. THIS PROBLEM CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS CAR WHEN COMBINED WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD. THE POWER STEERING HAS ALSO DONE THIS WHOLE DRIVING. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE IN MANUFACTURING AND POSES A LIFE THREAT TO MY 100LB FIANCE AND OUR NEWBORN BABY.

POWER STEERING GOES OUT. WARNING MESSAGE ON DASH READS "POWER STEERING - SERVICE ESC" THIS HAPPENS WHEN I AM DRIVING AND GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING. TODAY IT WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH ROUNDING A LONG SWEEPING CURVE. DANGEROUS! I SEE THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM - GM RECALL # N140115, BUT IT DOESN'T COVER THE MONTH THAT MY MALIBU WAS BUILT, WHICH IS 12/08. IT COVERS OTHER MALIBU'S AND OTHER VEHICLES. MY CAR HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THEIRS. GM DEFINITELY NEEDS TO EXPAND THIS RECALL TO INCLUDE ALL CARS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT AT THIS TIME.

Mileage: 175,000

TAKATA RECALL, AS I WAS DROPPING MY DAUGHTER OFF AT THE BUS STOP I TRIED TO PULL BACK UP TO MY HOUSE AND THE POWER STEERING CAME ON AND THE WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND THERE WAS ALOT OF CARS COMING MY WAY AS I WAS TRYING TO TURN. I TOLD MY HUSBAND ABOUT IT HE WENT TO CHECK THAT IT HAD POWER STEERING FLUID IN IT AND IT WAS NOT LOW AT ALL THEN HE GOT IN IT TO DRIVE AND IT WORKED JUST FINE. THAT WAS A SCARY EXPERIENCE FOR ME. ANOTHER INCIDENT WHEN I WENT TO GO GET MY CAR INSPECTED THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON BUT WHEN I WENT TO MY MOTHER IN LAWS IT WORKED JUST FINE AND WHEN I LEFT TO GO HOME LASTNIGHT IT WAS COMING ON WHEN I WASN'T EVEN PUSHING THE BRAKES SO ME AND MY HUSBAND FIGURED IT WAS A SHORTAGE IN IT OR THE WIRES NEED REPLACED. SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE THERE BE AN ACCIDENT. I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH ABOUT MY VEHICLE AND I SEEN THAT IT HAD SERVERAL RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER RECALL #: N130036 THE NHTSA RECALL #: 14V252

Mileage: 18,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE RESTARTED IN ORDER TO OPERATE NORMALLY, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. RICHARD KAY SUPERSTORE (1935 PEARMAN DAIRY RD, ANDERSON, SC 29625, (864) 332-4031) INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 217,156.

Mileage: 217,156

SERVICE POWERING STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND STEERING WENT OUT IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT NO WARNING WAS NOT ABLE TO STEER CAR. GOT THE CAR HOME TURNED OFF LET SIT TURN BACK ON HAD STEERING BUT STEERING WHEEL SHOOK BACK AND FORTH MOVING AND AT IDOL.TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD RECALL EXPIRED 10/18 BUT WAS NEVER INFORMED THAT THERE WAS ONE ENDED UP HAVING TO PAY 1200.00

Mileage: 79,629

POWER STEERING WORKS RANDOMLY BUT MOSTLY NOT AT ALL. POWER STEERING, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT. ABS LIGHT AND ESC FLASH ON DASH DISPLAY ALL IN ONE WEEK. DRIVING TO WORK MADE A LEFT HAND TURN AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT CAUSING ME TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD. POWER STEERING CAME BACK ON AND THEN OUT AGAIN. AND HAS BEEN OFF SINCE

Mileage: 140,000

INTERMITTENTLY UPON STARTING THE STATIONARY VEHICLE THE 'SERVICE ESC' LIGHT COMES ON FOLLOWED BY 'POWER STEERING' LIGHT. THE POWER STEERING WON'T WORK. TURNING THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE 1-3 TIMES USUALLY CORRECTS THE PROBLEM. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURS WHERE THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT, WITHOUT WARNING. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN GOING AROUND BENDS OR TURNING. LASTLY, WHEN MOVING (USUALLY BACKING UP, BUT ALSO WHILE DRIVING) THE STEERING WHEEL TURNS BACK AND FORTH BY ITSELF AS IF THE POWER STEERING IS ENGAGING BUT NO TURNING IS REQUIRED. I'VE LOST CONTROL ON SLICK ROADS AND IN PARKING LOTS BECAUSE OF ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE'S A RECALL FOR THE 2012 MALIBU FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT MY PROBLEM IS, BUT NOT FOR THE 2009 MODEL. HOWEVER, WHEN LOOKING UP THE 2012 RECALL IT SAYS 2004-2012 MALIBU WERE UNDER RECALL, YET MY VIN FOR 2009 MALIBU SHOWS NO RECALLS. VERY ODD. IF NOT FIXED FOR FREE, I'LL BE LOOKING INTO CLASS ACTION.

Mileage: 105,000

MY ESC LIGHT TO SERVICE CAME ON, WHICH ALSO TRIGGERED THE POWER STEERING TO GO OFF. THIS HAPPENED A WEEK AGO WHEN I WAS DRIVING . WHEN I CALLED GM, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL, THAT WAS A SPECIAL COVERAGE AND IT EXPIRED IN OCTOBER IF 2018. WELL IT'S NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM BEFORE AND NOW I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT HAS ISSUES THE MANUFACTURE KNOW ABOUT, AND THEY KNOW IT WAS A DEFECT BUT I AM NOW EXPECTED TO PAY FOR A $1300 REPAIR MYSELF.

Mileage: 135,000

ANYTIME I'M DRIVING MY CAR WETHER IT BE ON THE HIGHWAY OR THROUGH TOWN, THE STEERING POWER GIVES OUT. IT HAPPENS EVERY 5-7 MINUTES I WOULD SAY. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON JUST SO I CAN READJUST IT AND GET THE STEERING WHEEL MOVING AGAIN. THIS JUST STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

Mileage: 200,099

POWERSTEERING STARTING PERIODICALLY GOING OUT AND ESC NOTIFICATION WOULD APPEAR. EVENTUALLY IT COMPLETELY QUIT. CALLED CHEVROLET AND WAS TOLD MY CAR IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL FOR THAT ISSUE.

Mileage: 156,000

POWER STEERING GOES OUT GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IT ALSO GOES OUT AFTER STARTING THE CAR. N TOUCHING THE WHEEL. THEY. ESC AN POWERSTEERING LIGHT COME ON

Mileage: 133,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) FAILURE AND THE EPS WARNING INDICATOR RANDOMLY ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SEIZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PIETROSKE CHEVROLET BUICK GMC CADILLAC (4000 GRAND AVE, MANITOWOC, WI 54220, (920) 684-0224). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

Mileage: 45,000

THIS CAR FIRST BELONGED TO MY MOTHER AND I BORROWED IT ONCE TO GO OUT OF TOWN TO PITTSBURGH WHICH INTRODUCED ME FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING BECAUSE OF WHAT I THOUGHT THE CAUSE WAS EXTREME COLD. NOW I HAVE TRANSFERRED OVER THE TITLE AND THE CAR IS SUPPOSED TO BE MY DAILY RELIABLE SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION BUT THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING AND GIVES A SERVICE WARNING REGARDLESS OF OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AND HAPPENS 3-4 TIMES IN A 20 MINUTE DRIVE AT IT'S WORSE. AT FIRST THE SOLUTION WAS TO JUST TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF BUT THAT ISN'T POSSIBLE WHEN YOU'RE ON AN INTERSTATE SO IT HAS NOW BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE. I SAW THERE WAS A RECALL BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE MY VIN # WAS APART OF THE RECALL BUT IT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT PUTS MY LIFE IN DANGER IN UNPREDICTABLE AND SPORADIC MOMENTS OF MY DAILY DRIVES AND I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP IN FINDING A SOLUTION.

Mileage: 100,000

THE CAR HAS THE 2.4 4 CYLINDER WITH THE UNRELIABLE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING UNIT THAT SHUTS OFF ALMOST EVERYTIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN.IT SHUTS OFF AND THE CAR MUST BE TURNED OFF THEN RESTARTED BEFORE STEERING IS RESTORED.IT GOES OFF UNDER ALL DRIVING SITUATIONS SITTING,IN MOTION,TURNING,GOING FORWARD OR BACKING UP.ON CITY STREETS OR MAJOR HIGHWAYS..IT HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS AND ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS ...

Mileage: 101,899

TAKATA RECALL ! I CURRENTLY OWN A 2009 CHEVY MALIBU ECOTEC AND WHEN STARTING THE CAR ONE MORNING MY ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL CAME ON ALSO SAYING NO POWER STEARING THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE OTHER MODELS BUT NOT MY ECOTEC 4 CYLINDER..

Mileage: 135,224

POWER STEERING NOTIFICATION COMES ON DASH AND STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO TURN. I TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART AND THEN ITS FINE BUT SHORTLY AFTER DRIVING NOTICE FLASHES ON DASH AGAIN AND AM UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL.

Mileage: 1,200,000

POWER STEERING GOES OUT RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN PARKED, DASH READS: POWER STEERING, ESC OFF, SERVICE ESC. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY, ON CITY STREETS, WHILE TURNING AND WHILE GOING STRAIGHT. THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER MODELS OF CHEVY MALIBU BUT MY 4-CYLINDER WAS EXCLUDED. THERE ARE MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. A NEW RECALL TO INCLUDE OUR MODELS IS NEEDED. MILEAGE IS AT APPROX. 173,000

Mileage: 173,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED BOMNIN CHEVROLET MANASSAS (8000 SUDLEY RD, MANASSAS, VA 20109, (703)-368-2111) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,006.

Mileage: 100,006

THE POWER OF STEERING DOES NOT WORK. WHEN DRIVING OR WHEN I TURN THE CAR ON THE POWER OF STEERING STOPS WORKING. I LOOKED ONLINE AND NOTICE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY WAS THEIR NEVER A RECALL ON THIS?

THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE COMES ON WHEN YOU START THE VEHICLE AND THEN SAYS ESC OFF. STEERING WHEEL WON'T TURN. TURN THE CAR OFF AND MOST TIMES IF U TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE STARTING THE CAR IT WILL GO OFF. OTHER TIMES IT TAKES 2 TO 3 TIMES OF RESTARTING. TONIGHT DRIVING HOME THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE STEERING WENT OUT. HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT. THE STEERING WHEEL IS SHAKING AND VIBRATING ALL THE TIME NOW.

Mileage: 111,000

DRIVING, POWER STEERING FREEZES, CANNOT CHANGE LANES, OR TURN. IT WILL SUDDENLY TURN INTO OLD SCHOOL POWER STEERING, AND I CAN MUSCLE IT HOME. THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE P, DUE TO MEDIAN OF ERROR. THEY SEEM TO THINK ALL OF THE OTHER 2009 MALIBU'S DO THIS, BUT NOT MINE. WHAT A RIDICULOUS NOTION. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER, NURSING STUDENT, HOPING I HAD BOUGHT A REALLY NICE CAR. NOW I FEAR MY DEATH DAILY.

Mileage: 154,000

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR IS MALFUNCTIONING, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, THE STEERING WHEEL IS "TWITCHING" THE STEERING WILL GIVE OUT UNLESS I RESTART THE CAR. MOST OF THESE ARE ON RECALL BUT UNSURE WHY MY CAR WOULDN'T BE. ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY.

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL OFF AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS KEPT RANDOMLY FLASHING. ALSO, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND VIBRATED DURING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V153000 (STEERING) AND 14E044000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,317.

Mileage: 140,317

ESC LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON 01-21. MORNING OF 01-22 WAS COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE TRYING TO LEAVE DRIVEWAY. ECS LIGHT REMAINS ON AND POWER STEERING NEVER RETURNED EVEN AFTER 20 MILES OF HIGHWAY AND RURAL ROAD TRAVEL. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. FURIOUS THAT ONLY CERTAIN VIN #S ARE PART OF RECALL WHEN IT CLEARLY AFFECTS THE VAST MAJORITY OF VINS FOR THIS MODEL YEAR.

Mileage: 221,700

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY POWER STEERING WILL QUIT WORKING AND IT BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER(VERY UNSAFE CONDITION). BY TURNING OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTARTING, STEERING WILL BE FINE UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN(WHICH IT DOES, CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME, AGAIN VERY UNSAFE)

Mileage: 86,000

LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING ON A CURVY BACKROAD (SR 724). I RETURNED THE CAR TO MY HOUSE AND SWITCHED VEHICLES. LATER I TOOK THE CAR TO THE GARAGE FOR REPAIR --THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING PROBLEM. UPON LOOKING UP THE CODE, THE GARAGE SAID IT WAS THE STEERING SHAFT TORQUE SENSOR. GARAGE (AUTOPRO, INC - SHILLINGTON, PA 19607) REPLACED THE PART. ISSUE SEEMS VERY SIMILAR/THE SAME AS RECALL 14V153000 WHICH WAS FOR "CERTAIN 2008-2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU'S." BASED ON ONLINE RESEARCH, THERE ARE MANY OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THEIR VIN WAS NOT COVERED.

Mileage: 75,000

I HAVE NO POWER STEERING WHEN IT GOES OUT THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE AND SERVICE ESC MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IN THE MESSAGE BOX ON THE DASH IT HAPPENS AS SOON AS I START THE CAR!

VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE BUT STOPPED IN A DRIVE THRU. SERVICE ESC, POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. TURNED OFF CAR. PROBLEM WENT AWAY AFTER RESTARTING.

Mileage: 120,000

POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC/TRACTION LIGHT COMES ACROSS THE DASH AS I'M DRIVING RANDOMLY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS MY STEERING WHEEL BECOMES STIFF AND HARD TO TURN. I CAN TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT'LL BE FINE BUT IT DOES COME BACK EVENTUALLY.

Mileage: 176,000

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL STABILITY CONCERN WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY OWN UPKEEP. THE CAR IS IN MOTION AT THE TIME THAT THE STABILITY OF THE STEERING WHEEL GETS REALLY STIFF. THIS INCREASES ACCIDENTS

THE ESC WAS TURNED OFF MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BUT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?! I HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUE WITH THE FUEL PUMP, HEADLIGHTS AND ARM BARS. I BOUGHT THIS AS A USED VEHICLE 3 YEARS AGO AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT MECHANICAL ISSUE AFTER ISSUE. POORLY MANUFACTURED VEHICLE. INCLUDING HAVING TO CHANGE OUT THE ENTIRE FUSE BOX.

Mileage: 135,000

MY ESC LIGHT CAME ON RANDOMLY WHILE IN PARK AND I LOST POWER STEERING. SHUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON IT WAS FINE, LIGHT WENT AWAY. A FEW DAYS LATER DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ESC LIGHT COMES ON, WHEEL BEGINS SHAKING AND LOST POWER CONTROL, TRIED TO PULL OFF AND TURN THE CAR OFF, LIKE BEFORE, THE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. NO POWER STEERING AT ALL IN MY CAR FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS.

Mileage: 200,000

POWER STEERING GOES OUT ANYTIME IT WANTS AND I NEED TO LET IT SIT OR TURN OFF VEHICLE.

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000.

Mileage: 155,000

TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE DRIVER WHO OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,207.

Mileage: 155,207

A WEEK AGO WHEN STARTING MY CAR AND TRYING TO LEAVE THE STEER WHEEL LOCKED UP AND IT DISPLAYED 'POWER STEERING' ON THE DASH AND WAS DINGING AT ME. I PUT IT IN PARK, SHUT IT OFF, AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WAS GONE. THINKING IT WAS JUST A FLUKE DEAL, I DIDN'T BOTHER TO CHECK INTO IT. YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY AND PUT IT IN PARK AT A STOP LIGHT AND SHUT IT OF. UPON TURNING IT BACK ON THE MESSAGE HAD GONE AWAY AND ALL WAS NORMAL. ABOUT A MILE LATER THAT SAME THING HAPPENED. IT WAS LIKE THAT FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS WHILE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. I CALLED A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AFTER SEEING ONLINE THAT THERE WERE RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE AND THEY VERIFIED THAT IT WAS CORRECT AND IF MY CAR WAS EXPERIENCING THAT RECALL IT WOULD BE FIXED. I TOOK IT IN FIRST THING THIS MORNING AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE RECALL DOESN'T APPLY TOWARDS MY CAR AND THAT IT WAS JUST AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I'M CONFUSED HOW THIS CAN BE A RECALL ON ONLY CERTAIN CARS AND NOT ALL. IT'S NOT SAFE FOR MYSELF OR OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD FOR MY CAR TO BEING DOING THIS. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING KNOWING THAT AT ANY MOMENT MY POWER STEERING COULD QUIT WORKING ON ME.

POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT MAKES IT HARD TO DRIVE STRAIGHT AND MAKE TIGHT TURNS AND MY LOW BEAMS ON MY HEADLIGHTS KEEPS GOING OUT TOO. BUT THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY CAR AT AND IT IS REALLY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH MY FAMILY IN IT.

Mileage: 168,001

POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING. POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC WARNINGS FLASHED ON DASHBOARD. VEHICLE VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER.

Mileage: 176,650

THE POWER STEERING SHUT OFF MID TURN AND THE SERVICE ESC LIGHT CAME ON. THE ISSUE WENT AWAY AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON.

Mileage: 105,000

AFTER DRIVING THE CAR ONE MILE FROM HOME STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT AND A MESSAGE APPEARED IN THE DIC POWER STEERING. I PULLED THE STEERING WHEEL WITH TWO HANDS TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WHEN TURNED ON THE MESSAGE WAS GONE BUT THE STEERING WAS STILL AWKWARD AND NOT AS SMOOTH AS IT SHOULD BE

Mileage: 81,452

WHEN DIVING I LOSE POWER STEERING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 4 TIMES NOW I HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE APRIL OF 2018. AN EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT IN GOOD HEALTH.

Mileage: 270,034

I WAS DRIVING OUT OF TOWN ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON THEN MY STEERING ESC LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND MY CAR WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER OFF THE ROAD.

Mileage: 155,000

MY CARS LIGHT WILL RUN ACROSS ECS AND THEN POWER STEERING. THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT COMPLETELY. THIS HAPPENED TO ME WHILE PULL IN IN A DRIVEWAY AND AT A STOPLIGHT. SO WHEN GOING SLOWER SPEEDS.

Mileage: 137,200

ECS DEACTIVATES AND STAIS ILUMINATED. ISSUE MAKES STEETING HARD TO MANUBRATE. FUEL ISSUE. FUEL SPILLED AROUND GAS PUMP CAP.

Mileage: 160,000

WELL DRIVING MY CAR GOT HARD TO STEER, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COME ON THEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND RESTARTED IT THEN IT BEGAN TO DRIVE BACK NORMAL THEN IT BEGAN TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN AND EVERY TIME I TURNED IT OFF AND STARTED IT BACK UP IT WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL BUT IN ORDER FOR THE STEERING TO RETURN TO NORMAL I HAVE TO CUT MY CAR OFF AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AS I AM DRIVING STRAIGHT OR SITTING STILL

Mileage: 180,000

THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND POWER STEERING CAME UP ON MESSAGE BOARD WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY ON 11-11-18.AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE DROVE VEHICLE AROUND BLOCK WITHOUT POWER STEERING JUST AS I WAS PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY THE STEERING CAME BACK.WHAT HAPPENED.WORRIED IN OREGON.

Mileage: 132,000

THE CAR STEERING WILL RANDOMLY PULL BACK AND FORTH MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE OR MAINTAIN CONTROL. THIS HAPPENS BOTH STATIONARY AND WHILE IN MOTION ON EVERY TRIP I MAKE. THE POWER STEERING ALSO HAS CUT OUT COMPLETELY ON ONE OCCASION WHILE IN MOTION MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER AT LOW SPEEDS AND NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 111,000

POWER STEERING WHEN OUT WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A TURN WITHOUT ANY WARNING. TURNING BECAME EXTREMELY HARD AND THIS WOULD HAPPEN RANDOMLY AT 1ST. WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS IT WOULD HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND MY MECHANIC SAID THAT IT WAS THE STEERING WHEEL TORQUE SENSOR. I FEEL THIS IS AN EXTREMELY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND MATTER THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. IF I DIDN'T HAVE 2 HANDS ON THE WHEEL WHILE I WAS TURNING 1ST TIME IT HAPPENED, IT COULD EASLY PULLED THE OTHER WAY IN CRASHED INTO A CAR. THANK GOD MY ELDERLY MOTHER IN LAW WASN'T DRIVING BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T OF BEEN ABLE TO TURN THE WHEELS WITH OUT THE POWER STEERING. NHTSA SAYS IT DOES HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE WITH THE 09 CHEVY MALIBU BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR WITH MY VIN.

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT POWERED OFF THE ENGINE WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THREE MINUTES LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO POHANKA CHEVROLET (13915 LEE JACKSON MEMORIAL HWY, CHANTILLY, VA 20151, (703) 968-6677) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE REPAIR FEES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000.

Mileage: 178,000

CONTACTED LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL. THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS LREADY DONE,BUT PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM MY MOTHER AND SHE SAID SHE NEVER HAD THE WORK DONE.. POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING IN AND OUT AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE

Mileage: 186,000

CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A RANDOM CLUNK WHEN TURNING. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AS SOON AS THEY WERE OPEN. ALIGNMENT BEGAN TO PULL. FRONT END STARTED TO HUM. DEALER SERVICE MANAGER SAID WHEEL BEARINGS FAILING IN FRONT END. STRUT ASSEMBLIES IN FRONT NEED REPLACEMENT, KNUCKLES THAT HOLD THE STRUT ASSEMBLIES TO THE FRAME WERE ORIGINAL, MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM, AND ARE NOW ROTTED OUT AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMN FAILING. THE VEHICLE HASN'T REACHED 90K MILES YET. THE COST OF REPAIRING THE VEHICLE IS NEARING HALF OF ITS RETAIL VALUE. ALLEGEDLY NO OPEN RECALLS, DESPITE A RECALL BY DORMAN FOR THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. ALUMINUM KNUCKLES TO HOLD STRUTS TO THE FRAME? AND THAT'S NOT A DESIGN FLAW? THE REPLACEMENT KNUCKLE PARTS ARE $1200 NOT INCLUDING LABOR. WHEEL BEARINGS ARE ABOUT $762, THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT IS $290. STRUT ASSEMBLIES ARE ABOUT $600 FOR BOTH.

Mileage: 89,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN AND THE TRACTION CONTROL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER STEERING FLUID, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. IN ADDITION, THE POWER ASSIST WARNING MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: [XXX], BUT NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 187,000. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *AN

Mileage: 187,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, "POWER STEERING" AND "ESC OFF" WAS DISPLAYED AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MALFUNCTIONED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE FAILURES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

Mileage: 153,000

WAS DRIVING THE CAR TO WORK, STOPPED AT MC DONALD'S TO GET BREAKFAST IN THE DRIVE THROUGH. LEFT MC DONALD'S WAS CURVING ONTO THE ON RAMP TO 291 HWY WHEN I LOST POWER STEERING ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GO OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A WARNING MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. I THEN GOT THE CAR PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I TURNED THE VEHICLE ON EVERYTHING WAS OK. IT HAS DONE THIS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

Mileage: 112,467

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN MOTION ON THE INTERSTATE AND HIGHWAY THE STEERING WOULD ACT AS IF A CAR HAD NO POWER STEERING FOR 1-3 SEC THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TIGHTEN UP AND VERY EASY TO LOOSE CONTROL BECAUSE IT TIGHTENS UP THIS HAS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND ON A CURVE WHICH I ALMOST LOST CONTROL CALLED DEALERSHIP AND MENTION NO RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE (ITS ELECTRIC POWER STEERING )

Mileage: 200,000

WHILE DRIVING , POWER STEERING STOPPED WORK. STEERING GOT REAL HARD AND BECAME REAL HARD TO TURN MY VEHICLE. THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE SOME PLAY (TWITCH) IN STEERING COLUMN WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. AFTER A RESTART, IT WENT AWAY BUT SAME PROBLEM CAME BACK AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. THERE WAS MESSAGE ON DASH REGARDING ESC SEVICE AND POWER STEERING. IT ALL SOUNDS SIMILAR TO THE DORMAN RECALL ON OTHER GM VEHICLES.

Mileage: 130,800

WHEN DRIVING YOU LOSE POWER STEERING AND CANT TURN THE WHEEL THEY HAVE THIS RECAL ON SOME OF THE MALIBU CARS

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED NUCAR CHEVROLET (174 N. DUPONT HIGHWAY, NEW CASTLE, DE 19720, (302) 327-1171) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 204,000.

Mileage: 204,000

THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM LIGHT BURNS OUT FREQUENTLY. UPON FIXING THE CONNECTION WAS MELTED. THE STEERING BECOMES HARD TO TURN WHILE DRIVING SLOW OR SLOWING DOWN TO TURN.

Mileage: 100,000

OK SO THIS HAS HAPPNED MULTIPLE TIMES NOW I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS I WILL BE DRIVING SPEED DOSENT MATTER AS ITS HAPPNED AT LOW SPEEDS OF 25 ASWELL AS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY DASH INDICATES AND SAYS TRACTION CONTROL FAILURE THEN SERVICE ESC THEN MY POWER STEERING CUTS OUT. WHEN I PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF THEN BACK ON EVERTHING GOES BACK TO NORMAL AS IT NEVER HAPPNED. PLEASE REVIEW THIS BECAUSE IVE HERD OTHER PEOPLE SAYING THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES. THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS IF THIS ISSUE DECIDES TO ACT UP WHEN I NAVIGATE A TURN

Mileage: 130,000

ELECTRICAL STEERING SYSTEM OPERATED SPORADICALLY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, THEN QUIT FUNCTIONING COMPLETELY. HAD TO DRIVE HOME WITH SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL EFFORT TO STEER, WORSE THAN ANY MANUAL STEERING I'VE EVER OPERATED. BEEN PARKED IN DRIVEWAY EVER SINCE. GM LISTS THIS AS A RECALL ITEM (#14V153000) FOR SEVERAL MALIBU MODELS, BUT MY VIN WASN'T INCLUDED. OBVIOUSLY AN ERROR, BUT I'M GETTING NO HELP.

Mileage: 120,887

THE STEERING WHEEL ALMOST LOCKS, HAVE TO USE ALL MY POWER TO MAKE ANY TURNS. THIS HAPPENS ON ALL ROAD WAYS WHETHER STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. I HAVE SEE THERE ARE RECALLS FOR THIS IN THE EXACT YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, IT SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL WITH MY VIN.

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE DRIVING SERVICE ESC LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOLLOWED BY POWER STEERING LIGHT. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME DIFFICULTY TO TURN. I WOULD TURN INTO A SAFE PLACE TURN THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A MINUTE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD WORK FINE. THIS WILL HAPPEN OFF AND ON AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE SERVICE ESC LIGHT COME ON FOLLOWED BY POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TURN ALL THIS WILL HAPPEN WHILE I'M DRIVING SCARED THE DAY LIGHTS OUT OF ME EVERY TIME IT WOULD HAPPEN. BEING LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AS FAR AS THIS GOES. WILL HAPPEN EVERY TIME I'M IN MOTION ON CITY STREET OR INTERSTATE VERY SCARY AS I'M A FEMALE DRIVING THIS CAR 2009 CHEVY MAILBU LTZ 4CYL THIS HAS BEING GOING ON FOR MONTHS NOW STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE VEHICLE STARTED PURCHASING IT IN 2017 NOT SURE OF THE EXACT TIME IT STARTED

Mileage: 135,000

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE ESC LIGHT , TRACTION LIGHT , BATTERY LIGHT , AIR BAG LIGHT , AND ALL SPEED WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR DOWN THE ROAD. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED BEFORE BUT IT HAS STARTED AGAIN.

Mileage: 180,000

ON MAY 13, 2018 AT APROX 7:30AM, I WAS TRAVELING ON CT-9 HIGHWAY AT 55MPH PREPARING TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY CAR ALERT CHIMES CAME ON AND WARNING MESSAGE ABOUT "SERVICE POWER STEERING"AND I LOST POWER STEERING AS I WAS EXITING. I HAD DIFFICULTY MAKING A LEFT TURN AT THE END OF THE EXIT AND PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE. SHUT CAR OFF AND INSPECTED UNDER HOOD/BELTS, EVERYTHING OK. RESTARTED CAR AND MESSAGE WENT AWAY AND CAR HANDLED NORMALLY AGAIN.

Mileage: 102,900

SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WHEN I DRIVE IN COLD WEATHER, AM ACCELERATING AND TURNING TO THE LEFT AT ANY VARIATION OF DEGREE. FRIGHTENING THAT IT HAPPENS WHILE I'M DRIVING AND HAVE NO UPPER BODY STRENGTH. THE SENSOR FLASHED AND THEN DISAPPEARED. ONCE THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND TURNED ON AGAIN THERE WERE NO MORE ISSUES. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE ISSUE SO I'D HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO THEM WHILE THE PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING.

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LUMBERTON CHEVROLET BUICK GMC CADILLAC (500 LINKHAW ROAD, LUMBERTON, NC 28358). THE DEALER NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE VEHICLE WAS OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 146,000.

Mileage: 146,000

EVERY TIME CAR IS DRIVEN POWER STEERING AND ESC ERRORS SHOW ON DISPLAY AND TRACTION CONTROL IS TURNED OFF. ERRORS SHOW UP WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO WHILE STATIONARY. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS YEAR AND MODEL BUT DOES NOT SHOW FOR MY VIN.

Mileage: 70,000

I AM NOT SURE WHERE TO START. DOOR LOCKS INTERMITTENTLY DON'T WORK, BLUETOOTH JUST STOPPED WORKING, HAVE HAD TO CHANGE HEADLIGHT BULBS 3 TIMES IN 2 YEARS, POWER STEERING WENT OUT (HAD THAT REPAIRED BY DEALER AT NOT COST), AC/HEATER/DEFROSTER USED TO SHUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY, NOW IT JUST STOPPED WORKING, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HEATER STOPPED WORKING, INSTRUMENT PANEL RANDOMLY THROWS UP ERROR CODE (EXAMPLE: SERVICE AIRBAG, SERVICE ENGINE) OH AND THE PAINT IS FADING ON HOOD ROOF AND TRUNK. CAR HAS 75,000 MILES AND I USED TO LOVE IT. NO I WON'T DRIVE IT OUT OF TOWN.

Mileage: 75,000

2009 CHEVY MALIBU LS POWER STEERING WHEEL HARD TO STEER, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ONI HAVE A 4 CYLINDER 2.4

Mileage: 170,000

IN BOTH MOTION AS WELL AS STATIONARY THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND LOSE POWER STEERING.

Mileage: 157,000

THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON I-57 EXPRESSWAY AT A SPEED OF 55 MPH AND I LOST MY POWER STEERING. WHEN I STOPED THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT 30 MINUTES LATER THE WARNING WAS GONE AND MY POWER STEERING WORKED. I'M NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY AFTER READING ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM ON A CHEVY MALIBU FORUM.

Mileage: 146,200

I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT DRIVING WHEN MY WHEEL LOCKED UP ON ME, NOW IT'S HARD FOR ME TO DRIVE...

Mileage: 123,000

ONLY 90,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND JUST A FEW DAYS AGO THE POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL WHEN STARTING UP THE CAR AND I GET WARNINGS AND CHIMES SAYING POWER STEERING THEN ESC NOW DISABLED. THIS PROBLEM WOULD CORRECT ITSELF IF I TURNED OFF THE CAR THEN TURNED BACK ON AGAIN. A FEW DAYS LATER THAT NO LONGER WORKED TO GET THE POWER STEERING TO WORK/ACTIVATE. NOW I HAVE TO APPLY SLIGHT TURNING FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE STARTING THE CAR TO GET IT TO WORK. BUT NOW I HAVE A NEW ISSUE TO THIS PROBLEM AS OF TODAY THE POWER STEERING FAILS WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. I WAS CHANGING LANES AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY STIFF AND I ALMOST CRASHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE I COULD NOT COMPLETE MY LANE CHANGE. IM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR. I KEEP GOOD CARE OF MY CAR AND HAVE IT MAINTENENCED WELL. ITS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND THIS IS THE ONLY THING WRONG. I TRIED CALLING GM TO ASK IF THIS IS A RECALL ISSUE BECAUSE I FIND EVERYWHERE ONLINE THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH MY YEAR AND MAKE BUT GM ON THE PHONE SAID MY VIN HAS NO RECALL AND IM STUCK TO PAY FULL BILL TO FIX AND IS NOT A DEFECT OR GM PROBLEM. I DO NOT THINK THIS IS MY PROBLEM AND IS A DEFECT. I FEEL GM SHOULD FIX THIS. MY CAR STILL HAS 2 YEARS LEFT ON BANK LOAN TO PAY OFF. I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. I ALSO STRONGLY FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFTEY ISSUE AS THIS CAN RESULT IN MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT. I DO NOT HAVE STRONG ARMS AND I CANNOT OPERATE MANUAL STEERING TO AVOID CRASH IF LOSS OF POWER STEERING ON HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEED OR EVEN IN CITY AT SLOW SPEED.

Mileage: 90,900

THE CAR KEEPS DYING AND SHUTTING OFF. I HAVE REPLACED 2 NEW BATTERIES AND AN ALTERNATOR. WHEN I AM DRIVING THE CAR WILL EITHER JUST DIE OR START TO DIE AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS COME ON, POWER STEERING, ESC EMERGENCY BRAKE ALL OF THEM AND THEN THE CAR EVENTUALLY DIES.

I HAVE A 4 CYLINDER 2009 CHEVY MALIBU. I KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE ISSUE THAT I AM HAVING BUT NOT FOR MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE. MY POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING IN AND OUT AT RANDOM TIMES. SOMETIMES IF I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON IT WILL CORRECT ITSELF. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY VEHICLE WASN'T ON THE RECALL. MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS HAVE COME IN FOR THIS ISSUE AND MY TYPE OF VEHICLE. I WILL START THE CAR AND IT WILL FLASH POWRT STEERING ESC. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS! IT WENT OUT ON ME WITH MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND I COULDN'T CONTROL THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 138,000

THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO TURN THE VEHICLE WHILE TURNING, ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEED.

Mileage: 78,000

THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING GREAT THEN ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING THE ESC LIGHT AND POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT. LUCKY FOR ME I MADE IT TO MY PARKING GARAGE.

Mileage: 151,000

JUST BOUGHT THE CAR A FEW WEEKS AGO AND OUT OF NOWHERE THE POWER STEERING ESC LIGHT POPS ON. I DIDN'T EVER HIT POT HOLES OR ANYTHING JUST A BASIC HOME TO WORK CAR.

Mileage: 65,000

THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING GREAT THEN ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING THE ESC LIGHT AND POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT.

Mileage: 165,000

MY CAR HAS SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. I RECEIVE AN ALERT SAYING POWERING STEERING SERVICE ESC. IF I TURN MY CAR OFF AND TURN BACK ON IT WILL GO AWAY, HOWEVER WHEN I'M IN PARK OR STOPPED MY STEERING WHEEL IS MOVING BY ITSELF. IT JUST NOW HAS 102K MILES ON IT.

Mileage: 102,000

POWER STEERING BECOMES STIFF AFTER IDLING FOR A FEW MOMENTS. SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART AND PROBLEM GOES AWAY. BRAKE LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. POWER DOOR LOCKS WORK INTERMITTENTLY WHEN LOCK BUTTON IS PUSHED SEVERAL TIMES. UNLOCKING DOESN'T WORK AT ALL UNLESS CAR IS PUT IN REVERSE THEN BACK INTO PARK.

Mileage: 118,600

WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING. ESC WARNING LIGHT GOES ON. MAY HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES PER DRIVE. RESETS WHEN CAR TURNED OFF, BUT RECURRS.

Mileage: 140,000

LOST POWER STEERING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE DRIVEWAY. LOW SPEED. ELECTRIC POWER STEERING UNIT FAILED. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION OR RECALL NOTICE FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE PARKED THE CAR UNTIL I DETERMINE HOW BEST TO PROCEED WITH REPAIRS.

Mileage: 130,000

I HAVE HAD THE CAR SERVICED 3 TIMES FOR THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT ON ME. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT 930PM AND NOTICED MY LIGHTS WERE NOT ON. IT WAS PITCH BLACK BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PARK TO GET HOME. I ALMOST HIT THE CURB BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE. I PANICKED BUT I TRIED THE BRIGHTS AND THEY WORKED SO I USED THEM TO GET HOME. THE GREENWOOD CHEVROLET REPLACED THE HEAD LIGHT BULBS 3 TIMES BUT IT HAS TO BE ELECTRICAL BEING THAT IT WENT OUT 3 TIMES IN 2 MONTHS I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THE CAR A YEAR! ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE ON 3/6/2018 I ALMOST WRECKED BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON THE VEHICLE. I ATTEMPTED TO TURN AND ALMOST RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE SUSPENSION DOESN'T WORK EITHER. AS OF TODAY I CANNOT DRIVE AT NIGHT BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE ANY HEAD LIGHTS (THAT'S BEEN FOR 3 MONTHS) I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR NOW BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE POWER STEERING TO DRIVE THE CAR. I'M MAKING PAYMENTS ON A DEATH TRAP BECAUSE I ALMOST WRECKED TWICE THANK GOODNESS GOD WAS WITH ME.

HAVE LOST ALL POWER STEERING, SENSOR IS MESSED UP, BRAKES ARE BARELY WORKING, WHY WASN'T A RECALL ISSUED FOR ALL 2009 MALIBUS? THIS IS BEYOND DANGEROUS.

STEERING WHEEL JERKING WHILE IN PARK AND WHILE DRIVING TO THE POINT YOU HAD TO PUT A LOT OF STRENGTH INTO KEEP CAR IN LANE, SERVICE ESC: POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT CHIMES AND COMES ON WHILE DRIVING, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP WHILE TRYING TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TOOK THE CAR TO KIPO CHEVROLET, THE CODES THAT CAME UP WERE C0545(00), U0121, AND C0661. KIPO CHEVROLET STATED TORQUE SENSOR READINGS WERE SURGING AROUND NOT HOLDING STEADY, WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE TORQUE SENSOR AND RE-EVALUATE CONCERN.

Mileage: 130,358

POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE ON INTERSTATE, AND CAUSED THE ESC AND TRACTION TO TURN OFF AS WELL. CRUISE CONTROL CONTINUES TO FUNCTION. SHUTTING VEHICLE COMPLETELY DOWN AND STARTING THE VEHICLE AGAIN RESETS EVERYTHING.

Mileage: 210,000

POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AT INTERMITTENT TIMES. CAN BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, OR MAKING TURNS AND THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT. THIS IS A 2009 MALIBU WITH THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING. VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IF CAR IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED SOMETIMES IT WILL COME BACK ON AND OTHER TIMES IT WILL JUST STAY IN MANUAL STEERING. CAR HAS RIGHT ABOUT 200,000 MILES ON IT. IT IS A 4-CYLINDER.

Mileage: 200,000

MY POWER STEERING LIGHT IS ON IN MY CAR. THE POWER STEERING IS ACTING UP. I HAVE THE ELECTRONIC POWERING STEERING SYSTEM ON MY MALIBU THAT WAS RECALLED DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. CHEVY RECALLED OVER 1.3 MILLION VEHICLES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. MY VIN # IS APPARENTLY NOT LISTED ON THE RECALL LIST BUT I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE CHEVY TO HAVE TO FIX THIS. MY STEERING POWER STEERING IS ACTING UP AND I FEEL THIS IS DANGEROUS.

Mileage: 165,000

LOST STEERING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. SERVICE ESC AND POWER STEERING MESSAGE CAME ON.

Mileage: 168,000

SERVICE ESC LIGHTS COMES ON AND THE SERVICE ABS

Mileage: 265,000

NO STEERING AT ALL. GOT IN THIS MORNING TO GO TO WORK AND CAN'T TURN THE WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I'M THANKFUL IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN I DROVE HOME FROM WORK LAST NIGHT ON THE THRUWAY. THE CAR IS UNDRIVEABLE. I AM A FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENT WITH A PART-TIME MINIMUM WAGE JOB. I CAN'T AFFORD THIS REPAIR. OTHERS ONLINE HAVE STATED IT'S BETWEEN $700 - $1,000 TO FIX. GM PLEASE EXTEND MY WARRANTY TO FIX THIS. I ONLY HAVE 108,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND NEED THIS CAR TO LAST ME AT LEAST TWO MORE YEARS THROUGH COLLEGE

Mileage: 108,000

CHEVROLET MALIBU LT 2009 4 CYLINDER ESCOFF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING GOES OUT ON ITS OWN. SEEMS TO BE A SENSORY ISSUE. IF IT DOES GO OUT, IT IS USUALLY RIGHT AFTER STARTING THE IGNITION. SHUTTING THE VEHICLE DOWN AND STARTING IT AGAIN HAS TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM OVER THE LAST YEAR. OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, ESC TURNS ITSELF OFF AND LOCKS POWER STEERING ON ITS OWN WHILE I'M DRIVING. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER IF I'M GOING 75 ON THE HIGHWAY OR 35 ON A BEND, OR FROM STATIONARY AT A LIGHT MOVING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. ONLY THING I'VE NOTICED IS THE HEIGHTENED FREQUENCY OF THE ISSUE IN COLD TEMPERATURES AND AGAIN IN MOIST CONDITIONS SUCH AS A RAINY DAY. ALTHOUGH IT STILL HAPPENS IN ALL WEATHER. I WORK IN TRANSPORTING CHILDREN AND THIS HAS NEARLY GOTTEN THEM KILLED AND I'VE PUT MYSELF IN THE SAME SITUATION SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE A DEALERSHIP FIX THE ISSUE WITHOUT SHELLING OUT $800-$1200. NOT INCLUDING THE $80-$100 ABS SCAN THEY MUST CHARGE YOU FIRSTHAND. OTHER VARIANTS OF THE CHEVROLET MALIBU 2009 HAVE RELEASED A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM EXACTLY, AND FOR SOME REASON, MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE RECALL, THOUGH SAME MAKE, MODEL, YEAR, AND LIFE-THREATENING PROBLEM THAT CAME BUNDLED WITH THE CAR STRAIGHT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THIS IS MY DAILY DRIVER, I HAVE TOUGHED IT OUT MYSELF BECAUSE I STILL HAVE PLACES TO BE AND THINGS TO DO. I CAN'T WORK BECAUSE I REFUSE TO PUT THE LIFE OF ANY OF MY YOUTHFUL CLIENTS AT RISK. THIS STILL LEAVES OTHERS ON THE ROAD AND MYSELF AT RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY, MAJOR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, AND ONCE MORE, DEATH!!! CHEVY FORUMS MENTION MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR 4 CYLINDERS WHOSE VIN # ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THE RECALL. PLEASE RECOGNIZE THIS AS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND HELP SAVE THE LIVES OF POETIALLY COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF INNOCENT LIVES. I BEG YOU.

Mileage: 5

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE STABILITY AND TRACTION INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PARKWAY CHEVROLET AT 25500 TX-249, TOMBALL, TX 77375 WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 218,000.

Mileage: 218,000

MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU LT (2.4L, 4 CYLINDER) SHOWED ME A MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD SCREEN STATING ' POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC' AFTER MY STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN WHILE DRIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT 25 MPH ZONE. I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE AN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WHEEL ASSIST SINCE I COULDN'T LOCATE THE STEERING POWER WHEEL RESERVOIR AROUND THE ENGINE. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU

Mileage: 145,000

POWER STEERING COMES AND GOES AS VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THIS HAPPENS WHETHER IN TOWN OR ON THE HIGHWAY STRAIGHT OR GOING INTO A TURN.

Mileage: 175,579

WE ALREADY HAD THE POWER STEERING FIXED ONCE TWO YEARS AGO. IT HAS RECENTLY WENT OUT AGAIN. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING 70 MILES A HOUR DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I WAS DRIVING IT ALSO WENT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. IT MOSTLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU START THE CAR. YOU HAVE TO KEEP SHUTTING IT OFF AND STARTING IT TO TURN IT BACK ON.

Mileage: 226,000

THE POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING DISPLAYING THE CODE ESC ON THE DASH. IT MAKES THE VEHICLE VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER ESPECIALLY AT SLOWER SPEEDS. THERE IS A RECALL CURRENTLY ON THIS MODEL AND YEAR BUT I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY TWO DEALERS THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. THIS IS REALLY PECULIAR SEEING IT'S THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

Mileage: 224,000

I EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER FLASHES A WARNING REGARDING THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND ALSO TRACTION CONTROL. THERE IS NO POWER STEERING UNTIL THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND RE-STARTED. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON SURFACE ROADS AND ALSO ON THE EXPRESSWAY DRIVING AT OVER 50 MPH. IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS AND ALSO WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AT HIGHER SPEEDS. STEERING THE CAR IS VERY DIFFICULT WHEN THE POWER STEERING IS LOST.

Mileage: 204,000

MY CAR WAS WORKING PERFECTLY FINE UNTIL THE POWER STEERING JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. THE ESC COMES UP AND STOPS WORKING AS DOES THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE. THIS MAKES IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE WHEEL AND IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS OTHER RECALLED VEHICLES BUT FOR SOME REASON MY VEHICLE ISN'T PART OF THE RECALL. I CAN'T PAY FOR THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BECAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM ON MANY OTHER VEHICLES AND SOMETHING GM NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF. ALSO MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY THANK GOD. THANK YOU

Mileage: 84,000

MY MALIBU HAS EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR GOING OUT WHICH CAUSES THE POWER STEERING TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING. THERE IS A RECALL ON OTHER MALIBU VEHICLES FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT NOT MINE. WE ARE HAVING OUR VEHICLE FIXED AS THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE SEEN OTHER MALIBUS WITH THIS ISSUE OUTSIDE OF THE RECALL. SHOULD THE RECALL BE EXPANDED?

MY SON'S 2009 MALIBU'S POWER STEER IS GOING OUT AT TIMES. IF HE TURNS OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTS IT WILL COME BACK ON. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF THE STEERING GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING THE CAR.

I LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. MY ESC LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME AS A WARNING ABOUT MY POWER STEERING. THIS HAS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1/19/18. IT IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL THE CAR AT THIS POINT, OF COURSE AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MY CAR IS ALSO VERY WELL-MAINTAINED.

Mileage: 154,000

TAKATA RECALL I WAS AT A STOP SIGN AT A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. WHEN I PULLED OUT MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I HAD NO WAY IN TURNING THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE AND PUT IT IN PARK THEN TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN TURNING BACK ON VEHICLE WAS FINE. DROVE A MILE TO LOCAL BANK AND IT DID IT AGAIN IN THE DRIVE THRU. AS I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT TO WORK IT WENT OUT AS I WAS PULLING INTO PARKING LOT. THE FIRST TIME POWER STEERING WENT OUT TWO LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC HAD TO STOP TO KEEP FROM HITTING MY VEHICLE. I WAS COMPLETELY EXPOSED. THIS IS A FAMILY VEHICLE AND IN 9 YEARS THIS SHOULD NOT BE A CONCERN FOR MY FAMILY. THE CAR SAID "POWER STEERING" & "ESC" WHEN IT LOCKED DOWN. THERE IS A RECALL # 14772 FOR 2004-2007 MALIBU'S THAT STATE THE SAME ISSUE I AM HAVING.

Mileage: 150,000

WHILE DRIVING MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO TURN AND THE ESC OFF DISPLAYED ALSO WITH POWER STEERING ALERT

Mileage: 135,000

MY 2009 MALIBU HAS AN INTERMITTENT STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL PROBLEM. I WAS TURNING INTO MY DRIVEWAY (UNDER 10MPH) AND LOST POWER STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL, ALMOST HIT OUR SNOWMOBILE TRAILER THE FIRST TIME. THE MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAYED BOTH. THERE IS A RECALL (RECALL NUMBER 14V153000) FOR OTHER 2009 MALIBU'S FOR THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING BUT NOT FOR THE 4 CYLINDER MODEL LIKE MINE. THIS IS A COMMON SAFETY PROBLEM WITH GM AND I DONE UNDERSTAND WHY SOME CARS WITH THE SAME SAFETY PROBLEMS AND PARTS WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL.

Mileage: 116,000

01/04/2018 WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND SERVICE ESC LIGHT CAME ON. CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT ALL THE WAY INTO WORK AND HAD NO POWER STEERING.

Mileage: 159,000

ISSUE WITH STEERING VEHICLE WHEN IN MOTION OR PARKING.

EVERYTIME I START MY CAR MY STEERING WHEEL IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN, & COMES ALONG THE DASHBOARD SCREEN "SERVICE ESC"? THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I'VE PURCHASED THE CAR AND IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE. RECENTLY EVEN STARTED TO OUT OF THE BLUE JUST LOSE ALL STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT WHILE DRIVING, WENT AND HAD IT ESTIMATED FOR THE COST OF REPAIR & THE DEALERSHIP WANTED $1,398? SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!

Mileage: 161,000

TAKATA RECALL. I WAS STARTING MY CAR IN A PARKING LOT AN HOUR FROM HOME AND MY DASH LIGHTS COME ON AFTER STARTING. IT WENT THROUGH ABS, POWER STEERING AND OTHERS. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST BUT HAD NEVER DONE POWER STEERING. AS A RESULT, THE POWER STEERING TURNED OFF. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT WAS FINE UP UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. THIS TIME IT HAPPENS AT NIGHT AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO MANHANDLE THROUGH THE TURN UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. IT ALL MAKES FOR A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I'M HESITANT NOW ABOUT DRIVING THE CAR. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND GM HAS MADE A RECALL FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE IN 2014 BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ONLY RECALLED SO MANY. I FEEL AS IF THIS BECOMES AN ISSUE WITH VEHICLES THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE RECALL THAT THEY SHOULD HONOR THERE PRODUCT AND PAY FOR THE CORRECTION, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT IS AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD ALMOST ONLY BE CORRECTED AT A CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP.

Mileage: 150,000

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING RANDOMLY AND THEN JUST STOPS WITH MESSAGES: POWER STEERING, SERVICE ESC, ESC OFF. POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND IN REGULAR CITY DRIVING WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE. STEERING WHEEL ALSO SHAKES BACK AND FORTH BY ITSELF. IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING, WHILE AT A RED LIGHT. THIS COULD BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO STEER AWAY QUICK ENOUGH BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH NEEDED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL

Mileage: 47,200

MY 2009 MALIBU 4 CYLINDER POWER STEERING(ESC) LOCKED WHILE DRIVING IN MY COMMUNITY.

Mileage: 1

ENGINE LIGHT CONSTANTLY ON. DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. SHOWING CODE P1174 & NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THIS IS. POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET.ESC LIGHT WILL TURN ON. DASHBOARD LIGHTS WILL GO ON AND OFF. DOORS WILL LOCK THEM SELVES LOCKING ME INSIDE.THIS IS HAPPENING SINCE AUGUST 2017-PRESENT (12-29-17).MULTIPLE TRIPS TO DEALERSHIP WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AND ALL THEY DO IS RESET SENSOR AND TELL ME TO WAIT UNTIL IT BREAKS. I'D SAY IT IS ALREADY BROKEN.

Mileage: 48,000

LOST POWER STEERING ABILITY-TURNS OFF AND ON AT CERTAIN TIMES. OCCURS WHILE DRIVING OR IS ALREADY ON IMMEDIATE TO STARTING CAR. VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN WHEEL. ALL OTHER VIN'S WERE FIXED OR REPLACED BY GM FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

Mileage: 140,000

SERVICE ESC WILL COME ON AND POWER STEERING WILL LOCK UP

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ESC WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER, RESTARTED, AND THE WARNING INDICATOR DIMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

THE SERVIE ESC POWER STEERING NOTIFICATION IS ON MY DASH AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK. I CANNOT DRIVE WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING AND THERE WAS A RECALL #14116 BUT IT DOESN'T COVER THE 2.4 4 CYLINDER MODELS AND MY CAR ALSO HAS 164,000 MILES SO GM STATED THAT IT IS NOT COVERED.

Mileage: 164,000

TURNED RIGHT OUT OF A PARKING LOT AT LOW SPEED. THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING, MAKING THE STEERING WHEEL VERY HARD TO TURN. THE POWER STEERING WARNING ILLUMINATED ON THE INFORMATION PANEL. DROVE HOME SEVERAL MILES, TURNED OFF THE CAR, RESTARTED IT TO DIAGNOSE IT, AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED CORRECTLY. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. OTHER '09 MALIBUS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT MY VIN.

Mileage: 143,000

IVE BEEN SEEING MY POWER STEERING LIGHT COME ON SOMETIMES WHEN I CRANK MY CAR AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULDNT TURN. I WOULD TURN OFF MY CAR AND THEN RESTART MY CAR AND IT WOULD GO AWAY. ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 3RD 2017 I WAS HEADED HOME AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I COULD BARELY FORCE MY CAR TO TURN AN INCH TO MISS THE LIGHT POLE I WAS ABOUT TO HIT. NOW MY STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TURN AT ALL AND I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR.

Mileage: 144,000

POWER STEERING CAME ON RANDOMLY AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. VEHICLE HAD NEVER HAD A POWER STEERING PROBLEM BEFORE.

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. WHENEVER THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. WHENEVER THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO REGAIN FULL CONTROL OF THE POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT CALLED THE PALMETTTO CHEVROLET DEALER (122 4TH AVENUE, PO BOX 766, CONWAY, SC 29528; 843-248-4283) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AND SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

Mileage: 200,000

IT TAKES GREAT EFFORT TO STEER THE WHEELS BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING IS OFF. ON THE DASHBOARD, IT SAYS THAT MY ESC IS OFF AND IT NEEDS SERVICE.

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING LOST POWER AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000.

Mileage: 200,000

TAKATA RECALL WHEN I TURN MY VEHICLE ON THE ESC LIGHT AND POWERING STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND I CAN NOT TURN MY WHEEL. I HAVE TO TURN MY VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON FOR IT TO GO AWAY, IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I TURN IT ON NOW THAT IT IS WINTER

Mileage: 155,500

MY SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS COMING HOME FROM CHEERING AT A BASKETBALL GAME AT 9:30 P.M. SHE WAS DRIVING UP SIGNAL MOUNTAIN FROM DUNLAP TENNESSEE ON HWY127 ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY UP THE MOUNTAIN HER POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. WHILE TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF THE CAR SHE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A TURN AND RAN INTO THE GUARDRAIL, DESTROYING THE GUARDRAIL AND THEN SHOT ACROSS THE ROAD ENDING UP IN A EMBANKMENT. THANK GOD SHE WAS NOT PHYSICALLY HURT. HER CAR IS TOTALED AND SHE IS COMPLETELY TRAUMATIZED, HAVING NIGHTMARES AND NOT WANTING TO DRIVE EVER AGAIN. I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE OR ANY KIND OF WARNING THAT THIS WAS A POSSIBILITY OF HAPPENING OR I WOULD HAVE MOST DEFINITELY HAD IT FIXED. THE POWER STEERING HEAD WENT OUT ONE OTHER TIME BEFORE AND SHE PARKED THE CAR AND BY TIME MY HUSBAND GOT TO WHERE SHE WAS THE POWER STEERING WAS BARKING AGAIN WE HAD THE CAR INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC AND HE SAID HE COULD SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH IT THIS WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO SO WE JUST ASSUMED IT WAS A ONE-TIME OCCURRENCE LITTLE DID WE KNOW IT ALMOST KILLED OUR DAUGHTER HAD THIS HAPPENED 15 FT SOONER WHERE THERE WAS NO GUARDRAIL SHE WOULD HAVE WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND MORE THAN LIKELY DIED. IT'S VERY DISTURBING THAT I KNEW NOTHING VERY IRRESPONSIBLE OF CHEVROLET I DO HAVE A POLICE REPORT WITH ALL OF THIS STATED ON IT I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IT AT THE TIME OF REPORTING THIS THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND IT IF NEEDED. AT THIS TIME MY DAUGHTER HAS NO CAR SHE IS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL FIXING TO GO TO COLLEGE IN LESS THAN A YEAR SO WE ARE STUCK PAYING FOR COLLEGE AND A CAR BECAUSE SHE ONLY HAD LIABILITY INSURANCE. I THINK THE RECALL NUMBER IS N140115. 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU POWER STEERING FAILURE

Mileage: 195,658

THE 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU'S HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE "ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST". I CURRENTLY OWN A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU AND HAD AN INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN WHICH MY POWER STEERING ASSIST WAS LOST AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE AND WAS LOCKED IN PLACE. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER, THEY ADVISED THAT THESE MODELS HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER, MY VEHICLE WAS 1025 MILES OVER THE MILEAGE TO HAVE IT FIXED UNDER THE RECALL. AFTER RESEARCH ON GM SITE ON THE NHTSA SITE, WE FOUND INFORMATION COLLABORATING THIS RECALL, IN WHICH IT STATED THAT UNDER THIS RECALL THE DEALERSHIP HAS TO FIX THIS; HOWEVER, MY CHEVROLET MALIBU'S VIN NUMBER DID NOT POP UP ON THIS RECALL. NHTSA STATES THAT THIS PROBLEM AFFECTS 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU'S AND DOES NOT LIST VIN'S AFFECTED. WE WOULD ASSISTANCE IN HAVING THIS VEHICLE ALSO ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST AND HAVING GM FIX THIS PROBLEM WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 151,025

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING SEIZED, AND THE POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BELLAMY STRICKLAND CHEVROLET (145 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, MCDONOUGH, GA 30253), BUT HAD NOT YET BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000. *BF CONSUMER WAS TURNING RIGHT WHILE DRIVING ON MCDONOUGH PKWY AND REALIZED IT WAS HARDER TO STEER, AT THE SAME TIME A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. UPDATED 8/22/18*JB

Mileage: 59,000

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A STREET I SUDDENLY FELT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP ON ME MAKING IT EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR INTO A PARKING LOT WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS THEN TOLD MY THE AUTO SHOP THAT THE ISSUE WAS THE STEERING COLUMN PROBLEM WHICH APPARENTLY IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH MY CAR BUT FOR SOME REASON MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL?

Mileage: 130,000

LOSS POWER STEERING ON EXPRESS WAY, BEING 77 YEARS OLD HAD HARD TIME TRYING TO STAY ON HIGHWAY. LOOK ON INTERNET AND SEEN RECALL IN 2009 FOR PROBLEMS WITH DORMAN PARTS FOR STEERING.WANT TO BY NEW CHEV BUT AFRAID NEXT BUYER MIGHT GET IN BAD ACCIDENT WHAT SHOULD I DO.

Mileage: 64,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ABILITY SEIZED. ALSO, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE CHIME SOUNDED. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE FAILURE WENT AWAY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LEAST TWENTY TIMES PREVIOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,898.

Mileage: 70,898

THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ISSUED FOR CERTAIN 2009 MALIBU MINE DOES NOT FIT IN THAT RECALL BUT I AM EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM ON THAT RECALL MY STEERING WENT OUT LIKE IT SAYS IN THAT RECALL AND I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I COULD NOT STEER MY CAR

Mileage: 100,000

THEY TRY TO FIX EVERYTING BUT THEY STILL COME ON

Mileage: 195,000

OUR 2009 LTZ HAS THE SAME LOW-SPEED STEERING ISSUE AS DESCRIBED IN YOUR 2014 RECALL FOR THE 2008-2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. BUT, THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER SAYS THAT OUR VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. OBVIOUSLY, THIS DEFECT EXTENDS BEYOND THE VIN NUMBERS RECALLED BY THE NHTSA. RECALL NUMBER 14V153000 RECALL DATE 03/31/2014 COMPONENT STEERING: ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

Mileage: 130,000

MY NAME IS [XXX]. I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY MALIBU(VIN #[XXX]), WHICH I PURCHASED IN 2012. I HAVE BEEN HAVING STEERING/TRACTION ISSUES, THAT ENABLES ME TO TURN WITHOUT MANPOWER'.AND GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY. I WAS MADE AWARE THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE STEERING ISSUES ON 2009 CHEVY MALIBU'S AS WELL AS OTHER CHEVY CARS. I WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE IN TO FOR REPAIR AND WAS TOLD BY NTB WHEN BROUGHT IN FOR A WHEEL ALIGNMENT THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR STEERING ISSUES. I CALLED CHEVY DEALERSHIP(JACK SCHMITT) AND GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. HOW CAN OVER A MILLION CHEVY CARS BE RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND I'M BEING TOLD MINE IS NOT'MAKE NO SENSE TO ME. PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND ....AS THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING AND CAN CAUSE TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL AND CAUSE ME TO CRASH, WHICH CAN BE FATAL TO ME AND OTHER PEOPLE. ALSO MY BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATES ALL DAY LONG...TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP REPAIRED IT AT NO COST TO ME...BECAUSE IT WAS A RECALL ISSUE THAT I AGAIN DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT..NOW THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATING AGAIN AND I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE I HAD IT REPAIRED THE 1ST TIME ITS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE RECALL....NEVER KNEW RECALLS EXPIRED. I AM NOT AT FAULT FOR EITHER OF THESE ISSUES. I REFUSE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR KNOWN RECALL ISSUES,,, INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 160,000

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST HAS STOPPED WORKING ON THREE OCCASIONS IN THE LAST MONTH. POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT APPEARS. IT HAS BEEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVING STRAIGHT OR WHILE TURNING DURING THE FIRST MILE AFTER START ON A CITY STREET. THE VEHICLE WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO STEER. I PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURN OFF ENGINE, AND RESTART. IT WILL THEN DRIVE WITHOUT PROBLEM. I NOTED A RECALL ON THE 2009 MALIBU #14V153000 BUT HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED BY CHEVROLET.

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (AUTONATION CHEVROLET, WEST COLONIAL 3707 W. COLONIAL DRIVE, ORLANDO, FL 32808) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE WARRANTY EXPANSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 127,812.

Mileage: 127,812

SITTING AT A STOP SIGN AND MY SERVICE ESC LIGHT CAME ON. AS I TURNED ONTO THE HIGHWAY I NOTICED MY STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY TIGHT AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WAS ALSO ON. IT WAS VERY HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER, AND TURNED THE CAR OFF.

Mileage: 130,000

DOORS LOCK AND YOU CANT GET OUT OF OR IN THE CAR EVEN IF YOUR HOLDING AN INFANT CHILD AND ITS 3 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND I CAN'T USE THE UNLOCK BUTTON TO GET IN AND THE [XXX] KEY WONT EVEN OPEN THE DOOR. ITS JUST STUCK AND WHO KNOWS FOR HOW LONG SOMETIMES IN LAST JUST 3-5 MINS OTHER OTHERS GOING ON 40 MINS. THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES COUNTLESS TAIL LIGHTS. I HAD TO PUT REPLACE THE WINDHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY THAT ONE SUCKED I COULD NOT OPERATE THE CAR FOR A WEEK UNLESS IT WOULD RAIN AND THIS WAS HAPPENING THIS APRIL WHEN ITS ALWAYS RAINING THEY ACTUALLY QUIT WORKING ON FOURTH OF THE JULY GOING 70MPH DOWN INTERSTATE 79 IN POURING RAIN. I PURCHASED AS MANY RAIN DETERRENTS AS I COULD TRY OUT WHICH NONE LAST BUT A FEW MINS.. THEN BETWEEN GETTING PULLED OVER BY POLICE COUNTLESS TIMES FOR HEADLIGHT BEING OUT AND I FIX IT THEN THE SAME ONE OR EVEN THE OTHER SIDE THE NEXT WEEK WILL GO OUT JUST 1 MONTH LATER IT GOES BACK OUT AND THAT SAME COP STOP YOU AGAIN AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE YOU THAT IT WAS JUST REPLACED. THEN THE INTERIOUR LIGHTS ALL OF THEM FROM GAUGES AND HEADLAMPS TURN ON. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY TELLING ME TO SERVICE SVC TIRE SENSORS AND OTHER ABBREVIATED SENSORS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS ON. ALSO AND MAYBE THE MOST DANGEROUS IS THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONS WHICH RANGE FROM ONLY WORKING OCCASIONALLY TO ACCELERATION ENGAGES IF YOU SCROLL THREW SCREEN OPTIONS AND USE CRUISE CONTROL SIMULTANEOUSLY . AND SOMETIMES MY TRUNK WILL JUST POP OPEN WHEN THE CAR STARTS. THE PLASTIC HUB CAPS CONSTANTLY FALL OFF AND THE BACK OF THE DRIVERS SEAT PLASTIC BACKING HAS BROKEN LOOSE THE STEERING COLUM IT SOUNDS LIKE U JOINTS THAT HAVE WORN OR A HYDRAULIC ISSUE PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Mileage: 119,000

THE CAR'S POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE I WAS IN MOTION, TURNING IN A PARKING GARAGE. AN ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYED SAYING "POWER STEERING FAILURE - SERVICE ESC". THE FIRST TIME THIS CAME UP WAS ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, AND I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY. THIS SAME PROBLEM JUST CAME UP AGAIN AND I AM BEGINNING TO THINK THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF RECALL INFORMATION I'VE SEEN ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT AN ABNORMALITY WHILE STEERING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL. THE CONTACT BEGAN TO DRIVE AGAIN WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AGAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL AND WHEELS STARTED TO MOVE INDEPENDENTLY AND THE POWER STEERING, SERVICE ESC, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (PINEGAR CHEVROLET BUICK GMC OF BRANSON, 163 ADAIR RD, BRANSON, MO, 65616). THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE DIAGNOSED ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, JULY 17, 2017. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT FOR LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING A SALVAGE TITLE UNDER CASE NUMBER: [XXX]. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE ONLY WAY THE VEHICLE WOULD BE COVERED WAS IF THERE WAS A RECALL OR SAFETY ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 93,850. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Mileage: 93,850

MY POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND AT THE SAME TIME MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AS WELL AS THE ESC LIGHT MY CAR VIN IS NOT ON THE RECALL BUT IT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE RECALLED CARS

Mileage: 209,410

POWER STEERING LIGHT IS ON, WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS LIKE IT IS DRIVING ITSELF. I HAD MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND THE MECHANIC ADVISED ME TO LOOK INTO IT STATING I CAN LOOSE STEERING AT ANYTIME. I CALLED A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY VIN NUMBER. IF IT IS HAPPENING TO THE 2009 MALIBUS, HOW CAN THEY DISTINGUISH WHICH CARS IT IS FAULTY IN? IN MOTION THE STEERING JERKS WHEN SITTING STILL THE STEERING WHEEL MOVES BY ITSELF

LOUD WINDING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. SERVICE TRACTION/ESC OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHILE CAR IS ON. ACCELERATES VERY SLOWLY AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON RANDOMLY

Mileage: 119,000

I HAVE ON OCCASION AT LEAST 4 TIMES THAT I VIVID RECALL HAD A SITUATION WHERE I GET MESSAGE TO SERVICE ESC AND THEN I HAVE NO POWER STEERING. NOW THE STEERING WHEEL MOVES BACK AND FORTHE THEN I AM STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND MOVE THE WHEEL SLIGHTLY. IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN IN MOTION AND WHEN IT HAS BEEN STOPPED.

Mileage: 136,000

WHEN FIRST GOT CAR DOORS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED WITH REMOTE FOR APPS 1 WEEK. THEN OVER APPX MONTH STOPPED WORKING 1 DOOR AT A TIME. AT THIS POINT THE POWER LOCKS INSIDE (ON DOOR) DO NOT WORK AND LOCK/ UNLOCK INTERMITTENTLY AND EVEN IF I CAN UNLOCK MANUALLY MY DRIVERS DOOR IT STILL STAYS LOCKED EVEN WHEN LOCK IS IN FULLY UNLOCKED POSITION. QUITE SCARY FOR SOMEONE THAT DRIVES ALONE AT NIGHT AND MY DOORS ARE UNLOCKING THEMSELVES. GOD FORBID I DO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT AND NEED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR QUICKLY. ALSO THIS MAKES IT SO MY PANIC DOES NOT WORK ON MY FOB. YES I'VE CHANGED BATTERIES MULTIPLE TIMES. ALSO MY POWER STEERING HAS BEEN CUTTING IN AND OUT WHILE MOVING MOST OFTEN DURING TURNS. WHAT HAPPENS IF I AM MOVING ON A HIGHWAY AND I CANNOT STEER CORRECTLY? FEELING VERY UNSURE OF MY SAFETY AT THIS POINT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND IT RETURNED BACK TO NORMAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 224,000.

Mileage: 224,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR FAILED AND THE PART NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO SOLUTION. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN THAT THE FAILURE WOULD NOT RECUR IF THE OEM PARTS WERE REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 224,000.

Mileage: 224,000

THE POWER STEERING FAILS WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ISSUE STARTED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE ISSUE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

Mileage: 38,000

I AM REPORTING TWO INCIDENTS! APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS AGO MY BREAK LIGHTS STARTING TURNING ON AGAIN (AFTER THE RECALL WAS FIXED A YEAR PRIOR) WHILE DIVING THE VEHICLE. I WOULD TAP THE BREAKS AND THE LIGHT WOULD TURN OFF (GIVING CARS BEHIND ME THE IDEA THAT I WAS BREAKING WHEN I WASN'T AND WHEN I WAS BREAKING TO SLOW DOWN, THEY COULDN'T TELL). IT STILL DOES THIS PROBLEM. NOW AS OF 3/18/2017 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY "SERVICE ESC POWER STEERING" LIGHT CAME ON. IT WAS VERY HARD TO STEER OFF THE HIGHWAY OR EVEN GET THE VEHICLE HOME. AS I RESEARCH MY VEHICLE ONLINE, THESE TWO ISSUES WERE RECALLED BACK IN 2014. I DON'T KNOW IF MY VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR THE POWER STEERING RECALL AS I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ON 12/26/2014. I DO KNOW THAT THE BREAK LIGHT RECALL WAS SERVICED BECAUSE I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR THE RECALL. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TOMORROW AT THE CHEVROLET DEALER, BUT I KNOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PAY $1200 TO $1600 FOR THIS REPAIR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THESE RECALLS! SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T CONTINUE TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR OR EVERY OTHER YEAR GOING FORWARD.

Mileage: 15,100

POWER STEERING STOP WORKING WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. THE MANUAL STEERING STILL WORK BUT IT IS HARDER. I STOPPED THE CAR, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND IT WORKS AGAIN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I MUST BRING THE CAR IN FOR A DIAGNOSIS TEST THAT WILL COST $144.00. IF THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM, I WILL NOT BE CHARGED BUT IF THEY DO NOT FIND THE PROBLEM I WILL BE PAID $144.00. I READ THE RECALL NOTICES FROM NHTSA WEBSITE BUT IT INDICATED "SOME 2009 MALIBU HAD THIS ISSUES"

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 186,707.

Mileage: 186,707

VEHICLE IS STATING SERVICE POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE THIS IS KNOWN PROBLEM WITH 2009 VEHICLES BUT YET MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE MY CHILDREN IN THIS VEHICLE, AND I SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING A PART THAT IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE.

Mileage: 131,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED MORE THAN TWICE. THE EPS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR TWICE BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT THE REPAIR WAS NOT PERFORMED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS PENDING A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

Mileage: 144,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOST POWER. THE ESC/POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN MERGED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 79,800.

Mileage: 79,800

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER ASSIST WHILE IN MOTION ON CITY STREET. THIS MADE CHANGING LANES AND TURNING ONTO OTHER STREETS VERY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED. AAA TOWED THE CAR AND DID A DIAGNOSIS CHECK AND SAID THEY RECEIVED 2 CODES FOR STEERING SENSORS. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPAIR MY CAR AND I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER. THEY DID NOT CHARGE BE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS BUT ALSO DID NOT GIVE ME THE PRINTED REPORT. THE POWER ASSIST SIS RESTORE WHEN THE CAR WAS SHUT-OFF AND RESTARTED. HOW CAN IT BE THAT GM WOULD WOULD SELL A VEHICLE THAT CAN SUFFER A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE STEERING DUE TO A SENSOR CODE WITHOUT PROVIDING A FAIL SAFE MODE? AS THE STEERING ASSIST WAS RESTORED WITH THE SHOT-OFF AND RESTART OF THE CAR, IT WAS THE ECU THAT FAILED AND THE ASSIST MOTOR WAS STILL IN FUNCTIONING CONDITION.

Mileage: 168,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHILE AT A STOP AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN. THE STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH OTHER UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

I RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS CAR AT A BUY HERE PAY HERE AND AFTER ONE SAY THE POWER STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT ON THE VEHICLE. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING UNITY BUT DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS EXPIRED?

ON 4/13/2015 - 3/5/2015 MY 2009 MALIBU IS EXPERIENCING A STEERING ISSUE. MY DASHBOARD DISPLAYED A SIGNAL, POWER STEERING / SERVICE ESC. AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IT IT WAS FINE. THE DEALER TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT, NOT FOR MY VIN # THEY SAID FOR A $ 99.00 DIAGNOSTIC FEE THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT. SINCE THEN IT HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT ALMOST DAILY EVEN "WHILE DRIVING " IT WILL GO OUT. ALL YEAR VEHICLES INVOLVED SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL NOT JUST CERTAIN VIN # PLEASE CHECK INTO THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS KNOWN ABOUT PROBLEM.

Mileage: 105,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE ESC LIGHT WITH SERVICE POWER STEERING CAME ON AND MY POWER STEERING TURNED OFF ALMOST CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 212,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE STEERING ABILITY SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT SLOWED DONN TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

Mileage: 170,000

A FEW DAYS AGO WHILE PICKING UP MY SON FROM SCHOOL THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO LIGHTLY VIBRATE. AS OF THIS EVENING, I WENT TO START UP THE CAR AND NOW THE DISPLAY SAYS POWER STEERING ESC AND THE WHEEL IS EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER.

I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY MALIBU 4 CYL WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. IT IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS THE REST OF THE RECALLED MALIBU'S BUT MINE IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT FLASHED SHUTS OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL AND LOSES POWER STEERING WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY

Mileage: 72,000

WHILE TURNING (IN MOTION) THROUGH A PARKING LOT AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE JERKED, AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED (IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE). THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE THEN DISPLAYED: SERVICE ESC POWER STEERING.

Mileage: 111,000

POWER STEERING FAILURE @ APPROX. 152000 MILES. I'D ELABORATE ON THE SPECIFICS, BUT GM KNOWS OF THE ISSUE AND THEY TIMING OF THE OCCURRENCE CAN VARY. SERVICED "STEERING COLUMN BAD" REPLACED. NOT COVERED BY SPECIAL WARRANTY OUTSIDE OF MILEAGE. FACT: 162,283 GM VEHICLES OF SAME MODEL YEAR WERE RECALLED (SOURCE GM WEBSITE). INSTEAD THEY CHOSE TO OFFER SPECIAL COVERAGE WHICH EXPIRES CLEARLY HOPING TO LIMIT THEIR LOSS FROM VEHICLES OUT OF COMMISSION, THOSE THAT NEVER HAVE PROBLEM, AND CONSUMER BEING FORCED TO COVER OUT OF POCKET.

Mileage: 152,000

THE POWER STEERING ASSIST (EPS) RANDOMLY STOPS WORKING. THE CAR MUST BE RESTARTED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN. THIS DEFECT APPEARS TO BE COVERED UNDER RECALL #N140115, SPECIFICALLY BULLETIN #14116. SEE THE LINKS: HTTPS://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/NEWS/GM-RECALLS-MORE-THAN-A-MILLION-VEHICLES-WITH-POWER-STEERING-PROBLEMS-040114.HTML HTTP://MEDIA.GM.COM/MEDIA/US/EN/GM/VEHICLES.DETAIL.HTML/CONTENT/PAGES/NEWS/US/EN/2014/MAR/0331-POWER-STEERING.HTML I HAVE CONTACTED A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND GM (800.630.2438) AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX THIS VEHICLE UNDER THE AFOREMENTIONED RECALL AND BULLETIN.

Mileage: 175,000

VIN NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL 14116, POWER STEERING QUITS AND IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AT ANY SPEED. POWER STEERING NO LONGER WORKS. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

THE POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY LOCKS UP. THERE IS A TRACTION WARNING SYMBOL. THE CAR CAN ONLY BE STEERED AT THAT TIME WITH GREAT EFFORT. SOMETIMES PROBLEM IS ALLEVIATED BY RESTARTING CAR.

Mileage: 115,950

I WENT TO THE PHARMACY TO PICK UP MY PRESCRIPTIONS HAVING NO ISSUES WITH MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU. WHEN I STARTED TO LEAVE THE PHARMACY, THE STEERING LOCKED FOR KNOW KNOWN REASON MAKING THE CAR UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, VERY HARD TO STEER. A YELLOW TRIANGLE WITH SKID MARKS BEHIND A CAR APPEARED ON THE DASH AND A MESSAGE THAT READ SERVICE ESC APPEARED FOLLOWED BY POWER STEERING. *TR

IN MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU THE SECOND DAY OF BUYING THIS CAR THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT TURNS ON ALONG WITH THE POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC WARNING SHOWS UP BELOW! THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR IN PARK! THERE ARE MANY RECALLS ON THIS I HAVE SEEN ON THE GMC WEBSITE BUT IT STILL HASN'T SHOWN UP ON MY VEHICLE VIN SO IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE!

Mileage: 151,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. A MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000. UPDATED 03/07/17*LJ *CN

Mileage: 58,000

I WAS PULLING INTO MY CHILD'S SCHOOL TO PICK HIM UP AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN MY STEERING WENT OUT. I ALMOST HIT SOME KIDS CAUSE MY CAR STEERING WHEEL STOPPED TURNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN. MY CAR NOW HAS AN ALARM "POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC". I READ THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS FOR 2009 MALIBU'S, BUT MY VIN NUMBER SAYS THAT MY CAR IS NOT ON THAT LIST. I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT BEFORE I STICK ALL LF MY OWN MONEY INTO GETTING IT REPAIRED. IT IS NHTSA REFERENCE # 14V153000 AND GM'S RECALL # N140115 THAT I HAVE FOUND. *TR

Mileage: 136,000

WHEN STARTING MY CAR THE ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND I LOSE POWER STEERING. IF I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND JIGGLE THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN TURN THE CAR BACK ON IT USUALLY WORKS FINE UNTIL I SHUT THE CAR OFF AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO CHECKED THE ERROR CODE AND IT CAME UP "C0545". SO NOW MY WHOLE STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WHY WAS MY CAR NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL IF IT'S DOING THE SAME THING AS THE ONES THAT WERE RECALLED???? I HAVE ROUGHLY 133,000 MILES ON IT.

Mileage: 133,000

MY ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE DRIVING SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. ALONG WITH THIS HAPPENING, AN ESC INOPERATIVE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH A SERVICE POWER STEERING MESSAGE ON THE INSTRUMENT DISPLAY. VEHICLE STEERING VERY HARD TO OPERATE. HAVE TO TURN CAR OFF AND ON MULTIPLE TIMES TO CLEAR MESSAGE AND FOR SOME REASON THE POWER STEERING RESUMES TO WORK. THIS NOW IS A CONSTANT OCCURRENCE, TO THE POINT THAT I AM UNABLE TO RELY ON THIS VEHICLE FOR SAFE TRAVELS.

Mileage: 104,123

ESC TRACTION ESC POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR BOGS DOWN AND STEERING IS HARD TO CONTROL. TOOK MALIBU TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME ESC PROBLEM WITH NO RESOLUTION AND THOUSAND SPENT.

Mileage: 161,000

WHILE IN PARK AND ENGINE RUNNING, STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES AND SHAKES. WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES AND SLIPS. GIVES A SENSE THAT STEERING CONTROL WILL BE LOST. ON OCCASION THE "EPS" AND "POWER STEERING" WARNINGS COME ON AND THE CAR LOSES POWER STEERING MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 179,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE GREATER EFFORT TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BACK TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE IT WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 182,964.

Mileage: 182,964

CAR MILEAGE IS AT 75,300 AND I AM HEARING A RUBBING/CLUNKING SOUND WHEN EVER I TURN MY STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND MY TURN SIGNAL LEVER STOPPED AUTOMATICALLY RELEASING AFTER I HAVE TURNED WHICH IS NOW ALSO MAKING A WEIRD NOISE. I SEE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE STEERING IN 2014 BUT I PURCHASED THE FROM A DEALER IN 2015. HOW DO I FIND OUT IF THE DEALER SERVICED THE RECALL???

Mileage: 75,300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. UPDATED 02/03/17 UPDATED 02/08/17.*JB

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EPS WARNING INDICATOR RANDOMLY FLASHED AND THE STABILITY TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR APPEARED TO BE DEACTIVATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN EACH TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED A DRASTIC LOSS OF POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 231,086.

Mileage: 231,086

DRIVING DOWN AN EXPRESSWAY ABOUT 60MPH AND THE POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING, A MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON MY DASH "POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC" THE ABS INDICATOR LIGHT ALSO DISPLAYED AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE NO POWER STEERING. MY CAR HAS APPROX 125,000 MILES ON IT. I GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE FOR 2006-2007 CHEVY MALIBUS SO I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID MY CAR DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. I DO HAVE A RECALL THAT I HAVE NOT HAD FIXED YET FOR THE BRAKE LAMP MALFUNCTION 13036 WHICH DEALER STATED IS UNRELATED ISSUE. I SEE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ONLINE ARE REPORTING THIS SAME ISSUE FOR THE 2009 4 CYLINDER CHEVY MALIBU'S. I WOULD HOPE GM WILL RECALL THIS AND TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 125,000

WAS DRIVING AND WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A TURN THE SERVICE ECS CAME ON AND POWER STEERING STARTED GOING ACROSS THE SCREEN. MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON I ALMOST HAD A WRECK

MY POWER STEERING ALL OF THE SUDDEN HAS STARTED NOT WORKING. SOMETIMES IF I TUN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT WILL WORK BUT IT ALSO GOES OUT ON ME WHILE I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

Mileage: 195,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

Mileage: 155,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE POWER STEERING, TRACTION CONTROL, AND SERVICE ESC WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE DIAGNOSIS WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 194,000.

Mileage: 194,000

I'VE HAD THREE INSTANCES, TWO IN THE SAME DAY, WHILE EITHER STANDING STILL IN PARK IN A PARKING LOT OR IN TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET AND MY DASHBOARD SAYS SERVICE ESC POWER STEERING AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED. IT BECOMES NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE ONCE THIS HAPPENS AND HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO BE IN ACCIDENTS EACH TIME. WHEN I'M FINALLY ABLE TO PULL OVER, I HAVE SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND IT RESETS THE COMPUTER AND OPERATES REGULARLY BUT ON THE LAST OCCASION IT CAME BACK ON TWO MINUTES AFTER THE RESET. I'VE READ THERE ARE RECALLS ON OTHER MODELS BUT NOT ON THE 2009 MALIBU. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS, INJURIES AND EVEN DEATH DEPENDING ON WHEN THE STEERING GOES OUT (SLOW TRAFFIC SPEEDS VS FAST HIGHWAY SPEEDS) BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANY TYPE OF WARNING.

Mileage: 94,830

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED AND THE ESC WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING STAFF TORQUE SYSTEM FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

TAKATA RECALL; STEERING COLUMN IS LOOSE(STATIONARY, MOTION). WHEEL BEARINGS ARE BAD. I TOOK THE CAR TO A CHEVROLET DEALER(CLEMSON RD.). THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND AN ISSUE. EVERYTIME I MAINTENANCEPERFORMED I AM ADVISED TO HAVE THE ;STEETING COLUMN CHECK, RATTLING AND LOOSE, MAYBE A PIECE OF PLASTIC?). MY SECOND TRIP TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER DID NOT ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. I PURCHASED THE CAR USED FROM UNITED AUTO SALES. THE WHEEL BEARINGS(MOTION) WERE BAD WHEN I PURCHASED AND THE DEALER (UNITED CAR AUTOSALES). I REPLACED THE WHEEL BEARINGS ONCE ALREADY AND HAVE TO REPLACE AGAIN. THE CAR IS MAKING A CLAPPING NOISE AND SPEED IS IMPEDED.

Mileage: 111,000

ESC WARNING LIGHT BEGAN GOING OFF INTERMITTENTLY(USUALLY WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT) AT AROUND 60,000 MILES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INITIALLY RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE "SENSOR". THE VEHICLE NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000 MILES ON IT AND THE STEERING WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER IS NOW RECOMMENDING COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING SYSTEM. MY VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN INCLUDED IN ANY STEERING RELATED RECALLS, BUT THERE IS CLEARLY A DEFECT WITH MY VEHICLE.

Mileage: 85,000

WHEN STARTING CAR INFORMATION CENTER ISSUES WARNING EPS THEN CHECK POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING WHEEL IN VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. IF THE CAR IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED 2-3 TIMES IT WILL BE OK. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST 5 MONTHS.

Mileage: 128,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR AND POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,140.

Mileage: 169,140

THERE IS A RECALL. CHEVY IS REFUSING TO HONOR BECAUSE THEY STATE I'M OVER THE MILEAGE THEY SET AS ACCEPTABLE.

DRIVING THIS CAR LOSES ITS POWER STEERING. GM STATES MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL EVEN THOUGH THEY INSTALLED A DEFECTIVE SENSOR.

Mileage: 182,000

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2011. ON FOUR OCCASIONS THE CAR HAS LOST POWER STEERING. IT HAPPENS WHILE TURNING. I HAVE TO PULL OVER, TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN IN ORDER FOR THE POWER STEERING TO FUNCTION. IT HAS HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET AS WELL AS WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY.

Mileage: 111,000

POWER STEERING LOSS RANDOMLY, CHEVY WILL FIX SOME MODELS BUT NOT ALL. MINE WAS COVERED IN A SPECIAL WARRANTY BUT DUE TO MILEAGE ITS NO LONGER COVERED. NOT FAIR, REPAIR IS EXPENSIVE AND SOME OTHER MODELS HAVE A LIFETIME WARRANTY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

Mileage: 185,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE VEHICLE ALSO STARTED DECELERATING WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH BUT THE DETAILS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT IT DOWN. THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN A LITTLE FURTHER AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS SIDE SWIPED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

Mileage: 171,000

TWICE I HAVE BEEN STOPPED AND GO TO TURN THE WHEEL AND IT WON'T BUDGE. I HAVE HAD TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR A MINUTE BEFORE IT WILL WORK AGAIN. MY STEERING IS ALSO VERY STIFF WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT, BUT LOOSE WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT. MY POWER STEERING FLUID IS FINE. MY VIN DOESN'T SHOW UP ON THE STEERING RECALL LIST.

MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND ALL CHEVY DEASLERSHIPS ARE SAYING MY VIN ISNT APART OF THE RECALL SO I'D HAVE TO PAY $1300 TO GET IT FIXED. THIS ISSUE CAN CAUSE CRASHES , IVE HAD ALOST 6 ACCIDENTS SINCE THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT

Mileage: 160,000

WHEN DRIVING THE POWER STEERING AND ESC TURNS OFF RANDOMLY

Mileage: 128,000

HAD A POWER STEERING MALFUNCTION AT 45 MPH COMING OFF OF THE HIGHWAY ONTO AN ONRAMP THAT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND SERVICE ESC LIGHT CAME ON. I'M 6 FOOT 6, 260 LBS. A SMALLER PERSON WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AT THIS SPEED. THIS MORNING, I STARTED THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING WAS OUT. I SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT IN FEAR OF THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN.

Mileage: 170,000

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY FAILS. EPS WARNING APPEARS ON DIC AND HARD STEERING UNTIL CAR IS STOPPED AND RESTARTED. FAILURE HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS MOVING AND STATIONARY. CAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 BECAUSE IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN AUGUST 08 VS JUNE 08. THIS RECALL MUST BE EXPANDED. A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH CAN REVEAL THAT

Mileage: 180,000

I HAVE A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU AND THE SERVICE ESC LIGHT COMES ON FOLLOWED BY POWER STEERING AND THEN THERE IS A SUDDEN POWER STEERING LOST. CHEVROLET SAYS IT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY YET THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF RECORDS OF THE SAME ISSUE AND THEY WILL NOT COVER THE COST TO FIX IT.VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION

Mileage: 161,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY TIGHT WITHOUT WARNING AND THE ESC WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) AND 12V460000 (POWER TRAIN). THE DEALER WAS TO SCHEDULE BOTH RECALL REPAIR APPOINTMENTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 04/06/16*LJ *JS

Mileage: 175,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURES AS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

MY ELECTRIC STEERING PUMP SUDDENLY STOP WORKING YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING ON STREET. TWO WARNING MESSAGES APPEARED ON EIC. " CHECK STEERING" "ESC OFF CHECK". I HAVE READ ON MANY FORUMS, BY CHEVY MALIBU OWNERS, HAVE COMPLAIN HAVING SAME ISSUE. I' M CONCERN FOR MY FAMILY SAFETY IF THIS STEERING PUMP FAILS AGAIN AT GREATER SPEED.

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND MOVED INDEPENDENTLY TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND KEEP IT IN POSITION AS THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. "POWER STEERING, EPS NOT ENGAGED" WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 189,000.

Mileage: 189,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A PROGRESSING FAILURE WITH THE TPMS WARNING LIGHT RANDOMLY FLASHING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING AREA, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY TIGHT AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING) AND 14E044000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,500.

Mileage: 60,500

POWER STEERING MSG COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. TOOK IN FOR REPAIR AND POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR NEEDS REPLACED. THIS IS LISTED FOR OTHER MALIBU YEARS BUT NOT 2009 THE REPAIR COST $575. THE VEHICLE IS NOT LISTED UNDER CURRENT RECALL BUT SUFFERED THE SAME PROBLEM. PROBLEM OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AND IS A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE AFFECTING OTHER MODEL YEARS. I WAS SENT A LETTER INFORMING ME OF A "SPECIAL WARRANTY" FROM GM AND TOLD TO TAKE THE LETTER TO THE REPAIRSHOP. THE DEALERSHIP SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE COVERED UNDER THE "SPECIAL WARRANTY LETTER" BECAUSE MY CAR IS OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY COVERAGE PARAMETERS!!

Mileage: 154,000

THE POWER STEERING JERKS ON A HARD TURN EITHER DIRECTION AND MAKES A GROWLING SOUND. THE OPERATION SMOOTHS OUT IN THE STRAIGHT FORWARD POSITION.

Mileage: 75,000

VEHICLE IN AIRPORT PARKING LOT AND TEMP WAS 29 DEGREES. STARTED VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO LEAVE PARKING LOT. POWER STEERING WARNING APPEARED ON DASH BOARD. CONTINUE DIVING ON INTERSTATE FOR NEXT 15 MINUTES TO REACH HOME. ABOUT A HALF MILE BEFORE REACHING HOME, SERVICE ESC APPEARED ON DASH. DID NOT LOSE CONTROL O VEHICLE AND VEHICLE HAS NO BEEN MOVED SINCE. NEW YEARS DAY 2016, NO DEALER SERVICE IS OPEN. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE MALIBU, HOWEVER MY VIN # DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PART OF THE RECALL. WILL TAKE TO DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS.

Mileage: 167,000

UPON DRIVING AFTER A WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE AND THEN TO RESIDENTIAL DRIVING ..STEERING WHEEL "LOCKED UP " WHILE THE PANEL FLASHED "ESC " AND " POWER STEERING ".TURNED OFF CAR ...WAITED RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ..SHORTLY. ONCE AGAIN , IT REPEATED THE SAME PROBLEM AT A INTERSECTION , WHERE I NEARLY GOT HIT AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN MY STEERING WHEEL TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC NOR PULL TO THE SIDE. I HAD TO WAIT I TRAFFIC , AGAIN AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF. RESTARTED, BUT THIS TIME WAS ABLE TO GET HOME WITH MY SON IN HIS CAR SEAT IN THE BACK ..VERY SCARY FOR US.THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE , RECENTLY SEVERAL DAYS AGO AND PRIOR, BUT FIRST TIME WITH MY SON IN THE CAR. SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE WITH THE TEMPERATURES LOWERING.....

Mileage: 96,960

POWER STEERING MSG COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK IN FOR REPAIR AND STEERING TORQUE SENSOR NEEDS REPLACED. THIS IS LISTED FOR OTHER MALIBU YEARS BUT NOT 2009 AS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V153000). THE REPAIR COST 576.09. THE VEHICLE IS NOT LISTED UNDER CURRENT RECALL BUT SUFFERED THE SAME PROBLEM. PROBLEM OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AND IS A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE AFFECTING OTHER MODEL YEARS.

Mileage: 44,068

I INTERMITTENTLY LOSE POWER STEERING ON THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. THE INFORMATION DISPLAY FLASHES THAT THE POWER STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL ARE DISABLED. THIS OCCURS BOTH WHEN STATIONARY AND WHILE MOVING. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHEVROLET IN REGARDS TO THIS PROBLEM AND WAS ADVISED BY THE LETTER TO TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER IF THIS PROBLEM EXISTED. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT DOING IT AT THAT TIME AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I CALLED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING. I WAS TOLD THAT BASICALLY I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL IT FAILED AGAIN AND HOPE THAT IT DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BY THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE THEY COULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

Mileage: 89,000

AS I WAS DRIVINGDOWN THE STREET, THE POWER STEERING/SERVICE ESC LIGHT AND MESSAGE CAME ON MY CAR. IT ALSO SAID ESC OFF. I GOT PULLED INTO A PARKUING LOT AND TURNED OFF MY CAR AND RESTARTED IT AND IT WORKED FOR A FEW MINUTES. AFTER WORK IT DID IT TO ME WHEN I STARTED IT. I KILLED IT AND RESTARTED IT AND JERKED THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH AND IT WORKED FOR AROUND FIVE MINUTES. I HAVE READ ON MANY FORUMS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH MANY YEARS OF THE MALIBU AND OTHER CARS. GM HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES BUT MOST OF THEM ARE OVER THAT LIMIT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM!!!!!

Mileage: 152,000

I WAS DRIVING THIS MORNING AND A "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE APPEARED ON MY DASH. FOR NOW, I DIDN'T FEEL ANY DIFFERENCE IN STEERING, BUT TO BE HONEST, IT'S BEEN ALWAYS A BIT HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT IS GETTING COLDER IN MY STATE AND I AM WORRIED FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY TO DRIVE THIS CAR. I CALLED MY LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I AM NOT COVERED, HOWEVER IF I BRING MY CAR, THEY MIGHT COVER SOME EXPENSES. I ONLY HAVE 86.000 MILES ON MY CAR AND I DON'T SEE WHY IT SHOULDN'T BE FULLY COVERED BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE A NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN MALIBU CARS.

Mileage: 86,000

2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE POWER STEERING ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WITH NO WARNING, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. SHE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY TURN ONTO A SIDE STREET. ONCE SHE TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RE-STARTED IT, THE POWER STEERING RESUMED. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER REGARDING AN ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING. ACCORDING TO THE LETTER, THE CONSUMER WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE AND THE LETTER TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. HOWEVER, SHE WAS DENITED. GM STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. 8JB

TONIGHT I WENT TO START MY CAR UP TURNED THE HEATER ON THEN WENT BACK INSIDE CAME OUT AND WAS STEERING ITSELF BACK AND FORTH TURNED IT ON AND OFF AGAIN IT STOPPED BACKED UP AND PULLED FORWARD STARTED DOING IT AGAIN AND THEN IT STARTED TURNING REALLY HARD FROM LEFT TO RIGHT BY ITSELF

Mileage: 158,800

POWER STEERING ,TRACTION LIGHT, ENGINE POWER DOWN ALL COME ON AND CAR SHUT DOWN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN POWER STEERING BY RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A POWER STEERING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 197,000.

Mileage: 197,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING) THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000.

Mileage: 154,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A VERY LOW SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO TURN THE VEHICLE. THE POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC WARNING LIGHTS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL DOORS FAILED TO LOCK AND UNLOCK ELECTRONICALLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANUALLY LOCK AND UNLOCK THE DOORS . THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE ELECTRONIC STEERING ASSIST WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 156,000.

Mileage: 156,000

MY STEERING WHEEL JUST LOCKED UP THIS MORNING AS I WAS DRIVING. THE ESC LIGHT CAME ON SAYING SERVICE POWER STEERING. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AFTER PUTTING ON THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS WORKING PROPERLY AGAIN. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR NOW AND I THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

Mileage: 142,670

I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A BEEPING NOISE. POWER STEERING FLASHED ON DASH. I PARKED CAR WAITED SOME TIME. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE AND CONTINUE TO BEEP/FLASH UNTIL NEXT DESTINATION, SAME ISSUE 10 MINUTES LATER. I CHECKED ONLINE TO VERIFY RECALL, SHOWS A FEW, REACHED OUT TO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS HAS EXPIRED OR NO OPEN RECALLS AND NO WAY TO VERIFY IF THIS WAS FIXED.

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED, THE ENGINE STALLED, AND AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

Mileage: 69,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL TORQUE INPUT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,457.

Mileage: 77,457

THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY STOPS WORKING , IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. GM HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON MARCH 31, 2014. BUT THE DEALER REFUSES TO HONOR THE RECALL, IT INSISTED GM HAS EXCLUDED CERTAIN VEHICLES OF 2009 MALIBU. THIS IS THE RECALL NUMBER: NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 . IN NHTSA PUBLISHED INFORMATION IT SAYS IT INCLUDES ALL 2009 MALIBU.

Mileage: 68,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

Mileage: 170,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE RAPIDLY. I THEN HEARD A DING FOLLOWED BY THE MESSAGES, "SERVICE POWER STEERING" "SERVICE ESC" " ESC OFF". I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE AND GET TO A GAS STATION BEFORE THE WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. I TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR ABOUT 45 MINS AND FOUND THAT WHEN I TURNED MY CAR ON IT WAS "FINE." I ENDED UP HAVING IT TOWED. I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS CAR AND MY CAR ISN'T A PART OF LAST YEAR'S RECALL.

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING, THE DOOR LOCKS, WINDOWS AND REAR TAIL GATE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000. MA 10/23/15

Mileage: 125,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO BEEP AND POWER STEERING CAME UP ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY STOP THE CAR, PUT IT IN PARK,AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

Mileage: 73,700

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO BEEP AND POWER STEERING CAME UP ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY STOP THE CAR, PUT IT IN PARK,AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

Mileage: 73,800

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO BEEP AND POWER STEERING CAME UP ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY STOP THE CAR, PUT IT IN PARK,AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

Mileage: 73,850

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO BEEP AND POWER STEERING CAME UP ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY STOP THE CAR, PUT IT IN PARK,AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

Mileage: 73,600

WHEN DRIVING THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR.

Mileage: 75,000

ONE DAY, I FOUND OUT THROUGH A RANDOM PERSON THAT THERE ARE RECALLS ON THE CAR. I HAD BEEN HAVING TROUBLE OUT OF THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING A LOT WHILE DRIVING, AS IF IT WASN'T CONNECTED TO THE WHEELS. I WILL CAUSE ME TO LOSE CONTROL A LITTLE BIT AND SWERVE. THEN AFTER IT SHAKES A LOT, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WOULD POP ON ON THE DASHBOARD. SO I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER TO BE FIXED. THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT, BUT IT WAS STILL SHAKING. ONCE I GOT IT HOME, IT STOP WORKING, WOULD NOT START UP. SO I HAD THEM TO SEND A TOW TO PICK IT UP. AFTER CHECKING IT, I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THAT. I MENTION TO THEM THAT THE STEERING WAS STILL SHAKING ALSO. THEY SAID THEY WOULD CHECK IT AGAIN. AFTER I WAS TOLD IT WAS FIXED, I WENT AND PICKED IT UP. AS SOON AS I DROVE AWAY, THE STEERING WAS STILL SHAKING. I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE IT BACK BECAUSE THEY WERE CHARGING ME EVERYTIME THEY HAD TO DO A DIAGNOSIS ON THE CAR. THE STEERING IS STILL SHAKING AND BAD, AFTER TWO CHECKS. IT CAUSES ME TO SWERVE WHILE DRIVING AND I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT MIGHT HAPPEN. I CAN'T TEACH MY DAUGHTER HOW TO DRIVE BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT MAY SHAKE. AFTER TWO FIXES AND IT STILL SHAKES, I FEEL LIKE THIS CAN'T BE FIXED BY THE PARTS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PUT ON THE CAR TO STOP IT.

Mileage: 127,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STABILITY, TRACTION, AND POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY TIGHT AND DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT AND RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

Mileage: 20,000

I LOST MY POWER STEERING. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE IT. MY SON WHO HAS A 2004 CHEV MALIBU HAD A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON THE NEWER ONES. I HAD TO PAY $400 - IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER IF I WAS ON THE THRUWAY. LUCKILY I WAS IN A PARKING LOT WHEN IT HAPPENED.

Mileage: 100,000

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILED AND THE UNASSISTED STEERING WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD MOVE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN REPAIRED THE VEHICLE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING) AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

UPON TURNING ON MY VEHICLE IN MY DRIVEWAY, I GOT THE RINGING NOISE AND A MESSAGE FLASHING TELLING ME I NEED TO SERVICE THE POWER STEERING. MY WHEEL WAS IN A LOCKED POSITION AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TAKE THE CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. I SHUT IF OFF,WAITED ABOUT AN HOUR AND STARTED THE CAR AGAIN...1 MINUTE PASSED AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. AFTER ABOUT 3 TIMES OF THIS HAPPENING IT STOPPED FOR A FEW DAYS AND NOW HERE I AM DEALING WITH THE SAME THING ONCE AGAIN. I WAS TOLD THAT I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHARGES TO FIX IT SINCE MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. RESEARCHING ONLINE FOR THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM I HAVE COME ACROSS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH NO HELP FROM THE MANUFACTURER. NOW I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR ANYWHERE FOR FEAR OF IT LOCKING UP ON ME. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE A TRAGEDY HAPPENS.

Mileage: 136,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE THRUWAY WITH MY 2 KIDS BOTH 10 YEARS OLD AT 65 MPH. AND THE ELECTRONIC ASSISTED STEERING CUT OUT AND THE SERVICE STEERING MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR THE STEERING WAS NORMAL FOR ABOUT 15 MILES THEN IT CUT OUT AGAIN. I HAD MY EX HUSBAND WHO IS A CERTIFIED TOYOTA TECHNICIAN CHECK THE CAR. HE FOUND A CODE FOR THE STEERING C0545. THIS CODE AND PROBLEM IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR LINE AS GENERAL MOTORS ISSUED A SAFETY RECALL (RECALL 14116B) ALSO YOUR ORGANIZATION ISSUED A SAFETY CAMPAIGN ( NTSA CAMPAIGN # 14V153000) WHEN THIS WAS DISCOVERED WE CALLED KELLER CHEVROLET IN BUFFALO NY TO HAVE THEM DOUBLE CHECK THE ISSUE AND PAYED THEIR DIAGNOSTIC FEE, THEY CONCURRED WITH MY EX HUSBANDS DIAGNOSIS AND RAN THE VIN FOR COVERAGE UNDER THE RECALLS FOR THIS FAILURE THEY ADVISED US OUR CAR IS NOT COVERED UNDER THESE SAFETY RECALLS AND WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY OVER $1000.00 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IF GOD FORBID WE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR WHEN THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AND SOMEONE WAS INJURED OR KILLED? HOW IS IT THAT THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL CAR CAN BE COVERED FOR THIS FAILURE AND OUR CAR THAT HAS THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND FAILURE IS NOT? IS IT ASKING TO MUCH FOR GM TO FIX A KNOWN SAFETY DEFECT? WITH ALL THE BAD PRESS GM HAS HAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS BEGINNING WITH TAKING MY TAX DOLLARS TO KEEP THEIR COMPANY AFLOAT? I'M ASKING FOR YOUR BACKING IN GETTING THIS SAFETY DEFECT COVERED UNDER THESE RECALLS.

Mileage: 109,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE REVERSING FROM PARKING, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THE POWER STEERING SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,430.

Mileage: 49,430

POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATED THEN LOST OF STEERING WHILE IN PROCESS OF TURNING RIGHT FROM A STOP. HAD SERVICE REPAIR DONE AND TORQUE SENSOR WAS REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 50,748

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,000.

Mileage: 149,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AN AUDIBLE ALARM SOUNDED AND A MESSAGE APPEARED IN THE DRIVER INFORMATION CONSOLE INDICATING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE STEERING WAS BARELY FUNCTIONAL AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH IF MY SPOUSE OR CHILDREN HAD BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THIS CONDITION OCCURRED OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE I COULD HAVE IT SERVICED AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. UPON A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET FOR RECALLS, I NOTICED THAT MY MAKE, MODEL, AND CERTAIN VEHICLES MANUFACTURED THE SAME YEAR WERE PART OF A RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT I HAD REPAIRED - A FAULTY TORQUE SENSOR IN THE POWER STEERING UNIT. MY DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SAFETY RECALL. A CALL TO THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER ON 4-17-2015 WAS UNSATISFACTORY. CHEVROLET DECLINED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR REPAIRS TO MY VEHICLE FOR THE SAME ISSUE THAT OTHER MALIBUS, PRODUCED IN THE SAME YEAR, WERE COVERED BY A RECALL. I REQUEST THE NHTSB EXTEND THE RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING FAILURE TO ALL 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU VEHICLES. I HAVE READ IN ONLINE FORUMS THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS ARE FACING THE SAME ISSUE, AND MANY ARE NOT HAVING REPAIRS MADE DUE TO COST. THIS IS INDEED CREATING AN UNSAFE CONDITION TO THE OWNERS AND THE MOTORING PUBLIC. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED INDEPENDENTLY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO TURN THE VEHICLE. A "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,640.

Mileage: 129,640

STARTED CAR UP AND MESSAGE CENTER FLASHES POWER STEERING, SERVICE ESC. I GET CODES U2143, C0561 ON SCANNER . TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING ASSIST. THIS CAR IS NOT PART OF RECALL ON STEERING PROBLEM BUT IT SHOULD BE! *TR

Mileage: 99,000

I WENT TO START MY CAR AND THE SERVICE ESC LIGHT FLASHED ALONG WITH THE POWER STEERING LIGHT. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN. THIS SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. AS A FEW DAYS WENT BY, THE PROBLEM WAS MORE FREQUENT. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE WILL START WITH THE ERROR LIGHTS FLASHING MORE TIMES THAN IT WILL NOT. THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN. HOWEVER, IT IS VERY DIFFICULY TO TURN, ESPECIALLY AT SLOW SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

Mileage: 82,000

IN PAST FEW WEEKS MY VEH. POWER STEERING FAILED, AND SHOWED A CODE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM. HAVING TAKEN IT TO CHEVROLET TO BE REPAIRED I FOUND THAT MANY OTHER VEHS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR "ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING PROBLEMS". MY YEAR VEH. APPARENTLY HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RECALL ORDER. HAVING BEEN ADVISED BY CHEVROLET THAT THIS ISSUE IS A STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR, I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROVES THAT CHEVROLET HAS NOT CORRECTED THE STEERING ISSUES IN THEIR VEHICLES. I BELIEVE NHTSA SHOULD CONTINUE TO CAREFULLY REVIEW CHEVROLETS MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS OF THIS STEERING SYSTEM, AND FORCE THEM TO EXPAND THE RECALL TO RECTIFY WHATEVER ISSUES ARE FOUND, BEFORE THIS OCCURS TO SOMEONE ELSE AND A SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH OCCURS. *TR

Mileage: 80,192

ON SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH, A "POWER STEERING" AND A "SERVICE ESCAPE" MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. SO, I TRYING TO TURN THE CAR BUT, IT WAS VERY VERY HARD TO DO SO. THIS WAS SO SCARY . I TOOK MY CAR TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $110 DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE AND FOR THE REPAIR. I WAS VERY UPSET BECAUSE I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH OTHER MODELS ON CHEVY MALIBU. THERE'S NOTHING THAT I COULD HAVE DONE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED GM HEADQUARTER AND I WAS INFORMED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS DECISION IS FAIR. I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL BUT, HOW COULD THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN . I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE DEALERSHIP AND GM HEADQUARTER. *TR

Mileage: 102,804

2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. HE WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW STEERING COLUMN. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

Mileage: 102,000

WHILE DRIVING INTO A PARKING LOT MY POWER STEERING SUDDENLY QUIT WORKING AND THE SERVICE ESC AND POWER STEERING LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING. I LOOKED UP MY VIN TO SEE IF IT QUALIFIED FOR A RECALL BUT IT DIDN'T FIT UNDER RECALL #14V153000 EVEN THOUGH MY CAR WAS BUILT THE SAME YEAR AND SAME MODEL AND IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES AS DESCRIBED IN THIS RECALL. THIS RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MORE VEHICLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 100,600

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000....UPDATED 05-26-15*BF UPDATED 7/6/2015*JS

Mileage: 82,000

I WAS DRIVING JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE WHEN I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN SO I WENT TO GO. MY CAR THEN FLASHED A SERVICE ESC WARNING, THEN IT FLASHED ESC OFF & THEN FLASHED ENGINE POWER REDUCED. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON. MY CAR WOULDN'T EVEN GO OVER 10MPH, AND WAS SHAKING SO BAD I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THANK GOD I DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF TOWN. I JUST RECENTLY HAD MY CAR AT THE CHEVROLET AUTO SHOP TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REBUILT AND FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT MALFUNCTION RECALL. THEN MY CAR ENDED UP BACK IN THE SHOP APPARENTLY FOR A BAD CADILLAC CONVERTER, WHICH I THINK REALLY WAS THIS PROBLEM ALL ALONG. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR A YEAR, AND I AM BEYOND DISGUSTED WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS. I DON'T THINK I WILL BE PURCHASING ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM CHEVROLET, AS THEY JUST AREN'T GOOD CARS APPARENTLY. SIDE NOTE: I TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLE AND DO ALL THE NORMAL SERVICE MAINT. ON TIME ETC SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS. IT'S JUST A BAD CAR! I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY MALIBU. *TR

Mileage: 99,648

POWER STEERING SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. ALMOST LOST CONTROL ON THE HIGHWAY. SAW THAT THEIR WERE RECALL FOR OTHER GM VEHICLES SUFFERING FROM SAME PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

WHEN PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, THE POWER STEERING JUST QUIT, ITS ELECTRIC POWER STEERING, MESSAGE CENTER INDICATES "POWER STEERING", "SERVICE ESC", THEN "ESC OFF" AND MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. OCCASIONALLY WHEN I FIRST START THE CAR THE POWER STEERING WILL WORK FOR A MINUTE OR TWO THEN GOES OUT AGAIN. I SEARCHED FOR RECALLS BUT THERE ARE NO OPEN RECALLS AT THIS TIME. ACCORDING TO A CHEVROLET MALIBU WEBSITE THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING WITH SOME 2009 MALIBUS. APPARENTLY MY BUILD DATE MISSED THE RECALL BY A MONTH. THEREFORE THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A "WEAR PROBLEM". *TR

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING AND THE ESC WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AS THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT AN UNKNOWN PART OF THE STEERING WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E044000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 68,000

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AROUND 60 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING ON MY '09 MALIBU FROZE. AN ESC NOTIFICATION CAME ON AND THEN ONE FOR POWER STEERING. MANAGED TO GET MY CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN TO RESET. THIS HAPPENED 6 MORE TIMES ON MY 10 MILE COMMUTE HOME. THIS HAD HAPPEN A FEW TIMES BEFORE BUT VERY INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON-LINE I LEARNED THAT GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND ISSUED A RECALL NOTICE LAST YEAR BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE MY VIN (CONFIRMED WITH DEALER). BECAUSE MY VIN IS NOT COVERED THIS WILL BE AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE FOR ME THOUGH AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, IS THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE ISSUE WITH MY CAR MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS THE ONES IN THE RECALL NOTICE BUT WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL I BRING IT IN. THERE MAY BE A POSSIBILITY THAT MY VIN WILL BE INCLUDED IN A SUBSEQUENT RECALL NOTICE AND IF IT IS I CAN BE REIMBURSED FOR THE EXPENSE. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, THE ESC LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE WHEEL MOVED LEFT TO RIGHT LIKE IT WAS DRIVING IT SELF. I PULLED OVER SHUT THE CAR OFF AND LOOKED TO SEE IF I HAD A FLAT TIRE, WHICH I DID NOT. I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP AND WENT TO DRIVE AWAY AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING. I DID CALL GM SERVICE 1-800-222-1020 AND WAS TOLD THEY WILL PROVIDE A FREE 1 HOUR DIAGNOSTICS, THEN I WOULD HAVE TO CALL BACK WITH MY REF# TO TALK ABOUT MY OPTIONS NOW THERE ARE OTHER CARS EFFECTED AND UNDER RECALL I THINK THEY NEED TO EXTEND THE RECALL. I HOPE THEY RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM... NOT AT MY COST *TR

Mileage: 91,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING POWER ASSIST SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

Mileage: 111,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING SERVICE AND ESC WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,000.

Mileage: 88,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN EVEN WITH FORCE BEING APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THAT THE STEERING TORQUE SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000. UPDATED 4/20/15*CN

Mileage: 125,000

POWER STEERING STARTED FAILING AT LOW SPEEDS, WOULD HAVE TO REALLY CRANK WHEEL AND EVENTUALLY RESTART THE CAR. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A "THERMAL ERROR" FROM ME CRANKING THE WHEEL TOO MUCH (I DON'T TURN THE WHEEL ANY DIFFERENT THAT I DID THE LAST 4 YEARS WITH THE CAR). NOW ITS GOTTEN WORSE- EVERYTIME I TURN ON MY CAR THE WHEEL IS LOCKED, AND THE POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC LIGHTS COME ON. I HAVE TO RESTART, SOMETIMES A FEW TIMES, BEFORE I CAN DRIVE AGAIN. THE WHEEL ALSO MAKES LITTLE JERKS AND NOISES NOW WHEN I'M DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. I KNOW A TON OF MALIBUS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR POWER STEERING BUT APPARENTLY MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS DESPITE THE PROBLEMS BEING IDENTICAL. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

Mileage: 109,000

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY STEERING LOCK UP ON ME HAD TO PULL OVER MY SPEED WAS 65 COULD NOT STEER ALMOST GOT HIT BY AN 18 WHEELER. *TR

POWER STEERING WILL QUIT INTERMITTENTLY AND WILL ESC LIGHT WILL COME ON. STEERING IS VERY DIFFICULT AND COULD RESULT IN A ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 146,143

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS DRIVING EAST ON COLONEL GLENN HIGHWAY IN DAYTON OH, WHEN THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WENT OUT. IT CAUSED THE CAR TO JERK AND CAUSED MY WIFE'S NECK TO STRAIN. I CAME HOME AND CHECKED AND LEARNED THAT CHEVROLET HAD A RECALL NOTICE FOR SOME 2009 MALIBUS, BUT OUR CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. IT SEEMS STRANGE THAT CHEVROLET DID NOT INCLUDE ALL 2009 MALIBUS. *TR

Mileage: 130,259

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO TURN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT CHECK POWER STEERING WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING) BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

Mileage: 135,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH MY STEERING FAILED. THERE WAS A WARNING CHIME THEN THE SERVICE ESC/POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE STEERING WAS VERY HARD TO TURN. I WAS ABLE TO PULL ON TO THE SHOULDER. I SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE STEERING WAS WORKING AGAIN. A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS CONTINUED ALL WEEKEND. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER ON MONDAY TO HAVE IT CHECKED. I WAS TOLD THEY FOUND A FAULTY STEERING COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR AND THE DEALER TOLD ME MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 14V153000 BULLETIN 14116 STATES 2008-2009 CHEVY MALIBU BUILT FROM 3/1/08-6/2708 ARE COVERED MY CAR WAS BUILT 8/2008. SO IT WASN'T COVERED. THE BULLETIN SAYS TOR REPLACE THE TORQUE SENSOR ASSEMBLY. THE SAME PART THAT FAILED ON MY CAR. THE GM PART # IS 232310 SENSOR KIT IT COST $216 + $305 FOR LABOR + $149 FOR ALIGNMENT AND TAX FOR A TOTAL OF $746.29. WHICH I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING. GM IS RECALLING OVER 1.3 MILLION CAR BETWEEN 2005-2010 FOR THE SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) ASSIST. I BELIEVE ALL MODELS BETWEEN THOSE YEARS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT. I'M AFRAID TO LET MY DAUGHTER DRIVE THIS CAR.

Mileage: 50,500

DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AND THE POWER STEERING JUST QUIT. FOUGHT IT ACROSS TWO LANES AND MANAGED TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD I HAD NO POWER ASSIST AT ALL. TURNED THE ENGINE OFF WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED BACK UP POWER STEERING WAS FINE. DROVE FEW MILES DOWN INTERSTATE LOST THE POWER STEERING AGAIN. I COULD GET OFF ROAD TURN OFF CAR AND START BACK UP AND POWER STEERING WOULD WORK FOR WHILE MANAGED TO GET HOME AND HAVEN'T DRIVEN SINCE. I LOOKED UP AND FOUND THERE IS A RECALL ON CERTAIN 2009 MALIBU YOUR CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000 AND MY CAR IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT THAT RECALL DESCRIBES BUT LOCAL CHEVY DEALER SAID THEY COULDN'T REPAIR UNDER THAT CAMPAIGN BECAUSE MY VIN NUMBER ([XXX] DOESN'T SHOW UP WITH A RECALL FOR POWER STEERING. DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH AND HAVING YOU POWER STEERING GO OUT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND LIKE I SAID ITS EXACTLY WHAT YOUR CAMPAIGN DESCRIBES. PLEASE HELP INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 95,608

ABRUPT POWER-STEERING FAILURE. THE STEERING WHEEL TURNS AND JERKS (SHUTTERS BACK AND FORTH) ON ITS OWN WHILE THE CAR IS AT REST AT A STOPLIGHT OR STOP SIGN. TOOK TO CHEVY DEALER AND THEY ADVISED ME THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BUT MY VIN AND PART# ARE NOT INCLUDED AS OF NOW. DEALER TOLD ME IT IS DUE TO FAULTY POSITIONING SENSOR PART # 23232310 SENSOR KI. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE EPS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER VERIFIED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE AND REQUIRED THE EXACT REPAIR COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

Mileage: 91,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH AT APPROXIMATELY 8PM ON FEB 26, MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THEN THE DRIVER INFO DISPLAY PANEL SHOWED POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC. I THEN LOST ALL POWER STEERING IN MY VEHICLE. THIS MADE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND OPERATE SAFELY. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY SAFELY. THE NEXT DAY, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR NEEDS REPLACED. I DID RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT A SIMILAR RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ON 2009 MALIBU'S , BUT MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I AM UNCLEAR AS TO WHY. I CONTACTED GM/CHEVROLET AND WAS TOLD I AM NOT COVERED AND AM NOW HOLDING A BILL FOR ALMOST $600. I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED. ADDITIONALLY, I WAS NOT EVEN AWARE THAT MY VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING. *TR

Mileage: 167,000

VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING AND HAD TO BE MANUALLY STEERED TO SHOULDER. ALARM INDICATION: "POWER STEERING, ESC SENSOR NEEDS SERVICE". THIS CONDITION KEEPS REPEATING ITSELF OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE FAULT AND CONDITION CAN BE TEMPORARILY CLEARED BY TURNING OFF IGNITION AND RE-STARTING IGNITION. THE STEERING WHEEL ROCKS BACK IN FORTH IN IDLE AND FEELS LIKE THE POWER STEERING IS PULSATING. MY VIN SOMEHOW IS NOT INCLUDED IN EARLIER RECALL BUT IS EXHIBITING EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUES AS THOSE RECALLED IN SAME PRODUCTION YEAR!!!!???? *TR

Mileage: 85,850

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE RESTARTED TO UNLOCK THE STEERING WHEEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. 'SERVICE ESC/POWER STEERING' ERROR MESSAGE SHOWED UP IN DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER. VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THIS HAPPENS, EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PROBLEM IS CURRENTLY INTERMITTENT, BUT GETTING MORE FREQUENT. GM DEALERSHIP INDICATES THAT THERE ARE NO CURRENT RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT IN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS I AM VERY SURPRISED. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME OTHER STEERING-RELATED RECALLS FOR 2009 MALIBU'S, BUT APPARENTLY NOT FOR MY VIN. *JS

Mileage: 111,212

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AS I DROVE STRAIGHT. IT OCCURED ON THE ROAD AND FREEWAY. SAFETY HAZARD, HAD CHILD IN THE CAR WITH ME AND IT WAS SO SUDDEN. *JS

Mileage: 119,800

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO OPERATE IN COLD TEMPERATURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,349.

Mileage: 81,349

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED. THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MERGED OVER TO AN EMERGENCY LANE, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN 14V153000(STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. ....UPDATED 04/08/15 *BF UPDATED11/3/2015 *JS

Mileage: 102,000

MY 2009 MALIBU LOST IT'S ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING, AND I NOW HAVE TO STEER IT MANUALLY, WHICH IS HARD FOR ME. MY CAR WAS ON A RECALL LIST ON 4/2014 BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION AND WHEN I CALLED GM THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY CAR. MY COUSIN, WHO IS A MECHANIC, GOT THE RECALL INFO FROM THE SITE ALLDATA REPAIR S3000. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF MY CAR IS ON THE RECALL AND WHAT I NEED TO DO. TY *TR

Mileage: 150,200

WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH ON A HIGHWAY EXIT RAMP, THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. THE DASHBOARD CONSOLE CHIMED AND A POWER STEERING WARNING WAS DISPLAYED. THE ESC LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE INCIDENT FIT THE SAME DESCRIPTION AS IN CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000; HOWEVER, MODEL WAS NOT COVERED IN THIS CAMPAIGN. I AM UNSURE WHY. *TR

Mileage: 163,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT FLASHED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

Mileage: 127,000

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING, NEARLY CAUSED A WRECK IN PARKING LOT. IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER CAR DUE TO RESISTANCE IN WHEEL. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE CHECK ENGINE, TRACTION CONTROL, AND ESC WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TORQUE ANGLE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

Mileage: 85,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND MY ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING LOCKED UP AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. HAPPY THAT EVERYONE MADE IT HOME SAFELY, I THEN TRIED TO FIND PROBABLY CAUSES IN TO WHAT IS THE CAUSE AND WHAT I CAN DO. I SAW NOTHING BUT GM RECALLS FOR 2008 -2009 CHEVY MALIBU'S THAT ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. NO ONE CAN HELP BUT THE DEALERSHIP, SO I DROVE DOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON A SATURDAY, AND ASKED IF ANYONE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE ISSUE, AND THE GENTLEMAN WAS SHORT AND RUDE, AS IF HE DID NOT WANT TO HELP ME. I PRACTICALLY HAD TO BEG FOR THEM TO LOOK AT MY VEHICLE. SO I PATIENTLY WAITED FOR 3 AND A HALF HOURS IN THE LOBBY. TO FIND OUT THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE IS GOING BAD. THAT IT WILL COST 480.00. THE GUY CHARGED ME 95.00 JUST FOR A DIAGNOSTIC, AND I DIDN'T GET A WARNING THAT THIS WILL BE A CHARGE, ON TOP OF IT HE WANTED TO CHARGE ME 800.00 TO FIX OTHER THINGS ON MY VEHICLE, WHEN MY MAIN CONCERN WAS THE POWER STEERING. I FELT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, AND NO ONE EXPLAINED TO ME AS TO WHY THIS TOOK PLACE. I AM THINKING IT MUST BE APART OF THE RECALL. SO I SENT A LETTER TO CORPORATE ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE. I SPOKE WITH AN AGENT AND A SENIOR ADVISER. I CANNOT WAIT YEARS LATER FOR THEM TO DECIDE THAT THEY MISSED A VEHICLE. SO THEY DID TRY TO GIVE ME OPTIONS TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP WITH THE COST DUE TO THE INCONVENIENCE I'VE BEEN THROUGH WITH MY CHILDREN AND HOW I WAS TREATED AT THE TERRY CULLEN CHEVY DEALERSHIP IN GEORGIA. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN COVER HALF THE COST SO I CAN GET THIS FIX. I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING DANGEROUSLY ON THE ROAD TO GET TO AND FROM WORK, AND I HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS NOR EXTRA MONEY TO GET THIS FIXED RIGHT NOW. I JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW I CAN HAVE THE SAME ISSUE IN MY VEHICLE AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS A RECALL ON THEIRS. IS THIS A NORMAL WARE AND TARE ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE ANGLE SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

Mileage: 138,000

WHILE DRIVING, POWER STEERING FAILED, HEARD A DING AND A DASH WARNING CAME ON SAYING POWER STEERING/ESC OFF. I TOOK IT TO CHEVROLET TO HAVE A BRAKE RECALL PERFORMED AND THEY LOOKED AT IT SAYING IT WAS THE TORQUE SENSOR. THIS ITEM IS A RECALL FOR OVER 1.5 MILLION CHEVROLETS BUT SOMEHOW, MINE IS THE EXCEPTION. I HAVE FOUGHT WITH CHEVY OVER THIS AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT. POOR SERVICE. POOR COMPANY. *TR

Mileage: 132,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL POWER ASSIST SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER IGNITING THE VEHICLE, THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,820.

Mileage: 97,820

I HAVE LOST AND NOT HAD POWER STEERING IN MY VEHICLE SINCE 2/13/15. THE FIRST 2 TIMES IT HAS GONE OUT WERE ON THE HIGHWAY ABOVE 45MPH, SINCE THEN IT HAS NOT WORKED AT ANY POINT IN TIME. I HAVE CONTACTED GM COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND INFORMED THEM ABOUT THE CURRENT RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000) THAT'S ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM .BUT BECAUSE MY VIN WASN'T INCLUDED, THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM THAT IS HAPPENING TO MY VEHICLE THAT IS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THE YEAR MAKE AND MODEL ARE LISTED IN THE RECALL THEY WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS COULD HAVE ENDANGERED EVERYONE AROUND ME AND COULD HAVE CREATED A VERY SERIOUS OR FATAL ACCIDENT IF IT HAPPENED AT THE WRONG TIME, OR EVEN IF MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY GM IS TAKING ON THIS VERY SERIOUS AND FATAL PROBLEM THEY ARE PRODUCING AND SELLING, I AM NOT STUCK HAVING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR WITH NO REIMBURSEMENT. I'M NO LONGER A FAN OF GM AND WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER PRODUCT OF THEIRS. *TR

Mileage: 102,230

PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AND AS I WAS PULLING INTO PARKING PLACE MY STEERING WENT OUT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND SERVICE ESC MESSAGE FLASHED ACROSS THE SCREEN. A POWER STEERING MESSAGE ALSO FLASHED ACROSSED THE SCREEN. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ALOT AND I AM AFRAID IT WILL GO OUT WHEN I AM ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND I WILL BE KILLED. MY CAR HAS THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AND I HAVE READ MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

SUNDAY I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON RTE 72 AND 25, WHEN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CAME ON THAT SHOWED "SERVICE, ( POWER STEERING)", LIGHTS CAME ON AND STEERING BECAME INCREASING DIFFICULT WHEN MAKING A TURN AT INTERSECTION. IT FELT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE SO I ENDED UP TRYING TO PARK,WHICH I HAD DIFFICULTY WHEN TRYING TO TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO CHEVROLET DEALER THE NEXT DAY, WE WERE INFORMED NO RECALL, SO THEY WOULDN'T LOOK AT CAR FOR POWER STEERING WITHOUT CHARGING US. SO IT WASN'T CHECKED. TODAY, WHEN I PICKED IT UP IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT GM SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED US ABOUT? I HAVE SEEN RECALLS FOR OTHER CHEVROLET MALIBU FOR 2004-2006 & 2008-2012 ON THE INTERNET, FOR POWER STEERING? AM I GOING TO HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AGAIN WITH THE POWER STEERING? I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE OTHER DRIVERS, SINCE THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS UPON STARTING MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU LT ... A LIGHT COMES ON THE DASHBOARD AND SAYS SERVICE ESC AND POWER STEERING. AT THIS TIME I LOSE ALL POWER ASSIST TO MY CAR AND STEERING IS VERY HARD. WHEN I RESTART MY CAR IT RESETS ITSELF AND THEN I AM ABLE TO STEER AGAIN UNLESS IT TRIPS AGAIN. THIS IS SUPER DANGEROUS AND APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. IT IS THE SAME RECALL LISTED FOR SEVERAL OTHER MALIBU'S AND GM CARS BUT NOT MY YEAR. MY YEAR NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL ALSO. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANTED $600 TO FIX IT AND DIAGNOSED IT AS THE SENSOR IN THE STEERING WHEEL SHORTING OUT. I HAVE A CHILD AND I'M LITERALLY AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR ANYMORE WITH ALL OF THE SERIOUS RECALLS GOING ON I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE CONTROL THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND I HOPE IT'S FIXED SOON. IT'S TERRIBLE TO PAY SO MUCH FOR A CAR THAT YOU DON'T EVEN FEEL SAFE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

THE POWER STEERING HAS BEEN GOING OUT AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING TO RESTART THE CAR TO MAKE IT COME BACK. AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO POWER STEERING ANYMORE AND THE PARTS AND REPAIR COST ARE SOMETHING IT APPEARS SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY GM AS THEY WERE FOR EVERYONE ELSE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 142,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WITH NO WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY MERGE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED AND RESTARTED WHICH RESET THE COMPUTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,425.

Mileage: 185,425

I AM STILL IN SHOCK THAT THERE ARE STILL SO MANY COMPLAINTS WITH LOOKS TO BE THE SAME VIN THAT IS BEING OVERLOOKED BY GM. MY CAR WAS FIXED LAST YEAR, YET IT STILL FEELS UNSTABLE AFTER HAVING TO PAY 890 OUT OF POCKET FOR A NEW COLUMN. HOW CAN A COMPANY JUST PICK SOME VIN'S FROM THAT YEAR, WHEN IT IS OBVIOUS IT HAS CAUSED THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS FOR VINS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED. ARE WE SUPPOSE TO HIRE A LAWYER AND PAY EVEN MORE OUT OF POCKET FORTH. LOOK AT THESE COMPLAINTS STILL POURING IN. I WILL NEVER BE BUYING ANOTHER GM VEHICLE DUE TO THE LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY, AND I HIGHLY WILL BE SUGGESTING THAT ANYONE STAY CLEAR OF THEM AS WELL. A MONTH AFTER I GOT MY CAR FIXED THEY ISSUED THE RECALL, MINE WAS NOT INCLUDED AND I CANNOT DO A [XXX] THING ABOUT IT. MEANWHILE OTHERS GET THEIR CARS FIXED, ID LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MAKES MINE SO DIFFERENT THAT IT DOESN'T QUALIFY?? *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT, THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY WARNING LIGHT AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AFTER THE FAILURE AND HAD TO CRUISE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN NOTIFIED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

Mileage: 126,000

DRIVING INTO A PARKING LOT TO PARK AND THE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. THIS REALLY SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH THE OTHER CAR RECALLS THAT HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. IT IS AN IDENTICAL ISSUE. COME GM STAND BEHIND YOUR PRODUCTS!!! *TR

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS PARKED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN DRIVE, THE POWER STEERING WARNING CAME ON ALONG WITH THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT IT HAPPENED. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC; THE STEERING WAS FINE AND THE LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON. APPARENTLY, OTHER MODELS OF THE MALIBU HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND A RECALL WAS SENT. HOWEVER, MY PARTICULAR MODEL IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL, DESPITE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS CONSUMERS HAVE MADE. GM REALLY NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL TO ALL THEIR CARS WHERE CUSTOMERS HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS ON THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC NOTIFICATION IN DRIVER INFORMATION AND POWER STEERING TURNS OFF. CAR WAS PARKED AND RUNNING WHEN IT HAPPENED FIRST TIME. IT HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES SINCE WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. GENERALLY HAS BEEN IN COLDER TEMPERATURE. THE CAR HAS ELECTRONIC STEERING ON A 4 CYLINDER ENGINE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND GM HAS RECALLED SIMILAR ISSUES ON OTHER VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 149,000

ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 3RD 2015 I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK WHEN MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU CUT OFF ON ME. THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION LIGHTS CAME ON AND A MESSAGE OF POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC CAME ON. CARS HAD TO SWERVE AROUND ME TO AVOID COLLISION LUCKILY I HAD NOT YET MADE IT ONTO THE INTERSTATE. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, WAITED FOR FIVE MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. UPON RESTART ALL OF THE LIGHTS AND MESSAGES WERE GONE AND THE CAR WAS OPERABLE. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND THAT IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND EVEN ON RECALL. I CALLED GM AND I WAS INFORMED BY A REP THAT WHILE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND IS A RECALL FOR MY MODEL MY VIN NUMBER DOES NOT MEET THE RECALL. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW A KNOWN ISSUE THAT I AM CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING IS NOT COVERED BY GM. THIS IS A EXTREME HAZARD TO MYSELF, OTHER DRIVERS AND MY NEWBORN CHILD THAT I TRAVEL WITH. I AM VERY ANGRY, DISAPPOINTED AND I FEEL BETRAYED BY GM AND CHEVROLET. I WILL BE CONTACTING MY LAWYER, SENDING LETTERS TO GM AND BLOGGING TO WARN PEOPLE OF THE DANGERS AND HASSLES OF PURCHASING AND DRIVING A CHEVY. *TR

Mileage: 148,000

THE WHEEL TURN TRIGGERS THE ESC TO TURN OFF. SOMETIMES MID PARKING LOT. SOMETIME MID HIGHWAY ON RAMP AT 45 MPH. SOME DAYS I CAN GO WITHOUT HAVING ANY ISSUES. OTHER DAYS I CAN'T GET THE STEERING TO COME ON. WORST IS WHEN I AM IN MID TURN AND IT TRIGGERS. VERY FRUSTRATING AND ANNOYING TO JUST BUY A CAR AND HAVE IT BE SO UNSAFE THAT WE CAN BARELY USE IT. CALLED DEALER BUT WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $109 TO DIAGNOSE AND SERVICE IF NEEDED TO REPLACE WOULD RUN ABOUT $800. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE WITH COST AND ISSUES. I HAD TO PAY $90 BUCKS TO CHANGE A $20 FRONT HEAD LIGHT BULB BECAUSE THE BUMPER HAS TO BE REMOVED TO DO THIS. LOCKS DON'T WORK. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING MY STEERING WHEEL START SHAKING OUT OF NO WERE AND STOP AT THE STORE AND STARTED IT BACK AND MY STEERING IS LOCKED UP AND HARD TO TURN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

Mileage: 95,000

FRIDAY MORNING AT 8AM, ATTEMPTED TO BACKUP CAR FROM PARKING SPACE AND GO TO WORK BUT HAD THE HARDEST TIME TURNING THE WHEEL AND GOOGLED INFORMATION AND FOUND RECALL ID # 105304 FOR STEERING ISSUE RECALLED JULY 21, 2014 & FOUND RECALL ID # 103669 FOR ESC RECALL DATE MAY 14,2014, I'VE CONTACTED CHEVROLET AT 800.680.7031 AND HAD CASE#: [XXX] INITIATED FOR STEERING AND HAD A REP CALL GMC ROYAL TO SERVICE MY CAR BUT FOUND OUT THAT THEY WOULDN'T FIX MY STEERING OR ESC ISSUE SINCE MY VIN# PERSONALLY HASN'T BEEN NOTIFIED AS A MASS RECALL BUT THEY WILL FIX TWO OTHER ISSUES AFFECTING A LAMP AND A CLAMP, IF I COULD HAVE SOMEONE RESEARCH THIS IN DEPTH I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT AS I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO PAY MONEY TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED AND THEY SEND A RECALL LETTER FOR THE SAME SITUATION YEARS LATER AND THEN I'M STUCK OUT OF POCKET FOR THE PRIOR SERVICES THE MAIN ISSUE I EXPERIENCE IS WITH THE STEERING OUT OF NO WHERE THE CAR STATES POWER STEERING IN GREEN LETTERS AND FREEZES AND I'M SOMETIMES STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND CAN ONLY MOVE IF I KEEP RESTARTING THE CAR AND WITH THE ESC, THE CAR STATES ESC DISABLED WHICH AFFECTS STEERING AND NO TRACTION AND MESSES WITH THE PEDALS, IF I CAN HAVE THESE ISSUES ESCALATED SINCE THEY ARE THE SAME ISSUE AS THOSE OTHER RECALLS I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT!!! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 147,000

THE POWER STEERING IN MY 09 MALIBU STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH ON EXPRESSWAY. MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, THEN THE EPS SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND CALLED FOR HELP. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON THE LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE STEERING WAS WORKING AGAIN. I DROVE HOME THE CAR HOME AND THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING AGAIN AND THE WARNING LIGHT RETURNED. I SEARCHED THE WEB FOR RECALLS FOR A 09 MALIBU (STEERING ISSUES HAS A RECALL). I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE VIN WAS NOT COVERED IN THE RECALL AND THAT THE SERVICE WILL COST $516 + TAX. *TR

Mileage: 130,015

THE SAME DAY I BROUGHT MY CAR TO MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND A BRAKE LIGHT MALFUNCTION RECALL, I HAD THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THE ISSUE. WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, A CHIME SOUNDED, AND THE INFORMATION DISPLAY ON THE DASH SHOWED POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC. THE POWER STEERING WAS TURNED OFF, AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON, THE PROBLEM WAS GONE. HOWEVER, AFTER DRIVING FOR A FEW MINUTES, THE SAME CHIME SOUNDS, SAME ERRORS COME UP, AND POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF. THIS NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY CAR. I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR SEVERAL GM VEHICLES, INCLUDING SOME 2009 MALIBUS, FOR AN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) ISSUE. IN THE RECALL, THE DESCRIPTION THEY GIVE MATCHES MY ISSUE PERFECTLY. HOWEVER, MY SPECIFIC 2009 MALIBU ISN'T PART OF THE RECALL FOR SOME REASON. *TR

Mileage: 91,800

I WAS DRIVING AT AROUND 45MPH AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER STEERING ASSISTANCE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER, AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN MULTIPLE RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE BUT MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THESE RECALLS. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

POWER STEERING FAILED. DROVE, PARKED, RESTARTED AND POWER STEERING RETURNED. WENT TO MECHANIC AND ADVISED THAT SENSOR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CHEVROLET DEALER ADVISED THAT CAR DID NOT FALL INTO RECALL N140115. I HAVE READ ABOUT MANY OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM THAT ALSO DO NOT FALL INTO THE RECALL TIME PERIOD. POSSIBLY THEY NEED TO EXTEND THE RECALL OUT IF THEY HAVE THIS MANY FAILURES. BY THE WAY, I AM A STRONG ADULT MALE AND HAD DIFFICULTY STEERING WITHOUT THE POWER. *TR

Mileage: 125,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TIGHT AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN MAY BE DEFECTIVE PERTAINING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING SEIZED AND THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING SHAFTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT. IN ADDITION, TWO DAYS LATER, WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO TURN THE VEHICLE. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,185.

Mileage: 122,185

WE REPORTED LAST YEAR TO GM THAT WE WERE WITHOUT POWER STEERING, INSTEAD OF FIXING OUR CAR THE ARGUED WITH US THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING. NOW WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRACKING. AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLIPPING SINCE LAST SUMMER. *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000. DJR

Mileage: 116,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY SON GOING AT RATES OF 70MPH. MY POWER STEERING GAVE OUT AND I WAS UNABLE TO TURN WHEEL. TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG I FOUND OUT THE POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR GAVE OUT. I CONTACTED GM AND MY LOCAL DEALER ABOUT INCIDENT BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING ON SEVERAL OF THIS YEAR AND MODEL CAR. OTHER GM CARS HAVE PUT RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING, NOT MINE. I CONTACTED DEALER BECAUSE THEY HAVE ME A PRICE OF $500-$1200. I CONTACTED GM THEY REFUSE TO HELP ME AT ALL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING MY OWN CAR. I PURCHASED THE SENSOR ON MY OWN BECAUSE THE DEALER MARK UP WAS DOUBLE OF WHAT THE PART COST. GM REFUSES TO HELP AND I AM NOW RENTING A CAR WAITING FOR THIS TO BE FIXED TO SELL IT. I WAS WITH MY YOUNG CHILD ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT LOCKED UP. PLEASE HELP! *TR

Mileage: 125,000

2009 CHEVY MALIBU WHEN BATTERY IS ON PRIOR TO STARTING CAR OCCASIONALLY SHOWED POWER STEERING AND ESC AND TO SERVICE BOTH. NOW IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING WHILE DRIVING AND RESETS ITSELF IF CAR IS SHUT OFF AND ALSO CONTINUES TO OCCUR IN BATTERY MODE. VIN IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL LIST YET ITS MANUFACTURE DATE WAS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES FOR THE RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 168,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING).THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000.

Mileage: 148,000

LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST. HAS HAPPENED LITERALLY DOZENS OF TIMES. CAN BE DRIVING OR AT A STOP AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WILL GO AWAY, THE DASH WILL CHIME, AND MESSAGES WILL BE DISPLAYED SAYING "POWER STEERING", "SERVICE ESC", AND "ESC OFF". AFTER THAT POINT THERE WILL BE NO STEERING ASSIST UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS RESTARTED. SEEMS TO BE THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS CARS AFFECTED BY THE POWER STEERING RECALL, HOWEVER MY VIN SHOWS THAT MY CAR IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND FAILED TO TURN WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND FUNCTIONED AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

DRIVING VEHICLE AROUND A CURVE WHEN ESC LIGHT CAME ON AND LOST POWER STEERING. PARKED CAR OVER NIGHT AND WAITED FOR DEALERSHIP TO OPEN. AFTER RESEARCH, REALIZED THE VEHICLE HAS A RECALL NUMBER OF 14V252 WHICH MAY ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. WHEN I TURNED ON THE VEHICLE TO TAKE TO THE DEALER, THE LIGHT WAS OFF AND POWER STEERING RETURNED. WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALER, LIGHT CAME ON AND LOST POWER STEERING AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

THERE IS A POWER STEERING PROBLEM AS IS GOES OFF ON THE FREEWAY WHILE DRIVING, AS WELL AS THERE IS A RECALL ON THE BREAK LAMP TURNS ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS AS THEY COULDN'T NOT FIND THE ISSUE RELATING TO THIS PROBLEM.

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH A CHIMING SOUND. MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I COULDN'T TURN THE WHEEL. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT A MONTH LATER AND A THIRD TIME ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH AFTER THAT. I HAVE READ THAT THERE ARE RECALLS FOR THE POWER STEERING FOR OTHER 2009 CHEVY MALIBUS BUT FOR SOME REASON THERE IS NO RECALL WITH MY CAR'S VIN NUMBER. I DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAYS A LOT AND I AM A BIT NERVOUS TO DRIVE NOW. *JS

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE IN ORDER TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE STEERING COLUMN, AND THE PARKING BRAKE WIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

Mileage: 95,000

POWER STEERING FAILED ON FREEWAY AT 65 MPH JUST AS LISTED ON A GM RECALL FOR THIS EXACT MAKE AND MODEL. MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BUT IT HAD THE EXACT SAME FAILURE. GM WILL DO NOTHING SINCE MY SPECIFIC VIN IS NOT LISTED. *TR

Mileage: 202,733

SO FAR, I HAVE LOST POWER STEERING 3 TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS THE EXACT ISSUE FOR WHICH THE 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU HAS ALREADY BEEN RECALLED. HOWEVER, MY 2009 WAS MANUFACTURED IN A MONTH NOT COVERED BY THE CURRENT RECALL. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT AS IT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR LOSS OF LIFE. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING AT A LOWER SPEED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

Mileage: 68,000

TWICE IN PAST 5 DAYS WHILE TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEED, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT COMPLETELY - VERY DANGEROUS. TURNED OFF IGNITION AND RESTARTED ENGINE AND IT WAS FINE AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 98,500

POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND ON THE DIGITAL DISPLAY IT STATED POWER STEERING FAILED CONTACT DEALER IMMEDIATELY. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

I HAD JUST LEFT THE EXPRESSWAY AND WAS WAITING TO ENTER TRAFFIC. WHEN IT CLEARED I STARTED UP AND LOST POWER STEERING. THIS ALSO HAPPENED TWO DAYS BEFORE ON 11-12-2014. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS THIS LAST FEBRUARY. I CALLED CHEVROLET AND THEY SAID THAT MY VIN. NUMBER DID NOT SHOW UP ON THE RECALL FOR LOSS OF ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING BUT YET I SEE THAT 2008 TO 2009 MALIBUS ARE UNDER THIS RECALL. THIS INFORMATION IS CLEARLY ON YOUR WEB SITE. I AM AWARE THAT MY VEHICLE COULD VERY WELL HAVE HAD A FAULTY POWER STEERING UNIT INSTALLED. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A HAZARD. THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS LISTED FOR THE RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 67,700

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE IT TO SAFELY PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET. I JUST HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND TURN MY CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON. IT THEN RESET IT AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN. THE "SERVICE ESC" LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN "POWER STEERING" LIGHT CAME ON. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. WHERE AGAIN I HAD TO TURN MY CAR OFF AND STOP TRAFFIC AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON. I BELIEVE THIS COULD POSE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN YOUR VEHICLE TO STOPS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT STEER ANOTHER VEHICLE CAN EASILY HIT YOU AND CAUSE A SEVERE ACCIDENT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS SINCE IT SEEMS TO AFFECT A NUMBER OF 2009 MALIBU'S THAT I SEE ALL OVER FORUMS AND BLOGS. *TR

Mileage: 156,000

I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND MY POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. I COULD BARELY TURN THE WHEEL. THE CAR DID NOT STALL, THE POWER STEERING JUST STOPPED WORKING. I MANAGED TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THE POWER STEERING STARTED WORKING AGAIN. ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS - WHAT IF IT HAPPENED ON THE THRUWAY! I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TORQUE SENSOR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY SON'S 2004 CHEVY MALIBU WOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING BUT THE 2009 DIDN'T???? THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO EACH OF US. PLEASE HELP SO THAT I CAN GET MY $438 REFUNDED.?? AND SO THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T GET HURT OR WORSE! THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

MY 14-YR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING OUR 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL (TALK ABOUT A SCARY MOMENT FOR A YOUNG DRIVER AND NOT TO MENTION ME). THERE WERE CHIMES AND A MESSAGE THAT DISPLAYED A STEERING FAILURE. WE STOPPED THE CAR, SHUT IT OFF THEN BACK ON AND THE STEERING WAS BACK TO 'NORMAL'. I REVIEWED THE RECALLS ON THIS MAKE & MODEL AND I SEE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GM VEHICLES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE. WE TOOK OUR CAR TO THE DEALER WE PURCHASED IT THROUGH AND HE SAID THE VEHICLE DID SHOW A CODE FOR THE FAILURE BUT OUR VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALLS. THE SERVICE MANAGER THEN TELLS ME IT WILL BE APPROX. $600.00 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN. I MENTIONED & SHOWED HIM THE BULLETINS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED REGARDING THIS ISSUE BUT HE SAID SORRY, YOUR CAR IS NOT LISTED AND IT WILL BE $600 TO FIX. I LEFT VERY DISAPPOINTED TO SAY THE LEAST. THEN EARLIER TODAY, MY WIFE CALLED AND SAID THIS ISSUE HAPPENED TO HER FOR THE 1ST TIME SO NOW I'M ANGRY. GM KNOWS THEY HAVE AN ISSUE AS YOU CAN SEE WITH ALL THE SERVICE BULLETINS POSTED ON THIS BUT THEY DON'T SEEN TO CARE. I REALLY HOPE GM UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE ABLE TO STEER YOUR VEHICLE PROPERLY. GM, BE A REPUTABLE COMPANY AND TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE. IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE CONSUMER, DO THE RIGHT THING AND ENSURE YOUR VEHICLES ARE SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

TURNING OUT OF A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 12,310

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL HAD BECOME TIGHT AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,590. UPDATED 12/22/14*LJ UPDATED 9/28/2015 *JS

Mileage: 115,590

I HAD PULLED INTO THE GAS STATION, AND MY GAS CAP IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE ONLY AVAILABLE PUMP THAT WAS OPEN, IN ORDER FOR ME TO USE IT I HAD TO PULL UP AND REVERSE TO GET ON THE SIDE OF THE PUMP TO WHICH I CAN FILL GAS ON. AS I WAS TURNING MY WHEEL BACK INTO PLACE, THE STEERING WHEEL ITSELF GOT STUCK AND SEEMED REALLY HARD TO TURN. AS I TRIED TO MOVE MY CAR, I GOT AN ERROR ON MY DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER THAT MY ELECTRIC POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT. I PRESUMED TO PANIC, AS I HAVE NOT BEEN IN THIS SITUATION BEFORE. I THAN TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING WAS BACK. I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS ON THIS PART FOR THE 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU'S, SO I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AND THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE MY STEERING COLUMN AND PAY FOR IT COMPLETELY OUT OF POCKET. I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT GENERAL MOTORS WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER THIS UNDER SOME SORT OF WARRANTY FIX, BUT I AM JUST BEING TURNED AWAY LEFT AND RIGHT AND BEING TOLD ALL I CAN DO IS PAY OUT OF POCKET WHICH THIS PARTICULAR PART AND LABOR WOULD COST ME $1000. THEY ARE ONLY BASICALLY TELLING ME THE HIGHWAY OR NO WAY, AND I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. WHAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IS THAT WITH THESE CARS BEING RECALLED WITH THIS ISSUE, AND I AM BEING TOLD THAT MY CAR DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL WHEN I AM HAVING THAT EXACT ISSUE FOR THE RECALL. I AM JUST REALLY HOPING TO FIND SOMEONE THAT WILL BE WILLING TO HELP ME GET THIS COVERED UNDER THE RECALL WARRANTY SEEING AS IT IS THE ISSUE OF THE RECALL BEING PLACED. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY VEHICLE WHILE I HAVE TO WAIT 24 TO 48 HOURS TO SEE IF I GET A RESPONSE FROM GENERAL MOTORS TO SEE IF THEY WILL HELP ME ON THIS ISSUE. ALL I AM ASKING IS THAT SOMEONE PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 81,001

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, A CHIME SOUNDED AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED INDEPENDENTLY FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000....UPDATED 11/17/14 *BF

Mileage: 100,000

EXITING AN OFF RAMP AT APRX. 15-20 MILES PER HOUR, MY POWER STEERING WENT. I PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE CAR OFF TO CALL MY HUSBAND. POWER STEERING BACK ON. DROVE TO MY DESTINATION. ON THE WAY HONE, IT WENT AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE POWER STEERING. OTHER MALIBUS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PURPOSE, BUT NOT MINE. *TR

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT REGISTERING THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE EMERGENCY STEERING CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. ALSO, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START PROPERLY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO START PROPERLY, THE BATTERY HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED UNTIL THE VEHICLE RESET. IN ADDITION, THE DOORS FAILED TO LOCK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURES RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN WHAT COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

Mileage: 81,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND BECAME HARD TO TURN. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE STEERING MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,663.

Mileage: 70,663

DRIVING CAR AND WENT TO TURN AND LOST STEERING ABILITY AND NEARLY HIT A TRUCK. IMMEDIATELY HAD AN EXPLODING HEADACHE/MIGRAINE WHILE TRYING TO GET CAR TO SAFETY. AMBULANCE CAME AND WENT TO HOSPITAL. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILURE. YOUNG FEMALE DRIVER HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 175,000

I AM AN OWNER OF AN CHEVY MALIBU 2009 WITH ONLY 42,000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR A SIMPLE OIL CHANGE AND THE SERVICE TECH CAME OUT TO ME WITH A STORY THAT MY STEERING GEAR/RACK/PINION WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FOR A TOTAL OF 1,028.07. MY JAW NEARLY DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE THAT A CAR THAT I HAVE ONLY OWNED LESS THAN A YEAR WOULD NEED SOMETHING SO COSTLY. I DID NOT BUY SERVICE PLAN CAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD THE EXTRA AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GIVE TO CHEVY. IT AMAZES ME THAT AFTER ALL THIS AND READING FROM OTHERS HERE THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE STEERING ISSUES THAT CHEVY HAS. IT AMAZES ME EVEN MORE THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS IS A MECHANICAL ISSUE THAT IS THERE FAULT TO REPAIR AND IN RETURN EXPECTS THE OWNERS TO PAY FOR THEIR SCREW UP. IF THEY DO NOT RECALL OR FIX THE STEERING ISSUES WITH CHEVY MALIBU MODELS THEY WILL BE SUED OR FURTHER MORE LOOSE THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL VEHICLES IN THE PAST AND NEVER HAD TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF THIS EXPENSE TO REPAIR A VEHICLE SPECIALLY STEERING PROBLEMS. IF CHEVY REALLY DOES A FULL INSPECTION ON VEHICLE BEFORE SELLING USED CARS I FEEL THAT THIS ISSUE WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT. I WILL BE TAKING FURTHER ACTION ON THIS CASE. THIS IS CHEVY'S BURDEN NOT MINE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 42,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE DOOR LOCKS WERE UNLOCKING AND LOCKING INDEPENDENTLY SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE OF A NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING) AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000. UPDATED 10/09/2014*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE STEERING, THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT. 3/25/2015 *JS

Mileage: 103,000

THE POWER STEERING GAVE OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT FORCE TO TURN THE VEHICLE TO SAFELY GET OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. THIS CREATED A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE AS THE CAR WAS PRACTICALLY UN-DRIVABLE. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED MY GENERAL MOTORS DEALERSHIP AND ASKED IF IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY OR ANY RECALL (SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE), WHICH THEY RESPONDED IT WAS NOT. TO MY DISMAY, I HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT MY LOCAL MECHANIC AT A COST OF $760. WITH THE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED, THE CAR IS WORKING WELL AND THERE ARE NO CURRENT SAFETY CONCERNS. WITHIN A WEEK OF HAVING MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU REPAIRED (RECEIPT DATED 3/25/14, I READ THAT 2004-2009 CHEVY MALIBUS WERE BEING RECALLED BECAUSE OF A POWER STEERING ISSUE. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUE WAS IDENTICAL TO THE SITUATION I EXPERIENCED WITH OUR 2009 CHEVY MALIBU. I CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE WITHIN A FEW DAYS AND THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO WAIT A FEW WEEKS FOR THE LETTERS FROM GM TELLING ME OF THE RECALL AND DETAILING HOW TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT. AFTER WAITING SEVERAL WEEKS WITH NO LETTER, I CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AGAIN AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL, ONLY CERTAIN VINS OF THE 2009 MODEL YEAR WERE RECALLED. I TAKE EXTREME EXCEPTION TO THIS. THE PROBLEM I EXPERIENCED WITH MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU IS IDENTICAL TO THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED WITHIN THE RECALL. ADDITIONALLY, THE REPAIR COVERED UNDER THE RECALL IS THE EXACT WORK THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE COMPLETED TO MAKE MY VEHICLE SAFELY OPERABLE AGAIN. EITHER GM HAS MADE A MISTAKE BY NOT INCLUDING MY VEHICLE WITHIN THE RECALL, OR THE EXTENT OF THE CURRENT RECALL IS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO ENCOMPASS ALL 2009 CHEVY MALIBU?S THAT HAVE THE PART(S) THAT LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR FAILURE AND HENCE, INCREASED RISK OF A CRASH. *JS

Mileage: 94,965

WHILE LUCKILY DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AROUND 35MPH THE "POWER STEERING NEEDS SERVICING" LIGHT CAME ON. THOUGHT IT MIGHT NEED POWER STEERING FLUID AND WAS TOLD MY MODEL DIDN'T USE FLUID - IT WAS ALL ELECTRICAL IN THE STEERING COLUMN. SINCE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY I TOOK IT THE NEXT DAY TO THE CHEVY DEALER WHO SOLD IT TO ME AND WAS TOLD IT WASN'T COVERED AT A COST OF OVER $600. *JS

Mileage: 59,575

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING UNIT MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND GAVE RESISTANCE WHEN TURNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 8/27/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING RECALL BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS ASSEMBLED AT A DIFFERENT PLANT. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUES AS NOTED IN THE RECALL. UPDATED 09/11/2014 *JS

Mileage: 100,000

THE STEERING ON THIS MODEL AND MAKE OF CAR IS ALL MESSED UP. IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT SO MANY OTHER HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT ON THIS SITE. THE STEERING "FREAKS OUT" AND PULLS ONE WAY AND THEN GOES TO THE OTHER. IT'S BEYOND DANGEROUS. EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, IF YOU TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THE WHEEL, THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS VIOLENTLY BACK AND FORTH. SOMETIMES ITS WORKS FINE AND THEN OUT OF NOW WHERE, IT GOES CRAZY AND PULLS YOU TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER AND THEN YOU HAVE TO TURN THE WHEEL TOE OPPOSITE WAY TO KEEP IT GOING STRAIGHT. I SEE TONS OF OTHER GM RECALLS AND EVEN ON THIS YEAR AND MODEL, BUT GM SAYS THAT MY PARTICULAR CAR IS NOT COVERED RIGHT NOW. THE DANGER OF THIS DEFECT IS SO HIGH THAT IF THEY THINK THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH LAWSUITS OVER IGNITION SWITCHES, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY WILL PAY WHEN THESE STEERING LAWSUITS START TO COME IN WILL PUT GM BACK INTO BANKRUPTCY. THE DANGER OF THIS DEFECT IS OFF THE CHARTS. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND A UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TH VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. UPDATED 08/11/14*LJ

MY POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC LIGHT WOULD COME ON. MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP. GM STATED THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE ME FOR MY ISSUE EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AN RECALL OUT FOR THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

WAS DRIVING AND THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM WENT OUT. I NEARLY HIT 3 CARS TRYING TO GET OFF OF THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

I WAS DRIVING AND MY ESC LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME STEERING MY CAR IN THE WORSE TRAFFIC I COULD BE IN. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH I GOT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE I HIT SOMEONE AND PUT IT IN A DITCH. ALSO, LUCKY ENOUGH IT WAS ME DRIVING AND NOT MY [XXX] YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY GOT ME RIGHT IN TO GET IT FIXED, BUT I HAD TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED GM I WAS TOLD I WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THIS AND I WOULD GET A LETTER AS OF APRIL 28TH. I NOTICED IT WAS MOVED TO MAY 28TH AND AS OF TODAY I HAVE STILL YET TO BE NOTIFIED? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE INJURED OR KILLED TO GET AN ACTUAL RESPONSE FROM SOMEONE? UPDATED 1/9/2015 *JS PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Mileage: 112,873

POWER STEERING IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. NO ASSIST OR LITTLE ASSIST. *TR

Mileage: 20,575

WHILE DRIVING (EXITING FREEWAY) THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILED MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. (NO REPORT FILED AT THE TIME, BUT A COUPLE MONTHS LATER HEARD THAT GM WAS RECALLING '09 MALIBUS FOR POWER STEERING FAILURES. UPON CONTACTING GM THIS WEEK TO FIND OUT WHY I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL, I HAVE FOUND THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE RECALL AND DECIDED TO REPORT THE FAILURE IN CASE IT IS A PATTERN OF FAILURES BEYOND THE INITIAL RECALL SCOPE.) *TR

Mileage: 78,000

CAR IS HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES LOCKS GOING UP AND DOWN WITHOUT PRESSING POWER BUTTON CAR ALSO ALARMING OFF ALSO HAVE TAKEN CARE TO BE SERVICED FOR MISFIRING AND JERKING WHEN DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

MALIBU HAS HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRICAL PANEL INCLUDING WARNING LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF ALONG WITH THE VEHICLE LOSING POWER. MULTIPLE TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO ULTIMATELY TOLD ME A GROUNDING WIRE HAD SOME PROBLEMS AND THEY FIXED THE ISSUE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PROBLEMS WERE SOLVED WITH THAT FIX. SINCE THEN THE VEHICLE HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THE STEERING. WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL WILL MOVE ITSELF BACK AND FORTH. THE PROBLEM IS NOT ALL THE TIME, AND VERY RANDOM. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS WITHIN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES AFTER THE START OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL WILL WOBBLE BACK AND FORTH EVEN WITH BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL.

Mileage: 35,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND THE TCS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V153000 (STEERING) BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE WARNING LIGHTS FOR THE TRACTION SERVICE AND POWER STEERING ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000. UPDATED 10/7/14*CN

Mileage: 118,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER A COOL DOWN PERIOD OF 35-45 MINUTES, HE RESTARTED THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000(STEERING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 08/12/14*LJ

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ESC WARNING LIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V15300 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

Mileage: 92,000

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWERING STEERING ALERT SOUNDS. I LOST POWER STEERING AND THE ESC IS TURNED OFF. *TR

POWER STEERING MOTOR FAILURE WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON DASH, TRACTION CONTROL DISABLED WARNING APPEARS. HAPPENS VERY OFTEN AT STARTUP, MAKING STEERING DIFFICULT AND DISABLING TRACTION CONTROL. HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING DIFFICULT STEERING. IF VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, WORKS PROPERLY APPROX. 50% OF THE TIME. *JS

Mileage: 59,000

I BOUGHT MY CAR NEW IN 2009 AND I ONLY HAVE NOW JUST A LITTLE OVER 40,000 MILES. I AM A SINGLE MOM AND MY CAR IS USED FOR DRIVING MY [XXX] YEAR OLD SON TO AND FROM DAY CARE AND MYSELF TO AND FROM WORK. ON FEBRUARY 3RD I NOTICED MY STEERING WHEEL FELT FUNNY LIKE SOMETHING WAS LOOSE, I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT UNTIL MY TRACTION LIGHT THEN SUDDENLY STARTED TO GO ON AND OFF IN THE MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK. BY THE TIME I PULLED INTO WORK THE POWER STEERING HAD GONE COMPLETELY OUT. I THEN PULLED ONTO A SIDE STREET IN FEAR OF GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT, I'M SMALL AND WEIGH NO MORE THAN 115 LBS, SO IT WAS EXTREMELY ROUGH AND SCARY TO ME. I STOPPED THE CAR AND SHUT IT OFF AFTER LOOKING UP ON MY PHONE ABOUT SIMILAR PROBLEMS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING. I SHUT IT OFF WAITED A FEW MINUTES THEN IT WAS FINE, UNTIL I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE THEN IT WENT OUT AGAIN. I DID THIS A FEW TIMES IN ORDER TO MAKE IT TO WORK. BY LUNCH TIME MY CAR WAS RUNNING FINE BUT STILL FELT FUNNY FOR THE NEXT 4 DAYS. FRIDAY 2/7/14 MY CARS POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT FOR GOOD AND THE TURNING IT ON AND OFF DIDN'T HELP, I ENDED UP PAYING $840 DOLLARS TO GET THE ENTIRE COLUMN REPLACED.THAT WAS OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE OF COURSE THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTURES WARRANTY OR THE PT WARRANTY. A MONTH LATER I HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL, SO I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY HEARD NOTHING SO I CALLED GM, MY VIN WASN'T LISTED. I HAVE CALLED BACK SEVERAL TIMES SINCE AND CHECK THE "OWNER" SECTION ON GM'S WEBSITE AND STILL NOTHING, AND ALL THEY KEEP TELLING ME IS THAT ONLY SOME WERE RECALLED AND MINE MIGHT NOT BE APART OF IT EVEN THOUGH AFTER READING THE RECALL, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE. *TR PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS ALSO A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF; HOWEVER, SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,720.

Mileage: 109,720

WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROX. 75 MPH. (CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET), WITHOUT WARNING, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. OVER A PERIOD OF APPROX. 30 SECONDS, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLASHED AND ALL POWER STEERING WAS LOST. HE MANAGED TO SLOW THE CAR AND SAFELY GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE EPS MESSAGE WAS ALSO FLASHING ACROSS THE ACROSS THE ODOMETER. WE MONITORED THE NHTSA COMPLAINTS SINCE THERE WERE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BEING FILED REGARDING OTHER CONSUMERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME MECHANICAL FAILURE. WE WAITED UNTIL 03/27/2014 TO HAVE THE REPAIRS PERFORMED, WHICH CONSISTED OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING COLUMN DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR. GM THEN ISSUED A RECALL ON 03/31/2014 TO INCLUDE SELECT 2009 CHEVY MALIBU'S. HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED GM, I WAS TOLD MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND I WILL NOT SUBJECT TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR MY REPAIRS (TOTALING $773.62). I SPOKE WITH NUMEROUS REPRESENTATIVES AT GM, AND WAS TOLD BY EACH OF THEM, THAT THE RECALL IS ONLY FOR SELECT VEHICLES AND DESPITE MY CLAIM THAT MY CAR EXPERIENCED THE EXACT MECHANICAL FAILURE AS LISTED IN THE RECALL, MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED AND ANY CLAIM I SUBMIT WILL BE DENIED. I AM APPLAUDED THAT DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN MY CAR (WHICH HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO OTHER GM RECALLS SUCH AS THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE SHIFT LEVER INDICATOR) AND GM IS REFUSING RESOLVE THIS SITUATION. I AM TURNING TO NHTSA FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION SO ALL CONSUMERS AFFECTED, INCLUDING MYSELF, BE PROPERLY REIMBURSED FOR THE EXPENSE INCURRED TO CORRECT GM'S ALREADY PROVEN DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT. THE EXTENT OF STRESS GM HAS CAUSED MY FAMILY BY NEAR TRAGIC ACCIDENT OF MY HUSBAND AND THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF PAYING TO CORRECT A PROBLEM THEY HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS A PROBLEM IS UNETHICAL AND CRIMINAL. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

IN JANUARY OF 2014, I EXPERIENCED TWO SEPARATE INSTANCES OF THE ELECTRICAL POWER ASSIST STEERING FAILING SUDDENLY IN MY 2009 MALIBU. FORTUNATELY I WAS TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA BOTH TIMES AND WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR. THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT CORRECT UNTIL I STOPPED THE CAR, TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED IT. WHEN GENERAL MOTORS ACKNOWLEDGED A PROBLEM WITH POWER ASSIST STEERING IN 2008-2009 MALIBUS IN MARCH OF 2014, I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO GENERAL MOTORS' CUSTOMER SERVICE. I EXPECTED THAT THE RECALL WOULD INCLUDE MY VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY GENERAL MOTORS THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I FIND IT TROUBLING THAT IF I EXPERIENCED TWO INSTANCE OF THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND REPORTED IT TO GM, THAT MY CAR WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I'M WRITING TO ADVISE OF MY EXPERIENCES SO YOU CAN INCLUDE MY 2009 MALIBU IN THE SCOPE OF THE RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHTS WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000(STEERING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT LISTED IN THE RECALL.THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ESC WARNING LIGHT. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING OVER A ONE YEAR PERIOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE STARTED VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE AND POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,753.

Mileage: 87,753

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AFTER THE ENGINE WAS STARTED. ADDITIONALLY, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 5/22/14*CN UPDATED 8/17/17*CN

Mileage: 80,000

WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, MY SON WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE CAR QUICK ENOUGH BECAUSE IT CAUGHT HIM OFF GUARD AND HIT A PARKED CAR. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. UPON STARTING VEHICLE, POWER STEERING, ESC OFF, SERVICE ESC ALERTS ARE PRESENT. RESTARTING VEHICLE USUALLY CLEARS ALERTS AND RE-ESTABLISHES ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. *TR

Mileage: 163,220

POWER STEERING TRAIN, I PERSONALLY PURCHASE NEW LAST ONE, END OF THE YEAR VEHICLE ON THE AVAILABLE LIST. *TR

Mileage: 410

THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, CAUSING LOSS OF NORMAL STEERING CONTROL, MAKING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STEER. VEHICLE HAD TO BE MOVED OUT OF TRAFFIC AND RESTARTED TO RESET THE FAILURE. LOSS OF STEERING AND ESC. ERROR CODE LATER DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN CO545 (STEERING TORQUE SENSOR). *TR

Mileage: 58,428

WHILE DRIVING MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU MY POWER STEERING WILL STOP WORKING AND MY ESC LIGHT COMES ON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON AND OFF AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. SOMETIMES I CAN TURN CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT WILL RUN FINE OR RESET FOR A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

THE ELECTRONIC STEERING IS INTERMITTENTLY FAILING CAUSING VIOLENT SHAKING AND A POWER STEERING FAULT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 124,000

WHILE DRIVING THE ELEC. STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT DUE TO THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR GIVING OUT. WHEN THIS HAPPEN, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD INADVERTENTLY MOVE BACK & FORTH. THE SENSOR IN THE MOTOR AND IN THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN BOTH WENT OUT. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE REPAIR NOT TO MENTION THAT I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A BUSY INTERSTATE AND COULD HAD A SEVERE ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (APPROX. 75 MPH) THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE TRACTION CONTROL TO TURN ON AND OFF. THEN SUDDENLY I HAD NO POWER STEERING. THIS HAPPENED TO ME AT NIGHT AND SUDDENLY, WITH OUR ANY WARNING. IT IS CONCERNING TO ME THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED! I FOUND IT TO BE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING NOT TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR SINCE I HAD BEEN TRAVELING COMFORTABLY AT 75MPH, THEN SUDDENLY HAD NO POWER STEERING. I CANNOT STRESS THE DANGER OF THIS OCCURRENCE AND THE POSSIBLE UNFORTUNATE OUTCOME HAD MY WIFE BEEN DRIVING WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED NOW....DO NOT WAIT UNTIL IT HAS COST SOMEONE THEIR LIFE! *TR

Mileage: 110,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED UP AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRACTION CONTROL KICKED ON AND ESC SERVICE CAME ACROSS THE SCREEN, AND THE WHEEL IS HARD TO TURN. IT WILL KICK ON AND OFF AND BEFORE IT KICKS ON THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS BACK AND FORTH. THEN WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND CAME UP ON A EXIT AND WENT TO HIT THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES WENT OUT BUT THEN CAMEBACK ON. CAR KEEPS DOING IT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL IT WILL GO ON AND OFF. *TR

Mileage: 1,053,996

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN IN ANY DIRECTION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE AND VEER TO THE LEFT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN FOR INSPECTION OR DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

Mileage: 92,000

I WAS DRIVING AND THE POWER STEERING STARTED TO SHAKE AND THE LIGHT CAME ON. HARD DIFFICULTY DRIVING. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER WHO SAYS THERE ARE LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE BUT NO RECALL. I LOOKED ONLINE TO FIND HUNDREDS IF COMPLAINTS. I CONTACTED GM TO MAKE COMPLAINT AND SEE WHY NOT RECALLED. THEY TOLD ME GM DOESN'T RECALL VEHICLES THE HIGHWAY DEPT DOES. PRETTY AWFUL THEY ARE WILLING TO JEOPARDIZE MY LIFE BUT NOT FIX MY CAR. VERY UNHAPPY WITH GM THIS HAS TO BE A RECALL NOW !! *TR

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED MAKING THE STEERING WHEEL VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING, THE DEFECT WAS CORRECTED. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE POWER STEERING SENSOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE DEFECT HAD RECURRED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE DEFECT WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

OVER LAST SUMMER I HAD A HOSE GO. NOT A BIG DEAL. ONLY A $200 DOLLAR REPAIR. LAST WEEK IS WHEN THE REST OF THE POWER STEERING FAILED. MY POWER STEERING PUMP BLEW WHEN I WAS TRYING TO LEAVE WORK. I ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE CAR BUT I COULD BARELY STEER, SO I HAD TO GET A TOW. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE SHOP, A NEW PUMP WAS INSTALLED. 15 MINUTES LATER THAT PUMP BLEW OUT. WHEN THIS FIRST PUMP BLEW IT SUCKED METAL INTO THE POWER STEERING GEAR WHICH THEN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS REPAIR COST ME $900. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I SEE LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 49,900

WITHIN A WEEK OF OWNING CAR ERROR CODE P0011 CAMSHAFT ALIGNMENT?CAME UP. DEALER GOT LIGHT TO GO OFF. SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH CAR. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH POWER LOCKS ALSO, NOW MY COMPLETE STEERING COLUMN IS GONE.5 ERROR CODES C0545/C0561, NON FUNCTIONING ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. I AM LUCKY THAT I DIDN'T DIE IN THIS CAR OR WORSE KILL SOMEONE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS CAR. PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE. ARE WE WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO DIE???? SERIOUSLY. MY CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP TODAY AND GM DISTRICT SPECIALIST IS DEALING WITH THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. I THINK THIS WILL BE THE LAST CHEVROLET THAT I EVER PURCHASE. UNSAFE. I HOPE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO COMPLAIN ON HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE. 2008 WAS RECALLED FOR SAME ISSUES. MAYBE THEY USED SOME OF THEIR OLD PARTS IN MY CAR FROM 2008. *TR

Mileage: 85,343

STEERING WHEEL SHAKING, UNABLE TO TURN. *TR

Mileage: 85,434

AT FREEWAY SPEED THE CAR WANTS TO PULL TO LEFT WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. STEERING WHEEL MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. HARD TO STEER WHEN MOVING SLOWLY. LOOSE SLOPPY STEERING FEEL. THE DEALER IS REPLACING THE ENTIRE STEERING GEAR RACK. VERY COSTLY. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2013, THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WARNING ME THAT WE HAD NO POWER STEERING FOR THE FIRST TIME. ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013, WE AGAIN RECEIVED THE MESSAGE THAT WE HAD NO POWER STEERING. AND WE DID NOT HAVE POWER STEERING. YOU HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTART NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE WARNING LIGHT NOT TO COME ON. ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013, MY INTENT WAS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE MALIBU CHECKED OUT, WHEN MY WIFE CALLED ON HER WAY TO WORK AND SAID THAT SHE HAD TROUBLE STARTING THE MALIBU WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING WARNING, THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE STEERING AS SHE WAS DRIVING, AND WE SHOULD EXCHANGE VEHICLES AT A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THEY LOOKED AT THE ERROR CODE (DTC C0545), PRINTED ME A COPY OF THE TECHNICAL BULLETIN (09-02-36-001), AND RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE THE MALIBU TO A DEALER. IT TOOK FIVE STARTS BEFORE THE MALIBU WOULD START ON THEIR PARKING LOT BEFORE THE POWER STEERING WARNING WENT OFF. AS I DROVE TO THE DEALER THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE, BUT THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE DEALER, I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE; WHEN I TOOK MY HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS GOING LEFT AND RIGHT ON ITS OWN ? I CAN?T EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH. I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED (OR HAVE EVEN HEARD OF) A CAR?S STEERING WHEEL PERFORMING IN THIS MANNER BEFORE. IN ADDRESSING THE SITUATION WITH THE TECHNICIAN WRITING UP MY PROBLEM, WE DISCUSSED PAYMENT AND WARRANTY AND HE SAID HE WOULD CALL GM AND CALL ME BACK. HE CALLED ME BACK LATER AND SAID THAT GM WOULD PAY HALF THE REPAIR AND THAT MY COST EVENTUALLY WORKED OUT TO $497.66. *TR

Mileage: 82,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,024.

Mileage: 66,024

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WHEEL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,886.

Mileage: 67,000

I HAVE A 2009 MALIBU, A LITTLE OVER 73000 MILES. 7/21/2013 WHILE IN PARK THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING AND PULSING. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT STOPPED. I GOT ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING AND PULSING AND SHIFTING. I HAVE TO KEEP 2 HANDS ON THE WHEEL AS NOT TO BE SHIFTED FROM LANES. I TAKE THE CAR WEDNESDAY TO A GM DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME IT WASN'T CALIBRATED AFTER AN ALIGNMENT, AND THEY CALIBRATED IT DONE AND ALIGNMENT AND ROTATED THE TIRES. I PAY $220 FOR THIS SERVICE AND LEAVE. I GET HOME WITH NO PROBLEMS. VERY NEXT MORNING THURSDAY, I START MY CAR AND IT STARTS THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN. IT SHAKES AND PULSES ALL THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE SHIFTING ME IN LANES. AFTER WAITING FOR AROUND AN HOUR AND A HALF, I AM TOLD THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING MOTOR IS OUT AND IT IS NEARLY $700. THIS IS $920 FOR A MOTOR IN A 4 YEAR OLD VEHICLE WITH 73000 MILES. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE CONSIDERING IF YOU DO NOT HAVE 2 HANDS ON THE VEHICLE AND PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION YOU MAY END UP IN UP IN THE LANE BESIDE YOU. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ONLINE AND FOUND 100S OF COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS SAME PROBLEM. I AM AMAZED THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH GM. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

MY CAR WAS UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY WHEN THE STEERING GEAR WAS REPLACED. NOW THE SAME PART IS GOING BAD AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME. TODAY'S DATE 7-10-2013. *TR

ERRATIC STEERING WHILE TRYING TO PARK. CHIMES WERE HEAD, MESSAGE CAME ACROSS SPEEDO, MAJOR CLUNK ALSO STARTED AT SAME TIME. SOUNDS LIKE RIGHT FRONT. ANOTHER ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILURE FROM A CAR BARELY BROKEN IN, FROM GM. WHEN WILL THEY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUBSTANDARD PARTS THEY IMPORT FOR AMERICAN CARS? *TR

Mileage: 66,421

THE POWER STEERING GOES INOP. AT TIMES. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. WHEN YOU TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON IT RESETS THE SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO NORMAL. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP TO BE DIAGNOSED AND SAID STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND HAD THE REPAIR DONE. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

POWER STEERING - WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, YOU FEEL NON-SMOOTH CONDITION, UNUSUAL HUMMING OR MOANING NOISE. SOME POWER STEERING FLUID HAD TO BE REPLACED BUT NO NOTICEABLE LEAK IS EVIDENT. HAD PRIVATE AUTO MECHANIC LOOK INTO PROBLEM AND HE ADVISED TO LET DEALER TAKE CARE OF IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE COMPUTERIZED EQUIPMENT TO MAKE APPROPRIATE REPAIRS. AUTO MECHANIC STATED THAT HE HAS EXPERIENCED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CHEVY MALIBU. CHEVY DEALER CHECKED PROBLEM AND ADVISED US TO WAIT FOR PROBLEM NO "WORSEN" BECAUSE ANY DIAGNOSTIC WORK WILL COST US "A LOT OF MONEY" WONDERING IF NHTSA HAS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON FILE BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ANY SAFETY ISSUE? *JS

WHEELS WOBBLING WHEN I BOUGHT THE CERTIFIED VEHICLE, TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER. THEY REPLACED FRONT TIRES AND ALIGNED VEHICLE. ALSO STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT LOCK INTO PLACE WHEN PUT IN PARK AND KEY REMOVED FROM IGNITION. CONSTANT STEERING CORRECTION AT ANY SPEED. WHEEL DANCES BACK AND FORTH AND FEELS BOUNCY. DEALER STATED THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. RETURNED TO DEALER ON FEB. 23 2012. THEY REPLACED FRONT TIRES AGAIN. TEST DROVE CAR AND STATED THE CAR WAS FIXED. CAR STILL WONDERS, WHEELS STILL WOBBLE..STILL PLAY IN STEERING WHEEL. SPOKE WITH GM REP. EXPLAINED ISSUE. GM REP. ALSO SPOKE WITH DEALER MECHANIC. DEALER MECHANIC ADVISED GM REP. THAT CAR WHEELS AND STEERING WAS FIXED. INCORRECT. DEALER DID NOT ADDRESS STEERING WHEEL. ONLY REPLACED TIRES. ISSUE STILL EXISTS. EASY TO LOSE CONTROL. FEELS LIKE IT HAS BAD WHEEL BEARINGS OR BUSTED HUB. BUT DEALER MECHANICS SAYS ITS OKAY. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

VEHICLES TIRE RIGHT SIDE RODS FAILED AT 45880 WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY 3/4/11. COMPLAINED TO DEALER ABOUT NOISE FROM RIGHT SIDE OF CAR AT 50K DEALER CLAIMED THERE WAS NO NOISE HOWEVER DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME (RAINING) THEY WOULD NEED TO SEE VEHICLE ON A DRY DAY. VEHICLE IN SHOP NOW WITH 64000 ALMOST 1YR LATER RIGHT SIDE TIRE RODS NEED REPLACING AGAIN. THIS IS MY SECOND CHEVY MALIBU AND I AM NOT HAPPY. DOUBT I WILL PURCHASE CHEVY AGAIN!!! *TR

Mileage: 45,880

BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT POWER STEERING GAVE OUT. SERVICE ESC LIGHT CAME ON. POWER STEERING MESSAGE LIT. PULLED INTO PARKING SPOT SHUT CAR OFF. STARTED CAR SECONDS LATER - NO WARNING LIGHTS ON AND POWER STEERING WAS BACK BUT DID NOT FEEL RIGHT. TURNED WHEEL WHILE PARKED AND ESC AND POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. TRIED AGAIN, SAME THING. HAD TO DRIVE 2 MILES TO HOME WITH NO POWER STEERING. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS 34 DEGREES AT THE TIME. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE SERVICE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO JERK ABNORMALLY. AFTER TIME, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FAILURE BEGAN TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY AND WITH TIME, BECAME A CONSTANT OCCURRENCE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING ODOR WHEN FIRST STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

Mileage: 62,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER STEERING FAILED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OVER 30 MPH. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE POWER STEERING MOTOR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE POWER STEERING MOTOR YET THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE STEERING CONTINUED TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

Mileage: 62,000

TL*THE DRIVER OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER COULD NO LONGER CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 33,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 33,000

STEERING IN 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU IS ERRATIC AT BEST AT TIMES EVEN SITTING PERFECTLY STILL THE STEERING WHEEL WILL MOVE ERRATICALLY BACK AND FORTH AS IF THE CAR WAS TRYING TO STEER ITSELF. THIS SEEMS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS AS IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED MY WIFE TO CHANGE LANES ABRUPTLY. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT FOR HER TO MANEUVER. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS THAT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE STEERING TORQUE INPUT SENSOR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 108,000.

Mileage: 108,000

I HAVE AN 2009 CHEVY MALIBU AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND IT WILL SHAKE AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHILE IM DRIVING . WHEN IT SHAKES WHILE IM DRIVING IT FEELS LIKE ITS BEGINNING TO LOCK UP. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAY ITS FROM A POWERSTEERING PROBLEM AND ITS BECAUSE IT IS ELECTRICAL POWERSTEERING. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU 2LT 2.4L ECOTEC W/ELECTRIC STEERING ASSIST. WHEN MY WIFE LEFT WORK LAST NIGHT, TURNING RIGHT OUT OF PARKING LOT, STEERING LOCKED, WOULD NOT UNLOCK UNTIL VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. MAY NOT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY LOCKED, BUT WAS WAY BEYOND EFFORT NORMALLY REQUIRED TO STEER WITHOUT POWER STEERING. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER IMMEDIATELY, THEY SEEMED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE PROBLEM, EVEN KNEW WHICH DIRECTION SHE TURNED. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PREVIOUS PROBLEMS OR INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 24,571

THE "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE IS ON AT THE PANEL CONTROL. EVERY TIME WHEN I TURN TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT WITH MY CAR, THE WHEEL WAS HARD AND IS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAYS. MY CAR IS A CHEVROLET MALIBU 2009, 4 CYLINDERS. THE DEALER REPAIR THE FAULT AND I PAY $ 509.00. *TR

Mileage: 45,055

STEERING SUSPENSION, 29NOV09 REPLACED RIGHT SWAY BAR LINK. 25JAN20 REPLACED SWAY BAR BUSHINGS AT THE FRAME. 10MAR10 REPLACED SWAY BAR INSULATORS AT THE FRAME. 04MAY10 REPLACED SWAY BAR LINKS AGAIN ONLY AFTER 6 MONTHS FROM LAST REPLACEMENT. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A QUALITY ISSUE HERE. *TR

Mileage: 35,870

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL EXHIBITED LOOSENESS; FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THERE WAS DIFFICULTY TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AS A RESULT OF THE DRIVER SUSTAINING PAIN TO THE ARM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,900.

Mileage: 134

FROM THE VERY FIRST I HAVE NOTICED IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP MY 4 CYLINDER CHEVY MALIBU GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THERE HAS TO BE CONSTANT CORRECTION AND IT MAKES IT VERY TIRING TO DRIVE. IF I JUST GLANCE AWAY FROM THE ROAD I FIND THAT WHEN I GLANCE BACK I AM GOING OUT OF MY LANE. THIS CAN'T BE SAFE. *TR

Mileage: 140

AN ONGOING POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE ON MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU (4 CYLINDER MODEL ONLY) IS DESCRIBED BELOW. THIS VEHICLE HAS ELECTRONIC STEERING AND THE COMPLAINT I HAVE IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AND WANT TO MAKE VERY SMALL STEERING INPUTS TO GO STRAIGHT, THE ELECTRONIC STEERING ASSIST MAKES YOU OVER CORRECT. IF YOU ARE SITTING STILL WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL VERY SLIGHTLY LEFT OR RIGHT, IT FEELS STIFF AT FIRST, FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN BURST OF ASSIST, WHICH CAUSES YOU TO CONTINUALLY FIGHT THE CAR TO GO IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THIS IS A POTENTIAL DESIGN FLAW. THE V6 MALIBU THAT I DROVE WITH HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING IS NOT A PROBLEM, ONLY THE 4 CYLINDER. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP AS I ONLY RECENTLY PURCHASED THE CAR ON JULY 24, 2009. THEY CONTACTED TECHNICAL SUPPORT AT CHEVROLET. THEY HAVE HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS, BUT THERE IS NO FIX YET. THEY SAY IN THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING, A TORQUE SENSOR IS ACTIVATED WHEN YOU MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL, SO IT MUST BE MOVED WITHOUT ASSIST FOR A SPLIT SECOND UNTIL IT RECOGNIZES THAT YOU WANT TO TURN AND APPLIES POWER ASSIST. IT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED. THIS IS THE CAUSE OF THE CONTINUOUS OVER CORRECTION ISSUE. HOW CAN THIS BE SAFE? THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT CHEVROLET SAYS IS "NORMAL OPERATION" AT THIS TIME. *TR

Mileage: 318

MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU HAS AS SEVERE STEERING BIAS TO THE LEFT THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

2009 CHEVY MALIBU WITH 6 CYLINDER ENGINE. HAS A SEVERE AND SIGNIFICANT TORQUE STEER ON ACCELERATION (MOST NOTICEABLE FROM A STOP) CAUSING CAR TO DRAMATICALLY AND DANGEROUSLY PULL TO LEFT. HAS ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS MORE THAN ONCE. . IN ADDITION IT REQUIRES A LOT OF PRESSURE TO PUT THE EMERGENCY (PARKING) BRAKE DOWN TO WHERE IT WILL HOLD THE CAR ON A HILL. HAVE HAD THIS CHECKED OUT BY 3 SEPARATE CHEVROLET DEALERS AND ALL TELL ME THEY ARE DESIGN ISSUES, NORMAL CONDITIONS THAT CANNOT BE CORRECTED. *TR

Mileage: 22