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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.
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.
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.
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!
- Waterloo, IA, USA
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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
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
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- Shelby Twp, MI, USA