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The contact's wife owns a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle emitted a chime and the message "Steering" was displayed. The contact stated that the vehicle did not experience any mechanical failure and he was able to continue driving. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the steering torque sensor needed to be reprogrammed. The independent mechanic referred the contact to the dealer for assistance. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that they could not assist as the vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 (Steering) on February 09, 2015. The failure mileage was approximately 106,200.
In January 2022, I started to lose the power steering my 2005 Chevy Malibu. After much research, I have learned that Chevrolet installed EPS systems on the 2004-2007 Malibus. I found there has been a recall on the failure of this system. I contacted our local Chevrolet dealership in April 2022 to learn there is a mileage stipulation on the recall. Presently this is my only mode of transportation, which loses the power steering ability while driving. I am a Disabled Senior on a fixed income, therefore, leaving me with a crippled vehicle. I purchased this pre-owned vehicle in 2012, with the intention of not buying another one. I would like assistance with the repair on my Malibu.
I was making a right turn onto a busy highway when my front end made a loud thunk, as if something had broken, then my steering wheel threw itself and locked up on me.
The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving at 65 MPH and making a turn, the steering wheel inadvertently lost power steering assist functionality. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact was able to continue to drive the vehicle with the extra effort needed to steer the vehicle. The contact stated that as she arrived at her destination, turned off the vehicle, and restarted it, the steering wheel regained power steering functionality. The contact notified an independent mechanic who advised her that the failure was related to NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 (Steering). The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring while driving and the steering wheel was increasingly more difficult to maneuver. The dealer and the manufacturer were notified of the failure and informed the contact that they could not assist because NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V153000 (Steering) had expired. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 183,000.
- Westtown, NY, USA
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Starting feeling a clunking in steering wheel while driving. 5 days later cars dic said power steering while driving 60 down the highway. Car was hard to handle and turn.
loss of steering. couldn't steer the car. no power steering message came up on display screen only warning alarm sounded. This has happened when trying to park in a parking spot as well as two separate times on the freeway.
When I'm driving often..I turn the wheel as normal. Intermittently I hear a ding noise coming from my console, and my steering wheel stiffens and I have to use a large amount of force to straighten out. I have called GM many times and have been told there are no recalls with this issue. I believe that they should be a class action. Over 500 or other owners with the same issue. What gives GM?
Electrical power steering intermittently stops working while driving. The duration of the failure might be short period or extended period. When it occurs and in a turn, the steering wheel jerks from your hand and is difficult to complete the turn. The frequency of occurrence has increased as we no longer drive the car. Recall repair was performed less than 10K miles ago and GM is not warranting their safety recall work. Recall was done in 2014 w/ 147K miles and now have 154K miles.
I was driving in the city when steering wheel became stiff and difficult to control requiring an emense amount of muscle to control. To which a message came on my display board stating power steering and a bell sounded.
I lost all power assist in my steering wheel on the interstate. It was showing a recall for the electrical power steering but when I called Chevrolet, they didn't see it.
My 2005 Malibu stirring wheel ; my my 2005 Malibu maxx ls V6, stirring wheel locked up when I was getting on the interstate interstate, cruise control dosent work, and when im driving sometimes when I get up to a ceartain speed car shakes bad and it shakes when I use brakes. My stirring wheel makes noises sometimes and feel like its gonna brake sometimes. When I go over speed bumps car squeaks like front tire is gonna come off, electrical problems can get radiator fans to come on have to cut ac on in order for fans to work ac been stop working horn don't work I thought sunroof came up and most of time trunk wont open and when it does open it wont close. I'm scared to drive because of my stirring wheel locked up 4 times on me already about drive but I have to drive for my business to make delivers.
Vehicle lost powering steering after making a right hand turn onto a busy road. Ended up half way in the oncoming lane before I could get it under control. Good thing no other cars were in the way. I had to pull over and restart the car. I also have had other incidences when the power steering glitches off and on while I'm turning into parking spots. After I bought this car, brand new, I had taken into the dealership for steering issues but they didnt find any issues at that time and I was dismissed, now it's obvious this is a serious safety issue for these cars. This is a hazard and is terrifying when it happens.
Started my car up to around 2:00 to go my lunch break. Powering steering was in my radio dash. After turning it off and back on it resolved the problem for a short period of time but has cutoff consistently when I am driving reverting back to manual steering which is difficult to control with low speeds and dangerous it puts everybody at risk if it happens on the freeway.
Electric power steering disabled during routine driving, making a left turn in motion the vehicles power steering was lost. After a restart of the engine, power steering was returned. On a city street after a stop sign.
Loss of power steering while turning and steering wheel jerked hard as if to straighten itself. This occurred during driving. We took the vehicle to dealer and was told the GM service bulletin 14116 only covers steering position sensors, but not motors. But on other comparable models, it's the motor, not sensors. Now these are of the same system and components. Why?!
The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that she attempted to make a left turn however, the steering wheel jerked in the opposite direction. The contact stopped the vehicle to straighten the steering wheel. The contact was unable to complete the left turn and continued driving straight ahead. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 165,000.
Steering shaft causing knocking noise when you turn steering wheel about 1 inch to the left or right when the car is stationary or in motion. Found this to be a common problem with other owners with over 150 complaints. So far no recall has been issued for to replace the the steering shaft.
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- Nesconset, NY, USA