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The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. While the vehicle was parked, the steering wheel moved left and right on its own. At low speeds, the steering wheel moved in the opposite direction. The vehicle remained parked at the contact's residence. The contact stated that the vehicle was diagnosed by the dealer in 2012 for the power steering failure. The dealer performed an alignment. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 165,000.
When driving and going into a turn, the driver assist warning light appears and there is a loss of power steering. Upon a diagnostic, the torque sensor requires replacement. Although several bulletins indicate a recall for this item, based on VIN for this vehicle, the sensor is apparently not covered under the recall. However, because of the sudden loss of steering ability, crashes are imminent and therefore it is a strong safety issue. Vehicle mileage is 113,000. This loss of power steering occurs while in motion on city streets and highways whether merging into another lane or turning.
The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving approximately 45 mph, the steering wheel seized without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 88,328.
The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 mph, the steering wheel seized and the power steering and the electronic stability control warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14V252000 (electrical system, electronic stability control, exterior lighting, service brakes, hydraulic, vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. The VIN was not available.
When the car was started the information panal was not reading, it consisted of mostly dashes. The car was running much louder than normal and the check engine light came on. It started saying service traction and engine power loss. I placed the car in drive, the interior lights started flashing and locks went up and down rapidly. I shut the car off and re started it, attempted to see if it would drive but it had no power, could only reverse and there seemed to be no power steering. The next day I started the car again, this time no immediate issue until I pulled out on to the street. The steering wheel was tight, and the car failed to accelerate. Loss of engine power was on the dash, engine and traction lights remained on. Restarted the car and I was able to park again. The car remains at the dealer after being towed a week ago, and they are unsure of the cause. This is extremely dangerous, especially if it were to happen on the highway I would not have had any control of the car and most definitely would have caused an accident.
- Boston, MA, USA
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The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving in a parking lot, the steering wheel locked without warning while turning. The contact had to apply extreme pressure to the brake pedal and the steering wheel. The contact was not notified, but the vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14V153000 (steering). The vehicle was not diagnosed or remedied. The vehicle was also included in NHTSA campaign numbers: 12V460000 (power train) and 14V252000 (electrical system, electronic stability control, exterior lighting, service brakes, hydraulic, vehicle speed control). The contact did not receive notification of those two recall repairs and had to call the manufacturer to be referred to a dealer to schedule the repairs. The failure mileage was 150,000. Parts distribution disconnect.
Electronic power steering assist system keeps failing. Recall was replace in early 2015 and again was in the dealer on 12/30/15 for the same problem with power steering failing. On 1/08/15 the power steering system yet again failed and this time this power steering failure caused the car to go into the ditch and through a barb wire feance. This has been a ongoing problem with my car and General Motors does not seem to have some kind of fix or does not want to admit there car has this problem. I have the documents from the dealer where it was soposed to be fixed on 12/30/15.
The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving approximately 65 mph, the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver and the power steering warning light illuminated. The vehicle was shut off and restarted, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 14V153000 (steering). The failure mileage was 172,882. Updated 05/10/16
The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel seized while all the warning lights illuminated. The contact also stated that the front seat passenger air bag warning light was remained illuminated. The failure was persistent. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the torque sensor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 14V153000 (steering). The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.
The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while attempting to make a left turn at a low speed, the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver. The contact mentioned that a power steering message displayed. As a result, the contact crashed into a curb and the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and the contact did not sustain any injuries that required medical attention. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the torque sensor assembly and motor control unit needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the VIN was not included NHTSA campaign number: 14V153000 (steering). The failure mileage was 163,000.
While driving on the city streets my vehicle steering wheel became extremely hard to control. It felt like it was going to lock. I had to use a lot of energy and muscle to turn the wheel. It was almost impossible to turn. I took my car to smicklas Chevrolet in Oklahoma city. They informed that the torque sensor needed to be replaced.
The affected steering shafts may have a yoke that inadequately supports the U-joint bearing resulting in a premature failure. It doesn't turn half the time and makes a loud popping noise and the blinker never turn off.
Knocking in steering when turning wheel. I have been told it is the intermediate shaft, which should not knock considering the vehicle only has 27,450 for milage. How can I verify if this was a recall that was already completed. Please forward web site.
The power steering tends to freeze for a split second while I am driving. It does not happen all of the time but does seem to happens when I drive on mountain roads that require more turning or when making sharp turns. It does not happen for long period of times. Took it to dealership and they could not duplicate it and I called Chevrolet and the gave me a senior adviser who asked what do I expect from Chevrolet and also asked if I was in the market for a new car. I hung up on them and responded to their email.
Power steering loses power steering control intermittently. Took it to Chevy dealer and they told me the steering module is defective. Car is only 6 years old with only 38K miles on it. Loss of power steering control can happen when car is either stationary or in motion.
Recall was done in Nov. 2014 at ryan Chevrolet in minot, nd. On Oct. 3, 2015 the steering wheel locked up while driving at low speed in a residential area. Took car in to gateway Chevrolet in fargo, nd. Repairs were made and was told by them that either the recall had been done incorrectly or the replacement parts were defective.
GM issued a notice dated September 2015 stating that problems with the eps may cause loss of steering power. Notice also states that I am not to take the vehicle to the dealer unless the event actually happen and have not issued a recall notice. I feel that this occurence could put my safety at risk especially in tight traffic.
The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving 20 mph and making a left or right turn, there was an abnormal noise underneath the steering wheel. The failure recurred when making turns. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that it needed an intermediate steering shaft and the racking pinion needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact also took the vehicle to an independent mechanic where it was also diagnosed that the failure was coming from the electric power steering. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 83,000.
Many bulletin's posted #09-07-30-012. My 2008 Chevy Malibu had about 85K miles on it. I had only owned it for about 2 years and bought it used as a college student and had an outstanding loan on it. I was driving to work one morning and started to notice when accelerating getting on the highway that it was taking more time for my car to shift into gear. As I continued to drive my car was it taking even longer to shift from 3rd to 5th gear then it would abruptly shift into gear delayed. I figured maybe it need transmission fluid since it only had 85K on it, and then when I would reverse it was very loose feeling. Brought in to the shop and they said I needed a new transmission and the car was unsafe to drive. Quoted me 2200 for a used transmission. Looked online and saw several people with the same problem. I am just out of college so don't have that kind of money up front yet and I had a loan on the car still. Chevy said I wasn't under 100K mile warranty bc car was more than 5 years old. I live on my own and need a safe vehicle to get to work everyday and did not have the money for a used transmission up front so had no choice to go lease a car and trade this now worthless car with this transmission issue in that I had a loan on. So car was worth a lot less now than my loan so I went into a new deal with negative equity resulting me taking on huge car payment to get out of this mess. Chevy or GM need to recall this defect and take care of the customers affected and compensate those who were affected and took a huge loss in $ due this problem. I believe GM should be compensating me something for how much money I just lost unless they want to be known as a company who doesn't care about their customers and sells cars that transmissions go way before 100K miles....I will never buy or recommend them to anyone ever again if they do not rectify with good paying customers.
The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving approximately 10 mph, the steering wheeling became difficult to maneuver. The power steering assist warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was not included in the NHTSA campaign number: 14V153000 (steering). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 195,000.
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- Essex, MD, USA