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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.
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.
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.
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.
- New Brighton, MN, USA
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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.
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.
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)
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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- Westville, NJ, USA