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 the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v153000 (steering). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to the federal safety agency. The failure mileage was 204,000.
2009 Chevrolet Malibu steering complaints
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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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2009 chevy malibu ls power steering wheel hard to steer, traction control light oni have a 4 cylinder 2.4
In both motion as well as stationary the traction control light comes on and lose power steering.
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.
I almost had an accident driving when my wheel locked up on me, now it's hard for me to drive...
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.
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.
The power steering stopped working while driving making it very difficult and dangerous to turn the vehicle while turning, especially at low speed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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