Power steering. Is going out 3 days after getting for my birthday feb salesman new it cuz he seen lights on dash but kept saying just drive it well my extra coverage warranty it does not cover crazy huh cuz I have been told2 times different mechanic that there was or should of been a recall. Driving and power steering goes out it is scary..
2010 Chevrolet Malibu electrical complaints
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Electric power steering stopped working on match 18, 2019. I was turning right onto busy 4 lane city street from a parking lot, speed < 5 MPH. Could not turn into right lane, struggled to swing car into left lane w/o crossing median. It was not simply a loss of power steering. I've driven old cars that never had power steering and this was 10 times more difficult to steer. I think I strained a muscle in my shoulder. Turning did not get easier as I accelerated, eventually to abt 40 MPH. Struggled through 3 more hair raising turns (all turns made) before parking it at home. The ESC/tcs indicator came on in the parking lot and stayed on. Error msgs displayed were power steering, service ESC, service air bag. I heard no chimes. We gave my daughter this used car in 2015. She had complained a couple of weeks prior that steering sometimes became difficult. A search by VIN shows no incomplete recalls. It would be extremely useful to know if this car was part of a recall(s) and then repaired. If it was, it was repaired incorrectly, not all problems were resolved, or the parts used have a short life span. If gm isn't covering this situation, that's a crime. Also, if not covered by gm I'll take it to our regular mechanic since his work is more reliable than the local dealership's. If my baby had been hurt in this death trap, heads would've rolled - metamorphically of course. I'll also be consulting a lawyer.
I was driving when all of a sudden the steering went out. It says ESC and power steering on my dash.
There is a problem with the fuse box located in the trunk. My car has completely lost engine power while driving on multiple occasions. Fuel pump, alternator, and battery have needed replaced. There is a short in or near this rear fuse box. Fuel pump relay has been replaced, and connections greased. Temporarily fixed, then a few days later shuts off while running. From researching, this appears to be extremely common with this model across multiple years, with the wire leading to the fuel pump relay burning up and shorting. Clearly poor wiring. At least three times my car has completely shut down while in motion with no warning at all. Multiple crank/no start situations as well. My next option is to replace the entire fuse block, but that will not fix wiring design. Have been towed multiple times in a short period of time.
On the highway going 65 MPH, the engine shut off without warning but the battery/electronics were still on. I safely stopped the car on the side of the road. The check engine + ABS + traction control lights came on simultaneously. The car would not start. I finally had to call a tow company. No mechanic knows how to fix it. Upon further research, many owners of the same make model and model year range suffered similar situations. The car still won't start till now.
Brake lamp recall for these models do not work. I noticed the issue recently while driving home from work at around 55 MPH at night. My brake lights are on, while my foot is off of the brake pedal. When I place my foot on the brakes, the brake lights go off. This is a serious driving hazard. I've taken the car to get the recall handled, but noticed this morning, that my brake lights are still illuminating when my foot is off the brake pedal.
I have been having trouble with the electric power steering in my 2010 malibu. It happens while I am driving and I cannot move my vehicle at all. I have to place my hazards on in the middle of any type of roadway and shut my vehicle off and turn it back on. Sometimes the problem continues, of I'm lucky it'll reset and not happen for a few days. This has happened more than 30 times now.
Door locks not working right , people inside vehicle unable to exit unless they climb out the windows as doors seem to unlock but wont open from inside or outside the vehicle . This is a issue because in the event of the crash you wouldn't be able to open the doors to escape . Dealership says my car is fine but I have to climb in and out of the window each day for work .
Driving to work and out of nowhere dash starts dinging and flashes 'service ESC' the. 'power steering' and steering gets stiff (no power steering). Luckily it was just me in the car and not with my 3 and 5 year old and also not on highway when it happened. My car has 157k miles and just found out that there was a gm extended coverage on it up to 150k miles for this particular issue and was not aware. I'm over the 150k miles now so I'm stuck with the repair but thankfully no one was hurt. This is a major safety issue gm!!
Bought in february 2018 93 k miles jan of 2019 with 124 k on it replaced front tires and brakes and rotors immediately got in to test drive steering had a violent twitch. Took it to have steering sensor recalibrated .. Got in car zero electric steering.. Unhooked battery.. Hooked back up steering extremely lose with even worse twitch twitch started in park while running and has progressed to a twitch all the time while running.. By twitch I mean a violent left to right vibration of the steering wheel
The brake lights are engaged while driving the car and disengage when braking causing a serious safety hazard for not only he driver but others following behind. Because the brake lights are on while driving following cars crash detection systems engage. This has been going on for quite awhile. It was "fixed" by a chevrolet dealership once already but it is back. Huge concern for my 17 year old driving the car.
I've taken my car to get the driver side low beam light replaced 3 times in one year. Come to find out the lights were not blowing out.. There is a shortage with the light plug. High beam is fine.. Only the low beam keeps going out
I bought my malibu in 2014. From ron marhofer chevrolet. Not knowing there were recalls on my car when I bought it. In 2016, with 75k miles I was having troubles, brake lights were coming on when I accelerated the gas. Got the recall fixed. Now, at 102k miles and 2 years later, the brake lights are coming back on. My dealership told me since my warranty was up, I would have to pay a $99 diagnostic on top of labor. I wrote chevrolet last week and they denied this has anything to do with the recall because no one else has been complaining.. It's frustrating and such a scandal. I have an appt with my dealership next week to take a look. I feel this is going to be a costly matter, for something gm is trying go cover up. Shame on you gm!
Car has been having all the problems since I got it , and now just by doing research I seen that they had a lot of these cars recalled
Power steering locks when driving and I have no control of the steering wheel
Passenger low beam headlight keeps going out. I have replaced it 3 times this year already. Driving at night with 1 low beam working is dangerous.
The cars check engine light comes on and you loss your brakes and when you have it checked it puts up different codes every time it's checked and no matter what you change it keeps doing it and you take it to a dealer and they just want to change everything it says and charge you a arm and leg and it still does fix it
2010 chevy malibu brake light on without brake being applied car service traction control light on and service ESC I believe it's due to a bad body control module
Power reduced engine, traction control,
Passenger side low beam headlight keeps going out. Replaced bulb multiple times, 100/hr shop labor just to take off bumper to get to bulb. At this point a ticket would have been cheaper.
Headlight low beams continue to go out. Not burning out but going out prematurely. Have to be changed at least once a month.
The stop lamps come on all by themself, if the lamps are illuminated they will turn off when the brake pedal is pressed. This also affects the traction controls and stability control, the warning light illuminates on the instrument panel. Also cruise control becomes inoperative. Gm has acknowledged this and has an extended warranty for this problem. However they've capped it at 150,000 miles which puts me out of warranty. When I spoke to gm they admitted this and said because I wasn't the original owner I wouldn't be notified. They don't want to help!
While driving my car on the highway out of nowhere power engine reduced would come up on the dash and would not accelerate and transmission and traction warning lights would show on dash as well also power steering show on dash and the car jerk a little and the speedometer and fuel hand wouldn't move
Service ESC, service traction, picture of car skidding, tires need air and picture of tire that looks flat keeps coming up on my panel. This never happened prior to having new tires and brakes put on my car at hendrix chevrolet in durham, nc. I only have 40+ thousand miles on my car. At 20,000 my right front rotar and brakes had to be replace because it was roaring and I literally had to have it towed to my home. I bought the car new when my son worked at hendrix (thought it was a good idea). He wasn't working there when this happened but he fixed it and then hendrix said they could not reimburse me because he wasn't a current employee. I love my car but have had nothing but problems with it! Please let me know what to do to get the first issues I mentioned corrected! I'm getting different answers from everyone I talk too. I see many people on the internet are complaining of the same problem with their malibu as well!
Passenger low beam head light goes out every 2 months. I have replaced this 3 times. Replacing the headlight requires removing the front bumper and it is $120 just to remove the bumper to determine the issue. New connector and pigtails have not solved the burnout issue. Upon an internet search, I found other have the same issue with passenger headlight. Ihttp://www.carproblemzoo.com/chevrolet/malibu/2010/headlights-problems.php I was in motion when this was noticed as I was pulled over by the police. Issue is still there when car is parked.
My brake lights are illuminated when I do not push on the brake when I do push on the brake they disappear I can't put my cruise control on when this happens this happens while I'm driving it started happening about a month ago at a hundred and ninety-eight thousand miles but it would go away I was able to turn the car off and back on and it would be fine now it is like that at all times
Headlight bulbs keep burning out and random. Paid $432 to chevrolet dealership to fix problem and it is still occuring.
The dash board lights do not always come on when the car is first started and sometime they go off while driving. My son-in-law told me to pull over, shut off the motor, pump the foot feed 3 times and then restart the vehicle. That seems to work most of the time. But I should not have to do that. I have had the head lights go out at night when I hit a bump and then they came back on when I hit another bump. The cruise control does not always work. I received a notice that my taillights may not always work and to let them know if I have that problem. Well hell I am driving the car not running along behind it!! Do I have to wait until someone rear-end me to find out that they don't work? Not sure what kind of airbags I have in this vehicle but with history of electrical problems that may also be an issue.these problems have existed from the time the car was new. I have had it in to different shops to have it checked out and every time they tell me they think it is fixed. I am just waiting for the next shoe to drop. Is the competition for car makers so vicious that they need to rush production at the cost of customer safety to get vehicles out ahead of their competition? They continue to put more bells and whistles on these vehicles so they can charge us more up front and for continuous repairs. This is totally insane. Give me back my '57 chevy. Never had any of these safety issues with that honey!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While driving at an unknown speed, the passenger side headlight failed to illuminate without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000. The VIN was not available.
I purchased this car in september 2016 and not more than two days of owning it my ESC lights disabled and my brake lights were stuck on, I brought it into the dealership and they replaced the break pedal sensor, and the lights came on again, I brought it in again and they once again replaced the sensor, this problem has yet to be fixed almost two years later, the ESC constantly disables and the brake lights come on and stay stuck I am lucky I have not been in an accident. The dealership I bought it from have failed on several occasions to fix this problem. Now they are telling me I will have to pay for a problem that they never actually fixed. I will be driving and my check traction light will come on and my ESC light will say off. You can see by the attached document I originally reported this problem on 9/26/2016, I purchased the car september 24, 2016... Two days later and this issue started occurring and now two years later and it is still not fixed.
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