The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving at 30 MPH, the "Steering Assist Reduced - Drive with Care" and other unknown warning lights illuminated, and the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that a nearby independent mechanic who witnessed the failure assisted her with restarting the vehicle with an unknown device and assisted the contact with pulling to the side of the road. The contact sated that the vehicle shut-off and failed to restart after several attempts. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The Used car dealer was notified of the failure but did not provide any assistance. The contact stated that the failure occurred the same day she had purchased the vehicle at the Used car dealer. Upon investigating on Carfax, the contact became aware that the vehicle had previously been totaled. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000.
2017 Chevrolet Malibu steering complaints
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While driving the electronic power steering stopped working almost causing me to crash.
The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while she was driving at an undisclosed speed and approaching a stoplight, the brake pedal was depressed, and the vehicle suddenly lost electrical power. The warning message "Steering Assist Reduced, Drive with Care" was illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and continued to drive; however, the failure recurred increasingly while depressing the brake pedal at stoplights. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 83,000.
I received steering assist reduce multiple times on the vehicle. I took it to the repair shop the warranty company Silver Rock recommended. The repair company stated my car is having a computer issue. The car also does not go into auto stop, when making a full stop. The car now has to be towed to a Chevy dealership to handle the issue.
STEERING ASSIST REDUCED DRIVE WITH CARE message comes on car screen. The steering wheel jerks and acceleration is reduced. This is putting everyone in my car at risk as we are not able to accelerate fast enough if anything were to happen. Car has been taken to the dealership and they are unable to identify the problem. I checked online and multiple Malibus are having this problem. If you're looking for a safe car for your family member this is not the car. These cars have these errors built in the system and the dealership are unable to find the problem costing a lot of money on diagnostics to get no results. Please notice all the complaints I hope my word is heard. If mine is not heard I hope the next persons will be.
When driving my car and I stop at a red light and then when the light turns green I accelerate. I notice I get a message on my dashboard power assist and reduce speed. This constantly shows up on my dashboard. I have am appointment with Gm on 9/21/21 to take it in to get service.
After getting my 2017 chevy malibu minor service a few weeks later as I was driving and came to a stop light when the light turned green as I lift my foot off the brake I noticed the steering wheel did a jet and the a message appeared on the instrument panel that said something like "steering assist reduced use caution while driving. That was the first time now I've seen the message multiple times and it always happens after I've come to a complete stop and then release my foot from the brake pedal to start back driving
My vechile shut off. And it was saying sterring assist reduced. Please be careful. Then the check engine light came.
Reduced steering assist drive with care message popped up after coming to a complete stop and go into auto stop mode. Car would completely shut off after letting off brake to hit accelerator. Been to dealership 3 times for the same problem. Gm should issue recalls due to being a safety concern.
While driving on I-85 south at 70 MPH the steering wheel locked and I could not steer the vehicle and while braking the steering came back once I hit the emergency lane. After about 10 minutes it happened again on and off for the next ten miles. I am turning the vehicle in to the dealership for repair.
It's giving me a message saying steering assist reduce drive with care
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the steering assistance reduced warning message would intermittently appear on the instrument panel. The contact had initially taken the vehicle to malcolm cunningham chevrolet augusta (2031 gordon hwy, augusta, ga 30909) where she was informed that she had a defective rack and pinion. The contact then took the vehicle to an independent mechanic where they diagnosed the vehicle with a defective tie rod and had the tie rod replaced. Recently, the contact stated that an abnormal scraping noise would emit from the vehicle upon depression of the brake pedal as the ABS warning light appeared on the instrument panel. The contact then took the vehicle to johnson motor company of south carolina (490 jefferson davis hwy, graniteville, sc 29829) where they repaired the vehicle for a defective pcv hose. An hour after the vehicle was returned to the contact, the same failure recurred. The manufacturer had been notified several times about the failures and several cases were filed. The manufacturer offered no further assistance. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was 10,757.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that the power steering assist warning light illuminated with message to drive with care. The vehicle was turned off and failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the power steering needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure recurred twice. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacture was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 82,000.
"steering assistance reduced drive with care" warning appears on dash right before I'm going to accelerate after being stopped.
When driving at auto stop, when beginning to accelerate, car acts like it shut off and says steering assist reduced drive with care. I noticed the battery voltage goes down to 11.0 v. Also the radio screen flickers black. This has happened multiple times in multiple days.
Bought this car new for my daughter to drive back and forth to college, I wanted a safe car for her, but this car is anything but safe. Started having issues with getting random steering assist warning lights, then TPMS lights, then it shut down in the middle of an intersection and it had to be towed. The dealership has been unable to find anything wrong with the car and now its out of warranty and is costing us hundreds of dollars in service fees. Battery has been replaced and its still having issues. Lately she has been complaining that the car suddenly drifts at highway speeds and she has to make corrections that jerk her all over the road. It does this at random, not every drive, maybe every other, it feels like an electrical issue and not a mechanical issue. She has almost crashed twice, was pulled over this past weekend coming home for another dealership visit because an officer noticed the weaving and corrections and assumed she was drunk. Again, the dealership cannot find anything wrong. I have explained the issue, brought in a technical bulletin that explains the exact issue, still no resolution, they still say they cannot find anything and send me home with another bill. This car is not safe to drive, and once winter hits and the roads become slick, this issue will likely result in an accident. I have refused to let her drive it to college at this point and the car is sitting in my driveway. The dealership is useless even after showing them hundreds of internet complaints. Why is gm ignoring this issue?
While driving my car started to say driving assistance off please drive with care then it acts like it's going to turn off. Now its sying
Recently I have a message appear on my display screen. While sitting at a red light of course the car shuts off but when the traffic light turns green and the car starts back, I get the message steering assist reduced. I've been seeing this message for a few weeks now. This morning on my way to work, once again the message appears and this time my doors unlocked & locked, the vehicle reduced speed and I drove it at that speed until I was able to merge off the highway. I pulled into a parking lot and turned the car off. I waited a few minutes and restarted the car. I was able to make it to work but constantly put the car in neutral or park when I got to a red traffic light. This really scared me while driving in heavy traffic. Several cars had to go around me due to reduced speed. I see several people with the same complaint. Got to be a recall. I have an appointment with a chevy dealership on tomorrow and hopefully I'll get some answers. Praying whatever the problem is under warranty. I need answers!!!
Tl* contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while her granddaughter was driving at 70 MPH, the steering wheel locked up and failed to turn. The vehicle crashed into the guard rail and spun around. There were no warning lights illuminated. There was no reported injuries or police report filed. The air bags did not deploy. The contact scheduled an appointment with an independent mechanic. The contact called the local dealer auto center cars (727 n. Royal ave. Front royal, va 22630 (540) 622-2667) but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 100,000.
Car stalls while operating, car shuts down while driving and fails to restart without warning. "service stability" 'battery save mode' 'shift to park' all blink when this happens. I have experienced this problem several times over the past year. Car will also shut down when the vehicle is not in motion ie stop signs, traffic lights, stop & go traffic...etc. The car having no power that I can't even put my emergency lights on. This happens for the last time on 6/11/2020 cars brakes became tough to push could barely stop the car, once stopped the car lost all power shut off in the middle of a busy intersection I was almost rear ended. Car would not restart and had to be towed once again. All the same warning lights. My car is currently broke down and not starting at all. Also I have 2' of water in wheel well car leaks water into spare tire well. Car is molding due to this issue. This car model should be recalled. This could cause some horrible accident because of a malfunction/ defective part that was installed. This has happened to many many people. Please look into this. People are spending lots of money for repairs and rental cars. Im a single mother of 3 children, this car is suppose to be safe to drive. It's by far from that. The money I'm spending on a rental car so that I can go back and forth to work is not cheap.
1st scenario/incident:when at a full stop the car is in "auto stop". After when I release the break and accelerate the car turns back on and the steering wheel will jerk to the left, without me moving the steering wheel. The dash will display message "steering assist is reduced, drive with care". 2nd scenario/incident:when at a full stop at an upward steep road after I release the break and accelerate the message "steering assist is reduced, drive with care" will appear on the dash and the car will not move forward it will roll backward until the break is pressed it will stop rolling back. After that when the accelerator is pressed again it will finally move forward.
Vehicle stability track disabled and steering get stiff and hard to control. This is a known issue with this vehicle and 1000's of people have reported it. Dealer want to char $2,700 to fix for an issue that was reported as a dangerous and known to the manufacturer. The warning come on interment and makes it impossible to control specially at high speed. All other safety features such as accident warning or lane departure gets disabled
Well I'm driving in the freeway and the car star lossing power I almost crash then the check engine light turn on and it's say something about the stability somentihin like that and that I have to be becarfull driving
I was on a highway in warren oh driving to work traveling at 65 MPH in the left lane. A message appeared and said loss of engine power and the at went from 65 to 20 in 1 second. There were vehicles behind me and beside me. I was almost rear ended and when I tried to get over to the side of the road I was almost smashed by a semi. As well as that message it then stated steering assist inactive so it was then hard to turn my wheel as if there wasn't enough of a problem. Thank god I am ok but someone else may not be so lucky. There are numerous complaints that I see on the internet about this issue. How is there not a recall. Gm should be responsible for these repairs. I just purchased this vehicle in nov 2019.
I was leaving work and got 5 minutes into my drive and I had a warning light come on in my malibu while I was in motion driving straight in town. It indicated "electric steering issues" it was on for no more than 5-10 seconds then it turned off automatically. Allthough this warning went away, I did not feel safe so I pulled over and started doing some research on my malibu. I did not find anything that made me feel unsafe to finish my drive home, but I do want to raise attention to this so it can be looked into so this doesnt happen to other people.
I was driving my vehicle in heavy traffic and I came to a traffic light and my vehicle shut down and would not start back. It was frightening because someone could have hit me from behind. After the officer jump my car off it crank back up but I took it to the shop and place on the machine and the battery and alternator is fine. The car since then have shut down 4 more times and after sitting for a while it started back up. Once again this happened in heavy traffic. Please check if others having the same problem. Also a few times the doors came unlock at a stop light or stopping of the vehicle. Please help. 2017 malibu ez
While driving my car says "steering assist reduced. Drive with care". It has started out of no where
Having issues with transmission (hard shifting, not going into gear, not going into park). This started within a few thousand miles of owning the car. The power steering also goes out at random times. The car gets significantly harder to steer, or turn. Happens when lane departure is turned off as well. Also the adaptive cruise as constantly failing. Almost like the camera just stops working, and the entire system shuts down, or it says its still engaged and cant see the cars in front slowing down. Sometimes the heads up display alert doesn't even go off when it should. Not sure if this is an electrical issue, or each individual system has problems. Car has been at the dealer about 6 times now with the same issues. They currently have the car, and have had it for about 25 days now. Always the same outcome... "we don't know how to fix it". They even had a specialist come in and reprogram the transmission to try to "fix the problem". It hasn't fixed the problem yet. Transmission issues usually happen stationary, going from drive to park, sometimes you will get a loud and very hard shift into gear, sometimes it says its in drive or reverse, you take your foot off the brake, and tap on the gas and nothing happens. It acts as if its still in park. It would also say "shift to park" after you already have and wont let you turn off the car, until it registers you in "park". As for the adaptive cruise, it happens while in motion. Its gotten to the point where I cant even use it anymore. It may work for 3 miles, then completely shut down. Steering issue happens whenever it feels like it. Sometimes while parked, sometimes while driving. Doesn't seem to matter speed wise.
Steering assistant! When economic stop happens I'm alerted and car turns off and electric wipes out n comes back on!! My car stopped this time. Every other one of your cars have this recalls. I am in my car now stranded!
Steering assist reduced alert. This has been reported on several gym and chevrolet cars. Including 2016 malibu. I have a 2017 malibu. It was in motion
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