2007 Chevrolet Malibu Steering

POWER STEERING FAILURE WHILE DRIVING--VERY DANGEROUS. IT IS AT THE SHOP NOW FOR POSSIBLE REPAIR DEPENDING ON COSTS. I'VE READ THAT THIS IS VERY COSTLY AND THAT THE ISSUE MAY BE AN ALREADY RECALL FIX.

STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES, UNTIL SUDDENLY THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT, RADIO DISPLAYS A MESSAGE STATING "POWER STEERING." THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING, WHILE IDLING, OR THE POWER STEERING SIMPLY DOES NOT COME ON WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED. IT BEGAN IN 2015 AND CONTINUES TODAY, GROWING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.

POWER STEERING SIGN COMES ON WHEN FIRST TURNING CAR ON, LOCKING THE WHEEL UP. WHEN I TURN CAR OFF AND RESTART IT ISSUE GOES AWAY. NOW STARTING TO HAPPEN WHILE I AM DRIVING THE VEHICLE.

POWER STEERING FAILS WHILE DRIVING. WIFE ALMOST CRASHED WHILE DRIVING. VERY HARD TO TURN UNDER SLOW DRIVING CONDITIONS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RODENROTH MOTORS INC (3055 S MACKINAC TRAIL, SAULT STE, MARIE, MI 49783, (906) 662-4756), BUT THE CONTACT REFUSED TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

THE STEERING WHEEL IS SHAKING RAPIDLY WHILE SITTING IDLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, AND WAITED A WHILE. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE SAFELY HOME. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT A POWER STEERING SENSOR NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND VERIFIED THAT A POWER STEERING SENSOR WAS NEEDED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 162,000.

ON OR AROUND FEB 19, 2019 MY POWER STEERING GAVE OUT WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. I PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED MY CAR SINCE IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO TURN THE WHEEL. AFTER RESTARTING MY CAR SEEMED TO BE FINE. UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT APPEARED ON MY DASH AND THEN AGAIN I COULD BARELY MAKE ANY TURNS WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY IF I HAD TO TURN TO GET TO A SAFE AREA TO RESTART MY CAR. AFTER MY OWN RESEARCH, I CALLED CHEVROLET AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON A SIMILAR PART THAT WOULD CAUSE THE SAME THINGS AS I WAS HAVING AND IF I TOOK IT INTO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND HAD IT OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED AS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALL WHICH WAS A TORQUE SENSOR WITH THE POWER STEERING SHAFT I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THE $110 DIAGNOSIS FEE AND THE COST OF REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. ON FEB 26 2019 IS WHEN I HAD MY APT AT CAMP CHEVROLET IN SPOKANE, WA PH:5094440968. THEY INFORMED ME THAT IN FACT IT WAS THE SAME PART AS THE PREVIOUS RECALL BUT BECAUSE MY CAR HAD ALREADY BEEN FIXED BY THAT RECALLED PART, BEFORE I OWED IT, THAT THEY WOULDN'T COVER THAT COST. I WOULD NOT OF TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IF I WASN'T INFORMED THAT WITH PROPER DIAGNOSE I WOULD BE ABLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND IT WAS NOT CAUSED BY ERRATIC DRIVING BUT A KNOWN ISSUE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE RECALL IN THE FIRST PLACE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SENSOR OR THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. A LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V064000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERYDAY LAST WEEK. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE BEGAN FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT WENT AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V064000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SPRADLEY CHEVROLET HYUNDAI (2146 US-50, PUEBLO, CO 81008, 719-544-8162) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AS THE STEERING CONTINUED TO SEIZE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 133,732.

POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE MAKING A TURN ONTO THE FREEWAY. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND JERKED THE CAR TO THE LEFT AND ALMOST MADE US GO OFF THE RAMP IF WE HAD NOT GAINED CONTROL. CHIME STARTED GOING OFF BUT NO LIGHT IN DASH INDICATING SOMETHING IS MALFUNCTIONING. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES LEFT AND RIGHT WHILE CAR IS IDLE AND WHILE DRIVING. CHIME IS FREQUENT WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE OF STEERING WHEEL SHAKING.WE HAVE A VIDEO OF THIS HAPPENING WHEN CAR WAS ON IDLE.

LOST OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING AND STATIONARY THE STEERING WHEEL MOVES BY IT SELF THIS HAPPENED ON CITY STREETS AND ON THE HIGHWAY I HAVE TO PULL OVER SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT .THIS DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK AT FIRST IMY HAVE TO DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND IT KEEPS DOING ALL THE WAY HOME.I MY HAVE TO PULL OVER 4 OR 5 TIMES TO MAKE IT HOME. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECALL ID#15V064 BUT IT IS NOT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING 72 MPH IN THE SNOW, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER AND THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE LOCAL DEALER. THE CONTACT CALLED SHEBOYGAN CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (3400 S BUSINESS DR, SHEBOYGAN, WI, (920) 624-4110) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, THE POWER STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL. DON FRANKLIN CAMPBELLSVILLE CHEVROLET BUICK (200 N BYPASS RD, CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY 42718, (877) 708-4597) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR THIS SPECIFIC FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

I STARTED PAYING ON MY 2007 CHEVY MALIBU LAST YEAR AND NOW THE POWER STEERING IS GOING OFF RANDOMLY. THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2015 BUT NOT ALL OF THE MALIBU'S WERE PART OF IT ACORDING TO GM. I WILL BE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT WILL JUST STOP WORKING AND THE STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK TO THE RIGHT. IT GOES OFF WHEN YOUR SITTING STATIONERY OR EVEN TURNING ALSO. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO ANYONE WHO HAS A MALIBU NOT JUST SOME MALIBU'S WITH A SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER.

A WEEK AGO, MY POWER STEERING HAS STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. THE SENSOR GOES OFF AND STATES ERROR WITH POWER STEERING. IN THE BEGINNING, STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE WHEN IDLE BUT NOW LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, THE GM RECALL SITE CAME UP WITH THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, MODEL AND EXACT CONDITION BUT AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP AND GM THEY STATED MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THIS RECALL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION AS I COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN TRYING TO MAKE LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS. I HAVE CHILDREN AND COULD NOW NOT EVEN SAFELY DRIVE MY OWN AND ONLY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. CHEVY HAS NOT HELPED WITH MY SITUATION WHATSOEVER. MY FATHER IS A MECHANIC SO VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND FLUIDS KEPT AT PROPER LEVELS. RECALL NUMBER IS 14772 AND THE CONDITION IS STATED TO BE CAUSED BY A DEFECT WHERE VEHICLES EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST THAT COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE ASSIST AS I CANNOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION AND WILL BE AFFECTING ALL ASPECTS OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES.

POWER STEERING WHEEL LOCKS WHEN TRYING TO PARALLEL PARK. POWER STEERING WHEEL IS MANEUVERING WHEELS WHEN IN MOTION ON THE STREET AND HIGHWAY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO OFF LANES. POWER STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES WHEN VEHICLE IS ON AND STATIONED

TAKATA RECALL MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE IN PARK AND I WOULD LOOSE POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING AND NOW THE POWER STEERING IS COMPLETELY OUT I. MY 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU I LOOKED UP ON LINE AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND THAT THE 2007 MALIBU HAS NOT HAD A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD'VE BEEN ONE THIS SEEMS TO BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CAR THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THANK YOU FOR YOU TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME WITH DIFFICULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,435. *TT*JB

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILURE UPON START OF THE VEHICLE OR WHILE DRIVING. YOU MUST TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT TO REACTIVATE THE POWER STEERING. STEERING WHEEL WILL ALSO MOVE BACK AND FORTH ON ITS OWN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY SUCH AS AT A STOP SIGN.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING I LOST POWER STEERING AND WAS UNABLE TO STEER SAFELY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND VIBRATED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE STEERING COLUMN SEIZED AND AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

ITS HARD TO STEER MY CAR WHILE TURNING WHEN DRIVING , THEN THE WORD "POWER STEERING "APPEARS ON MY RADIO