2008 Chevrolet Malibu Steering

POWER STEERING GOING IN AND OUT. IF POWER STEERING NOT WORKING, SOMETIMES TURNING CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IT WILL ENABLE POWER STEERING.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the steering wheel ceased with the power steering warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. the contact was informed that the electric power steering failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.

I HAVE A 2008 CHEVY MALIBU 4 CYLINDER AND MY POWER STEERING IS SHAKY AND HARD TO TURN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. IT HAPPEN JANUARY 10TH 2021

DROVE VEHICLE AND PARKED, WHEN I CAME BACK AND STARTED THE VEHICLE THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING, DASH LIGHT READ POWER STEERING. MANAGED TO DRIVE VEHICLE HOME WITH 'NO POWER STEERING'. CHECKED THIS SITE FOR RECALLS/PROBLEMS FOUND ANOTHER OWNER WHO HAD SAME PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD TURNED THEIR CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND THAT THE POWER STEERING STARTED WORKING AGAIN. AFTER READING HIS MESSAGE I WENT OUT AND STARTED MY CAR AND THE POWER STEERING STARTED WORKING AGAIN. WILL TAKE IT TO MY MECHANIC ASAP.

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE JERKS LEFT AND RIGHT.. MAKING IT HARD TO CONTROL.. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING MORE THAN 35 MPH.. I THOUGH IT WAS A WHEEL ALINGMENT BUT IT WAS PERFORM BY 2 DIFFERENT SHOPS AND STILL DOES IT...

LOSS OF POWER STEERING IN MOTION ON FREEWAY AND SURFACE STREETS

LOSS OF POWER STEERING, SEVERAL TIMES WHEN FIRST STARTED AND ALSO WHILE DRIVING. THESE HAPPENED IN A COMMERCIAL PARKING AS WELL AS ON A HIGHWAY

AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST POWER STEERING AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED SO I STRAIGHTENED IT OUT AND TOOK ANOTHER CAR.

I GET A POWERSTEERING MESSAGE WHILE DRIVING AND POWERSTEERING GOES OUT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED DRIVING NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIAMI LAKES CHEVROLET (16600 NW 57TH AVE, MIAMI LAKES, FL 33014) BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED DUE TO THE DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR FEES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE MECHANIC RETRIEVED DTC CODE: C0545, (STEERING WHEEL TORQUE SENSOR MALFUNCTION). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER FOR REPAIR UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE REPAIR FAILED TO FIX THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 121,000.

POWER STEERING IS NOT WORKING JUST IN THE LAST WEEK. SOMETIMES IT WORKS BUT THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES EVEN WHEN I'M NOT MOVING THE CAR. OTHER TIMES IT DOESNT WORK AT ALL.

STEERING WHEEL STOP FROM VERY SMOOTH TURNING TO SUCH A HARD TO TURN THE WHEELS, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME. *TR

POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND I COULD NOT TURN MY STEERING WHEEL, AND IT'S GETTING HARDER BY THE SECOND. *TR

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHEN STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ACROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC, WHEN CLEAR.IT DID NOT WORK IN THE 3 MILES TO HOME. IT WAS FRIGHTENING. I DROVE TO THE REPAIR SHOP(NON DEALER) .THEY QUOTED A REPAIR COST AND INDICATED THERE HAD BEEN AN EXPIRED BULLETIN. I TOLD THEM TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. TOTAL CHARGES WERE $708.30. THE PART REPLACED,#23232310 WAS REPLACED BY THE GM DEALER ON MAR 03,2015 @78,311 MILES ON BULLETIN # 14117 AT NO CHARGE WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS ISSUES. REQUESTED TOTAL REFUND FROM DEALER - THEY SAID CALL GM - (CASE #[XXX])WHO SAID THE PERIOD OF 10 YEARS/150,000 MILES HAD EXPIRED. AM I WITHOUT RECOURSE IN THIS MATTER? A GOOD PART LASTED ALMOST 7 YEARS, REPLACED BY A PART THAT LASTED 5+ YEARS. I WONDER IF THIS NEW PART WILL CORRECT THE PROBLEM OR IS IT A DESIGN PROBLEM? WILL YOU HELP ME? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CAME HOME FROM WORK, PARKED MY CAR. EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. NEXT DAY I WENT TO START IT AND LEAVE FOR WORK. WHEN I TURNED ON THE CAR, THE POWER STEERING ALERT APPEARED IN THE INFORMATION CENTER. VERY HARD TO STEER. THOUGHT IT JUST NEEDED SOME POWER STEERING FLUID BUT LEARNED THIS CAR DOES NOT TAKE ANY. STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AND POWER STEERING. *TR

POWER STEERING SENSOR KIT FAILURE, KNOWN ISSUE ON THIS GM MODEL AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS YEAR MODEL ON THIS ISSUE YET DIDN'T COVER THIS VIN NUMBER, IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE WASNT WIDE ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THIS VIN # PART REPLACEMENT P/N 23232310 $708.73

STEERING SHAFT COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR ASSEMBLY PART ON 2008 4 CYLINDER MALIBU REPLACED BY CHEVROLET DEALER IN OCT, 2014 AS PART OF CHEVROLET RECALL # N140115 AT ABOUT 75,000 MILES OF USE -IT WAS STILL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY WHEN REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT PART WAS REDESIGNED BUT REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AFTER ONLY ANOTHER 49,000 MILES BY THE SAME REDESIGNED PART. PERHAPS THE RECALL REMEDY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE EFFECTIVE HAD THE POWER STEERING MOTOR CONTROLLER UNIT ALSO BEEN REPLACED AT ABOUT 75000 MILES AS RECALL # N140115 SPECIFIED IT COULD HAVE BEEN.

ELECTRIC STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING. WAS A RECALL FOR THIS IN 2014 FOR SOME OF THE 2008 MALIBU BUT DEALERSHIP SAY NOT MY VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THAT'S THE PROBLEM ITS HAVING.

I STARTED THE VEHICLE UP. VEHICLE WAS STILL IN PARK AND THE WHEEL STARTED SHAKING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT OK N IT'S OWN FOR ABOUT 45 SECONDS. POWER STEERING THEN POPPED UP ON THE DASH. THE WHEEL STOPPED SHAKING. I BACKED OUT AND BEGAN DRIVING. I BEGAN ON HIGHWAY AND THE WHEEL STARTS SHAKING AGAIN. THE WHEEL WAS SHAKING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT MAKING IT HARD TO STEER THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.

POWER STEERING GOES OUT THEN COMES BACK SOMETIMES WHEN I TURN IT OFF THEN BACK ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE "POWER STEERING FAULT" MESSAGE DISPLAYED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED, THE POWER STEERING CEASED TO OPERATE. THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING. A "POWER STEERING" ALERT COMES UP ON THE DASH AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. THIS CAN HAPPEN AFTER PUTTING IT IN PARK OR WHILE DRIVING SLOW, FAST, STRAIGHT OR TURNING.

STEERING WILL LOCK UP SOMETIMES IT SAY POWER STEERING ON WARNING, SOMETIMES THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON I CAN CORRECT BY PUTTING IN PARK SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTING, THEN IT GOES BACK TO NORMAL OPERATION - I AM WORRIED I MIGHT GET REAR ENDED IF I CAN'T GET OVER IN TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BUT MOST RECENTLY THREE TIMES LAST WEEK AND SO FAR TWICE THIS WEEK HAPPENS WHEN GOING INTO A TURN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN, MADE A SQUEAKY NOISE, AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. ALSO, THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO FUTURE CHEVROLET OF SACRAMENTO (4811 MADISON AVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95841, (916) 331-6777), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.