Chevrolet Malibu
NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data
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So just recently I was on my way home from my parents house, and I take a highway to get there from my home. It’s a direct shot, fastest way to get to...
Odometer Fraud. The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. It was discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy. The vehicle was a private sale. At t...
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while the vehicle was idling, it lost power steering functionality. The contact pull...
Driving down the interstate I noticed the steering wheel lightly jumping intermittently like it wanted to take control and turn itself. A few minutes...
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the steering wheel failed to turn in the inte...
Power steering has failed. There are numerous complaints for these model and year cars. There has also been recalls for certain VIN numbers but not al...
Power steering went out and Esc warning came on the dash . This has happened multiple times mostly while sitting at idle. Turned off car and restarted...
The power steering went out while driving and is available for inspection right now. The car has 145k miles. The vehicle has been inspected by an inde...
My chevy malibu has been losing power steering multiple times per day. It comes back on after turning the car off and on again, but then goes out agai...
2009 chevy malibu i lost of Electric Power Steering it happened to me twice both when i was driving one was in the freeway the bad thing my car or vin...
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Summary
The 2009 Chevrolet Malibu has 1504 complaints and 3 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is Steering. 41 crash-related incidents have been reported.