2012 Chevrolet Malibu Complaint Log

AFTER OWNING THE CAR ONLY 3 WEEKS, THE CIRCUIT BOARD BLEW A WIRE CONNECTOR CAUSING MY FUEL PUMP TO GO OUT AFTER THE DEALERSHIP JUST HAD THESE EXACT PARTS REPLACED HIMSELF AT TIME OF PURCHASE. THE CAR HAS LOST POWER, HAS ISSUES WITH BLINKER STICKING OR RELAY. THE CAR DRAINS RAPIDLY WHEN A.C. IS TURNED ON. RADIO SOMETIMES SHUTS OFF SOUND. THE VEHICLE HAS COST ME OVER 3000 WITHIN MY 3 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP HAS ONLY 140000 MILES ON ENGINE. ELECTRICAL ISSUES EVERYWHERE AM FEARFUL IT MAY CATCH FIRE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY 3 CHILDREN! YOUTUBE HAS MANY COMPLAINTS ON SAME MAKE MODEL VEHICLE WITH SAME OCCURRING ISSUE'S! LUCKILY WHEN CIRCUIT BOARD BLEW A COMPACTOR THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN THE PARKING LOT AT DOLLAR GENERAL. WE WERE FORCED TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DESTINATION.

I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CAR FOR 2 YEARS.. NO ISSUES. WELL MAINTAINED..RECENTLY MY A/C STOPPED WORKING. I WAS USING IT, TURNED IT OFF , TURNED MY CAR OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES STARTED MY CAR AND THE A/C WOULD NOT WORK. DID NOT BLOW ANY AIR..IT'S NOT EVEN LIGHTING UP WHEN SELECTING DIFFERENT SETTINGS. IT'S AS IF THE A/C CONTROL PANEL DOES NOT WORK. I HAVE READ MANY OTHERS COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE, AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE 2012 CHEVY MALIBU WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2013-2014 RECALL FOR A/C ISSUES SINCE THIS IS SUCH A REOCCURRING PROBLEM.

CAR WOULD NOT START JUST CRANKED. HAD CAR LOOKED AT SAID IT WAS MY FUEL PUMP. SO I HAD IT CHANGED. WELL THE NEXT DAY SAME THING. SO I SEEN THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS IN TRUCK REPLACED THAT AS WELL. WELL THEN TWO DAYS LATER CAR DID THE SAME THING. WENT TO FUSE BOX IN TRUNK AND OPENED THE FUSE BOX TOUCHED THE FUEL PUMP RELAY AND MY CAR STARTED RIGHT UP. I CONTINUE TO DO THIS ON A DAILY AND ITS ALSO STALLED AT A RED LIGHT AND I ALSO MESSED WITH THE FUSE BOX AGAIN AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I BEEN SEEING WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE FUSE BOX IN THE TRUNK AND THE WIRING IN THE TRUNK. I FEEL I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS TO BE FIXED I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR A YEAR AND A HALF AND BOUGHT IT USED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. AFTER DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED AND FLASHED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACTED CALLED AN UNKNOWN DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE BCM BRAKE SENSOR MODULE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE PART WOULD BE REPLACED. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AT TIMES; HOWEVER, WHEN DRIVING, IT RUNS FOR A WHILE AND THEN STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER (BUFF WHELAN CHEVROLET, 40445 VAN DYKE AVE, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48313) WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BECAUSE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AND RETURNED IT TO THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,500.

THE PASSENGER LOW-BEAM LIGHT HAS AN ISSUE. I'M NOT ALONE, THOUSANDS OF OTHER CHEVY MALIBU DRIVERS HAVE ALL REPORTED THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THE WIRING HARNESS THAT CONNECTS TO THE LOW-BEAM BULB KEEPS OVER-HEATING AND MELTING, CAUSING THE BULB TO GO OUT. I HAVE REPLACED THE PIGTAIL THREE TIMES NOW, AND IT KEEPS GOING OUT. I HAVE EVEN PULLED THE DRL FUSE, WHICH MANY BELIEVE COULD HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM, AND IT STILL KEEPS HAPPENING. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE AS I AM NOT ALONE.

CAR STARTS AND AFTER 2 SECONDS TURNS BACK OFF. CAR WILL START AGAIN AND DRIVE FINE FOR HOURS AND THEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM AND DIAGNOSTIC WON'T READ THE PROBLEM. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS AND FUEL PUMP WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL NOT OPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS RE-INSPECTED BY THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUSE BOX AND RELAYS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. GUSWEILER GM CENTER (1132 STATE RTE 41, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OH) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FUSE BOX WAS FAULTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 46,000.

BLOWER MOTOR PULLED SO MUCH AMPERAGE FROM ENGINE/BATTERY THAT IT MELTED THE WIRING HARNESS AND BLEW THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND HAD THE AIR CONDITIONING ON. WHEN ACCELERATING, THE BLOWER CUT OFF AND I COULD ONLY FEEL THE AIR SLIGHTLY COMING FROM THE AC VENT. HAD IT DIAGNOSED AT MY MECHANIC AND HE INDICATED THAT HE'D SEEN THIS MANY TIMES IN CHEVYS AND THAT THERE HAD TO BE SOME DEFECT IN THE BLOWER MOTOR FOR IT TO PULL SO MUCH AMPERAGE -- ENOUGH TO MELT THE WIRING HARNESS, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY BLEW THE RESISTOR.

TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR ON I-17 SB IN PHOENIX. VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME HIT BRAKES SUDDENLY. WHEN I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES,IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE MY BRAKES WERE WORKING PROPERLY. BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, DIDN'T SEEM TO BE STOPPING CAR. FELT LIKE THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ABOVE 40 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING FAILED TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED AS THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LASORSA CHEVROLET BUICK DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN OIL PRESSURE VALVE MALFUNCTION. THE DEALER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE OIL PRESSURE VALVE, BUT THE DEALER FAILED TO DIAGNOSE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND STEERING WHEEL FAILURES. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND STEERING WHEEL FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000.

DRIVER'S SEAT BRACKET ON RIGHT SIDE HAS BROKEN AND SEAT IS WOBBLY AND LEANING ON THE CENTER CONSOLE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2012 MALIBU (AND OTHER YEARS) AND ISN'T BEING COVERED BY WARRANTY. MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS IS A $1000 REPAIR AT THE DEALER. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED-- CONSUMERS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS DEFECT.

CAR WILL START AND THEN START SHAKING AND MAKING NOISES THEN DIES OFF. BREAK AND ACCELARETOR LOCKS AFTER THAT

I RECIEVED A NOTICE FROM GMCONCERNING THE BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM) WARNING ME THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS COULD MALFUNCTION, BUT WARNING ME NOT TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALER BECAUSE OF THIS WARNING. NOW I HAVE TALKED TO AN INSURANCE REPRESENTATIVE A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY WHO HAPPENS TO BE A LAWYER ALSO A MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPT AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SINCE I GOT THOIS WARNING THAT MAKES ME AWARE OF A SERIOUS, DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY A DEADLY DEFECT IN THIS AUTOMOBILE, THEREFORE IF I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND SOME BODY GOT KILLED, NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE MY FAULT, BUT IN FACT I WOULD AND/OR COPULD BE CHARGED AND FOUND RESPONSIBLE AND CHARGED WITH THAT DEATH. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IN FACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY COULD LEAGALLY AND THEREFORE WOULD POSSIBLY PAY FFOR ANY DAMAGES PERIOD. NOW, SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS CAR, I HAVE RECIEVED A SIMALIAR NOTICE ABOUT THE STEERING MACHANISM ON THIS CAR TO WHICH I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING, A RECALL ON THE SEAT BELTS, A NOTICE ABOUT THE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS CAR AND IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN AN EARLIER NOTICE ABOUT TO HEADLIGHTS. SO EVERYTIME I DRIVE THIS CAR, I AM NOT SURE THAT I WILL ACCIDENTLY HAVE A WRECK,KILL SOMEONE OR EVEN BE KILLED MYSELF; I HAVE CONTACTED THE NHTSA ABOUT THIS PROBLEMS PREVIOUSLY ABOUT SOME OF THOSE DEADLY DEFECTS, YET THIS CAR IS STILL ALLOWED TO BE ON THE ROAD, SO WHY,WHY, WHY, WHY HASN'T THIS COMPANY BEEN FORCED TO RECALL THIS DANGEROUS SAFTY HAZZARD VEHICLE ?? WHEN EVEN THOUGH ON THE TOP OF THIS LETTER, IT'S DATED "MARCH 2017" YET I DIDN'T RECIEVE THIS LETTER UNTIL MAY 2017/

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I PRESSED THE BRAKES AND THE CAR FAILED TO STOP. BOTH TIMES RESULTED IN COLLISIONS. THE FIRST TIME THE CAR WSS REPAIRED AND THEN GIVEN BACK TO ME. THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING APPROX 45 MPH AND THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES. I WENT TO DO THE SAME AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING THE CAR AT ALL. I COLLIDED WITH THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND INJURIES TO MY SHOULDER, NECK AND BACK.

ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD HAD BRAKE PADS INSTALLED VEHICLE MAKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE PULLING TO THE RIGHT, HAD THREE SENSORS REPLACED DASH BOARD LIGHT STILL ON05

DRIVING AND BOTH LOW AND HIGH BEAMS GO OUT AT NIGHT. DAYS LATER IT CAME BACK ON, THEN A DAY LATER WENT OUT AGAIN.REPLACED LIGHTS BULBS AND A WEEK LATER IT GOES OUT AGAIN! THIS IS DANGEROUS AND CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE! I ALMOST CRASH THE FIRST TIME THEY WENT OUT ON THE FREEWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO RESPOND IN TIME. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT WAS IN A COLLISION WITH A LARGE DOG, WHICH DAMAGED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THREE DAYS LATER, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR AND THE AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND TWELVE ENGINE FAILURE CODES APPEARED. THE VEHICLE WAS TRANSFERRED TO A NEW INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CRASH DETAILS WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY @ 70 MPH DRY ROADS SERVICE ESC, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL MESSAGES FLASHING ALTERNATELY. PARKED THE VEHICLE NEXT MORNING 20 MINUTES OF DRIVING AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY @ 70 MPH DRY ROADS SAME 2 FLASHING MESSAGES. PARK THE VEHICLE. STARTED VEHICLE UNABLE TO MOVE SHIFTER FROM PARK WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL. FLASHING MESSAGE LIGHTS APPEAR RANDOMLY AS WELL AS UNABLE TO MOVE SHIFTER OUT OF PARK. VERY FRIGHTENING AFTER PARKING VEHICLE.

ON TWO OCCASSIONS THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. SINCE I GOT THE CAR 2 YEARS AGO I HAVE HAD MANY ISSUES WITH THE LIGHTING AMD ELECTRICAL. THE BRAKE LIGHT WORKS WHEN IT CHOOSES TO EVEN IF K DONE PUSH THE BRAKE AND WITH NEW BULBS IT MAY NOT WORK. THE HEADLIGHTS DO THE SAME. THEY COME ON AND GO OFF WHEN THEY CHOOSE TO. I HAVE REPLACED BULBS OVER 20 TIMES IN THE PAST 2 YEARS WHEN I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO. MY SENSORS ALSO DON'T WORK WHICH I WAS TOLD WAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. I HAVE A FRONT LIGHT THAT WON'T GO OFF SO EACH TIME I CUT THE CAR OFF I HAVE TO UNPLUG MY BATTERY SO IT DOESN'T DIE. THE DATE POSTED ISNT THE ONLY DATE ITS HAPPENED IT WAS THE DAY IT ALL STARTED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,557.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AFTER IT FAILED. IN MOTION.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING GOING ABOUT 30MPH AND CAR JUST LOST ALL POWER , COULD NOT STEER THE CAR, PULLED OFF ROAD, WAITED ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND CAR STARTED BACK WITH NO PROBLEMS, THEN A FEW DAYS AGO WENT OUT TO START CAR AND WOULD NOT START, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD LIGHT UP BUT WOULD NOT START, HAD TO HAVE IN JUMPED OFF, TOOK IT TO AUTO PLACE TO HAVE BATTERY CHECKED, BATTERY WAS FINE, DROVE IT HOME, DROVE IT THE NEXT MORNING TO WORK WITH NO PROBLEMS, THEN THAT AFTERNOON, WOULD NOT START AGAIN, HAD TO HAVE IT JUMPED OFF AGAIN, TOOK IT TO AUTO PLACE AGAIN, AND BATTERY OK, ALLTERNATOR OK , I HAVE READ SEVERAL REVIEWS ON THIS CAR AND ALL SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS, HAVE NOT TOOK IT TO MECHANIC YET, BUT AFRAID TO DRIVE IT

I WAS DRIVING(IN MOTION) ON THE FREEWAY AND THE ESC SERVICE/TRACTION CONTROL SENSOR OR LIGHT POPS ON PUSHES MY CAR INTO ENGINE REDUCED POWER MODE THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED ON COMING TRAFFIC TO REAR END ME OR INJURE ME REAL BAD THIS MUST BE RECALLED TO BE FIXED BAD I MEAN ASAP THIS NEEDS TO BED REVISED AND FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. ALSO WHEN AT STOP LIGHT THIS HAPPENS TO. OMG PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU ALL TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN WHO RIDE WITH ME .

"TAKATA RECALL" STEERING WHEEL MOVING ON ITS ON LOST OF POWER STEERING OLIN AND OUT AND TRACTION WARNING ON AND OFF. STEERING WHEEL PULSATING AND TURNING ON ITS OWN WHILE STATIONARY.

AS I WAS DRIVING MY CAR I HEARD A POP IN MY STEERING WHEEL AND FELT IT IN THE GAS PEDAL, AND IT KEEPS POPPING. MY STEERING WHEEL SHOULD NOT GO OUT! AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN IT LOCKED UP ON ME AND JUST KEEPS POPPING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, THE CONTACT HAD TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE DOORS; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. ALSO, ONCE THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, THE SECURITY AND CHECK ENGINE SENSORS ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR RANDOMLY FLASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED FOR AN APPOINTMENT ON MARCH 1, 2017 TO INSPECT AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. A LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,600. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

HEADLAMPS CONSTANTLY BURNING OUT FUZES BLOWN DANGEROUS WHEN LIGHTS GO OUT AT NIGHT. SAFETY HAZARD.

WHEN CAR IS AT IDLE THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND CAUSES CAR TO MISFIRE AND SHAKE

MY CAR HAS RANDOMLY NOT BEEN STARTING. ONE TIME I GO OUT AND IT STARTS AND ANOTHER TIME I GO OUT AND IT JUST CRANKS BUT DOESN'T START. HAVE TESTED THE OBD BUT NO CODES COME UP.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND MY CAR WENT INTO REDUCED POWER AND SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM THE BACK BY A SEMI.

MY CAR IS NOT WORKING THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE

TAKATA RECALL POWERSTEERING WENT OUR WHILE DRIVING. *TR

PASSENGER DOOR WON'T OPEN. DOOR LOCK GOES UP UND DOWN MANUALLY AND WITH POWER LOCK BUTTON OR FOB, DOOR WON'T OPEN. MANY REPORTS ONLINE OF THIS ISSUE. DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT.

MY DIM HEADLIGHT KEEPS BURNING OUT AND I KEPT HAVING TO CHANGE MY BULBS. TO COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS MY WIRING HARNESS AND I'VE HAD TO CHANGE IT TWICE. MY BRIGHT LIGHTS DO GOOD. IT'S JUST THE DIM LIGHTS. PLEASE RECALL THIS. IT'S A HEADACHE TRYING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. I'VE ALSO READ THAT SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE'S CHEVY MALIBUS HEADLIGHTS ARE MESSING UP TOO. EVERYTIME I PASS A MALIBU ONE OF THE HEADLIGHTS ARE BURNED OUT. PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

HEAD LIGHTS BEEN REPAIRED 3 TIMES COSTING 220 EACH TIME... SEEMS TO BE NO KNOWN FIX FOR THIS POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL ERROR....

TAMARA RECALL MY DRIVER SEAT HAS BROKEN WELDS ON THE FRAME WHERE IT BOLT TO THE FLOOR AND PULLS FORWARD AND BACKWARDS. AND THERE NO RECALL ON IT THE CAR ONLY HAS 130K MILES AND IT SEEMS LIKE IM NOT THE ONLY ON WITH THE ISSUE AND IT ALL SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING RIGHT AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. THE TRACTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO OPERATE NORMALLY, BUT WAS VIBRATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

A LEFT FRONT FLAT TIRE IN DECEMBER 2016 (FOUR TIRES BOUGHT NEW IN MAY 2016) WAS DISCOVERED TO NOT BE A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE, BUT THE FACTORY-INSTALLED, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT RIM WITH A SEAM CRACK. NOW TODAY IN JANUARY 2017, A FLAT TIRE ON THE RIGHT FRONT WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE RESULT OF A SECOND BAD RIM, AGAIN ONE OF THE FOUR FACTORY-INSTALLED ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT RIMS (TWO MORE TO GO?). IT WAS NECESSARY TO REPLACE BOTH THE RIM AND THE VALVE STEM EACH TIME. RESEARCH IS SHOWING ANOTHER COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER REPORT HAVING HAD TO REPLACE THREE RIMS SO FAR. THIS DEFINITELY APPEARS TO BE A SUPPLIER/MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE PROBLEM WAS SHOWN TO ME AFTER THE RIM WITH THE TIRE ON IT HAD BEEN SUBMERGED IN WATER, AND BUBBLES FORMED AT THE DEFECTIVE AREA. UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT TAKE A PICTURE, NOT KNOWING ABOUT THIS WEBSITE UNTIL I GOT HOME AFTER THIS SECOND REPAIR/REPLACEMENT AND STARTED MY RESEARCH. MY ONLY DOCUMENTATION ARE MY TWO REPAIR BILLS, WHICH I CAN SEND IF NEEDED.

CAR RANDOMLY NOT STARTING HAD SOLENOIDS REPLACED AND FUEL PUMP. IT STARTED A FEW TIMES THEN WOULDN'T START ACTS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BUT NOT GETTING ENOUGH FUEL. HAD DIAGNOSTIC READING DONE WHEN IT WAS DOING THIS THE CODE READING WAS VEHICLE SUBMERSION. THE MECHANIC ASKED IF IT HAD EVER BEEN FLOODED LIKE IN DEEP WATER. NEVER HAD BEEN BUT THAT WAS THE CODE READING. HE REDID DIAGNOSTICS DIFFERENT CODES THEN CAME UP SHOWING OTHER CRAZY THINGS. NONE OF THESE WERE CORRECT. ANYWAY LONG STORY SHORT 3 DIFFERENT GARAGES HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. I TRADED THE CAR FOR A NEW ONE BUT I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BECAUSE ALOT OF PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO WITH THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL CAR AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM MY CAR HAD 73000 MILES. SOMETIMES IT'S SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THERE IS SOMETHING FAULTY IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT'S NOT SHOWING UP UNTIL A FEW YEARS AFTER PURCHASE. I HAVE RECEIPTS OF REPAIRS AND PHONE NUMBERS TO GARAGES.

WHILE DRIVING, CAR'S POWER STEERING TURNS OFF. A MESSAGE STATING THAT SERVICE TO ESC APPEARS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND THE SERVICE TRACTION LIGHT CONTROL ILLUMINATES AND THEN IT ALSO READ ENGINE POWER CONTROL. THE ROADS WERE CLEAR AND THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE DRIVE. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON THE HIGHWAY AND NO ISSUES. I HAD TO THEN DRIVE 30-40 MILES PER HOUR ON THE ROAD, EVEN WHEN I DROVE INTO TOWN THERE WERE CARS PASSING ME. UPHILL THE CAR WENT AS LOW AS 23 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN THE CAR WAS IDLE AT A STOP SIGN OR INTERSECTION THE CAR WOULD SHAKE BUT IT STAYED ON. AS I PUSHED ON THE GAS TO SPEED UP THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK. *TR

LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. POWER STEERING WORKS FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES THEN IT GOES OUT AND I GET 3 MESSAGES ON DASH BACK TO BACK POWERING STEERING / SERVICE ESC/ NO ESC. POWER STEERING DOES NOT WORK AT ANY TIME DURING THE TRIP. WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF CYCLE REPEATS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BALL JOINTS IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. ...UPDATED 03/13/17 *BF *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 10 TO 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST STEERING POWER. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE VEERED LEFT AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED OUT OF THE DITCH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ONLY DURING THE FAILURE. AFTER THE CRASH, THE STEERING COLUMN SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE AND THE POWER TORQUE MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 163,000.

ONE DAY I TURNED ON MY CAR AND MY TIRE SENSOR WAS MALFUNCTIONING, MY AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON AND "AIRBAG SERVICE NEEDED" NOTIFICATION WAS SHOWING, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HAPPENED OTHER THAN ME DRIVING TO WORK 3 MILES AWAY THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE SMELL FUNCTIONS. IN ADDITION THESE, EARLIER IN THE YEAR THE WERE A FEW MONTHS WHERE I WAS BRINGING MY CAR IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT WAS NOT STARTING AT TIMES. I'VE GOT THE FUSE BOX FIXED AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT I BELIEVE IT HAS SOMETHING MORE TO DO WITH THE COMPUTER PROCESSING UNIT

2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MULTIPLE SAFETY DEFECTS WITH VEHICLE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL SAFETY DEFECTS INCLUDING THE ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL, BRAKES, SENSOR LIGHTS, STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS, ENGINE LIGHTS, POWER TRAIN. UPDATED 10/23/2017*JS