What 976 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Chevrolet Malibu Hev

MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS BOTH GO ON WHEN USING REMOTE TO UNLOCK DOOR, BUT AS SOON AS I PUT THE KEY IN IGNITION AND TURN IT TO START THE CAR, THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT GOES OUT. I HAVE TAKEN CAR TO DEALER TWICE IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS AND THEY REPLACED THE BULB, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE PROBLEM. YESTERDAY IT WENT OUT YET AGAIN.MANY PEOPLE HAVE POSTED THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. INITIATE A RECALL. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING ISSUE.

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ECS LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, REDUCED ENGINE POWER, ABS LIGHT, CODE THROWS MAP SENSOR ERROR. HAPPENS AFTER VEHICLE GO THROUGH THE CARWASH OR GET SLUSH AND MOISTURE FROM THE ROAD. MAP SENSOR CONNECTOR SEEMS TO BE CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE. VERY DANGEROUS GOING DOWN THE ROAD, HAPPENED SUDDENLY WHILE NOT EXPECTING IT.

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I WAS DRIVING DOWN TROY AVE IN ILLINIOS WHEN MY CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST POWER AND SAID ENGINE REDUCE AND AND STEERING WHEEL GOT STIFF. I WENT ALL THE WAY FROM 60 TO 20 MPH AND ALMOST CRASH AND GOT HIT FROM BEHIND. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM NON STOP AFTER FIX AFTER FIX. BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW THE PROBLEM. THEN MY HEAD LIGHT GO IN AND OUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE EVER SINCE I HAD IT FIXED OVER AND OVER.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO COOK GM SUPER STORE (LOCATED AT 1193 W SAGINAW RD, VASSAR, MI 48768, (989) 823-8523) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING ANGLE POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000.

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THIS IS AN UPDATE ON NHTSA COMPLAINT #11144041. I BROUGHT IT TO DEALER EARLY NOVEMBER 2018, BUT THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AS THERE WERE NO CODES. LAST WEEK TUESDAY(1/22/19), IT HAPPENED AGAIN(REDUCED ENGINE POWER, SERVICE ESC, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT) WHILE DRIVING ON MY WAY TO WORK. I WAS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM HOME SLOWING DOWN FROM 45 MPH TO STOP AT LIGHT , I HAD MY HUSBAND BRING IT IN TO CHECK CODES WHEN DEALERSHIP OPENED. THEY REPLACED ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY AND PUT A NEW PIGTAIL ON THROTTLE BODY. IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON SATURDAY (1/26/19)WHEN I WAS 4 MILES FROM HOME ON A CITY STREET AT 45 MPH. I DROVE IT THE LAST TWO MILES TO WORK W/ HAZARD LIGHT ON AND SLOWLY AS I COULD ONLY GET SPEED UP TO 25-30 MPH. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO TURN OFF AND RESTART CAR TO "RESET" TO NORMAL. TODAY THE DEALER IS REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD ONE IN 7 MONTHS AT A COST OF OVER $1000 IN REPAIRS. DEALER WILL NOT LOOK AT ANY OTHER OPTIONS UNTIL IT HAS CLEARED THIS CODE. SEEMS TO ME, THERE MUST BE A WIRE, FUSE OR SOMETHING ELSE ELECTRICAL WRONG THAT KEEPS TRIPPING THIS CODE. I HAVE RECEIPTS OF ALL WORK DONE TO DATE.

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ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING IS FAILING. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AT TIMES AND OTHER TIMES THE WHEEL CAN'T BE TURNED. NOTICED THIS RIGHT AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND TRYING TO BACK OUT OF PARKING SPACE.

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LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL DUE TO FAILURE OF ELECTRONIC STEERING SYSTEM. OCCURS AT ALL SPEEDS, ROADS, WEATHER, ETC.

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THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES AND THE CONNECTOR ONCE. THE DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. ALL THIS WITHIN ABOUT 9 MONTHS. NOW, THE PASSENGER SIDE GOES ON AND OFF AND THE DRIVERS SIDE IS OFF. THIS HAS BECOME A NUISANCE. THE FRONT OF THE CAR HAS TO BE REMOVED OR PULLED OUT TO GET TO THE LIGHTS. IT'S TIME CONSUMING AND COSTLY. NOW I HAVE TO SPEND MORE MONEY TO FIX THESE ISSUES AGAIN. IT'S A TERRIBLE SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT IF I AM DRIVING AT NIGHT OR IN INCLINATE WEATHER AND THE LIGHTS GO OUT? PLEASE ADVISE THAT CHEVY ANNOUNCE A RECALL. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE.

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107,000 MILES SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT SENSE SEAT BELT IS BUCKLED. SEAT BELT ALARM CHIMES WITH BELT BUCKLED. DEALER SAYS PART IS NOT COVERED BY SPECIAL CAMPAIGN. THERE WAS A RECALL A FEW YEARS AGO FOR SEAT BELT ISSUE AND I THOUGHT THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 10 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND LOCATED DIAGNOSTIC CODE NUMBER: P2135. THE CONTACT MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE PERFORMED AT DAVE GILL CHEVROLET (4700 E BROAD ST, COLUMBUS, OH 43213, (614) 364-4376) ON JANUARY 15, 2019. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

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DRIVER FRONT SEAT TRACK CRACKED AT WELD SPOT, SEAT LEANS TO THE RIGHT. ISSUE HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHERS AND APPEARS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD MANUFACTURE DEFECT. COST TO REPAIR IS $1200 THROUGH A DEALERSHIP FOR A WHOLE NEW SEAT FRAME. UNACCEPTABLE THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN RECALLED.

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CAR SHUT OFF AFTER DRIVING TO THE STORE, IT WOULDN'T START AND SAID SERVICE ESC

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STEERING WHEELS SHAKES WHILE PARKED BY ITSELF

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WELL FIRST I SEEN THAT MY DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHT WAS OUT THEN LATER IT WENT ON THEN AGAIN IT WENT OUT AGAIN SO I REPAIRED IT THEN ABOUT A MONTH LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN THEN I FIX IT AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPEN AGAIN ITS A ON GOING THING AS I SEE ONLINE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS ME.I HOPE THEY CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS TO FIX ,IT NOT RIGHT FOR ME TO KEEP BUYING HEADLIGHTS ,AS CLEARLY AS WE CAN SEE EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME THING GOING ON WITH THERE HEADLIGHT. THANK YOU.

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TAKATA RECALL. POWER STEERING AND ESC LIGHT CAME ON WHILE BCAR WAS WARMING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT COMES AND GOES AS IT PLEASES SOMETIMES WHILE IN MOTION, SOMETIMES WHILE STATIONARY, AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO TURN OR STEER. IT ALSO MAKES MY CAR FEEL AS IF THE WHEELS ARE ABOUT TO FALL OFF THE FRONT END. MY AIR BAG LIGHT IS ALSO ON AND WON'T GO OFF. GUESSING IT DOESN'T WORK. PULLED SOME CODES BUT NOTHING FOR POWER STEERING, ATTACHED ARE A FEW IMAGES OF A FEW CODES THAT WERE PULLED. NOT ALL CODES.

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THE NIGHT OF 12/29/2018 ABOUT 10PM AT AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 45MPH I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU HOME FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT AND WE ALMOST RAN OFF OF THE ROAD DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT. A SERVICE ESC AND POWER STEERING LIGHT WAS ON THE DASH. I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND THE WARNING LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED AGAIN AND BEING IN A DARK REMOTE AREA WITH NO CELL SERVICE I SLOWLY DROVE HOME WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. I RESEARCHED THE REASON I HAD OVER THE INTERNET AND FOUND GM IS AWARE OF THIS OBVIOUS (POTENTIAL DEADLY) SAFETY ISSUE BUT I'VE OWNED THIS CAR 6 YEARS AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. A CHECK VIN OF RECALLS FOR THIS VEHICLE DO NOT SHOW THIS PROBLEM BUT WHEN I CALLED THE CHEVY DEALER WHO TOLD ME THAT THERE IS A "SPECIAL COVERAGE' WHERE GM WILL REPAIR THIS STEERING PROBLEM AT NO COST BUT I WAS TOLD MY CAR DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR THIS 'SPECIAL COVERAGE' BECAUSE I HAVE OVER 150,000 MILES ON IT. WHAT?!!!! I HAVE A CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT GM IS AWARE OF BUT BECAUSE THE CAR HAS OVER 150,000 MILES ON IT THEY WON'T REPAIR IT. I'M DISABLED WITH DIMINISHED STRENGTH AND I CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR WITHOUT PLACING MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE IN DANGER SHOULD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. GM SHOULD REPAIR MY DANGEROUS CAR AND BE PROACTIVE ENOUGH TO PREVENT AN OBVIOUS VEHICLE SAFETY RISK TO ME AND OTHER DRIVERS.

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MY PASSENGER LOW BEAM KEEPS GOING OUT. I HAVE GOTTEN IT CHANGED 4 TIMES AND THE LAST 2 MONTHS. NO ONE KNOWS THE PROBLEM AND THE BULBS ARE NO T BURNING OUT IT JUST STOPS WORKING. I HAVE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME YEAR BODY AND MAKE THAT HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUE AS ME.

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FRONT PASSENGER HEADILIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT AT ANY TIME. IT'S NOT THE BULB, BUT THE CONNECTOR.

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I HAVE HAD MY FRONT BRAKES SERVICED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. THEY CONTINUALLY NEED TO BE SERVICED AND THE CAR ISN'T EVEN AT 100,000 MILES YET. EVERY 6 MONTHS TO ONE YEAR, THE CAR BEGINS TO CHUG WHEN BRAKING AND SHAKING CONTINUOUSLY. THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS ARE WHAT IS FIXED MOST OFTEN.

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PASSENGER HEADLIGHT (LOW BEAM) KEEPS GOING OUT. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET TO AND EXPENSIVE TO GET SOMEONE ELSE TO FIX IT. IT COMES BACK ON SOMETIMES WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THEN GOES OUT AGAIN A DAY OR SO LATER. THE LAST ONE I REPLACED WAS I WON'T PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE WITHOUT FINDING OUT FIRST IF THE MINOR MAINTENANCE CAN BE DONE ON MY OWN.

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2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU , A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS GOING OUT AFTER REPLACING THEM SEVERAL TIMES. JUST REPLACED THEM AGAIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO ( BOTH HEAD LIGHTS ) AND THEY ARE OUT AGAIN. THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE BUMPER AND BOTH FENDERS OFF JUST TO GET TO THE HEAD LIGHTS. CHECKED ON-LINE AND IT APPEARS THAT NUMEROUS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT LONG DISTANCE AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE AFTER REPLACING THEM ALREADY.

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UPON STARTING VEHICLE, "POWER STEERING" YELLOW CAUTION LIGHT AND THE "SERVICE ESC" LIGHT ILLUMINATE. SOMETIMES ON RESTARTING VEHICLE THEY DO NOT COME BACK ON, WHEREAS AT OTHER TIMES THEY REMAIN ON.

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WHILE NORMAL DRIVING. CAR WILL GIVE THE FOLLOWING ERROR CODES: "SERVICE ESC" "SERVICE TRACTION" "ESC OFF" AND "ENGINE PWR REDUCED" BACK TO BACK. THE CAR WILL POWER ITSELF DOWN UNTIL ~10 MPH WHILE MAKING A RATTLING NOISE. THE CAR WILL START AND ACT AS IF EVERYTHING IS FINE ONCE I PULL OVER AND FULLY SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THIS HAPPENS AT ANY POINT, DRIVING HIGHWAY OR NEIGHBORHOOD SPEEDS, WHILE TURNING AND EVEN WHEN IDLE.

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I PURCHASED THIS CAR ON 11/30/2018 AND NOTICED NOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SEAT BELTS. MY CAR BELTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED.

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THE HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT. AFTER REPLACING THE BULB. I HAVE REPLACED THE 4 TIMES WITHIN 3 MONTHS

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