Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 10/20/2012 | 86000 | 1 | |
| Started the car to come out of a parking spot, heard humming/rattling noise. steering wheel started to vibrate then would do rapid half-turns by itself, jerking left and right. shut the car off and restarted. seemed ok for first few minutes then started again. got on the road, driving about 35-40 mpg on highway and it became uncontrollable. could not keep it straight within the lane. almost hit a car in the lane on my right! pulled up to an auto shop near by. they test drove and experienced the issue but explained that with these cars, the technology in them is too advanced and would have to be taken to a chevy dealer. mechanic explained that the matter is quite hazardous and it would be a huge risk driving it now. single mom driving 45 minutes from home with 2 minor children. had to get a tow truck to get back home, 45 minutes away. $$$!! had this vehicle for 11 months only. prior to this issue, had door locks issues as i've ready on other threads and also currently experiencing issues with faulty tire pressure sensor as well. nothing but problems with this car since i've had it. this is my first and very last chevrolet!! *tr | |||
| 10/20/2012 | 86000 | ||
| Started the car to come out of a parking spot, heard humming/rattling noise. steering wheel started to vibrate then would do rapid half-turns by itself, jerking left and right. shut the car off and restarted. seemed ok for first few minutes then started again. got on the road, driving about 35-40 mpg on highway and it became uncontrollable. could not keep it straight within the lane. almost hit a car in the lane on my right! pulled up to an auto shop near by. they test drove and experienced the issue but explained that with these cars, the technology in them is too advanced and would have to be taken to a chevy dealer. mechanic explained that the matter is quite hazardous and it would be a huge risk driving it now. single mom driving 45 minutes from home with 2 minor children. had to get a tow truck to get back home, 45 minutes away. $$$!! had this vehicle for 11 months only. prior to this issue, had door locks issues as i've ready on other threads and also currently experiencing issues with faulty tire pressure sensor as well. nothing but problems with this car since i've had it. this is my first and very last chevrolet!! | |||
| 03/20/2012 | 51700 | ||
| I just pulled on and started to drive on a winding dangerous mountain road -not yet accelerating 40mph- when all of a sudden my steering wheel would not let me turn, almost frozen, and i am into a right curve! i was fighting the weel to gain control for what seemed minutes but was actually seconds as i slowly put on my brakes while i tried to regain control of the wheel (mind you i am in rush hour traffic on a mt. curve, a concrete wall to my left, a rock outcropping on my right, no shoulder, guardrail begins where the rocks end). when i finally regained control, i still had a hard time steering; steering was unpredictable...intermittent shaking of the steering wheel/sometimes felt like i had lost a bolt on my right rim (for those who did at one time you know what i am talking about)/i had a shimmy on the right like something was not connected/all of a sudden i felt like there was no power steering or control at all (hard to turn the wheel-took some muscle), just not right. my car used to have such control- turn on a dime barely touching the wheel. this steering issue has happened before and mentioned to my mechanic at an oil change but they didn't find anything,even hooked up to the diagnostic machine and everything checked out, wallett lighter. i actually thought i was going out of my mind then read other people were having the same kinds of problems. if this is a known problem, why has it not been recalled? for the mountain that i have to drive every day to and from work, this could prove very dangerous-life threatening... i do not feel safe in my own car i have only had nearly a year now nor have the funds to spend on costly repairs. i am ready to take the bugger back and demand my money back and get a more dependable vehicle. i am done spending money- why this is happening? why no answers or fixes?worse yet, everything check out okay when it keeps happening! | |||
| 07/01/2011 | 60000 | ||
| This vehicle is having issues with the brake lights illuminating without pressing on the brake pedals. when the brake lights come on by themselves, trying to use the brakes when needed (ie slowing down, stopping) shuts the brake lights off, which could cause a major safety issue for the persons in the vehicle as well as persons in other vehicles around my vehicle. it also takes what seems to be some force to make the brake lights come back on. sometimes shutting down the vehicle and restarting it solves the issue for a short period of time. the vehicle is also having a cruise control issue, which i am assuming is directly related to the above problem. the cruise control does not want to stay engaged when turned on. it seems this only happens when the brake lights illuminate by themselves. this is also another safety issue for the persons within the vehicle. this vehicle is also having an error that comes on advising that the traction control is off and to service the esc soon. this light comes on for no reason that i can determine. the error code that comes on is c0131. i have searched the internet and have multiple people (more than 50 at this time) that i have found that are having the same exact issues. this is a very high safety concern, that i am unsure on why this hasn't been recalled as of yet. i can imagine there are way more people out there who have just had this issue fixed on their own instead of taking their time out to report to the nhtsa for their review. i would appreciate some sort of contact to be made by this department to myself. thank you for your assistance in these safety issues. | |||
| 07/05/2008 | 12785 | 2 | |
| Have had two accidents in this vehicle both front end collisions and the airbags never deployed. also the rims are no good tires keep loosing air. *tr | |||
| 05/16/2008 | 300 | 1 | |
| Service traction light came on and acceleration was decreased, could not go over 50 mph. towed to dealer & they say a module caused the brakes to stick. said they have to replace 2 brake rotors and brake pads and the module is on national back order. they've had it for 9 days now. *tr | |||
| 05/16/2008 | 876 | 1 | |
| Driving on divided highway, suddenly the warning light for emergency stability control/traction control came on. driver's information center then indicated that both needed servicing, then advised engine power reduced. managed to limp home driving the car. while driving to dealership for repair, same thing happened (but not on a divided highway). dealer fixed it, claiming traced problem to wiring harness, chaffed and rubbing on transmission bolt - repaired harness & rerouted harness. car had less than 900 miles on it. maybe our car was unusual, but i'm thinking if we had a problem with the wiring harness rubbing against a transmission bolt, so badly that it started shorting out in less than 900 miles, there are probably thousands of other 2008 malibus at risk of the same thing. *tr | |||