2009 Chevrolet MALIBU HYBRID - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"the power steering randomly goes out while i'm driving and triggers esc off. this creates a seriously dangerous driving situation as i have very little control of the vehicle. why hasn't this been recalled. it's a seriously unsafe design that can kill someone."

"the power steering stops working then the light comes on and reads power steering. this has happened multiple times so far. an example is when i was turning from one street to another. no other cars were coming or i may have hit them due to no steering at all. i was able to let it coast into the edge of someone's yard. i turned the car off. then about 3 minutes later i turned it on and it worked again. 2nd time was at a food drive thru rounding the building. turned off and back on and it worked. 3rd time in my driveway backing out. again no one was near my car when i backed out onto a 55 mph road."

"the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet malibu. the contact stated while driving approximately 70 mph the contact heard a chime and then the "service power steering loss sc" illuminated. the contact was able to steer the vehicle using extra effort to drive the vehicle. the contact turned off and restarted the vehicle and the vehicle regained power steering functionality. the contact continued driving and the power steering failure reoccurred. the contact pulled off the roadway and turned off and restarted the vehicle and the vehicle regained power steering functionality. the contact stated that that failure was intermittent but had become a recurring failure. the contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer or an independent mechanic. the vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. the contact researched online and related the failure to nhtsa campaign number: 14v153000 (steering). the manufacturer was informed of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 226,000."

"intermittent loss off power steering while driving, usually in cold weather conditions. absolutely no warning. this is extremely dangerous, especially when the driver is an elderly woman without the arm strength to steer the car without assisted power steering."

"electronic power steering goes out randomly while driving highway speeds. traction control light and esc light go on when this happens."

"i purchased this car used on 3/27/2023. the previous owner took good care of the car and had any recalls issued taken care of. on 4/10/2023 the power steering went out. i had the power steering control module replaced on 4/17/2023 at a cost of $1,154.36 at my local chevrolet dealer. upon research on the internet i found that some chevrolet malibus were issued a recall for this problem. this car should have been issued a recall and this problem taken care of years ago. i need for chevrolet / gm to address this. thank you."

"when accelerating the car glides to the right even tho you’re holding the steering wheel straight there’s not any play in the steering that i can observe. when you are driving it is unpredictable which way you feel the said “ gliding motion “ when braking i would say that it usually glides to the left but at times it’s caught me off guard and i vear off to the right the esc service light is now on also i made a appointment for safety inspection at a local dealership"

"the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet malibu. the contact stated that while his wife was backing out of the driveway, the power steering failed without warning. due to the failure, his wife hit a pole on their property. the contact's wife was not injured, the air bags did not deploy due to low impact, a police report was not filed, and no property damage was reported. the contact went to assist his wife after the failure and used excessive force to steer the vehicle back into the driveway. the contact called the dealer and informed him that the vehicle was not under nhtsa campaign number: 14v153000 (steering). the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. the vehicle had yet to be repaired. the failure mileage was 76,500."

"unknown when i try to turn the steering locks up and then it lets go it’s like grabbing not wanting to let me turn"

"the power steering went out when my son was driving. he was barely able to get out of the road for safety purposes. we took it to a dealer and they are recommending a whole new steering column and sensors. they say this is very common on these models. in looking at a $1,500-$2,000 fix and from what i researched this is very common with these models but only some were 'recalled.' seems to be a way bigger issue. im lucky my son wasn't in an accident."