2013 Chevrolet Malibu

OUR 2103 CHEVY MALIBU "LOSES ELECTRICAL POWER AND POWER STEERING" WHUILE BEING DRIVEN. THIS IS NOW HAPPENING EVEN MORE FREQUENTLY. THE DASH AND STEERING, ETC GOES BLANK AND RESETS AFTER A FEW SECONDS. THIS IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN AND IS DANGEROUS. I SEE ON THE INTERNET THAT DOZENS OR HUNDREDS OF OTHER 2013 MALIBU OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME HAVE HAD ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT. MY MECHANIC IS NOT ABLE TO FIND AN ERROR CODE, NOR TO FIX, AND IT SEEMS LIKE NEITHER GM NOR THE OTHER MECHANICS ARE ABLE TO FIX EITHER. THIS HAPPENS IN A VARIETY OF MOVEMENT SETTINGS, SLOW SPEED, HIGH SPEED, TURNING AND NOT, ETC. THIS LAST HAPPENED 5+ TIMES THE EVENING OF JULY 31.

MY VEHICLE HAS 49000 MILES ON IT WHILE DRIVING I LOOSE POWER STEERING...THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP.. RADIO TURNS OFF...AND THE DASH LIGHTS GO OFF... AFTER A SECOND I GET POWER BACK AND CONTROL.. I HAVE ALMOST HAD HEAD ON COLLISIONS A 2 OCCASIONS.. I ALSO HAD MY STEERING COMPLETELY LOCK WHILE PARKED.. AND AS WITH BEFORE MY RADIO WENT OFF AND WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON UNTIL I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON.... THIS IS A HAZARD AND SOMEONE WILL BE INJURED OR KILLED IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ADDRESSED... I HAVE HAD IT IN THE DEALER FOR THIS AND THEY INFORMED ME I HAD 13 PLUS WARNINGS POP UP ON DIEGNOSTICS, HOWEVER, THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM AND RESET THE COMPUTER... 3 DAYS LATER THE PROBLEM CAME BACK...

I HAVE A MALIBU ECO BOOST. ON JUNE 23, 2015 I WAS DRIVING ON 96 AND THE CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON THE CAR BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN. THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER BUT THE KEYS COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. I HAD IT TOWED TO GRAFF CHEVROLET ANDTHEY SAID THE ONLY THING THEY COULD FIND WRONG WAS A SPEEDSENSOR. THE GUY TOM SAID I COULD COME GET MY VEHICLE AT 8PM SINCE THEPART WAS ENROUTE. I DROVE OVER 80 MILES TO GET THERE AT8 AND MY CAR WASN'T READY BUT THE GUY SAID I COLD TAKE IT WITH ME. I DID NOT.THEY FIXED THAT THEN SAID IT WAS A RIGHT WHEEL HUB.I KNOW THESE TWO THINGS HAVENOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHARGING SYSTEM. TOOKMY CAR HOME AND THE SAME THINGHAPPENED ON THE HOLIDAY JULY 4TH.WHY DIDN'T THECOMPUTER OR THE MECHANIC DETECT A PROBLEM WITH THE CHARGING SYSTEM.

THESE PROBLEMS OCCURRED ON PAVED OR CONCRETE CITY STREETS. AT LEAST ONCE LAST MONTH AND 3 TIMES THIS MONTH I EXPERIENCED TRANSIENT EPISODES OF WHAT I CATEGORIZE AS POWER STEERING FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. THREE OF THESE TIMES WERE AT REDUCED SPEEDS LESS THAN 20 MPH DURING A TURN AND ONCE TRAVELING 65 MPH DOWN A STRAIGHT SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY. ON TWO OF THE TURNING EVENTS I MANAGED TO AVOID HEAD ON COLLISIONS WITH OTHER VEHICLES AT THE INTERSECTION/PARKING ENTRANCE. THESE EPISODES ARE SHORT DURATIONS AND MAY BE CHARACTERIZED BY SUDDEN STIFFNESS IN THE WHEEL, JERKING TO ONE SIDE OR WHAT SEEMS LIKE A POWER STEERING FAILURE. ON THE LAST EVENT TODAY A POWER LOSS TO MY CONSOLE WAS NOTED. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND GIVEN MY NEAR MISSES IN THE SHORT TIME I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR, I HAVE TO WONDER HOW MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM WERE OUT THERE THAT ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. ON A SAFETY NOTE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ANYONE WITH THIS PROBLEM TO MAINTAIN A FIRM GRIP WITH BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL WHEN MAKING A TURN ON A SEPARATE NOTE I MENTIONED THAT I ALSO HAD TROUBLE WITH THE TIRES. THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY AS I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN A MODERATE DOWNPOUR. THE CAR SEEMED TO LOSE TRACTION ON EVERY PUDDLE I HIT. IT MADE FOR A VERY SCARY RIDE AND FORCED ME TOO CAREFULLY REDUCE SPEED TO A MINIMUM OF 45-50MPH. THIS IS STILL VERY SUBJECTIVE AND I STILL NEED TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT, BUT IT DID NOT FEEL LIKE HYDROPLANING AS I KNOW IT.

WHEN DRIVING, THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND THEN COME BACK ON FINE BUT THE WHEEL AND THE BRAKES LOCK UP. IT WILL RANDOMLY DO THIS. IT HAPPENS ON NORMAL SIDE STREETS AS WELL AS ON THE INTERSTATE. I HAVE ALSO HAD IT HAPPEN WHILE SITTING STILL IN PARK. THE CAR WAS TURNED ON BUT THE RADIO WOULD BLINK AND THE AIR STOP AND THEN AFTER ABOUT 6 SECONDS IT WILL START AGAIN LIKE NORMAL. HOWEVER ABOUT 4 TIMES IT HAS HAD MAJOR EPISODES WHERE ALL OF THE LIGHTS WILL BLINK (LIKE I WAS RESTARTING THE CAR), THE WHEEL LOCKS UP, THE BRAKES LOCK UP, THE CAR ACTS AS IF IT IS IN NEUTRAL AND THEN ABOUT 6 SECONDS IT WILL JERK LIKE IT'S GOING INTO GEAR AND ONCE I PULL OVER AND RESTART IT, IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN OR IT MAY BE FINE FOR A WHILE. IT HAS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN ON THESE 4 TIMES WORDS OF "CHECK POWER STEERING OR STABILITRAK WARNING" IT'S VERY SCARY. I'VE ALMOST WRECKED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES BECAUSE THE WHEEL LOCKS UP AND I WAS IN A TURN WHEN IT DID IT. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS TRAVELING WITH MY YOUNG CHILDREN AND WE WERE ALMOST REAR ENDED BY AN 18 WHEELER ON THE INTERSTATE AT RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I FEEL LIKE I'M DRIVING A DEATH TRAP. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP THAT THE DEALER ADVISED ME TO TAKE IT TO. THEY SAY IT IS THE ECM. THE DEALERSHIP IS NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR IT SINCE IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. I'VE HAD THIS CAR SINCE OCTOBER AND ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES FOR THIS AND OVERHEATING. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING GM ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS TROUBLE. IT'S EXTREMELY SCARY AND IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. IT'S A HAZARD NOT ONLY TO ME AS THE DRIVER AND THE CHILDREN THAT I CARRY IN MY CAR DAILY, BUT THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD BECAUSE WHEN IT HAPPENS ITS WITHOUT WARNING AND THE CAR COMPLETELY LOCKS UP.

PROBLEM 1: DRIVING CAR AT 40MPH (ON A CITY STREET) IT BEGINS TO OVERHEAT, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZES THEN STALLS OUT REPEATEDLY. TAKE VEHICLE TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, TECHNICIAN SAYS NEED TO REPLACE PARKING BRAKE CONTROL MODULE (WATER INTRUSION) GM PAYS 50/50 PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, I PAID $417.23. WITHIN A WEEK'S TIME SEVERAL ISSUES ARISE AS INDICATED BELOW. PROBLEM 2: WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION DRIVING THE CITY STREETS THE DASH LIGHTS AND TOUCH SCREEN RADIO (ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTS OFF) FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS THEN COMES BACK ON. THE BRIEF BOX POPS UP FOR A FEW SECONDS, INDICATING CHECK POWER STEERING, STABILITRAK WARNING LIGHT ON AND PARKING BRAKE SAYS IT'S ON. ALL THIS HAPPENED, EIGHT TIMES IN TEN MINUTES. THEN I PROCEED TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND I NEARLY HIT A VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY BUT I DID NOTICE WHEN I HAD THE A/C ON IT HAPPENED REPEATEDLY. AGAIN VEHICLE IS AT CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM, DEALING WITH GM CORPORATE AT THIS TIME.

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 70MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WITH THE RADIO AND CRUISE CONTROL SET AND I HIT THE BLINKERED TO CHANGE LANES AND THE RADIO AND CRUISE CONTROL SHUT OFF AND I LOST POWER STEERING FOR A MOMENT. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SUPPOSEDLY IT WAS FIXED. TWO DAYS LATER IT DID THE SAME THING. SOMETIMES IF YOU ROLL THE WINDOW UP OR DOWN IT SHUTS THE RADIO OFF. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AND CLICK THE BRIGHTS ON THE RADIO AHUTS OFF AND THW ENTIRE DASH GOES BLACK AND I LOSE ALL POWER INCLUDING THE STEERING AND THE ENGINE REVS. SOMETIMES I WILL BE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS IN TOWN AND IF I SLIGHTLY ACCELERATE THE RADIO SHUTS OFF. ONCE I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND I HAD MY TURN SIGNAL ON TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. TOO MANY INCIDENTS TO GO INTO DETAIL HERE. HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND THEY SAY THERE IA NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I EVEN CALLED GM DIRECTLY TO REPORT THE ISSUE AND ALL THEY DID WAS WAIVE MY DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND SAY NOTHING IS WRONG AND NEXT TIME IT DOES IT TO BRING IT BACK. I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN SO I GUESS I'LL TAKE IT BACK AGAIN IN THE MORNING. SEEMS LIKE GM ISN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS UNTIL SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR LESS THAN 2 MONTHS. I KEEP READING COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES I AM HAVING YET NO RECALL AND GM ACTS LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE HEARING ABOUT THIS KIND OF PROBLEM.

MY WIFE WHO WAS 7 MONTHS PREGNANT WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING LOCKED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH.THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT, ALSO LOCKED AT LOW SPEED WHILE TURNING.WHENT TO 2 DIFFERENT CHEVY DEALERS WHO SAID THEY COULDNT FIND A PROBLEM. CONTACTED CHEVY USA WHO ADVISED ME THERE WAS THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM AND ISSUED A GM CASE# 8-1929724465. DEALER GRAND PRIZE CHEVROLET 11701 SW 152 STREET MIAMI FLORIDA IS NOW TRYING TO CHARGE ME FOR THE SOFTWARE REPAIR THAT GM SAID WOULD RESOLVE THIS HAZARDOUS DEFECT IN THEIR VEHICLE. STILL TRYING TO RESOLVE......