Lose Power Steering problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Malibu - part 2

I was driving my 1 year old daughter to her dr appointment. I was making a right hand turn in my 2004 Chevrolet Malibu LS v6 with 68,000 mileson it when my chimes chimed the orange check engine light with the wrench came on and my display on the radio said power steering I then lost my power steering while I was making the turn I proceed to her dr appointment without power steering. I go inside to her appointment come back out and the engine light is not longer on and I have power steering. I took it to my local mechanic and he puts it on the diagnostic machine and he can't find any codes or any problems at all he also said that if the check engine light is not on then he could not find a problem which the engine light is not on currently. I came home and did some typing on the computer for 2004 Chevrolet Malibu steering problems and I have found several issues with this problem many people have spend lots of money and the dealer ship has claimed to fix this issue but it is still going on after it has been fixed. I feel this is a real problem that needs brought to someone's attention after all the Toyota issues we need someone on our side I called the gm headquarters and they basically blew me off. I also know this is the very first electronic power steering from gm and that the 2004 Chevrolet Malibu was the very first vehicle to receive this and we all know first year stuff always has issues. My daughter and I almost lost our lives today if it wasn't for the other person in the other lane who had to slam on the brakes we would have had a head on collision. It took all my might to steer this vehicle this issue needs to be addressed before someone looses their life. I'm terrified to drive this vehicle now because I don't want to take my daughter's life or someone else's this is a real problem even if only a hand full of people have this problem. Please don't let this get like the Toyota recalls listen to people who drive this vehicle and know this problem is real and is very scary.

2004 chevy Malibu, lost power steering again. Taking a left turn at busy intersection, very very hard to turn wheel with no power steering I'm 62 and don't have alot of strength in my arm. Nearly caused an accident. Had steering colume replaced Nov 04, had more problems, had torque sensor replaced July 06. Now it is happening again and when I call gm they said it is no longer their problem and I would need to call my dealership. I have gone that route & they charge $100. 00 diagnostic fee and say that can not find the problem unless it is happening and would have to charge another $100. 00. This is a major safety issue. At least Toyota took responsibility for their screw up it's more that you can say for gm. Check the internet and see how many complaints there are!.

Lost power steering in my late model year 2004 Malibu lt. No personal injury or damage. Turned car off and restarted - power steering restored. Took to dealer since local mechanic had no idea what the problem was. Dealer said he has had to replace many of these but no recalls had been issued. Recommended replacement of steering column ($641. 59) and alignment ($59. 95) along with other non-related issues. Multiple NHTSA action numbers and defect investigations were started in 2004. A more recent service bulletin number: 7126; NHTSA number: 10023644 was started on the 2005 models. This is a dangerous problem that gm should have some responsibility for correcting.

While driving the vehicle, it loses power steering and is very difficult to turn the wheel. It occurs frequently and has been brought to the dealer for repairs. They say it has a defective steering column. The condition as exists is identified in a gm service bulletin# 04-02-35-009a. I contacted gm and they told me that this was not a safety issue and would not pay for the repairs.

The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu. Whenever the contact drives the vehicle at any speed, in any driving conditions the vehicle will suddenly lose all power steering. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership. The current and failure mileages were 60000.

Lost power steering. Problem was resolved by turning car off waiting a minute and restarting. Power steering then resumed normal operation. This has now happened on two occasion. No repairs have been made to this point. I have reviewed car forums and noted this appears a common problem in this model. It appears the steering column may need to be replaced. Additionally when cold, the power steering now feels sluggish.

I was driving myself and my 2 year old son home when I lost my power steering and had to stop, I shut off the car and waited ten minutes turned it back on and it started working again. I brought the car to my mechanic and had to have the entire steering column and everything replaced. The day after I picked up my car it was making an awful noise so I had to bring it back and am having another part of the steering replaced.

I purchased a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu in June 2009. Since I have had the car the power steering light has come on and I have lost all power steering in the vehicle twice. I took the car the dealerships shop and they told me they could not find anything wrong with the power steering. Driving today I lost all power steering again. I stop the vehicle and turn it off and it resets itself usually, but today it kept going out. I spoke to a Chevrolet dealership and they are very familiar with the problem although there has been no recall. It is very dangerous and needs to be looked into seriously. I am locked into my loan for 3 years on this car.

Lost power steering every time engine goes over 2500 rpms and up. Steering wheel will lock up and then you have no control, to make turns or to merge onto the freeway. Due to this failure of steering I have had several close calls of being involved in a crash.

I own a 2004 chevy Malibu when starting vehicle the service engine light engages and the console indicator chimes reading power steering. This occurs every time I start the car now. I have replaced the steering column 2 times since taking ownership of vehicle in February 2008. Both steering columns were genuine gm parts installed by a certified technician. Work performed in 5/08 and 10/08 totaling some $3000. 00. Paid another dealer $51. 56 to adjust and calibrate sensor. It was ok for the summer. Late fall 2009 began coming on intermediately again. Now it comes on each time you start the car and yesterday I actually lost power steering while driving the car. I had lost the power assist steering a total of 4 times now. This is very dangerous. Someone could get hurt here.

Driving in rush hour at 75mph, alarm chime came on, display says power steering, and orange light with a wrench. I lost power steering, and couldn't control my vehicle whatsoever. I ran into a ditch, crashed, and smashed the front end in. After doing research, this issue is common with many users of the same vehicle, but chevy never released a recall. They refused any damage costs citing my high mileage as an excuse to not pay for it.

I lost power steering on my 2004 chevy Malibu last week. Car has 34k miles on it. For about 4-5 seconds there was absolutely no steering, then no power steering. This is a safety issue absolutely. Gm refuses to pay for repair or help me at all. They also refuse according the their spokesman, to do a recall.

I own a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu maxx. While driving on the NJ garden state parkway, I heard an audible alarm and at the same time noticed a "power steering" read-out on the on the dic display. All this time I am feeling the tightness in the steering and realizing that I have lost the power steering on the vehicle. Since then I have found that this loss is intermittent - it comes and goes with no prediction of when or where. I have also noticed that prior to the actually loss of ps, it seems that the system is losing control, I. E. Trying to synchronize/stabilize before it fails. I have reported this to gm, who in term have suggested that I take it to the dealer for evaluation. When the problem occurs, it can be very scary.

My steering wheel started to move on its own even at idle. This happened for a day, then I lost my power steering as I tried to turn left in a parking lot. The car wouldn't turn. Now I cannot steer left or right and the check engine light is continuously on and you see "power steering" in the info box on the dash. I am upset that I am finding many complaints on the internet and chevy/gm has not made this issue a mandatory recall. I will be even more upset if I run into the same issues that other people have had by having their steering columns replaced 2 and 3 times only to continue having problems!!!.

I purchased my 04 Malibu in 11/06-had the vehicle for 3 days and heard a thumping in the steering column. Called the dealership, took in and they replaced the drive shaft ( a common problem with this year Malibu I have been told). The problem has come back to haunt along with having issues with the power steering, I lost my power steering and almost got into an accident. I can not believe that this car has not been recalled for this problem.

: the contact stated the vehicle lost power steering control nearly causing an accident. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer could not duplicate the issue.

Occurence #1: with less than 2000 mi on vehicle, it lost power steering while driving. The message came on the console. Towed to dealer who replaced steering column. Occurrence #2: with approx. 5000 mi on vehicle lost power steering when in reverse exiting parking space. Dash light went on as well as console message. Towed to dealer.

I was driving in traffic when suddenly without warning a warning cam across the message screen saying power steering and the service light turned on. I had lost all power steering. I was able to manually force the vehicle over to the side. I turned off the car and restarted it. When I restarted the vehicle the warnings disappeared and power staring working fine until about 5-10 minutes later, about less than a 1/4 mile traveled power steering went out again. I contacted my dealers service department and the service person there new instantly what it was and he said that the steering column had to be replaced.

While driving at high speed of 65-70 mph vehicle momentarily lost power steering. Vehicle was taken to the dealer, who found that the steering column assembly needed to be replaced.

While driving, vehicle lost power steering. Consumer took the vehicle back to the dealer, and was told that the parts were on back order, and there was no date as to when the parts would be made available. Ea04018_cat steering became difficult in the vehicle.

2004 chevy maxx power steering light came on and lost power steering. Was doing approx. 35 mph on a corner at the time. Pulled off road turn off the ignition. Turned ignition back on and steering came back. Ea04018_cat.

While driving 25 mph, the vehicle lost power steering. The consumer managed to drive to a auto shop. The problem was repaired. The dealership was notified. Please provide more information.

While driving at any speed the vehicle would lose power steering intermittently, making it hard to steer. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

Steering problem. Steering in the morning was erratic seemed to hunt. Took the car to the dealer and was told it was a sensor problem, dealer had to order part, car still drivable. Next morning the steering was the same, after work I came out started the car, steering was still shaky, after pulling out onto the road I lost all power steering, service alarm light came on and power steering failure notification on console. I took car directly to the dealer, received loaner while they repair car. Was told all parts must be returned to determine failure mode. Ea04018_cat.

Vehicle lost power steering assist while coming to a stop light. Thevehicle was taken to the dealer. Dealer replaced a column kit. Please provide any further information. Ea04018_cat.

While driving consumer lost power steering. Consumer pulled over and restarted the vehicle. Dealership was notifed, but did not resolve the problem. Ea04018_cat the consumer stated that the power steering is electric not hydraulic on this vehicle.

While driving 5 mph or less and making a left turn consumer noticed dashboard indicator lights flashing. Then, lost power steering. Ea04018_cat.

While driving steering wheel locked up and the consumer lost power steering. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. Ea04018_cat (duplicates voq 10089025- same VIN/driver).

While driving the vehicle suddenly lost power steering which made it turning the steering wheel very difficult. The dealership replaced the power steering, but the problem still exist. Pe04031_cat.

While driving 35 mph driver lost power steering. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle and pulled over. Consumer turned off the vehicle, restarted it, and drove vehicleto the dealer for inspection. Dealer was unable to resolve the problem. Pe04031_cat.

Vehicle suddenly lost power steering while driving at 55 mph. This occurred without warning, and the steering wheel became difficult to turn. Dealership indicated that the first set of these vehicles that came from the factory had steering problem. Pe04031_cat.

My 2004 chevy mailbux maxx lost its electric power steering assist when making a right turn out of a sam's parking lot. The 'power steering' message was illuminated on driver information center (dic) and an orange vehicle service light appeared on instrument panel. The vehicle was very difficult to steer. The next morning when I restarted the car the vehicle service light was not illuminated and the electric power steering asssit worked correctly for a while. Then suddenly, while in revese out of my home driveway, I lost power steering assist, the power steering message illuminated in the dic and the vehicle service light illuminated again. I have contacted the dealer buff whelan chev and have a service appointment scheduled for 3/15/04 at 8am. I am glad that this steering assist failure did not happen while on the highway getting off on an exit ramp. Pe04031_cat.

Power steering failed at 2300 miles and 5000 miles. When the power steering failed, it was impossible to turn the steering wheel. Driver was heading home from work and had driven about 15 min. Heard message board sound; saw power steering on display; service light came on. A few seconds later, she had no power steering, but was able to drive car to side of road. Turned the car off and restarted car a little later. Power steering was working so she drove 12-15 minutes further when she lost power steering again (heard sound, saw message, and service engine light). Pulled car over to side of road, restarted a little later and was able to drive car to dlr. Left car at dealer, who said they would need 2-3 weeks to get part, but ended up calling back 5-6 days later and told her to pick it up. Car fixed under warranty. Same situation and warnings happened again on March 4, 2004. Brought back to dlr,who said they had to reset a sensor. Cat pe04031_cat.