Seven problems related to suspension have been reported for the 2006 Chevrolet Malibu. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Chevrolet Malibu based on all problems reported for the 2006 Malibu.
The steering goes out while making turns and highway driving. You can feel it jerk then you have no control of where the car is going. To gain control back you keep turning the wheel in the opposite direction until it catches. This has been a problem for at least 2 years. I have paid several mechanics to repair problem but I still get the same result and I wear out new tires in 3- 4 month period. No one should purchase as many tires as I do! I am sick of it!!!.
Had repair done for steering recall in 2015 but sometimes power still goes out of steering when trying to parallel park and when accelerating on freeway. Suspension: virtually no shock absorption; rides very hard.
I did buy this car used, but upon test drive nothing wrong. 5 months later I have a clicking in steering, and rubbing sound, and as I go down the road it sounds like the front end is falling off. Seriously need help on fixing this issue.
Car continues to make a rattiling noise.
The car started to shake violently and sounded like front tires were falling off or very wobbly. Had to pull off freeway turned car off then restarted and problem stopped. This has occurred 5 times now and last time vibration was so bad it broke off both front hubcaps. The service tech at local dealer said it was not due to recall on power steering recall ye we talked to certified chevy mechanic at a different dealer and he said it was definately the issue. Called gm customer service waiting for dealership manager to call back.
2006 chevy Malibu customer requesting reimbursement. The left side suspension, front rim, and tire were replaced.
I was driving home from work about 12 midnight,on the dan ryan expressway. The traffic was heavy with lots of truck on the road. I heard three beeps then a message ran across the dash check power steering, before I could finish reading the message I had no power steering. The car started to driving rough vibrating very hard to control. I was about three lane over from the exit lanes. Thank the lord I'm still here. I seen a recall in March of 2010 on the monte carlo call and inquired about my car talked with a manager named steven for about two months no contact then was told not a part of recall . Repair $1700 webb chevy. General motors does not care about it's consumers and something needs to be done this is an outrage. And I will never buy another gm.