general problems of the 2010 Chevrolet Malibu - part 1

Put car in gear. The button stays in and key won't come out. The car isn't engaged so it can move on it's own.

While driving on the interstate, in a curve, the power steering quit working, the wheels turned straight and I had to slam on my brakes to avoid hitting the barrier wall. After turning the car off and restarting it, the power steering began working again. The power steering now quits working after a mile of driving, only to start working again after a restart of the engine. This has been happening for around 20,000 miles.

When I started the car the steering wheel twitches on its own and when I'm driving the steering wheel gets stiff and it says serivce esc/powersteering.

We have replaced the electric power steering (eps) torque sensor twice, with differing brands (ac delco, and can't remember the other). Since it's an issue with the eps, the traction control is out/disabled as well. The car feels like it could be potentially dangerous to drive, considering it's a full size sedan and the operator is 115lbs with her children in the car. It's exceptionally difficult to steer at slower speeds, and almost impossible parked. The dealership she bought it from, nor the local chevy dealership will take any responsibility, and she can't afford to sink even more money into the car. This is rather outrageous considering the car is normally maintained and the dealership she bought it from was aware of the issue as she had brought it to their service center (due to purchased warranty at the time) where whatever-they-did reset the light, but the issue recurred later on. Date given is approximately the month issues began to get significantly worse. The issue started quite some time ago. This has not resulted in an accident strictly due to the operators over-abundance of caution. Mileage I report is approximate, but certainly was lower than the number given when it began.

Power steering keeps going in and out. Cant drive car very far at all. While driving.

My steering goes out while driving almost caused a accident on a highay.

On the dash power steering warning comes on along with service esc then esc is off. This has been happening while driving. The power steering will cut off. . Also of I'm idle the steering wheel will start jerking by its self.

I started my car, my traction light came on, and my service power steering like came on as well and I couldn't move my steering wheel. I turned the car off and back and and it didn't have again. I don't know what's wrong and I don't know what actions to take.

Steering goes out while driving, noticed a slight twitch in the steering wheel when I started it up to leave for work . It was doing this twitch while in park . . On the way home from work it goes out while driving on the highway.

Two days ago, I noticed that my steering wheel would shake when I would stop at a light or something but I could still drive. That same night, I turned on my car to leave a parking lot when my steering wheel locked up. It would not budge. I noticed that it said my esc system needed to be checked. I turned my car on and off 5 times to see if it would move and it did not. On the 6th try, the wheel moved and I took the chance to drive my car to the dealership. After 2 days of working on my car, they determined that sensor went bad. After looking online, I see this is a common problem that is very dangerous. I commute 2 hours round trip each day on the interstate and I am so thankful that this happened in a parking lot.

Whenever the car starts, the service esc lights come on and stay on. Steering wheel is very hard to turn and won't turn unless the car is in motion thus causing me to wrestle with the steering wheel to make a right or left turn. Every mechanic I've seen told me to trade it in because the repairs are quite expensive. They mentioned something about replacing the entire steering column. They also couldn't service the power steering because it's strictly electronic. This is not safe for me or my family because who knows when it will lock up for good while I'm driving. This has been going on for the past month. Please help me.

The power steering control locks up the steering system. The brakes pulsates when stopping cause losing traction. Esc control is off. Making the vehicle not drive-able.

Vehicle was working great as has always, until out of nowhere , in the middle of driving down the highway, I lost all movement in my steering wheel. It became more than impossible to turn and I had to stop every 10 seconds and turn my car off and back on to try and get it home. I know that more than a fair share of people with the same vehicle having the exact problem. Sudden loss of steering. I know that there is an open recall, but its not showing my vehicle has any current recalls, though there was one for the power assisted motor that is still open from what I can see. I have always taken caer of my vehicle and never had anything like this happen, am I correct with taking it to the dealership still to get it replaced from the recall?.

Upon driving the car the esc light and power steering light will come on and care will have no power steering. Steering wheel also moves on it's on and makes sounds inside the column. Very dangerous for my wife to have to drive and drop off the kids at school. Nothing but problems out of the car since we purchased it 3 years ago.

Was driving on a city street approaching an s bend going down hill with a steep embankment when the power steering failed. Power steering esc lights went activated. I almost went over the embankment before being able to forcefully turn the wheel and continued to the bottom of the hill and off to the side of the road. I was close to home so I was able to drive the car home. I called for a tow truck driver. When he arrived the power steering was fine no power steering messages. He was aware of previous recalls but this vehicle has no active recall even though it is the exact problem covered by same year make and model.

Power steering off will appear on dash with each off light and traction control light off.

I was driving and I noticed a decline in power from the motor. Then the dash start reading reduced engine power and esc and service traction control.

Accelerating from a stop sign to turn left out of parking lot onto short street when power steering stopped working, traction light illuminated on dash and service esc came on screen as well.

I currently have 2 open recalls and was never sent out notices for either, I am currently 15 weeks pregnant so that's a safety concern with me because they can both result in a crash.

The brake lights come on at any given time even when you aren't pressing on the brake pedal. When you press on the brake pedal sometimes the brake lights do not come on at all. I have replaced wheel hub/bearing combos, along with adding electrical grease to the connector for the light controls, nothing fixes this issue.

Safety of my family is my main concern, I don't know what speed I'm going a I don't know how much gas I have, I don't know if there's an engine problem, because nothing in the panel is working!.

Brake lights on rear window come on without hitting the break pedal and go off when depressing brake pedal. The esc warning also comes on intermitently.

Brake lights remain on while pedal's not activated, and turn off when pedal is pressed. Esc and traction error messages appear while driving, usually when coming to a complete stop at any given time. The lighting issue seems to coincide with the appearance of said error messages.

Tl the contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving 35 mph, the check engine warning light illuminated intermittently. The contact also stated while driving 40 mph, the steering wheel became difficult to turn with the service traction control warning light illuminated. The contact also stated that after starting the vehicle, she was unable to shift out of park. The contact stated she was able to shift into drive gear after 2 hours. The vehicle was taken to unknown local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the control module to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but continued to experience the failure. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and was informed that the steering control module needed to be replaced. The manufacturer had not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Brake lights constantly stay on 24/7. Service esc,tracition, and svc tire monitor lights stay on dash. Interior lights dim in and out if the window buttons are pushed. Passenger door glitches sometimes will not open from inside nor out. Locking unlocking still nothing. Etc. . . Etc. . Oil consumption!!! I'm losing 100$s overtime constantly having to put a quart in due to losing a quart in a days time like makes no sense.

Brake lights flicker while driving when not pressing on the brakes. Ecs and check engine lights keep coming on and the car is jerking while driving.

Esc , traction control lights come on. Then rear brake lights work opposite of standard brake light design. The rear brake lights come on while driving. When brake pedal is depressed, the brake lights turn off. This has been going on for two years now. The dealership just patches the repair. The repair only lasts a few weeks.

I have a 2010 and repeatedly have issues. It has been to the dealer as it completely lost power in rush hour. Car dash said service abs, power, saver mode, traction control, service esc and then died. I took to shop and they replaced the pcm is what they told me. Car has since had lose of power, sluggish, dies periodically, and now almost 3 years after thousand dollar repair not to mention the air bag light that is on that they are telling me will cost at least 1000 dollars as well to repair as my car is out of warranty and that it is a saftey concern. My car died again while coming through a intersection and the p0341 has come up and been replace3d four times since February 2019. This car is a danger and I am forced to drive it when it runs as I have so much money invested I cant afford a new one. I have also replaced the throttle body and just about every sensor under the hood including spark plugs and battery and car is still acting up. Why are they not helping us. Someone is going to get killed. It stalls suddenly and with little to no warning. I am terrified to transport my kids in this car. Please help us�.

Even after brake light recall from 2014, I continue to have problems with the brake lights illuminating when I'm not pressing the brake pedal, and turning off when I press the brake pedal. I've had this problem 'fixed' several times now, and it keeps happening. Most recently, in January 2019, and now 6 months later, it is happening again. While I'm driving (and not always while I'm braking), the service traction, service esc, esc off warnings come on my info display, as well as the traction control image. From that moment on, while I'm driving and not pressing the brake pedal, my brake lights are all illuminated. When I lightly press on the brake, the lights go off, unless I continue to press harder on the pedal, and then they'll come on again. This is such a hazard while I'm driving that I don't even want to go anywhere. Why does this keep happening? if this was supposedly fixed with the recall, it absolutely wasn't. I've seen other people report the same issue on the online forums, so I know I'm not alone with this problem. It is a major safety issue and needs to be fixed now! I will be going back to the dealer who did the repair in January to get this fixed again, but I don't understand why I should need to. It shouldn't continue to happen if it is really being fixed. Something else is wrong with this vehicle.

4 cylinder with electric power steering is not part of the recall. . I'm having problems with the power steering completely going out while driving in motion and parking . . . . . Also the traction control lights constantly stays on.

The steering wheel would twitch then it became very hard to turn while in motion. The power steering and esc off lights came on.

The esc light comes on and tells me it needs serviced. When this happens the brake lights stay on even if my foot is not on the brake. It also has a problem with the gear shift when trying to pull it out of park. This also disables my cruise control. This issue happens sometimes as soon as I start the car or after driving for a bit. I've taken the car in to get the problem fixed. They replaced the brake sensor and that worked for a week then the esc light came back on and the brake lights stayed on.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving 25 mph, the vehicle unintentionally accelerated and then slowed down. The esc and traction control warning indicators were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to kramer tire (6628 providence rd, virginia beach, va 23464, (757) 346-5739) where the front brakes and rotors were replaced, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic where the passenger side cv joint was replaced, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 108,000.

My steering is locking up and vibrating. If turning the steering and key at same time it starts back working. And my driver side headlight keeps going out. I've had the waiting harness changed and it still continue to not work.

Electric power steering stopped working on match 18, 2019. I was turning right onto busy 4 lane city street from a parking lot, speed < 5 mph. Could not turn into right lane, struggled to swing car into left lane w/o crossing median. It was not simply a loss of power steering. I've driven old cars that never had power steering and this was 10 times more difficult to steer. I think I strained a muscle in my shoulder. Turning did not get easier as I accelerated, eventually to abt 40 mph. Struggled through 3 more hair raising turns (all turns made) before parking it at home. The esc/tcs indicator came on in the parking lot and stayed on. Error msgs displayed were power steering, service esc, service air bag. I heard no chimes. We gave my daughter this used car in 2015. She had complained a couple of weeks prior that steering sometimes became difficult. A search by VIN shows no incomplete recalls. It would be extremely useful to know if this car was part of a recall(s) and then repaired. If it was, it was repaired incorrectly, not all problems were resolved, or the parts used have a short life span. If gm isn't covering this situation, that's a crime. Also, if not covered by gm I'll take it to our regular mechanic since his work is more reliable than the local dealership's. If my baby had been hurt in this death trap, heads would've rolled - metamorphically of course. I'll also be consulting a lawyer.