Steering Failed problems of the 2010 Chevrolet Malibu

Takata recall. When car is running I have steering failure. Hard to turn the steering wheel. Almost had an accident. Alarm sounds and on dash it says power steering and esc off and service esc.

Last spring I had an issue with my 2010 chevy Malibu with the electronic power steering assembly. The electronic steering column assembly failed resulting in no power steering. After research I became aware this is a common problem with chevy Malibu's but was only covered in recalls until 2009. I paid for repair on this out of pocket like many other people who have filed complaints as seen with research on the internet. I have just discovered the company that made the steering column for gm, dorman, is recalling their steering column that was installed in the 2010 chevy Malibu. This recall was posted in July. With the trouble gm has been through they should be on a better honor system. This car was manufactured by general motors and should be recalled by general motors who should be reimbursed by dorman. The phone number for dorman is 1-800-523-2492 and you could potentially be reimbursed but you will need the part number of the defective steering column. General motors offers no cooperation in part number information. Even with previous calls I had with gm saying all parts used in cars were identified by the VIN number of the car so they know the origin where all parts were manufactured. It appears to be a finger pointing game and the loser is the consumer.

The power steering sensor is bad and to repair it they say the entire steering column has to be replaced. This is my daughters car and would be bad if the power steering went out while she was driving. So far the steering has only failed when she started the car. This has happened two times in three days.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that the steering wheel failed without warning while driving 70 mph and the steering wheel had to be turned with force. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where a diagnostic was performed but to no avail. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 110,000.

Power steering warning plus the check electrical system came on when we started the car, and the steering would not work. We were at the time in the north carolina mountains. We turned the ignition off, tried again, and the power steering returned. Nonetheless this made for a scary trip down mountain roads. This failure did not occur again for several months. Then in the winter of 2013-2014 it began to happen more frequently. In April 2014 we told the Chevrolet service advisor who said to bring in the car while the steering was not on power. So we did with difficult steering in city traffic. The advisor diagnosed steering column failure. Gm has offered to pay part of the price of repair. This offer came after extensive conversations with gm and the local dealer with whom we have done a significant amount of business.