general problems of the 2012 Chevrolet Malibu - part 2

On Wednesday January 6, 2021, I was on my way home from picking my son up from school when I went to make a left turn from the center divider and my steering wheel would not turn! this caused me to make an emergency stop in the middle of the busy city street and to park up on the curb to avoid ongoing traffic. I tried to turn the wheel manually with a lot of strength but it did not move. Then a warning signal appeared saying (power steering). I turned the car off and back on to see if this helped, it did. After I got home I did not drive the car anymore. I am waiting to see if this repair is covered under Chevrolet's warranty regarding eps (electrical power steering) vehicles.

I was driving to town and everything stop working. It scard the crap out of me. I took it to smith chevy in turlock CA they said they didnt know what was wrong with it and charaged me 489. 00. Lucky it didnt kill me. Gm motors need to do a recall on it before someone gets hurt or lose there life.

Steering wheel sticks on occasion and is hard to move. Sometimes it will jerk side to side in a shaking motion before sticking. My car goes out of lane.

Loss of steering when turning. Driver info panel saying esc and service power steering . !.

Esc warning on dash coming on will driving and turning forward or backward. Hvac controller not responding to commands, hvac resistor and blower motor wires getting very hot and not blowing fuses when driving with ac or heater running. Hvac resistor blowing out. High motor oil consumption , every 1000 miles its low a quart.

"power steering" message comes on randomly and the power steering goes dead while I'm driving. This seems to be a known issue with this Malibu and should be a recall. There are many complaints online about this issue. This has occurred in April 2020 and multiple times in may 2020. This is dangerous and should be a recall.

"power steering" message comes on randomly and the power steering goes dead while I'm driving. This seems to be a known issue with this Malibu and should be a recall. There are many complaints online about this issue. This has occurred multiple times. This is dangerous and should be a recall purchased vehicle in 2013 since than has happen close to 10 times.

For a long time now, a year, I've been getting the esc warning every time I turn the steering wheel. It just a nuisance alarm. It shuts off the esc. Now however everytime I start the car lately and I'm getting the power steering warning, I move the wheel a little and it goes away. I'm afraid it's going to get worse and I'll start losing my power steering. Gm won't do anything about it because they say the VIN number isn't part of the recall. I have a 2012 with the 2. 4l. It has 73,000 miles on it. The recall if that's what it is (# 15356: special coverage adjustment - loss of electric power steering assist - (Aug 28, 2015).

For about the last two weeks when I turn my car on a esc power steering message has illuminated the dash. I have to turn my car off and back on several times to get the message to disappear. Tonight while driving the same message came on. I ended up having to pull over several times during my drive each time losing power steering! very scary and very unsafe. When I search my VIN number there are no recalls on it, I feel there needs to be before someone is hurt or killed in a accident.

2012 chevy Malibu recently turned 98,000 miles. I was trying to make a turn after stopping for a stop sign and the power steering service, esc light comes on. The steering wheel became stiff and very hard to turn. Was able to get car to the side of the road, turned engine off and on and I was able to drive. Very scary, I have read that this happens a lot with these cars. How can there not be a recall???.

Same power steering problem. The electric power steering goes out sometimes midturn. Im an adult male and ive hit the curb a couple times if this happened to a female or child it could cause a serious accident. Im scarred to drive it. G. M. Needs to stop selling these electric power steering units. Mine is 2012 Malibu just turned 100000. The esc light comes on and says power steering on dash.

Driving my vehicle with my 3 month old daughter in the car. Turned the wheel as I was taking a turn and the power steering completely stopped. This forced me to apply the brake because I almost wemt off the road!! I see this isn't the only incident involving the esc and power steering!! vehicle currently has "service esc" and "power steering" messages displayed in the info messages.

164,00 miles. Temp 34 f. Drove car 3 miles and stopped at intersection. Put signal on and attempted left turn. Steering became locked. Break and accelerator went to lowest position nearest floor. Engine stayed on but car would not move even after lifted foot off break and attempted to push accelerator. . Put in park. Stopped engine. Restarted. No change after start. Again put in park pushed on break turned ignition it started. Was able to drive and steering back to normal. No noticeable problem after that.

Car would shimmy and shake. New tires new breaks etc. Made appoint. To fix recalls when power ster. Went out. Put new ps on and it didn't fix problem. Went back and forth to dealer. Had car diagnosed and service manager said there was a recall for so called gm, rep said they would fix and reinburse for the work already performed, gave a case number. Car sat a dealers weekend. Today gm rep said they would only pay 5% and denied other rep had said they'd fix. No power steering on car and it's dangerous to drive due to manufacturing defect and I'm expected to cover costs when I've already spent nearly 1000 on it and it's still not fixed. Please help.

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving 70 mph, the power steering ecs activated warning indicator illuminated and the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 14e044000 (steering). The contact called victorville Chevrolet (located at 15425 dos palmas rd, victorville, CA 92392, (760) 475-9098) and informed them of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 204,000.

My power steering went out as I was exiting the highway at a bend and while I was turning to begin driving on the city streets. I had my 2 month old daughter and 6 year old son with me at the time this happened which frightened me tremendously.

Power steering went out driver the 2012 Malibu on the street. Locked up and almost was involved in an accident due to faulty power steering.

The steering wheel is very difficult to turn requiring vehicle to be restarted frequently.

Well while turning on my street the steering wheel locked up and esc light came on which almost cause me to hit my neighbor fence and car trying to turn. . I was very scared had car put in shop and they told me steering was gone out. . I didnt no about this recall stuff because I had to pay close to 1000 to get thos repaired. . How can I get refunded for something that was a recall on.

I have been having problems with my steering nearly everytime I would start my car. After starting it repeatedly it usual would steer but today as I was driving the steering froze! it was very scary and could have turned out dangerously. I am not sure what the problem is but I see that many others are having the same problem with the steering of this year and model/.

Takata recall, my cars power steering keeps going out while driving, I have to pull over and turn my car off then on and it will work again. It usually happens at least once or twice a day. The steering wheel does not move unless I use all my strength which is very difficult and scary. It has happened on the highway and on a city street while driving causing me to pull over.

Started out when I'm just driving down the road my steering wheel twitches. Now has gone to esc power steering warning indicated and the steering wheel completely locks up. Most of the time just when I start the car however has done it when I'm driving down the road. Thankfully it was a secluded road and I didn't hit anyone. This is super dangerous and according to my search of the internet I'm not alone.

Was driving down a crooked road when steering felt like it locked up. Barely made it to side of road without crashing. Flashed ecs and powersteering on dash. After I restarted the engine it quit but did it again about a week later but the 2nd time it didn't quit after turning the car off, but the next day it waa driving fine again.

Rack and pinion failure causing play in the steering, pull to one side, clunking and rapid shaking of the steering wheel when braking.

There is a steering recall for my car but not for my specific VIN #. I'm having the same issue with mine as well. My racking pinion needs to be replaced.

Takata recall: I'm having the same issue that's attached to gm recall 13036. I just took it to the chevy dealer and this recall wasn't attached to my VIN, even though my car was manufactured in the same year listed in the 13036 recall. My vehicle is dangerous to drive ! the esc light flashed �off� then it says service esc . The check engines illuminates and flashes as well as the service traction . I've replaced spark plugs , injectors and wiring attached to the cylinders, to fix the codes being shot out (p0302 / p0352) and the problem continues . The steering is rough and makes noise while turning , especially when vehicle is cold . The sound is really loud . My vehicle has stalled a few times has I came to a stop at stop signs and intersections . This needs to be fixed ASAP !!.

Loss of steering. Traction control light comes on.

Power steering light shows on indicator panel sometimes without any problems steering. Sometimes it appears along with service esc and some times power steering is lost. Turning the car off and back on usually resets the problem. It is extremley difficult to steer the car when this happens. It began intermittently about 3 years ago when a local mechanic looked at it but he couldn't find anything wrong. It's failing much more frequently (every other trip) now. It has about 62000 miles on it. So far, no accidents but a few close calls. Another problem is that the service air bag indicator comes on when someone sits in the passenger seat and the car is started. It can be reset but it's an scary situation. I don't think this is related to the steering problem but not sure.

While driving power steering stopped working and esc light came on. Turned car off and is working again. Steering pulls and I'm uncomfortable driving. Recalls were made to year and model of my car but my VIN doesn't match up to recall.

"takata recall " im having problems with my 2012 Malibu when im driving down the street my vehicles steering wheel locks up and " service esc " pops up making it hard to turn so I have to stop in the the middle of the street to restart my car it happened a month and a half ago and just recently started again it stopped for a day and now its back even worse. Took it to the repair shop the think its my torque sensor and intake and exhaust camshaft.

My power steering just went out on me in the middle. Of driving got real stiff on the 10 freeway going home from. Redlands to hemet and my power steering eis electrical and its hard my mechanic said its too much to fix and told me that its a high demand in recall for this and that I need it fix I turned it on and ti works for 5 minutes a drive or two and out of no where even while driving will stiffen up again on me.

Steering malfunction while driving. The steering wheel locked making it hard to steer the vehicle. Message for esc and power steering came on. The steering wheel continues to jerk and twitch when driving.

Power steering cut out while driving on a rural road. Was going around 30mph.

My power steering goes out randomly. I can be parked it goes out, I can have my foot on the brakibg while in drive , it goes out. I can be driving anywhere and it goes out. The air bag light comes on randomly. And then my esc warning light comes on as well. In all of these instances it's all random when it happens. On 10/13/2018 m y power steering went out that is the most recent incident.

Power steering, lights, electrical stability, engine, transmission.