2009 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid: problems, recalls and reliability

“This morning on my way to work I experienced the most scariest moment, when I was in motion making a left turn midway on a busy intersection my steering wheel locked making me unable to control it ,while locked the (tsc) lights came on , I was freaking out I was heading towards the other cars on my right side turning left with me as well , I quickly reacted and let go of the gas pedal and let the car slow down on its own and let everyone turning pass me, once pulled over hazards on , I turned the car off and on and the steering wheel went back to working. I am nervous to get back in the car again. Unknown”Owner report · Electronic Stability Control (Esc) · Mar 2019

“Power steering goes out and traction control light and service esc message comes on. If I turn car off and back on the error message goes away and power steering is restored till it happens again. Happened yesterday on highway suddenly I had no steering. Looked online and saw numerous complaints with others having same problem. Stating that steering column needs to be replaced. Others mention a special extended warranty on power steering failure for 10 years and 150,000 miles. I inquired at dealer and so far they don't recall warranty problem happens sometimes usually when starting but yesterday it happened when driving on highway. Scary feeling”Owner report · Steering · Feb 2019

“On may 18, 2018 all doors on my chevy malibu were working properly. When my fiance left to leave for work on may 19, 2018 the front passenger door would not open from neither the inside nor outside of the vehicle; it wasn't until may 21, 2018 we were able to get the door to open and found that the latch on the side of the door was not working properly. The car was stationary, but my main concern is what if in the case of an emergency, emergency personnel or my passenger was not able to open the door.”Owner report · Unknown Or Other · May 2018

“My electronic or electric power steering goes out in the middle of driving with my children in the car a 1 year old daughter and 3 year old son not safe at all. Very difficult to drive I already have to other recalls on this car but I noticed other exact same model of cars have the same issue and have been recalled but my car and VIN # is not listed on the recall but have exactly the same issues as others.”Owner report · Steering · Jan 2018

“Pulling out of side street on to highway and the car would not accelerate and stuttered. Almost hit by 18 wheeler. Low engine light came on with service engine light as well. Turned around and drove home going no more than roughly 10-15 mph.the next day I planned to take it to get checked out and the car ran fine and engine light was off. A few days later the same thing happened as I was just driving down the highway, car decelerated and low engine power light came on. Very scary to say the least.”Owner report · Engine · Jun 2016

“My brake lights come on without me hitting the pedal and stay on until I tap the brake to make them go out. I noticed that I couldn't use my cruise control.I noticed I would set my cruise control but when the taillight/brake lights came on it kicked me out of cruise control.”Owner report · Vehicle Speed Control · May 2015

“While turning on the car the power steering will not turn on. We have to turn the vehicle off to gain power steering back. The car continued to do this for several months. We now lose power steering while driving down the road at random points in time. We have to pull over and restart the car to regain the power steering. Other 2009 chevrolet mailbu's have the recall, but ours does not although we are experiencing the loss of power steering while driving and while turning on the car. *tr”Owner report · Steering · May 2014