This problem is that it started pulling to the right kind of like it was out of alignment. Then it would jerk a little every time you turned the steering. It got so bad that it would fail and be hard and almost cause you not to be able to turn. It almost caused me to run off the road during a turn when it caught me by surprise. It would reset after restarting the car. An alarm on the message center that said power steering failure.

I carried it to the Cheverolet Dealer and he said it would cost about $600 dollars and said he would have to look at it to get me to the cents cost. JOY. 80k miles and I have to have the power steering fixed. Sounds like that we are stuck and will need to trade this off because for a long term car we will be repairing this several times. Still own $6500 for the car and I bet I will not get that on trade.

I had some problems with the steering earlier when the Alignment and Tires where replaced. The Tires were replaced at a tire shop and the Steering Alignment was done at the Chevrolet Dealer. It was pulling to the right before we got home with it. had to take it back and have it fixed and they admitted it was something that was not connected well and came off.

You would think that Chevrolet would fix this when they have a problem.

So, reading through all the other complaints, I'm worried that the steering on my Malibu LT will get worse soon. Right now, the steering wheel shakes and moves on its own when I'm going 0-25mph. Very difficult to control. I'm afraid of driving now, as I use this car on the freeway every day, but cannot afford to fix it right this minute. All I've read on this and all other websites is that Chevrolet Dealerships keep sidestepping or flat out denying the issue! It makes me sick that GM can get away with this type of negligence!!! I will NEVER EVER buy another P.O.S. Chevy again. What a disgrace. I hope to survive to tell everyone what it cost me to fix.

Steering locks up while driving - DANGEROUS. When it locks up it will flash power steering on the radio display. This is some kind of new design for an electrical steering system and the consumer is the ultimate test grounds. This is bull crap and I am really wondering why I do buy Chevy products. Honda or Toyota is starting to look pretty good to me. They want your money and they want to be bailed out but what about the customer? Give us some more money and we will try to correct our crappy idea - What B.S!!!!

ok lets see i bought this piece of sh*t at a name gm dealer i had it for a month and the steering locked up put it this way my sterring has locked up some many times it would take too many reports to do it they replaCED THE POWER STEERING every time and i got stuck paying a 100 deductible everytime the worst times it has locked up is on freeway driving around a corner and my kids were in the car scared the sh*t out of me i did this all fucken day long at leats 20 times i think this is a safety issue since i have almost taken out other cars not to mention medians and walls with little kids in car i hate this car and i even called gm and filled a complaint and they wont do sh*t since brown and brown Chevy put the incident under brown and brown not my name and soo they say they cant find any proof well i have proof im just waiting i know i will get in a accident sooner or later and i am goin to sue the sh*t out of them i already have a lawyer who is going after gm i will never buy a chevy again in my life

Wellllll where to start....06 malibu...hmmmm what can I say...my dad said not to buy a chev. product but I didn't listen. The steering wheel locks up on me and I have to pull off the road no matter where I am!!!!! unreal...I had a friend put it on a diagnostic machine and he gave me a code but couldn't unsolve the mystery code...go figure....apparently gm dealers can only do that...so I went to pye chev. in truro...and they wouldn't accept that code they had to look for themselves....and surprise they came up with the same code @@@@@!!! and charged me a $100 bucks to tell me that!!!#$#$#$# So they relearned the steering codes and sent me on my way(no doubt laughing cuz they just ripped me off) the next day caboom .... I was going about a mile and the steering locked up 4 friggin times!#@$@$#@$# Unreal Unreal....so I called GM well so much for that...rip off artists...just cuz they r going bankrupt don't mean I have to to get my damn car fixed!#@$#@$#@$@# So off to pye chevrolet again .... god knows this time...they say it's a guessing game as to what is wrong with it...they would have to test drive it to see...dumb dumb.... I think GM should go good for this .... a hazard waiting to happen...how many ppl may die before they back up their cars??/

On closing I will get back with the costs that I am not paying for...My dad is probably rolling over in his grave....ford man all the way...guess I should have listened to him....

Had warranty work on the front end....now the power steering goes out intermittently usually during a turn. Very dangerous problem with no warning. Dealers want over $500 to fix and apparently have received a bulletin regarding the problem Chevrolet knows it's wrong...I was told they "tried" something with the steering on the Malibu's and Equinox and it didn't work too well. Guess they'll take their "bail out" money and pay for their jets instead of helping their consumers. (which I won't be one for long)

Purchased my 06 Chevy Malibu brand new off the lot. Less than a year later it started making a clunking noise mostly when turning left. Shortly after that the steering wheel started locking up. I took it to the dealer and they lubed the steering shaft and sent me on my way. Not long went by and there it was again same issue. First a little chime and then the steering wheel would lock up. Pretty pissed off now took it back to the dealer and this time they replaced the rack and pinion. At this point there was 32,000 miles on it and still under warranty. At 40,000 miles it started happening again. Now I'm really pissed off. Called GM and they said take it to the dealer and get a diagnosed. So that�s where it is now. But this time it�s going to cost me $155.00 just for that because it�s out of warranty. Who knows what they will try to charge me when they try to fix it for the third time. I'm about ready to blow a gasket. This problem should have been fixed the first time. GM needs to step up and take responsibility for this issue. Sooner or later someone is going to get in a serious accident from their steering wheel locking up and GM needs to be held accountable. If there are any class action lawsuits against General Motors please let me know.

Well like the other owners of this car who might of only had it for a short while with low mileage it seems that the car was made defective in regards to the electronic steering when it first locked up on me I went to the store to buy steering wheel fluid. That was dumb because the car doesn't take steering fluid. It was frustraiting to explain to someone what was happening. When the car is turned off and on it will fix the problem

temporarily. My symptoms is exactly like the previous person who posted. Can anyone tell me how much they paid to get this problem fixed?

I contacted GM to ask for assistance in resolving this problem as I had to have the car towed. I missed work and it cost me $900 which left me no money to make my house payment or car payment. They sounded like they were going to do something to resolve it and talked to me three times about it with days or a week in between. Third time told me that they would not do anything to help resolve problem. Not one penny because it was towed to a Ford Dealership. I explained to them that I had it towed to the closest reputable repair place and that the nearest Chevrolet dealership had previously tried to rip me off three times, which is why I do not go there now that the warranty is out. Other people had the same complaints about that particular dealership. GM did not seem to care about that at all and said that they would have contacted another dealership in another town to have them fix it. I explained that if I was still waiting for them to fix it I would be out of work for several weeks, in which case I would lose my job. I will never purchase another GM car again.

I started off to make a turn onto the highway and mildly accelerated (less than half throttle) and steering became extremely stiff and vehicle was hard to control. I let off the gas pedal and the vehicle shifted to second gear. I finished the turn and accelerated again and steering became stiff but manageable and warning bell chimed 4 times but there were no alarms on the (driver information center) or the instrument cluster. This is the 5th time this has happened to me. The GM dealership service department cannot find the problem! The vehicle has had problems with the 2004 model according to the NHTSA, however I cannot find anything with the 2006 model. I know they both have electric power steering, but I do not know if they are the same. I suspect they are since I am experiencing very similar problems with reports from various websites about the 2004 models.