NHTSA Complaint #10537734 — 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX

AUGUST 1, 2013, WAS DRIVING OFF THE PARKING LOT AT WORK WHEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT. IT CAME BACK AFTER THREE DAYS BUT ON AUGUST 23, 2013, IT WENT OUT COMPLETELY. WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, DOING 65 MPH AND COMPLETELY LOST STEERING CAPACITY. POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND BEEPED TWICE. THIS WAS VERY SCARY UNTIL I REMEMBERED I WOULD STILL HAVE MANUAL STEERING. IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF AT THE NEAREST EXIT. TOOK TO GET REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF RECALL RELATED TO POWER STEERING. PART COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DOES NOT AND DID NOT FIX POWER STEERING OF VEHICLE. AN ADDITIONAL $700 NEEDED IN ORDER TO FIX THE POWER STEERING MODULE, WHICH HOUSES SENSORS. THIS MODULE, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER, IS WHAT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO COMPLETELY REPAIR VEHICLE. WHY CAN GM NOT REPAIR THE ENTIRE STEERING COMPONENT WHEN, APPARENTLY, THE MODULE IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND MOST COMMON PART ON THESE VEHICLES THAT MALFUNCTIONS (IF THE BLOGS ARE TO BE BELIEVED), NOT DUE TO ABUSE/MISUSE BY OWNERS BUT DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT(S). *TT