NHTSA Complaint #10661092 — 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU

ON 11/21, I TOOK MY 2005 MALIBU TO THE GM DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALL ON THE "STEERING" TO REPLACE THE TORQUE SENSOR ASSEMBLY. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000. WHEN I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AND DRIVING FOR AWHILE, I NOTICED MY CAR WOULD PARTIALLY STALL AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHEN I GOT HOME AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK THE NEXT DAY, BUT I HAD TO WORK. TODAY, 11/26 I TOOK MY CAR TO THE GM DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE CAR CONTINUES TO PARTIALLY STALL AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS. I INFORMED ONE OF THE REPS WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THAT I HAD NO SIGNS OF THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE RECALL REPLACEMENT. I WAS TOLD THEY NEVER WENT UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR DURING THE RECALL REPLACEMENT. IT WAS ALL DONE AT THE STEERING COLUMN; THAT THIS ISSUE IS SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENS WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT ALL. HE INFORMED ME THAT OTHER FOLKS HAVE COME IN WITH THE SAME ISSUE...NOT SURE IF THIS WAS AFTER THEY ALSO HAD THE RECALL DONE. I TRIED TELLING THE SERVICE DEPT., I HAD NO OTHER ISSUES BEFORE BRINGING MY CAR TO THEM FOR THE RECALL, BUT INSTEAD WAS TOLD THIS WAS NOT THEIR FAULT AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR WHATEVER IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. I DIDN'T LET THEM TOUCH IT AGAIN. I WILL TAKE IT TO MY MECHANIC, WHO I NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH AFTER WORKING ON MY CAR. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2011 FOR COMPONENT(S): FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11E009000 AND NEVER RECEIVED THIS RECALL. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM CAR MAX IN 2011. JUST SPECULATING IF THIS MAY BE MY PROBLEM. I ALSO NEVER RECEIVED THE RECALL FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V224000 COMPONENT(S): POWER TRAIN. MORE WORK TO DO TO FIND THE ANSWERS. *TR