NHTSA Complaint #10969974 — 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX

TAKATA RECALL : I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL AND AS I EXIT THE FREEWAY, MY CAR STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND MY CAR WAS STILL RUNNING FORWARD. I ALMOST A VEHICLE WITH CHILDREN IN IT, BUT LUCKY THEY WERE ABLE TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD AND MISS ME. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO MAKE A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE HAVING MULTIPLE CARS AT A COMPLETE STOP, BLOWING THEIR HORNS AT ME. I WAS VERY SCARED, EVEN MORE WHEN THIS ANGRY MOTHER, WHO I ALMOST RAN INTO, STARTED YELLING AT ME. I THEN REALIZE I COULD HAVE KILLED THOSE PEOPLE, MYSELF AND IN ANY OTHER SITUATION ON A DAILY BASIS, MY SONS LIFE AS WELL. AFTER THAT HAPPENED MOMENTS LATER, MY CAR BECAME MANAGEABLE TO DRIVE TO SCHOOL AND THE PROBLEM HAS PERSIST MORE THAN I WOULD LIKE AND NOW I HAVE FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL WITH THE EXACT PROBLEM BACK IN 2011. I WENT TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIX OTHER RECALLS BUT NOT THAT ONE. THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THAT PROBLEM BACK IN 2011 AND THAT I WAS TOO LATE TO GET THAT RECALL FIX. AT THIS POINT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO SINCE I HAVE YET TO FIND A MECHANIC THAT WOULD WANT TO TOUCH THAT PROBLEM SINCE THERE WAS A RECALL DONE ON IT AND TO FIX IT, IT WOULD COST A LOT AND THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE ME THAT THE PROBLEM WILL BE FIX. THEY HAVE ADVICE ME TO GO TO THE CHEVY COMPANY SINCE THE DEALER SHIP COULDN'T HELP ME AND IT'S A COMPANY MALFUNCTION.