Below you may see the ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL components and the number of complaints they received.
Driving 2007 chevrolet malibu when another vehicle pulled out of side street proceeded to engage brakes and vehicle skidded out of control causing acc...
Airbags and side airbags didn't deploy, steering locked up and wheel separated form axel
My sister an i was on a flight from los angeles, ca into dallas, tx at the airport we rented a car from national car rental to go onto shreveport. la...
While trying to accelerate down the on-ramp onto a highway all of a sudden i lost power and could not exceed 40mph. i almost got sideswiped while trying to merge into traffic but couldn't gain speed. before abruptly pulling onto the shoulder the anti-skid and check engine lights came on along with a dash warning that stated :"engine power reduced". i took it to a vendor who searched the code my car produced and it was "p2138", which is "throttle/pedal position sensor/ switch d/ e voltage correlation". i searched this issue online to find a ton of similar if not the exact same issues with other chevy malibus.this is a very dangerous issue! i could have been seriously injured or killed.
Per online reviews from recalls for 2011 malibu the power steering warning light flashed. this recall was not sent to me, however, my car is affected.
My esc comes on with traction emblem and power steering light. i then lose all power steering while in motion.
My vehicle has been running just fine until the other day when my vehicle out of nowhere went into 'limp mode' and i couldn't go over 20 mph. the notifications on my dash were 'eng pwr reduced' and 'service esc'. after looking online for possible causes, it is very clear that engine power reduced and service electrical system is an extremely common problem with chevy malibu's from older models to newer 2016-2018 models). not only is it common, but most people that experience the same issue i did, end up spending thousands trying to fix the problem. repairs range from changing the throttle body to sensors to battery cables & terminals. a few get lucky but for the majority of malibu owners, the problem returns within days or if they're lucky, they get a couple of months before the error codes come back. all one has to do is search the forums of cargurus.com or youtube for videos to find the countless posts of chevy malibu owners all experiencing the same problem. i personally read of many accounts where owners were on the highway when all of a sudden they have the engine power reduced. this is a huge safety ...
The esc turns off pretty much every time i drive the car. last monday the check engine light came on when the transmission was slipping m. the the transmission would no longer shift and the solenoid is stuck open while driving home from work. prompting the dealership to try and sell me a whole new $5,000 trans. when the car only has 130,000 miles on it. the transmission has been running slow on acceleration but has never been stuck in first gear leaving me left on the side of the road waiting for help to come get me. the headlight burn out like every 6 months resulting in taking off the bumper or paying $200 from the dealership for a $5 bulb. i have no pictures since my car is at the dealership waiting for me to either go get or pay for the transmission.
My vehicle has lost steering after starting several times over the last week. my info screen displays an esc and power steering message and my steering wheel is locked in place. once the car is shut off and restarted the messages go away and steering is back to normal. i have found a recall related to this on certain vehicles of my year/make/model and also many forums of people having the same issues. however, when searching by vin it says my vehicle has 0 recalls. i have also noticed when my vehicle is stopped, or in park my steering wheel will shake for a moment and then stop.
Power steering keeps going in and out. cant drive car very far at all. while driving.
Power steering reducing and the car will shut off temporarily i had my car serviced for this already 2 weeks ago for the same problem now it's happening again
My steering goes out while driving almost caused a accident on a highay
When driving my vehical all of a sudden the lower stearing went out and all these warning lights come on. it's super hard to steer i have 3 kids that ride in this car everyday and it's very dangerous. also my headlight drivers side has gone out 4 times in the past 6 months and its very expensive to fix!