Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU MAXX / 2004

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005001852 Incident Date: Jan, 13 2005
Consumer's City: WEST CHICAGO Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU MAXX Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 13 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 30 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was driving in traffic when suddenly without warning a warning cam across the message screen saying power steering and the service light turned on. i had lost all power steering. i was able to manually force the vehicle over to the side. i turned off the car and restarted it. when i restarted the vehicle the warnings disappeared and power staring working fine until about 5-10 minutes later, about less than a 1/4 mile traveled power steering went out again. i contacted my dealers service department and the service person there new instantly what it was and he said that the steering column had to be replaced. *jb