I purchased my 2011 Malibu in April 2012. Initially, I was experiencing power surges upon breaking. I was slowing down to come to a complete stop and my car would surge forward before stopping. The dealership replaced a sensor. I'm still experiencing the surges occasionally. The next time I took it in because I was getting a lot of noise and vibration when driving on a rough a surface. The dealership replaced the steering column. It was fine for a year, now that problem is returning. During the winter 2013, my rear defrost stopped working. I took it in and was told that the rear fuse block was melted and it will cost $535 to have it replaced. And another $230 to have the driver's side seat belt replaced---- it doesn't connect securely without fiddling with it. I think there should be recalls issued on all of these problems because I have read blogs and others are having the same issues, and they are all related to the safety of the vehicle.

- South Bend, IN, USA

First noticed a tick in the steering as I was driving on the highway. No message appeared on the dic yet. A couple days later, turned the car on and noticed no power steering and a message showed up that read "ESC failure" which upon my understanding is the electronic stability control. Turned key off and back on and no message and had regained power steering. This happened a few times on and off for a couple weeks but never lost power while driving so put off because I figured it would be costly to take to the dealer. Now, after a couple weeks, the steering wheel would jerk and twitch constantly driving and parked. Had it fixed March 7th and cost me $800. Had to replace the whole thing I was told. Was hoping it would be just a sensor or motor. If that is true, it's a poor design. After seeing all these issues, one would think there would be some kind of recall, but I guess someone has to die for that to happen.

- South Beloit, IL, USA

Driving down two lane road at around 45 to 50 mph, light rain.....puddles on uneven surfaced road started to gather, car started to hydroplane and wanted to go left into oncoming traffic on left....tried to move car to the right to avoid accident.....slowed way down and turned off road into parking lot. Took car for repair and the steering motor was bad and replaced.

- Mind, IL, USA

I purchased my car in Feb. Of 2012 as of today my car has been in the shop 10 different times for the same thing. The steering vibrates when you drive and it loses power when shifting. Then, I had to get a new motor in the car May 2013, then it was rattling again so I took it up there. They told me that the transmission problem was that it needed a program upgrade and that I had to pay out of pocket $60.70 for this upgrade. Two days later the whole car shuts down on me and they are now saying that it is an app module and it needs to be re-programmed. I am tired of paying all this tow bills and fees for a car that does not run and it not safe for my kids to ride in.

- Valmeyer, IL, USA

This problem occurred first in November 2011. The engine stopped, there was no steering, service ESC, the engine light came on. The vehicle was restarted but would not move when put in gear. Today is the second time this same problem has occurred. Chevy said the problem was repaired in November, but now it's back. The Malibu is back at Chevy for the second time for this problem. We experienced another incident 2 weeks ago but after starting the car again the problem was not there and has not surfaced until now. I certainly hope this problem is resolved this time for good. I feel very uncomfortable pulling into traffic.

- Bentleyville, PA, USA

As I was driving about 30mph on a Suburban rd. The Malibu jerked a couple of times then the (service ESC) light came on along with other lights and the car stopped moving. It also had a (car locked) symbol lit on the dash. There have been other similar complaints and there is no excuse for this. We pay good money to drive a new car so we don't have breakdowns, not to mention the possibilities of getting hit when this fault occurs maybe even being taken out of the population.

- Bentleyville, PA, USA