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2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco steering problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the steering on the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco18% of all complaints for this model year.

16
Steering complaints
18%
share of all complaints
50,719 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Was driving down interstate going 70 mph when electrical system went haywire. The engine engine stalled and lost power steering. Very dangerous!

    filed Feb 20, 2019

  • My battery has randomly began to discharge by itself and sometimes the vehicle wont start. The car totally shut down on me while driving in traffic and almost caused a major accident. Called gm and my local chevy dealer and the service manager refused to help me unless I paid for a diagnostic…

    filed Aug 15, 2018

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.