2010 Chevrolet Malibu Electronic Stability Control Problems
- 210
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 210 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- power steering · 71 records
- brake lights · 41 records
- traction control · 33 records
- service traction · 25 records
- steering wheel · 20 records
- brake pedal · 17 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 72 |
| 100–150k mi | 39 |
| 30–60k mi | 29 |
| 1–30k mi | 24 |
| 150–400k mi | 18 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Exterior Lighting · Switch · Traction Control System
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that the service esc warning indicator illuminated intermittently. In addition, the brake light illuminated without the pedal being depressed. The contact stated that the brake light stopped functioning after the pedal was depressed. In addition, the traction and cruise control failed. The failure occurred approximately six times. The vehicle was taken…
ODI 10850677
Electronic Stability Control
The first time i had just left the car wash headed home, decided to stop at the park to finish cleaning the car, pulling up to park, the traction control disengages then the ( triangle with the car sliding image) appears, a service esc notice popes up and the engine begins to run rough, at this point the traction control will not engage. The second time, i was pulling into my drive and the same thing happened. Both…
ODI 10819946
Electronic Stability Control
It first started when my stability light would come on and my car acted like it was going to die when i was in a stopping position. This happened about 3 times. Then i was at a stop light and my stability light came on and my car just died. I took my vehicle in to the dealership and they replaced my computer system. On my receipt they indicated due to short in the ecm. Replaced and reprogrammed the ecm. Since then…
ODI 10820713
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Steering
Car lost control of power steering same time as driver side back brake light went out steering wheel shakes bad when slowing down from 70
ODI 10873290
Electronic Stability Control · Exterior Lighting · Service Brakes
12/4/15 night, dry conditions, expressway: in motion: chime sounded and 2 warnings flash - service esc & service traction. 15 minutes later, - city streets, dry, same issue with esc and traction warning lights going on, plus almost rear ended. Irate driver behind me said my brake lights were out, but they were astonished when the break lights came on while i was outside the car. They asked me to press the pedal - no…
ODI 10808667
Electronic Stability Control
2010 malibu lt, recall #13036 on this car and others, i took it to one of the local auto nation dealer in mid 2015, mind you i did not have any of the warning signs noted in the 14v-252 report. Now i see there is a recall #13036a, 13036b revisions, then about three weeks or so i was going home, major road 40 mph, a friend happened to be behind me, he flashed his light, i slowed, let my window down, he yelled your…
ODI 10839164
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I was at burger king drive thru and when i got done ordering i tried to pull around and my power steering light cam on and my esc light . I could not turn it was very hard i had to turn off my car and it fixed it self. This better be a recall bec why do i got to spend my money to fix this it's bs
ODI 10786111
Electronic Stability Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The esc and low power warning indicators illuminated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vin was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
ODI 10822031
Air Bags · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
While driving home from work on october 2016 3 random lights on my dashboard appeared(engine light, service airbag light, esc). They stayed on for about 2 hours then disappeared for the rest of the day. The following day, all three lights appeared and did not leave for 3 days, then disappeared. Then they reappeared for 2 days, then disappeared. The day after they disappeared,all lights appeared but the engine light.…
ODI 10809386
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Exterior Lighting
I have only been driving this car for 5 months. Purchased used at dealership. I do not drive far. All of a sudden esc and "service traction" shows up on my dash. My rear break light turns on and i'm not touching the break. The "service traction esc" shows up more and more frequently. To me, this is a big safety issue and i see that my car is doing the same as others but gm told me via phone call, "only certain vin…
ODI 10780755
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
I was stopped at a stop sign to turn and when i accelerated a quick flash of the service ecm message came on and then disappeared, but the car stalled out in the middle of the intersection. When i tried to restart the car, it would turnover, run for 2 seconds and then die. I had the car towed to my house, where we charged the battery and took it over to autozone to have the electronics scanned, where it showed 3…
ODI 10765339
Electronic Stability Control · Exterior Lighting · Service Brakes
I have had the recall notice (report receipt date: may 14, 2014 nhtsa campaign number: 14v252000 component(s): electrical system , electronic stability control , exterior lighting , service brakes, hydraulic , vehicle speed control ) previously taken care of by oakley chevrolet buick repair shop about a year ago. The problem has returned , the brake lights do not operate properly (they are on when the brake is not…
ODI 10759659
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I was driving on sr-512 near puyallup, washington. I was just moving to the right at the base of the freeway on-ramp, when my electronic power steering went out. At nearly the same time, electronic stability control activated for no apparent reason. Each of my wheels began braking independent from one another. This latest for approximately 10-seconds and did not happen again. The power steering also returned to…
ODI 10726835
Air Bags · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
1 year ago my car flashed esc service traction control reduce engine power and reduced my spend to 40mph on a busy interstate! Called gm stated what happen and i knew they had a recall but of course my cars vin was not included in the recall. Brought the car to a local gm dealer ship to put on machine to see if any codes would show up nothing came up!!! I was told the message would have to be showing to service…
ODI 10891747
Electronic Stability Control · Power Train
Esc and traction graphic and text alarms have been initializing intermittently while driving at various speeds since march 2015. On 4/7/2015 and again on 4/13/2015, after starting the car these two alarms initialized along with the power steering alarm and there was a loss of power steering. In each case, turning off the engine reset the alarms and the power steering restored. Loss of power steering at highway…
ODI 10706087
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control
At 70 mph the cruise control shut off by itself and the service esc light illuminated on the dash. I also noticed the brake lights came on when foot was off the brake pedal and shut off when i depressed the brake pedal. This has happened intermittently in the past 2 weeks. I took car into turan-foley chevy dealership in gulfport, ms on 4/08/15 and they recommended replacing the bpp for $242.25, which i had them…
ODI 10705325
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
While driving to work, i noticed the steering shake and stiffen up and i had loss of all power steering. Soon after that i had my driver side tire blow out and almost caused an accident. A couple of days later, i drove it to the dealership and the service representative told me that chevy malibu's did have a recall on the electric power steering pump and torque sensor but not for my model (ltz). Which didn't make…
ODI 10703450
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I was driving with my son and his friend (both in the back seat thankfully!) down a hill (maybe 10-20 mph) to a stop light when i heard a pinging noise and no longer had control of steering. The power steering and esc warnings were showing on the dashboard and steering was exceptionally hard. I was able (barely) to make the turn and pull over to the side of the road and turned the car off (very hard to do at a slow…
ODI 10691777
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
I received a safety recall notice via mail from gm due to a defect that relates to motor vehicle safety. The notice clearly stated why the (chevrolet malibu 2010) was being recalled. The reasons for the recall indeed persisted in the vehicle that i was currently operating so i had it serviced as stated in the notice to do. Messages such as: (engine power reduced, service esc, service traction control, as well as…
ODI 10678687
Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving down the highway and all at once the car lost power. The esc, checking light, and engine power reduce come across the display. I could not go over 20mph, but i'm glad i wasn't far from home nor any car behind me at the time this happen. I will be taking my car to the dealership down the street from my house as soon as they open up at 0700 monday, december 15, 2014 to get it check out. This scared me so…
ODI 10664208
Electronic Stability Control · Engine
Driving the vehicle at 70 mph on the highway when i received the following messages in the dic: "service esc" "service traction control" and "eng reduced pwr." vehicle would not accelerate past 60 mph, and that was with pedal all the way to the floor. When i had to stop, the engine shook. Luckily, i was able to drive the vehicle home - although, at one point, i was driving 20 mph on the highway acceleration lane…
ODI 10663993
Cruise Control · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that the vehicle was serviced under nhtsa campaign number: 14v252000 (electrical system , electronic stability control , exterior lighting , service brakes, hydraulic , vehicle speed control) and indicated that months after the recall repair, a failure related to the recall was experienced and that the recall remedy failed to deter the failure from…
ODI 10806729
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Exterior Lighting · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. The contact received a recall notification for nhtsa campaign number: 14v252000 (electrical system, electronic stability control, exterior lighting, service brakes, hydraulic, vehicle speed control); however, the parts needed to repair the vehicle were unavailable. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact had not experienced a failure.
ODI 10638781
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Exterior Lighting · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. The contact received a recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 14v252000 (electrical system, electronic stability control, exterior lighting, service brakes, hydraulic, vehicle speed control) and stated that the parts needed were unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure.
ODI 10638368
Electronic Stability Control · Power Train
Car was recalled for #13036 from estero bay chevrolet 9/05/2014 estero florida.the car is still malfunctioning. Taken car back to dealer, they stated they check the work done. The car still shift out park and gets stuff in park and will not shift out without forcing the shifter and the brake. 9/18/2014 taken car back to dealer and told them the car is still malfunctioning. The said it did not do it for them. I…
ODI 10637251