2004 Malibu Steering Questions!

[seafeye]

I have the new body 2004 Chevy Malibu.
The electric steering is giving me some concerns.
When i am at a stop light the wheel wants to turn. Not far just
more like a shake back and forth. If you let go you can see and hear
it rattle. Probably moves 1/4 inch. Back and forth.

Then if you really pay attention you can feel it when you are
driving.

1) Never hit a curb.
2) 7000 miles.
3) My wife does drive the car.
4) The car sits for 2 weeks at a time. (Never much longer)

Any idea's?

[wpbharry]

The only problem that I've heard of, both in here and in other web sites, is the P/S completely failing. That is announced on the Info Center display, and the fix is a new steering column. NHTSA is doing something related to it, but no news in recent weeks.

[e2helper]

Take your vehicle to dealer so they can diagnose the problem.

[kevinj123]

Hi,
I'm not sure what is causing that but take it into the dealership. I have a 2004 Malibu with only 6500 miles on it. I kept having problems with the power steering going out when I was driving. I noticed that would only happen after 45 minutes of nonstop driving. They changed the steering column and that seemed to have done the trick.

[sparkn]

Sounds like a servo problem. Have the dealer check it out.

[ltmack1730]

Seafeye. I've just experience the same problem on my
2004 Malibu (7 months old) just as you described it. What
was the resolution to your problem? Regrds, Larry.

[e2helper]

ltmack - take your vehicle to dealer. Likely the dealer will replace your steering column