# 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU — STEERING
> NHTSA complaint `807229` · 2010-08-16 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** MALIBU
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STEERING
- **Miles at failure:** 45,550
- **Speed:** 60 mph
## Narrative
SINCE MY 2007 MALIBU LEASE BEGAN, I HAVE COMPLAINED THE FRONT END DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT AND TOOK IT IN FOR THIS EVEN.  BUT  IN JUNE 2010, DRIVING ON HIGHWAY - IT WAS RAINING, MY CAR BEGAN TO FISHTAIL, I WAS NOT WORRIED, I PULLED OUT NO PROBLEM, AGAIN- IT DID THIS, NO PROBLEM BUT SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL VERY QUICKLY STARTED JERKING BACK AND FORTH AND I COULDN'T HOLD ONTO IT, IT MOVED SO FAST !!. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SPINNING THEN AND OF COURSE SO DID MY CAR.  I'M A SEASONED DRIVER WITH NO ACCIDENTS BEFORE. I REALLY FEEL THAT IF THE STEERING WHEEL HAD NOT DONE THAT, I WOULD NOT HAVE CRASHED. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF EITHER  MY CAR AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES INJURED. MY INSURANCE TOLD ME NO NEED TO CALL POLICE.  *TR
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