Power steering not working?

You may still be covered under a special coverage. Here is the recall letter:

Collision

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2006 Chevrolet Malibu

L4-2.2L VIN F

Recall - Loss of Electric Power Steering Assist

Vehicle Steering and Suspension Technical Service Bulletins Recall - Loss of Electric Power Steering Assist

RECALL - LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST

# 14772: Product Safety Electric Power Steering Assist (Feb 5, 2015)

Subject: 14772 - Electric Power Steering Assist Models: 2006-2007 Chevrolet Malibu, Malibu Maxx 2006-2007 Pontiac G6 Equipped with Electric Power Steering

Condition

General Motors has decided that a defect, which relates to motor vehicle safety, exists in certain 2006 and 2007 model year Chevrolet Malibu, Malibu Maxx, and Pontiac G6 vehicles, equipped with Electronic Power Steering (EPS). These vehicles may experience a sudden loss of power steering assist that could occur at any time while driving. If the power steering assist is lost, a message is displayed on the Driver Information Center and a chime sounds to inform the driver. Steering control can be maintained, as the vehicle will revert to a manual steering mode, but would require greater driver effort at low vehicle speeds, which could result in an increased risk of a crash.

Correction

Dealers are to replace the torque sensor assembly. If the vehicle has had a steering column replacement during the August 2008 to present time frame, the column contains the new torque sensor assembly and no repair is necessary.

Vehicles Involved

All involved vehicles are identified by Vehicle Identification Number on the Investigate Vehicle History screen in GM Global Warranty Management system. Dealership service personnel should always check this site to confirm vehicle involvement prior to beginning any required inspections and/or repairs. It is important to routinely use this tool to verify eligibility because not all similar vehicles may be involved regardless of description or option content.

For dealers with involved vehicles, a listing with involved vehicles containing the complete vehicle identification number, customer name, and address information has been prepared and will be provided to US and Canadian dealers through the GM GlobalConnect Recall Reports, or sent directly to export dealers. Dealers will not have a report available if they have no involved vehicles currently assigned.

The listing may contain customer names and addresses obtained from Motor Vehicle Registration Records. The use of such motor vehicle registration data for any purpose other than follow-up necessary to complete this recall is a violation of law in several states/provinces/countries. Accordingly, you are urged to limit the use of this report to the follow-up necessary to complete this recall.

Hope your still covered and let us know if the information helped. You would need to call the dealerahip and provide your VIN# to verify you are still covered.

Then your next step would be is to have the whole system scanned for codes. A more advance scan tool will be needed to scan through all the control units. Call several local parts stores to see if they have a scan tool that can read the EPS module. The fault code would at least give us a starting point to start looking for a fault.

Hello,

What happens on these is the steering motor goes out. Here is how to replace it. It might fix the speedometer as well. Check out the diagrams (below). Please let us know what you find. We are interested to see what it is.

Sounds good, that is how the steering issue starts, you can reset it back it will probably come back. Here is the VSS sensor location in the diagrams below. Check out the diagrams (below). Please let us know what you find. We are interested to see what it is.