2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU — Complaint #2119419
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NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:STEERING WHEEL /HANDLE BAR:YAW/ANGLE SENSOR filed August 11, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2119419 (ODI reference 11679882) concerns a 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU and was filed on August 11, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 11, 2025. The vehicle had 140,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Tennessee based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:steering wheel /handle bar:yaw/angle sensor, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET MALIBU cohort independently describe similar steering:steering wheel /handle bar:yaw/angle sensor failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle briefly lost motive power and came to a complete stop. The vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular occurrence. The contact stated that the ESC warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the steering wheel angle sensor. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2119419 |
| ODI Number | 11679882 |
| Date Filed | August 11, 2025 |
| Failure Date | August 11, 2025 |
| VIN | 1G1ZD5EU8CF |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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