The Lemon Index$980 middle bill · most between $600 and $1,000
Lower than the $2,000 middle bill owners of all 112 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 80,000 miles (9 reports).
Chevrolet Malibu owners reported paying a median of $980 for a steering rack replacement, with the middle half of bills between $600 and $1,000. That's from 9 owner reports (9 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50011%
- $500–$1,00044%
- $1,000–$2,50033%
- $2,500–$5,00011%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 9 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Chevrolet Malibu3$2,000 middle bill
- 2004 Chevrolet Malibu1too few for a middle
- 2005 Chevrolet Malibu2too few for a middle
- 2006 Chevrolet Malibu1too few for a middle
- 2007 Chevrolet Malibu1too few for a middle
- 2011 Chevrolet Malibu1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2004 Chevrolet Malibu362 complaints name it21% of that year's complaints
- 2006 Chevrolet Malibu344 complaints name it25% of that year's complaints
- 2009 Chevrolet Malibu250 complaints name it16% of that year's complaints
- 2005 Chevrolet Malibu226 complaints name it16% of that year's complaints
- 2007 Chevrolet Malibu225 complaints name it22% of that year's complaints
- 2010 Chevrolet Malibu138 complaints name it10% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a steering rack / power steering. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Keep going
- Chevrolet Malibu reliability by year
- Steering rack replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Chevrolet Malibu owners reported
Steering column repair (69) · Fuel pump replacement (22) · Intake manifold replacement (22) · Brake repair (20) · Throttle body replacement (14) · Transmission replacement (12) · Engine replacement (10) · BCM replacement (7) · Car battery replacement (6) · Wiring harness repair (6) · Brake booster replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 10587580, 10583317, 10378169, 10348667, 10316283, 10280817, 10276185, 10274886, 10172559.
Quick answers
How much does steering rack replacement cost on a Chevrolet Malibu?
Chevrolet Malibu owners reported a median of $980, and the middle half paid $600 to $1,000, from 9 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Chevrolet Malibu steering rack replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Chevrolet Malibu middle bill of $980 is lower than the $2,000 owners of all 112 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Chevrolet Malibu repair costs come from?
From 9 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Chevrolet Malibu years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2004 (362), 2006 (344), 2009 (250) Chevrolet Malibu named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.