Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (2004)

1,582 consumer complaints on file.

#10097630November 10, 2004
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, STEERING, STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN COMING TO A STOP POWER STEERING FAILED, AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE TO STOP. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK EA04018_CAT FOUND THE WHEEL POSITION SENSOR NOT READING CONSISTENTLY. THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT GRINDING NOISE. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099684November 9, 2004
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, STEERING:COLUMN, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MINUTES ON BACK ROADS AT 35-40 MPH THERE WAS VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL. IT WOULD JERK BACK AND FORTH ABOUT 1/2" EACH WAY. TRIED TO TURN RIGHT, BUT STEERING WHEEL WOULD ONLY TURN TO BETWEEN 2 AND 3 O'CLOCK. HOWEVER, IT TOOK ALL CONSUMER'S EFFORT TO EVEN TURN THAT MUCH. SAW WRENCH LIGHT UP, HEARD DING, AND SAW POWER STEERING ON RADIO. WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE INTO GAS STATION PARKING LOT, ABOUT 3 MINUTES AFTER SHE FELT JERKING. RESTARTED VEHICLE, AND STEERING WAS FINE. IT HAPPENED ABOUT 3 WEEKS LATER AGAIN, THE THIRD TIME IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS WHILE CONSUMER WAS IN DRIVEWAY. DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK EA04018_CAT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101099November 5, 2004
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. *NM FAILURE OF ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING SYSTEM. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AS CONSUMER BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. AFTER SERVICE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HEAVY AND VERY HARD TO TURN. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099485November 5, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
A RECALL FOR THE ABS SYSTEM WAS ISSUED.CONSUMER WAS WAITING FOUR MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099493November 5, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN, STEERING:RACK AND PINION, STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH STEERING JERKED FROM SIDE TO SIDE, NEARLY LOSING CONTROL. WHEN ON REGULAR STREET PROBLEM WAS NOT SO NOTICEABLE. ALSO, HEARD CONTINUOUS KNOCKING NOISES WHEN MAKING TURNS. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC REPLACED STEERING COLUMN. IT WORKED FOR AWHILE BUT GOT WORSE IN SEPTEMBER. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION. IT PARTIALLY RESOLVED PROBLEM, BUT KNOCKING CONTINUED. TOOK VEHICLE BACK, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT. KNOCKING NOISE WAS NOT RESOLVED.*AK EA04018_CAT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098245November 4, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT A MALIBU MAXX IN JULY 2004 BRAND NEW WITH 30 MILES ON IT THE SECOND DAY I HAD IT I HEARD A NOISE FRON THE FRONT END TOOK IT BACK TO TAYLOR CHEVROLET IN TAYLOR MICHIGAN SERVICE ADVIROR RODE WITH ME HEARD IT ALSO WROTE ON WORK ORDER NOISE COMING FORM POSSIBLE TRNSMISSION I HAVE DRIVEN 3 MAXX OTHER THAN MY OWN NO NOSIE ALSO A RATTLING NOISE IN THE INSIDE WHILE DRIVING WHEN SUNROOF IS OPEN NO NOISE BUT WHEN IT IS CLOSED RATTLING NOISE ALL THE TIME THIS HAS BEEN A ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR HAVE DISCUSSED A POSSIBLE RETURN TO GET ANOTHER CAR EVERYONE HAS REFUSED I HAVE TAKED WITH ALLEN SIVER WHO IS THE GM AT TAYLOR CHEVROLET AND JIM AUTHUR WHO IS THE SEVERICE MANAGER NOTHING I WILL NEVER BY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT WHEN YOU LOOKING TO BUY EVERYONE IS IN YOUR FACE BUT WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG YOU GET NO ATTENTION THEY ARE JUST OUT TO SELL NOT SERVICE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094559November 3, 2004
STEERING, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED . THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK EA04018_CAT CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE STILL DOES NOT STEER PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOUR TIMES BEFORE THE SERVICE DEALER TO SAY IT WAS OKAY. THE HEADLIGHTS SHINED TOO HIGH, THERE WAS A VIBRATION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099111November 1, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
CONSUMER HAS A CONCERN THAT THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH OR MORE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. EACH TIMES THE DEALER HAS ALIGNED THE FRONT WHEELS, READJUSTED THE STEERING WHEEL, CHANGED THE LEFT SIDE TIRE AND REALIGNED THE FRONT TIRE AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094077November 1, 2004
STEERING, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK EA04018_CAT THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING IS ELECTRIC NOT HYDRAULIC ON THIS VEHICLE. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098016October 30, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
A FEW DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR NEW, THE "CHECK GAS CAP" WARNING STARTED DISPLAYING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A CRACKED CARBON CANISTER, AND AFTER A FEW WEEKS, THE PART CAME IN AND THE DEALER INSTALLED IT, FIXING THE PROBLEM. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS A MOANING NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVETRAIN UNDER ACCELERATION. THE DEALER FOUND A SERVICE ADVISORY ABOUT A DEFECTIVE CHAIN SPROCKET IN THE TRANSMISSION, ORDERED THE PARTS, AND WHEN THEY CAME IN, TOOK THE TRANSMISSION APART AND INSTALLED THE NEW PARTS. THIS APPARENTLY SOLVED THE NOISE PROBLEM. THE NEXT TIME THE CAR WAS DRIVEN AFTER TAKING IT HOME, THE TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING. THE ENGINE SPED UP, BUT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT PULL. I AM WAITING FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO OPEN TO REPORT THIS LATEST PROBLEM. THERE WERE ALSO MINOR PROBLEMS WITH CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGEMENT AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTING WHICH THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. THIS HAS ALL OCCURRED IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094979October 27, 2004
SUSPENSION, STEERING, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED OUT CONTROL TO THE POINT IT FELT LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL WAS GOING TO JUMP OUT OF THE WINDOW. WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS CONSUMER COULD HEAR A CLICKING SOUND. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THEY REPAIRED THE STEERING PROBLEM. HOWEVER,. THE NOISE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK EA04018_CAT STEERING WHEEL JERKING BACK AND FORTH. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097785October 26, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
ON MARCH 22, 2004 AT 2,715 MILES STEERING COLUMN LOCKED WHILE DRIVING 56 MPH. DURING THE ATTEMPT TO UNLOCK THE STEERING COLUMN CONSUMER BROKE THE STEERING WHEEL. AT THE PRESENT TIME, VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE COMPUTER MODULE. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED DURING BOTH INCIDENTS. *AK EA04018_CAT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096292October 24, 2004
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
I PURCHASED A 2004 MALIBU MAXX, NEW NOT USED. THE SECOND DAY I DROVE IT, IT SPUTTERED A LITTLE AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. ON OCTOBER 14, I FILLED THE CAR WITH GAS AND WITHIN 1 MILE, THE CAR STALLED OUT 4 TIMES. I INITIALLY THOUGHT I HAD PURCHASED BAD GAS, AND MY HUSBAND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THEY CAME AND PICKED IT UP WITH A WRECKER. AT THIS TIME, THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 800 MILES ON IT. THEY CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AND SAID IT WAS MY ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM AND THEY HAD TO REPROGRAM MY KEY BUT IT WAS FINE NOW. I PICKED IT UP AND BEFORE I MADE IT HOME, IT STALLED OUT AGAIN. I GOT IT HOME, MY HUSBAND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WE TOOK IT BACK. ON THE WAY BACK IT STALLED OUT 2 MORE TIMES AND STARTED SPUTTERING LIKE IT WANTED TO STALL OUT AGAIN. TO DATE (OCTOBER 24, 2004), I STILL DO NOT HAVE THE CAR. I SPOKE WITH MIKE ANDREWS (THE SALES MANAGER) AND DISCUSSED POSSIBLY EXCHANGING FOR A NEW VEHICLE AND HE REFUSED. I THEN CALLED CHEVROLET IN DETROIT (4 DAYS AGO) AND SHE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK BECAUSE THERE WAS A LEAK BETWEEN THE FILLER PIPE AND THE TANK AND "FUEL WAS LEAKING WHERE IT SHOULDN'T". THEY SAID I SHOULD HAVE IT BACK BY FRIDAY (OCTOBER 22). THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS NOW SAYING THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON IT AND THEY HAD NOT RECIEVED THE FUEL TANK YET AND IT COULD BE MONDAY OR TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK BEFORE I GET IT BACK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096152October 21, 2004
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, STEERING
THE POWER STEERING ON MY MALIBU FAILED. GM HAS ACKNOWLEDGED A PROBLEM AND REPLACED A CONNECTOR OR MODULE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL TO COVER THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. ODDLY ENOUGH, THE LOANER CAR THEY PROVIDED MY WIFE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY ISN'T THIS GETTING GREATER ATTENTION BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS? EA04018_CAT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097364October 21, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE HORN DID NOT WORK AS WELL. *JB EA04018_CAT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097407October 21, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING:COLUMN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, STEERING
THE VEHICLE BECAME HARD TO START. IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM. THE POWER STEERING LOCKED ON THE HIGHWAY AT 20 MPH. AFTER PULLING OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE AND GETTING IT TO THE DEALER, THEY REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN. NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND ON THE STARTING PROBLEMS. NOW THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. *JB EA04018_CAT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096197October 21, 2004
STEERING, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
COMPLETE AND SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING WHICH IS ONLY REMEDIED BY TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THIS CONDITION HAS LED TO DANGEROUS SITUATIOS ON THE ROAD. WHEN THE POWER STEERING DOES WORK, THE STEERING WHEEL TENDS TO JERK ON ITS OWN CAUSING UNINTENDED SWERVING OF THE VEHICLE. EA04018_CAT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096036October 19, 2004
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
ON SATURDAY, 16 OCT 2004, WHILE RUNNING ERRANDS, THE ELECTRIC ASSIST POWER STEERING BEGAN PULSATING/VIBRATING THE STEERING WHEEL AND PULLING THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THE PULSATION/VIBRATION CONTINUED EVEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. IT ONLY STOPPED WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. UPON RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE SYMPTOMS DISAPPEARED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, ONLY TO RETURN AS BEFORE. THE VIBRATION IS NO BETTER OR WORSE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THAN AT LOCAL SPEEDS, OR STANDING STILL. ON MONDAY, 18 OCT 2004, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JIM REED CHEVROLET, NASHVILLE, TN, WHERE THE SYMPTOMS PRESENTED THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE SAID THAT HE HAD "JUST RECEIVED A TSB" CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. HE KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR THE DAY AND REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT YET REOCCURRED. EA04018_CAT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096065October 19, 2004
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, STEERING
STEERING WHEEL OFTEN "JUMPY". MOVES BACK AND FORTH WHILE AT A STAND STILL. 2 DAYS AGO, POWER STEERING WENT OFF, WAS ABLE TO STEER CAR WITH DIFFICULTY, BUT HAD NO POWER STEERING. POWER STEERING WARNING MESSAGE CAME ON. SERVICE WARNING CAME ON. *AK EA04018_CAT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095880October 16, 2004
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, STEERING
ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO I NOTICED COG-WHEELING OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN RIGHT. IT WAS INTERMITTENT, BUT BEGAN TO INCREASE IN FREQUENCY WITH VIBRATION THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. TODAY, WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY. I WAS ABOUT 25 MILES FROM HOME, AND HAD TO DRIVE WITH NO POWER STEERING THE ENTIRE WAY. I WILL CONTACT THE DEALER ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. WE OWN TWO 2004 MALIBU'S, THE OTHER MALIBU HAD THE SAME PROBLEM SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND HAD TO HAVE THE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED. THE REPAIR TOOK ALMOST 3 WEEKS DUE TO BACK-ORDERED PARTS. *JB EA04018_CAT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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