Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (1998)

976 consumer complaints on file.

#10065192March 26, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS SIX TIMES IN 4 1/2 YEARS. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064701March 23, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
WHILE APPLYING BRAKES TAIL LIGHTS ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES WOULD NOT COME ON. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT A ELECTRICAL SHORT COULD NOT BEEN FOUND INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. **AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064723March 23, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
WHILE APPLYING BRAKES TAIL LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED. TAIL LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT AN ELECTRICAL SHORT COULD NOT BE FOUND INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064729March 23, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THE VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063708March 23, 2004
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER STEERING, AND A/C CONTROLS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062676March 20, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
MY TURN SIGNAL WORKS SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. I NOTICE ESPECIALLY IN COLD TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE IT DOES NOT WORK FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL THE CAR WARMS UP. I TRY AND TRY TO USE THE TURN SIGNAL TO ALERT OTHER DRIVERS, BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. IT JUST WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO, I CANNOT PREDICT IF IT WILL WORK OR NOT. THE BULBS ARE NOT BLOWN, IT IS THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER SWITCH WHEN TRYING TO USE IT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT GET A RESPONSE, THEREFORE I CAN'T ALERT OTHER DRIVERS AND CYCLIST THAT I WANT TO TURN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062462March 17, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR LOW IMPACT COLLISION AND THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT INFLATING WHICH OFFERED ABSOLUTELY NO PROTECTION. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058006March 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. SOON AFTER VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062083March 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
ANTI-FREEZE (DEX-COOL) LEAKED OUT, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO RELPACE MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060899March 10, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
THE INTAKE MANIFOLD / INTAKE GASKETS ARE LEAKING WATER INTO MY OIL. BECAUSE OF THIS I AM IN GREAT DANGER OF MY ENGINE BLOWING. THE CAR HAS 65,000 MILES ON IT, THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AT ALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060644March 7, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
I OWN A 1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU AND MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE TRUNK DOES NOT STAY UP IN THE AIR ON WINDY DAYS OR SOMETIMES BY JUST PUTTING GROCERIES INTO THE TRUNK. I CAN NOT RECALL THE AMOUNT OF TIMES MYSELF OR ANOTHER PERSON HAS BEEN HIT ON THE HEAD WITH THE TRUNK LID. I FIND THIS TO BE VERY DANGEROUS AND THINK THE SOME SORT OF HYDRAULICS (LIKE IN MOST HATCHBACKS) SHOULD BE INSTALLED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061204March 2, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN IGNITION PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAD TO HOLD THE KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH, TURN AND HOLD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE ENGINE TURNED OVER. SECONDLY, SEAT BELT ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DID NOT RETRACT. HAD TO PUT THE SEAT BELT ON MANUALLY. ALSO, BRAKES SQUEAK WHEN APPLIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057748February 26, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
AT 47,000 MILES VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR AN ANTI-FREEZE LEAK. THE DEALER REPLACED ENGINE GASKET, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR A POWER STEERING PROBLEM AND THEY FOUND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING COOLANT. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058917February 24, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
ANTI THEFT ACTIVATES ALOT , JUST WISH I COULD START THE CAR WHEN I NEED IT .HEATER CONTROL DOESN'T WANT TO WORK RIGHT, IT WOULD ALSO BE NICE TO HAVE HEAT IN THE WINTER , BEEN TO SHOP A NUMBER OF TIMES BUT GM CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. CHEVROLETS ARE JUNK, I WONT BUY ANOTHER ONE. I FIXED MY BRAKE PROBLEM BY USING CERAMIC PADS, COST A LITTLE BUT WELL WORT IT ( HAD THE SAME BRAKE PROBLEMS THAT WERE REPORTED HERE EVERY 5000 OR SO MILE IN FOR REPAIRS. ) WHEN I PUT CERAMIC PADS ON THEY LASTED 40,000 MILES AND STILL GOING STRONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059317February 19, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE RECALL NO.#03V527000(STEERING GEAR BEARINGS) PERFORMED. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE RUNS WORSE NOW THAN IT DID BEFORE THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S IS MAKING A LOUD NOISE WHILE IDLING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059237February 18, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THEN, VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058346February 17, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
POWER STEERING FAILURE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID I NEED A NEW RACK AND SOME HOSES. ESTIMATED PRICE IS $1,300. I CALLED GM SERVICE AND THEY SAID MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ISSUED IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS CONCERNING STEERING FAILURE IN CHEVY MALIBU. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057819February 10, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID
WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKED. THIS COULD CAUSE INTERMITTENT LOST OF POWER STEERING FLUID. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057631February 6, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHEN TURNING RIGHT POWER STEERING FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057438February 3, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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