Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (1998)

976 consumer complaints on file.

#742005March 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
HAVE HAD 4 PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR. I TALKED TO MANUFACTURER AND GOT NO WHERE WITH THEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881531February 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
PREMATURE WEAR ON BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING SOUND. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881492February 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE DRAGS. ALSO, FUEL INJECTOR BLEWOUT. HAD TO BE REPLACED FROM DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881160February 22, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, STEERING, STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SQUEAKING NOISE CAME FROM STEERING, DEALER REPLACED STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY AND POWER STEERING HOSES. RIGHT FRONT SHOULDER BELT WOULD NOT ADJUST UP OR DOWN, SEATBELT STOP BUTTON WAS MISSING, LEFT SIDE DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT RETRACTS SLOWLY, RIGHT FRONT SHOULDER BELT RETRACTS SLOWLY AND JAMS AT TIMES. REAR BUMPER COVER AT LEFT SIDE AT TAIL LIGHT OPENING HAS POOR FIT. EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE AT THE LEFT FRONT DOOR GLASS OPENING WHILE TRAVELING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. STEERING SHIMMIES WHILE BRAKING, DEALER FOUND WARPED ROTORS. IDLE QUALITY IN GEAR AT STOP IS POOR, TRANSMISSION MOUNTS WERE WEAK, ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AT TIMES. FRONT HEAD LIGHT FOGGED UP, DELAER FOUND INSIDE LENS CRACKED. RATTLE NOISE HEARD UNDER VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING ON ROUGH ROADS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881061February 21, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON, AND BRAKES DIDN'T GRAB. DEALER WILL BE NOTFIED TOMORROW.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880824February 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
EVERY 7000 MILES VEHICLES BRAKES CAUSE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS AT LEAST 6 TIMES, AND PROBLEM KEEPS OCCURRING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880886February 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE. ROTORS WERE REPLACED. BECAUSE ROTORS WERE WEARING OUT, BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED EIGHT TIMES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880753February 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN HITTING BRAKES CAR SHAKED. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED ONCE, AND CURRENTLY, IT'S DOING IT AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880754February 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN STEEPING ON BRAKES CAR SHAKED. FIXED IT ONCE, BUT PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559709February 15, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
FAULTY STARTER CAUSED FIRE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT A GM AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880546February 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY PULSATE AND CAUSE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. DEALER HAS SERVICED/ REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS EIGHT TIMES. ORIGINAL AND AFTER MARKET MANUFACTURED PARTS ARE DEFECTIVE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740822February 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, INTERIOR LIGHTING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS OF TIMES ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM AT A COMPLETE STOP AND ENGINE LIGHT WILL GO ON. SLOW CRANK AND BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM WHENEVER YOU SLOW DOWN TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP DUE TO THE STALLING ISSUE, MECHANIC STATES IT IS A PROBLEM IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND WILL AND TO BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. MOTOR MOUNTS ARE ALSO CORRODED WHICH IS HIGHLY UNUSUALLY DUE TO CAR ONLY BEING 3 YEARS. I WAS UNABLE TO GIVE THE VIN # DUE TO NOT HAVING ACCESS TO VEHICLE AT THE MOMENT. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP UNDERGOING REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879855February 5, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT END WAS DEFECTIVE. ALL OF PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740441February 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN BRAKING FROM FREEWAY SPEED OF 50+ MPH VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY, MAKING VEHICLE CONTROL DIFFICULT. ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED ON SEPT-1999, THE PROBLEM RETURNED, ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED FEB-2000, THE PROBLEM RETURNED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879323January 30, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
STEERING GEAR BOX HAS FAILED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING CAPABLITY DUE TO FAULTY PARTS. CONSUMER HAS HAD STEERING GEAR REPLACED A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879324January 30, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATES, AND VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, DEALER HAS REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739961January 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
HAD ALIGNMENT DONE AND WHEELS ROTATED AND STILL HAD VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. CAR WON'T START COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN ON THE ROAD UNEXPECTEDLY 3 TIMES IN 1 WEEK. LOUD NOISE IN REAR OF CAR WHEN TRAVELING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739839January 23, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
BRAKE LINE TOO NEAR BOLT ON SIDE OF ENGINE, WORN THROUGH DUE TO FRICTION, RESULTED IN COMPLETE DRAINAGE OF MASTER CYLINDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739745January 22, 2001
TIRES
TRAVELLING AT A SPEED OF 45MPH WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. TEMPERATURE WAS 15 DEGREES AND THE TIRES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED/ROTATED.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/60R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/60R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878429January 18, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY FAILING , ROTORS AND PADS ARE BEING REPLACED ABOUT EVERY 6 MONTHS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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