Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (1999)

789 consumer complaints on file.

#729790September 1, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
ODOR FROM AIR CONDITIONER UNIT VERY BAD CAUSING DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA COMPANY SAYS THIS IS NORMAL FOR FLORIDA SECOND ATTEMPT TO CORRECT PROBLEM SERVICE DEPT ALSO SAID WATER BUILD UP IS NORMAL ALSO CAUSING ODOR THIS IS A POTENTAILY DANGERSOUS SITUATION AS MOST DRIVING IN FLORIDA IS BY INTERSTATE THIS IS ALSO A HEALTH HAZARD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729655August 31, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO MALIBUS - ONE A 1998, THE OTHER A 1999. BOTH HAVE SELF-ADJUSTING REAR DRUM BRAKES WHICH DO NOT SELF-ADJUST, RESULTING IN THE FRONT BRAKES (DISC) DOING ALL THE STOPPING AND OVERHEATING AS A RESULT. THIS CAUSES ROTORS TO WARP, WHEELS TO "SHIMMY" WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IN CRITICAL STOPPING SITUATIONS AT HIGH SPEED. REQUEST THAT YOU SUBPEONA ALL GM SERVICE RECORDS FOR BRAKE SERVICE ON MALIBUS AND SEE IF THERE ISN'T A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH REPEATED FRONT DISC BRAKES HAVING TO BE REPLACED AT FREQUENT INTERVALS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869245August 31, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER WAS GOING 50MPH & STEERING WHEEL STARTED MOVING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. DEALER SAID THAT BRAKES WERE WARPED; BRAKE PADS & ROTORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554192August 30, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY CIRCUIT BOARDS FAILED AND MELTED PLASTIC AND BULBS. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729597August 30, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR REPAIR. PARTS OF THE IGNITION AND FUEL SYSTEM WERE REPLACED LESS THEN A YEAR AGO. RECENTLY A LOUD WHISTLE NOISE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE DASH AREA OF THE VEHICLE. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN TWIN FALLS, ID, WHO STATED THAT IT WAS A PIECE OF MOLDING THAT HAD COME OFF FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE (ANOTHER PROBLEM) AND THAT WAS CAUSING IT. THEY WERE TOO BUSY TO FIX IT, AND I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING TO BOISE, ID. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER IN BOISE WHO STATED THAT THEY KNEW WXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE WRITER THAT THEY HAD SEVERAL MALIBU'S COME IN WITH THE WINSHIELD NOT PROPERLY SEATED. HE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE WINDSHIED AND RESEAL IT. I DONT KNOW HOW MANY MORE VEHICLES ARE OUT THERE LIKE THIS, BUT WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH OURS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868888August 28, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ALL 4 FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRES P215-60R15 DOT W2MW EXPERIENCED CRACKING WHERE THE GROOVES ARE IN THE TIRES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729058August 25, 2000
TIRES
TIRES WILL NOT HOLD AIR/ CENTER PORTION OF TIRES ARE COMPLETELY BALD AT UNDER 12,000 MILES( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/60R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728900August 24, 2000
TIRES, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 214/60R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9001624August 22, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND TIRE BLEW MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728453August 19, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
CAR PURCHASED 5/00-2 MAP SENSORS, FUEL FILTER, SHORTAGE TO ALTERNATOR, BEEN IN SHOP 6TIMES IN 2MONTHS, CAR STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND AT REST.NO SOLUTION FOUND. DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727965August 15, 2000
TIRES
THE TIRES HAVE FAILED TO HOLD AIR PROPERLY FOR ANY LENGHTH OF TIME SINCE ORIGINALLY PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. IT WAS RECENTLY NOTICED THAT THE TIRES HAVE GONE COMPLETELY BALD IN THE CENTER OF THE TIRE. IN CONTACTING THE SERVICE MANAGER AT DAVE HEINRICH CHEVROLET IN LOCKPORT, NY, WE ARE TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MALIBUS IN THAT GM STATES THAT THESE TIRES WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR THIS CAR. GM HAS SINCE ISSUED A BULLETIN STATING THAT THESE TIRES SHOULD ONLY BE INFLATED TO 28# IN FRONT AND 26# IN BACK, WHICH VARIES FROM THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTION. GM REFUSES TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND THE TIRES APPEAR TO BE UNSAFE, ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE MANAGER STATES THAT THEY "ARE PROBABLY SAFE". GM SAYS THAT OUR ONLY REMEDY WOULD BE TO CONTACT AN AUTHORIZED FIRESTONE DEALER, EVEN THOUGH GM SOLD THE CAR WITH THE DEFECTIVE TIRES---GM SAYS THAT THEY ARE "NOT DEFECTIVE". PLEASE ADVISE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867774August 14, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMERHAS PROBLEM WITH BRAKES, ESPECIALLY AT HIGH SPEED. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY PULSATE AND GRAB LIGHTLY. DEALERSHIP REPLACED BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS, AND THEY RESURFACED THE ROTORS. VEHICLE HAS 16000 MPH, AND TIRES THE TREAD IS WARPED IN THE CENTER OF THE TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867649August 13, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS
EA 00 010/STOP LAMP ASSEMBLY OVERHEATED. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH STOP LAMP FAILURE TO OPERATE DUE TO OVERHEATING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED CIRCUIT BOARD AND BLUBS ON BOTH SIDES. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727310August 9, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
AUTO TAKEN TO PERFORMANCE CHEV. EAST MEADOW, NY FOR REPAIR INVOICE #CVCS28103. THEY STATE ON THE REPAIR ORDER THAT THE LOOSE PART COULD HAVE ONLY COME FROM THE ASSEMBLY LINE MISTAKE. THE LOOSE BOLT LOCKED THE REAR WHEEL AT HIGHWAY SPEED, CAUSING THE CAR TO VEER OFF THE HIGHWAY.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#727398August 9, 2000
TIRES
TIRE BLEW APART WHILE DRIVING.NOTHING WAS LEFT ON THE RIM,THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL THAT CAME ON THE CAR WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED NEW.IN APRIL 99( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/60/R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867277August 9, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
EA00010; TAIL LIGHTS WENT OUT AT LEAST 6 TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866956August 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE BRAKE ROTORS IN WHICH THE METAL IS TOO SOFT, CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT A CRASH. BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867045August 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
PREMATURE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS THREE TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866823August 4, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE PEROPERLY, AND VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP RIGHT AWAY. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC CHANGED ENTIRE (ABS) BRAKE SYSTEM DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. BRAKE PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING 4 OTHER TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866117July 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING OUT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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