1999 Chevrolet Malibu complaints

CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE FRONT ROTORS REPLACED TWICE SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE 13 MONTHS AGO, MECHANIC SAID ROTORS WERE MADE SO THIN THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO TURN THEM. ROTORS WERE LASTING 3 TO 4 MONTHS, 3000-5000 MILES. VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE AND SHAKE WHEN APLLYING BRAKES. *AK

EVERY THREE MONTHS ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ROTORS HAVE TO BE CHANGED OR SHAVED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AIR CONDITIONER (A/C) WILL BLOW HOT AIR WHEN PRESSING A/C BUTTON. ALSO, A/C LIGHT WILL NOT REMAIN ILLUMINATED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND ACCELRATING EXTREME VIBRATION OCCURS WITHIN STEERING WHEEL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

I WAS TOLD ALL MALIBU CALIPERS WERE WORKING IMPROPERLY, AND THAT THIS COULD CAUSE YOUR BRAKES TO LOCK UP AND THROW YOU INTO A SPIN.*AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND VIBRATES, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ROTOR.*JB

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS I'LL TRY TO LIST.THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY THEY HAD BEEN REPLACED WHEN THEY FIXED THE HORN PROBLEMS.COMPLETELY DISSATISFIED WITH MY VEHICLE.I'M NOT SURE IF VEHICLE WILL BE TOTALED SINCE THE ACCIDENT WAS 9/6/01. I BELIEVE AT THE VERY LEAST THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED.I DON'T KNOW WHO TO COMPLAIN TO.I'VE REPLACED REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS,ALTENATOR,WATER PUMP,BATTERY,HORN CONTACT REPLACED TWICE AT SAME TIME HAD TO REPLACE AIR BAG DUE TO SENSOR BEHIND AIRBAG,INTERIOR DOOR PANEL REPLACED BRACKET BROKEN,OIL LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON OFTEN EVEN THOUGH SERVICE DEALER COULD NOT DULPICATE,AIR CONDITIONER NOT BLOWING HARD SECURED BLOWER AND BLOWER RESISTER WIRING ANOTHER TIME HAD TO REPLACED A/C CONTROL UNIT,ENGINE LEAKING OIL AROUND INTAKE REPLACED INTAKE GASKETS,REAR SEAT SQEAKED W/ PASSENGERS SERVICE SHOP HAD ATTEMPTED TO FIX BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL ,SO AS YOU CAN TELL MANY PROBLEMS!!! MAKES ME THINK TWICE BEFORE BUYING A CHEVROLET PRODUCT AGAIN.THANK YOU

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOU, AND A CRACKLING SOUND. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SHOULDERS. FIRESTONE, AFFINITY TIRES. SHE HAD TWO BLOWOUT IN A YEAR. *AK

BRAKE PADS WOULD WEAR OUT EXCESSIVELY WHEN BRAKES WERE IN USE. HAD THEM REPLACED ONCE BEFORE. WOULD MAKE GRINDING NOISES AGAINST THE ROTORS. THIS HAMPERED VEHICLE FROM STOPPING, CAUSING STEERING TO SHAKE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN A TIRE BLEWOUT, VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL INTO A DITCH AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING INJURIES TO FIVE PEOPLE, FIRESTONE AFFINITY, P215/60R15, CLAIM 32-V322-572. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE QUARTER PANEL, BUMPER, AND ROCKER PANEL, FIRESTONE AFFINITY, P215/60R15 93T, 7/32 REMAINED ON TREAD SURFACE, CLAIM 12-0639-596. *SLC

CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED BEHIND THE RV AND THE FIRESTONE TIRE BLEWOUT, FIRESTONE AFFINITY, P215/60R15, CLAIM 43-R502-557. *SLC

CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED BEHIND THE RV AND THE FIRESTONE TIRE BLEWOUT, FIRESTONE AFFINITY, P215/60R15, CLAIM 43-R502-557. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE QUARTER PANEL, BUMPER, AND ROCKER PANEL, FIRESTONE AFFINITY, P215/60R15 93T, 7/32 REMAINED ON TREAD SURFACE, CLAIM 12-0639-596. *SLC

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE VIBRATES AND SHAKES WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

RIGHT BRAKE LIGHT WENT OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THEY REPLACED EXTERIOR LIGHTING. ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER LEFT SIDE WENT OUT. LIGHT BULB HAS MELTED AS IT DID ON THE RIGHT SIDE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

OUTER BRAKE PAD DOES NOT MOVE WHICH CAUSES INNER BRAKE PAD TO PREMATURELY WEAR, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

POWER WINDOWS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

WHEN PRESSING THE BUTTON TO TURN ON AIR CONDITIONER THERE'S A LIGHT THAT COMES ON AT THE SAME TIME. LIGHT HAS STARTED TO GO OUT ON ITS OWN. WHEN IT DOES, AIR CONDITIONER GOES OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNWILLING TO FIX THE DEFECTIVE A/C. THE FOUR FIRESTONE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL DRY ROTTING. (P215/6-R15)*YH

BRAKE PADS ARE EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR, HAVE EITHER BEEN REPLACED OR RESURFACED SIX TIMES BY THE DEALERSHIP.*AK CONSUMER STATES ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMESS AND THE BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES, BRAKE DRUMS RESURFACED ONE TIME BECAUSE OF NOISE IN WHEELS, RECENTLY THE WHEEL HUB WAS REPLACED, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT, TIRES WERE ROTATED.*JB

TIRES ARE CRACKING AND SPLITTING ABNORMALLY. THE ONES THAT ARE UNDER 3 YRS/36,000 WE HAVE BEEN TAKING TO DEALERSHIPS. SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES UNDER WARRANTY. FIRESTONE IS ONLY REPLACING THEM BY PRORATING THE TIRES. THIS IS A BIG PAIN. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/60R15)

THE TIRES ARE CRACKING AND SPLITTING ABNORMALLY. THE ONES THAT ARE UNDER 3 YRS/36,000 WE HAVE BEEN TAKING TO DEALERSHIPS. SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES UNDER WARRANTY. FIRESTONE IS ONLY REPLACING THEM BY PRORATING THE TIRES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 9215/60R15)

THEY HAVE REPLACED THE ROTOR TWICE (AT 15K AND 32K MILES) AND IT CONTINUES TO WARP AFTER 10-15K MILES. SERVICE MANAGER STATES IT IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM BUT CHEVROLET WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.*AK

FRONT ROTORS WARPED AT 23,000 MILES SO BADLY THEY COULD NOT BE MACHINED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON 1999 MALIBUS, AND THAT GMC CHANGED ROTOR DESIGN IN 2000, BUT INDICATED GM WOULD NOT COVER UNDER WARRENTY (STATED ROTORS SUBJECT TO 12 MO/12K MILE WARRENTY LIMIT).*AK

FRONT BRAKE PADS WORE OUT AND ROTORS WARPED AT 15,000 & 32,000 MILES.*AK

THESE TIRES HAVE NOT FAILED YET BUT ARE ALL CRACKING BETWEEN THE TREAD I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. THEY ONLY HAVE 10000 MILES ON THEM. HAS ANYONE ELSE NOTIFIED YOU OF THIS PROBLEM?*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/60R15)

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED A GRINDING NOISE OCCURS, AND PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR,CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPPING DISTANCE . PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OVER 50MPH STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. DLR HAS CHANGED BRAKES 3 TIMES, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD STALL AT ANY SPEED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

INITIALLY, THE INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A BRAKE PROBLEM WAS A SQUEALING WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. AT THE TIME, BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THEN, AFTER AN ANOTHER 3000 MILES, THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A SERIOUS VIBRATION UPON BRAKING. THE DEALER THEN GROUND DOWN THE ROTOR. THE PROBLEM DEVELOPED AGAIN WHEN ANOTHER 2000 MILES WERE DRIVEN, AND DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT CALIPERS. ANOTHER 3000 MILES HAVE BEEN DRIVEN, AND THE CAR HAS AGAIN DEVELOPED A SERIOUS VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING, STRONG PRESSURE MUST BE APPLIED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, AND WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE CAR PULLS STRONGS TO THE RIGHT AND BECOMES DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THIS LATEST PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED TO MAKE A GRADUAL STOP, VEHICLE SHAKES. DEALER HAS REPLACED BRAKE ROTORS THREE TIMES. *AK *SLC

WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM OF OUR CAR. THE ROTORS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED 2 TIMES NOW WITH 20000 MILES ON THE CAR. THE GARAGE THAT WE HAVE HAD SERVICE THE CAR TOLD US THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN FLAW IN THIS YEAR AND MAKE OF CAR. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFO THAT YOU CAN GIVE US ON THIS MATTER.*AK

FRONT END OF VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. HAVE NOW HAD 3RD SET OF BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED, ALSO HAD CALIPERS REPLACED. AFTER LAST REPAIRS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD THIS COULD BE EXPECTED TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN ANOTHER 5000 TO 7000 MILES.*AK

BOTH FRONT DISC PADS WERE REPLACED AND ROTORS RESURFACED AT 9210 MILES, DISC BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 10974 MILES, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SHAKING WHILE BRAKING, AT 14900 MILES THE FRONT CALIPERS, BRAKE PADS, AND DISC ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN, CONSUMER STATES BRAKES MAKE MULTIPLE NOISES WHEN APPLIED. *SLC

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THERE IS VIBRATION WHICH HAS MADE VEHICLE VERY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. DEALERSHIP CANNOT REPRODUCE THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

HAD TO HAVE ROTORS REPLACED 7 TIMES EVERY 3000 -4000 MILES) DUE TO WARPING, FRONT END OF CAR SHAKES WHEN BRAKES APPLIED TOOK IT TO DEALER WAS TOLD THIS WAS A MANUFACTORS DEFECT AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DUE FOR ME.

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP APPROXIMATELY FIVE TIMES DUE TO VIBRATION CAUSED FROM NORMAL BRAKING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAD BOTH FRONT DISC PADS REPLACED AT 9,500 MILES. THE DISK BRAKE ROTORS ON BOTH SIDES WERE REPLACED AT 10,500 MILES. AT 14,900 BOTH FRONT CALIPERS, BRAKE PADS, AND DISK ROTORS WILL BE REPLACED AGAIN. IT STEERING SHAKES VIOLENTLY UPON BRAKING ABOVE 30 MPH, ANY BRAKE ACTUATION MALKES MULTIPLE NOICES THAT INDICATE OBVIOUS DISK BRAKE STRESS FAILURE, BOTH FRONT WHEELS EXHIBTS GREAT QUANTITIES OF BURNED IN BRAKE DUST. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ALSO EXPERIENCED BY TWO FRIENDS WHO HAVE SIMILAR VEHICLES. IT IS OBVIOUS THERE IS A SERIOUS, LIFE \ SAFETY MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE DISK BRAKE SYSTEM. GM DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED PARTS WITHOUT QUESTION OR ARGUMENT (WHICH SHOULD IMMEDIATELY ALERT YOU TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM). THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS. MENTIONING THE PROBLEM TO THE LOCAL DEALSHIP MECHANICS AND SERVICE PERSONNEL PRODUCES AN IMMEDIATE, NO-ARGUMENTATIVE RECOGNITION THAT THE PROBLEM AND SYSTEM FAILURES OBVIOUSLY EXIST AND ARE WELL KNOWN (TO THEM). IN FACT, ONE MENTIONED THEY WERE SAVING THE PARTS TAKEN OFF THE 99 MALIBU'S FOR A GM ENGINNER WHO WAS COMING TO INSPECT THEM. THIS IS AN EXTREMEMLY SERIOUS LIFE SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS NOT BEEN PUBLICISED AND OWNERS HAVE SIMPLY BE GIVEN REPLACEMENT PARTS, ONLY TO HAVE TO REPLACE THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN. BRAKES ARE THE FIRST LINE OF SAFETY AND THIS CARS DISK BRAKES IN THE FRONT ARE SIMPLY UNRELIABLE. IT MAY BE THAT THE JUNEAU, ALASKA VERY HUMID ENVIRONMENT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY DECODED BRAKE SENSOR SYSTEM. THEN, LIGHT WENT OFF. ON APRIL 21ST, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, CONSUMER TOOK CAR AGAIN TO DEALER, AND DEALER SAID IT WAS THE SENSOR AGAIN. DEALER DECODED AGAIN, AND LIGHT WENT OFF. DEALER NEVER CORRECTED PROBLEM, ANTI-BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON AND STAYING ON. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMAITON. *AK

SERVICE BULLETIN #00-03-10-003B. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/60R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/60R15 )

SERVICE BULLETIN #00-03-10-003B (TIRESIZE: P215/60R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/60R15 )

THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS ON ALL THE MALIBU SEEM TO HAVE A COMMON PROBLEM. THE RUBBER SEAL LEAKS WATER CAUSING THE BULBS TO SHORT OUT OR GET CORROSION ON THEM CAUSING THEM TO BE INOPERABLE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR THE CAR GETS WASHED.

TIRES HAVE DRYROT CRACKS BETWEEN THE TREAD RIBS, THAT FIRESTONE DEALER HAS TOLD ME NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I WILL REPLACE THE SET IN A FEW DAYS. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/60R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/60R15 )

HAD LEASED VEHICLE FROM STATE FARM INSURANCE. NOTICED CRACKS APPEARING BETWEEN TREAD IN TIRES. WAS INFORMED ANY PROBLEMS WITH TIRES TO TAKE TO RETAILER FOR AN EXCHANGE. 1999, CHEVROLET, MALIBU. *AK FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRES, NO OTHER SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. *SLC

ALL 4 TIRES WERE INSPECTED AND REPLACED WITH NEW FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRES UNDER WARRANTY BY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, NELDA STEPHENSON CHEVROLET ON 2-7-01. WORK ORDER OR INVOICE # 92000. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/60R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/60R15 )

ALL 4 TIRES WERE INSPECTED AND REPLACED WITH NEW FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRES UNDER WARRANTY BY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, NELDA STEPEHENSON CHEVROLET ON 1-15-01. WORK ORDER OR INVOICE # IS 91713. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/60R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/60R15 )

I HAVE NOT HAD A WRECK ON THIS CAR YET. HOWEVER, THE ROTORS GET SO BAD THAT THE WHOLE CAR JUST SHAKES AND IT IS HARD TO CONTROL THE CAR ON THE ROAD. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES AND WILL BE GOING IN AGAIN TODAY. PLEASE HELP GET THESE CARS FIXED OR OFF THE ROAD.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES. THEY ARE ALL FIRESTONE AFFINITY AND WERE CRACKING. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/60R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/60R15 )

ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE CRACKING BETWEEN THE TREAD RIBS. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215 60R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215 60R15 )