1999 Chevrolet Malibu complaints

TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING FLUID. NLM

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. REPLACEMENT MADE TWICE WITHIN A YEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR A FRONT END NOISE 3 TIMES SO FAR..1ST THE FRONT SUSPENSION ARMS WERE REPLACED...2ND THE STEERING KNUCKLES WERE REPLACED....3RD THEY STILL DONT KNOW....4TH TO REPLACE FRONT LEFT STRUT....ON 5/22/2000 THE BRAKES LOCKED AND SHIMMIED, WAS TOLD THE ROTORS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TURNED. *AK

AT HIGH SPEEDSTHE CAR SHAKES MAKING IT HARD TO STEER. I TOOK IN TO DEALER THEY SAID ROTORS ARE OUT OF ROUND, THEY CUT ROTORS. HAPPEN AGAIN (TWICE) AND THEY FINALLY REPALCED ROTORS. A FEW THOUSAND MILES LATER SAME HAPPENED. REPLACED WITH A "REDESIGNED ROTOR" WHICH NOW HAS ONLY LASTEST 7000 MILES. NOW WARRENY IS UP AND NO WANTS TO REPLACE ROTORS. I HAVE CONTACTED DEALER, CHEVY, SALES AND SERVICE. I HAVE RECEIVED NO HELP OTHER THEN I'M OUT OF LUCK. MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY CAR WITH THIS PROBLEM. WHAT DO I DAO TO GET CHEVY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFECTIVE ROTORS OR BRAKING SYSTEM?*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT, ACROSS THREE LANES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

HOLES WERE TOO BIG AROUND THE ROTORS & LUGS: NUTS CAME THROUGH. UPON APPLYING BRAKES FRONT END WILL SHIMMY. ALSO, CONUSMER HAD TO GRIP STEERING WHEEL TIGHTLY TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. WHEN TRAVELING 55MPH OR HIGHER VEHICLE MOVED RIGHT TO LEFT. DEALER DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK IT WAS A MAJOR CONCERN. *AK *ML

THE TIRES ARE WEARING INTHE CENTER, WHILE REST OF TIRE SHOW NO WEAR , AND BECAUSE ITS WEARS IN THE CENTER , OWNER WILL NOT NOTICE EXCESSIVE WEAR UNTIL TIRE FAILURE. TIRE AIR PRESSURE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND TO BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS PROBLEM, AS FIRST THOUGHT BY LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALERS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2MWAAA039 TIRE SIZE: 21560R15 )

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, ROTORS AND TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

1. BRAKE LINE HAS RUBBED RAW, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES; 2. MONTHS PRIOR CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A BRAKE SAFETY INSPECTION, BUT NO DEFECT WAS SHOWN. ALSO, BRAKE CALIPERS LEAKED BRAKE FLUID, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES FRONT END OF VEHICLE VIBRATED SEVERELY.THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING DUE TO PREMATURE WEARING OF BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. *AK ROTORS ON DISC BRAKES WARPED CAUSING BRAKE PADS TO WEAR UNEVENLY. *YH

THE BRAKES HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED AT 19,000 MILES AND AGAIN 11,000 MILES LATER. INDEPENDENT BRAKE REPAIR SHOP SAID IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. STILL TRYING TO RESOLVE WITH GMC. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30-40 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE, WITH RIM AND HUB STILL ATTACHED, CAME OFF AND ALMOST CAUSED VEHICLE TO GO OVER A BRIDGE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY FROM HITTING FRONT WINDSHIELD. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH OR LESS CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR HEAD-ON CRASH IN WHICH BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO,THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN 1 HOUR EARLIER - NOTICED WISP OF SMOKE IN TRUNK AND CONTACTED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. UPON CHECKING MILEAGE, NOTICED ENTIRE INTERIOR OF CAR WAS FILLED WITH BLACK SMOKE. FIRE APPEARED TO HAVE BEGUN IN CONSOLE AND SPREAD TO PASSENGER SIDE SEAT. FIRE HAD EXTINGUISHED ITSELF. TOWING COMPANY SENT A PART-TIME FIREMAN TO TOW CAR TO DEALER. AWAITING FURTHER INVESTIGATION. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT OWNER FOUND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY FRONTAL IMPACT. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND SAID IT WAS AN UNDERCARRIAGE IMPACT THAT CAUSED THE DEPLOYMENT. BUT VEHICLE ITSELF WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY IMPACTS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING HEARD SOMETHING RATTLING. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT REAR WHEEL CONTROL ARM BROKE IN TWO. VEHICLE COULD HAVE FLIPPED OVER. FAILURE DUE TO A POOR WELD. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *ML

MY WIFE WAS WAITING IN LINE TO PICK UP OUR SON FROM SCHOOL WHEN THE CONES WERE MOVED SHE TRIED STARTING THE CAR 3 TIMES. SINCE THE CAR WOULD NOT START SHE MADE SURE THAT THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND GOT OUT AND STARTED WALKING TO THE NEXT CAR TO WAVE THEM AROUND. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JUMPED FORWARD AND RAN INTO A PARKED JEEP. SHE RAN FOR THE CAR IN FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR 4 YEAR OLD SON WHO WAS ASLEEP IN THE BACK SEAT, AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE DOOR WAS DRAGGED TO THE GROUND. WHEN THE CAR STOPPED SHE OPENED THE REAR DOOR TO TAKE OUR SON OUT. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED THEY NOTICED THAT THE KEY WAS IN THE OFF POSITION AND THAT THE CAR WAS IN PARK. MY WIFE DID NOT TOUCH THESE ITEMS AFTER THE CRASH. I SPOKE TO THE DRIVERS OF THE TWO CARS RIGHT BEHIND MY WIFE, AND THE FIRST ONE TO THE REAR SAID THAT MY WIFE HAD TAKEN APPROX. TWO STEPS WHEN THE CAR TOOK OFF. THE SECOND DRIVER SAID THAT MY WIFE WAS AT THE REAR OF OUR CAR WHEN IT TOOK OFF. THERE IS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER AND FRONT PASSANGER DOOR OF OUR CAR. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE PARKED JEEP DUE TO THE FRONT TOWING BRACKET WAS THE ONLY THING HIT. MY WIFE IS NOW FEARFUL OF THIS VEHICLE, AND DOES NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT.I MYSELF FEEL THAT THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 40-45 MPH AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN OUT WHEEL & VEHICLE SPUN AROUND & HIT CONCRETE WALL. ALSO, AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY UNTIL ABOUT A MINUTE AFTER VEHICLE HAD HIT CONCRETE WALL. *AK

THE FAILURE OF ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS CAUSED THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE WHEEL TO VIBRATE AT HIGH SPEED AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. YH

WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND PUTTING ON BRAKES, STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED A LOT. CONSUMER TALKED TO CHEVROLET, ANDTHEY SAID IT WAS CAUSED SOME FLAWS IN THE ROTORS. *AK

CAR CREEPS, FUEL SYSTEM,RESULTED IN A CRASH

ROTORS AND BRAKES EXPERIENCE UNUSUAL WEAR. *SLC

WHEN DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY BEGAN TO PULSATE. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE BY THE DEALER. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FRONTAL VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65-70 MPH. ALSO, CAUSED VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT THAT SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT DEALER SHOP ON NINE OCCASIONS. SOME REPAIRS AND PARTS REPLACEMENTS WAS MADE; BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

WATER ENTERING RIGHT REAR TAIL LIGHT - LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHT IS BURNING BULBS OUT ALSO

CONSUMER HEARS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES WHICH IS CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CLAIMS THERE IS NO DEFECT. *AK *ML

VEHICLE PURCHASED IN MAY 1999,HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 16 TIMES FOR REPAIRS, INCLUDING INOPERABLE HORN, WARPED ROTORS,TURNED ONCE, RESURFACED ONCE AND FINALLY REPLACED, INTERIOR VINYL PEELING, REPLACED ONCE AND IS OCCURING AGAIN,WINDOWS STUCK IN DOWN POSITION, CURRENT WORK ORDER TO HAVE WINDOWS CHECKED, BREAK PEDAL MAKING A "CREAKING" NOISE WHEN DEPRESSED, RECENTLY REPAIRD WITH AT LEAST 4-5 VISITS TO THE DEALER WITH NO SUCCESSFUL REPAIR OF PROBLEM, DEFECTIVE MOTOR ON THE HEATER, MAKING STRANGE NOISE, AIR CONDITIONING IS NOW STARTING TO "SMELL" VEHICLE ROLLS WHEN PUT IN PARK, NOTIFIED FACTORY AND HAVE CURRENT FILE NUMBER, FACTORY INFORMED ME THAT IF IT'S STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND IN NEED OF REPAIR TO BRING IT IN...THERE IS NOTHING ELSE WE (THE FACTORY) CAN DO...I BELIEVE TOO NUMEROUS REPAIRS IN AN 11 MONTH PERIOD..STILL HAVE OUTSTANDING WORK ORDERS FOR NEEDED FUTURE REPAIRS. *AK

REAR ARM CAN KILL OR INJURE AN INFANT IN A REAR FACING CAR SEAT. CHEVY WAS UNAWARE OF THIS CONFLICT WHEN I CONTACTED THEIR CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE NUMBER. DEALER WOULD NOT REMOVE ARM REST FREE OF CHARGE , HOWEVER IT IS AN EASY MATTER TO DO SO USING A PAIR OF VISE GRIPS. *AK

VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES USUALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, POSSIBLY CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. 2. A SMELL IS COMING FROM A/C. *AK

TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC DUE TO BRAKE PROBLEMS. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC BRAKES WERE TOO HOT & WERE WARPING THE ROTORS. WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED BRAKES WOULD GET WORSE. THEY WOULD SHAKE BADLY. ALSO, NO BRAKE LIGHTS. COVER FOR LIGHTS HAD MELTED. VEHICLE REPAIRED 3 TIMES ALREADY. BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE.*AK

WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION/SUDDEN STOP, IT CAUSED VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK

I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS MATTER ON THE WEB AND FOUND OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE WARPED BRAKE ROTORS ON GMC CARS. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE CHEVROLET MALIBU AND HER SISTERS WHO SHARE THE SAME PLATFORM. I BELIEVE THAT GMC IS AWARE THAT THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. NO ONE AT THE DEALERSHIP SEEMED SURPRISED THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW JUST HOW MANY BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON THE MALIBU'S, BUICK REGAL'S, AND CUTLASSES. I THINK YOU WOULD FIND A PATTERN HERE IF IT WAS RESEARCHED. CONSUMERS ARE BEING MISLED BY DEALERS AS WELL. I WAS FIRST TOLD BY ONE DEALER THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES IT WAS JUST THE WAY THE CAR STOPPED WITH ABS, BUT ANOTHER DEALER ADMITTED TO THE WARPED ROTORS, BUT INFORMED ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM. THE LAST STRAW WAS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON AT GM WHO TOLD ME ITS ALL PART OF NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I TOLD HIM THAT I DIDN'T THINK SO ON A CAR THAT HAD 13800 MILES ON IT. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A SHIMMY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. HAD TO TAKE BACK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS ON 3-MAR-2000 AT 16800 MILES, AND DEALER REPLACED ROTORS AGAIN. *AK

PLASTIC TAIL AND BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED. LIGHT BULBS CONSTANTLY BURNED OUT .*AK

ANYTIME WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY PULSATE/ VIBRATE HAD THE ROTORS TURNED AT THE DEALERSHIP. BUT, IS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FLUTTER WITH THE ROTORS. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED. *AK

CAR SHAKES WHEN BRAKES APPLIED AT NORMAL DRIVING SPEEDS. WAS TOLD BY LOVE CHEVROLET'S SERVICE MAN THAT THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES ON THESE CARS. IT SEEMS THAT WILL HAVE TO REPAIR ROTORS EVERY 8,000 MILES OR LIVE WITH THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE PULSATES AND SOMETIMES VEHICLE VEERS TO LEFT OR RIGHT, AND WONT STOP. DEALER SAYS IT'S NORMAL. *AK

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR UPON PUTTING ON THE BRAKES THE CAR SHAKES AND VIBRATES. SOMETIMES IT IS VIOLENT ENOUGH THAT IT IS HARD TO CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FIXED TWICE AND WAITING FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT FIXED AGAIN. THE LIGHTS ALSO GO DIM WHEN YOU ROLL THE WINDOWS DOWN. THIS WAS A PROGRAM CAR WHEN WE PURCHASED IT. I NEED A DEPENDABLE CAR FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. SOMETHING THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS CAR IS.

SEAT BELT TOO HIGH CUTS ACROSS THE NECK AND FACE OF THE CONSUMER EVEN WHEN ADJUSTED. YH

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD BEGIN TO SURGE THEN SHAKE AND SHIMMY MAKING STEERING DIFFICULT THE ROTORS WERE TURNED AND WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 3000 MI. THEN THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED THE ROTORS WERE THEN REPLACED WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP WE LEARNED THAT THEY WERE HAVING A LOT OF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH THE MALIBU AND GRAND AM . WE WERE ALSO INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY ON THE ROTORS WAS ONLY FOR 17000 MI. RATHER THAN THE 36000 MI. SHOWN IN THE WARRANTY BOOK.

DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS, WHEN TRAVELING AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP, CONSUMER NOTICED A GRIDING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END. ALSO, THERE WAS VIBRATION WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. ALSO, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP WHEN TRAVELING ON WET PAVEMENT, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE CONTROL ARM, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES SINCE CAR WAS NEW, ENGINE OIL LEAKS, ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS

I HAVE HAD THIS MALIBU IN THE SHOP 7 TIMES FOR THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMING ON SECURITY SYSTEM FOR 3 OR 4 TIMES THAT IS WORKING NOW BRAKES THAT HAS FAILED 2 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT I HAVE GOT 2 LITTLE CHILDREN AND I AM SCARED TO GET IT MY OWN CAR WHAT I THOUGHT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE WHEN I GOT IT. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AFTER ONLY 7187 MILES NOT A DEPENDABLE VEHICLE. LEFT MY WIFE AND I STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF DESERT HAD TO LEAVE CAR AND GET RIDE FROM STRANGER . 4 DAYS HAVE GONE BY AND HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY DEALER. *AK .

IN EXTREME COLD WEATHER BRAKES WILL BECOME HARD WHICH IS EXTENDS THE BRAKING DISTANCE BY 2 TO 3 TIMES LONGER. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT ANY RATE OF SPEED EXTREME VIBRATION OCCURS WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK