1997 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL, AND THERE A LOT OF PLAY IN WHEEL. CONSUMER FEELS MAY LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IT WAS ONE YEAR OLD AND HAD 27,000 MILES ON IT. THE ABS LIGHT AND SQUEAKING BRAKES WERE A PROBLEM FROM DAY ONE. I HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE 2 TIMES A YEAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT. IN OCTOBER, 2000 THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE CAR SAID THE SYSTEM HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED. I DO NOT DO MY OWN REPAIRS AND THE SHOPS DENY THEY CONTAMINATED THE BRAKE SYS. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THERE IS A LEAK INTO THE ABS SYSTEM FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE ENGINE? AFTER MY ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED IN 2000 I DID NOT HAVE THE ABS FAILURE UNTIL MIDAS DID AN OIL CHANGE IN JAN 2001. MR

WHILE TRAVELING ON A SIDE ROAD WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE VEHICLE DRIVERSIDE AIRBAGS WENT OFF WITHOUT PHYSICAL CONTACT. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE STEERING BOLT ARE LOSE AND IT IS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO JUMP AROUND CAUSING IT TO BE HARD FOR CONSUMER TO STEER THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM

DURING RAINSTORM AT NIGHT TRAVELING ON LIGHT ROAD WITH LIGHTS OUT ON POLES DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKE, CARS WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED WITH A DOWN POUR OF RAIN THAT WAS HARD TO SEE IN ANYWAY. THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY BROKE CAUSING THE DRIVERS SIDE WIPER TO NOT WORK EITHER SINCE THE PASSENGER SIDE IS DESIGNED TO RUN BOTH. THE PART WAS MADE OF PLASTIC AND SEEM TO BE DESIGNED FOR FAILURE AS ANYONE KNOWS PLASTIC ONCE HEATE4D AND COOLED THRU SEASONS WILL BREAK. THE POTENTIAL HAZARD COULD HAVE BEEN MANY DEATHS AS THE DRIVING WAS IN A LARGE CITY WITH HIGH TRAFFIC HAD NOT I BEEN ABLE TO GRADUALLY SLOW DOWN DUE TO A CURB BEING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT ALLOWED ME TO FEEL MY WAY DRIVING.. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, AND THE VEHICLE VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CABLE NEARLY SEVERED. HAD REPORTED ACCELERATOR PROBLEMS IN PAST TO DEALER. WAS DISMISSED AS FLOOR MAT CATCHING THE PEDAL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING, WHILE MAKING A TURN, CAN HEAR A LOUD CLICKING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

REAR TAIL LIGHTS HAVE A TENDENCY TO OVERHEAT, SHORT OUT CIRCUIT BOARD INSIDE TAIL LIGHT. OWNER HAS HAD TO REPLACE 5 BULBS FROM THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY, ALONG WITH ONE LIGHT RECEPTICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS MAKING A FUNNY NOISE, HAD VEHICLE SERVICED. THIS WAS A RESULT OF A LEAK IN POWER STEERING FUEL HOSE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK