1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

VEHICLE'S FRONT SPRINGS BROKE.*MR BOTH FRONT SPRING BROKE IN EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT. THE CONSUMER HAS THE BROKEN PARTS IN HER POSSESION. *NM

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, FLUID LEAKED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *AK THE VEHICLE LEAKED ANTIFREEZE. IT WAS TO THE POINT WHERE THE CONSUMER WAS PLACING ANTIFREEZE IN THE VEHICLE EVERYDAY THEN IT EVENTUALLY DIDN'T HOLD ANYMORE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE ENGINE WITH THE MANIFOLD. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED TEMPORARILY AND THAT IN ANOTHER 50K MILES THE SAME PROBLEM WOULD INCUR. *SC *JB

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ON MY 1998 MALIBU (WITH 113,000 MILES) ARE WARPED AND MUST BE REPLACED. THREE PRIOR SETS ALSO WARPED, AT 18,000, 29,000, AND 91,000. AFTER THE FIRST PROBLEM I SENT A COMPLAINT TO THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION AT NHTSA. IT WAS ASSIGNED ODI #735425. I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BACK. I NOTE THERE ARE OVER 200 COMPLAINTS ABOUT MALIBU ROTORS WARPING ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE. ISN'T THERE SOME MANUFACTURER LIABILITY FOR THIS? *AK

WHEN DRIVING 10 MPH CONSUMER TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE LEFT AND STEERING WHEEL MADE A GRINDING NOISE. ALSO, BRAKES WERE DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, AND TOWED IT TO DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *AK

GAS GAUGE IN DASH SET DOES NOT REGISTER AND THE ENTIRE DASH COMPONENT MUST BE REPLACED. TANK IS FULL, BUT GAUGE REGISTERS E, SENDING UNIT ALRIGHT, PROBLEM IS IN THE DASH SET UP. *NM

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A LOT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALERSHIP SOLVED THE PROBLEM ONCE, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

ON 3 OCCASIONS IN ALMOST 70000 MILES I HAVE HAD TO GET THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED ON MY CAR. THE FIRST TIME WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY.THE OTHER TWO WERE NOT. ALL 3 RESULTED IN LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE. THE FIRST TIME WAS INTERNAL. ALL THREE TIMES WERE REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIPS. *AK

THIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN STEERING GEAR BEARINGS RECALL 03V527000. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

MY GRANDSON WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HE HEARD A HIGH PITCHED SOUND. A FEW SECONDS LATE BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE OCEAN CITY CHEVROLET I WAS TOLD THAT SOMETHING HAD TO HAVE BEEN HIT FOR AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE CAR HAD NOT BEEN WRECK OF HIT. GM WAS NOTIFIED AND TEST WERE RUN ON THE CAR. I CONTACTED GM TO FIND OUT IF THEY WERE GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY RESPONDED WITH A RUN AROUND SAYING THAT THE BLACK BOX SHOWS AN IMPACT IN THE FRONT AND BACK. THEN I TOLD HIM THE CAR HAD NOT BEEN WRECKED OR HIT. HE THEN RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT THE AIRBAGS COULD HAVE DEPLOYED BECAUSE MY GRANDSON SLOWED DOWN 6 MPH IN UNDER A SECOND, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE GM MAN IS NOT POSSIBLE BY BRAKES. IF THAT WAS THE CASE MY GRANDSONS FRIEND THAT WAS FOLLWING HIM WOULD HAVE REAR-ENDED HIM IF HE HAD SLOWED DOWN THAT RAPIDLY. FINALY THE GM MAN TOLD ME THAT THE CAR COULD HAVE BEEN BUMPED JUST RIGHT AND THAT WAS THAT CAUSE OF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. GM REFUSED TO REPAIR MY AIRBAG SAYING THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR FAULT. HOWEVER IT WAS A CAR DEFECT.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 03V527000 REGARDING STEERING GEAR BEARINGS FAILURE. CONSUMER FELT THAT THE DEALER TREATED THE RECALL UNFAIRLY. CONSUMER HAD BEEN PUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES WHEN TRYING TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE .*AK