1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

WHILE BRAKING TAIL LIGHTS FAILED. DEALERSHIPS REPAIRED THE PROBLEM EIGHT TIMES, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

CHEVROLET REFUSED TO PAY FERRY EXPENSE SO CONSUMER COULD GET HER VEHICLE REPAIRED AT THE NEAREST CHEVY DEALERSHIP, 100 MILES AWAY BY WATER. *PH *LA *JB

ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE PRESSED DOWN TO THE FLOOR FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONER TURNED ON/OFF ON ITS OWN. *AK

POWER STEERING FAILED, AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A ROCK. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE VEHICLES AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THE VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES TAIL LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED. TAIL LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT AN ELECTRICAL SHORT COULD NOT BE FOUND INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES TAIL LIGHTS ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES WOULD NOT COME ON. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT A ELECTRICAL SHORT COULD NOT BEEN FOUND INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. **AK

MY TURN SIGNAL WORKS SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. I NOTICE ESPECIALLY IN COLD TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE IT DOES NOT WORK FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL THE CAR WARMS UP. I TRY AND TRY TO USE THE TURN SIGNAL TO ALERT OTHER DRIVERS, BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. IT JUST WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO, I CANNOT PREDICT IF IT WILL WORK OR NOT. THE BULBS ARE NOT BLOWN, IT IS THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER SWITCH WHEN TRYING TO USE IT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT GET A RESPONSE, THEREFORE I CAN'T ALERT OTHER DRIVERS AND CYCLIST THAT I WANT TO TURN. *JB

I WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR LOW IMPACT COLLISION AND THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT INFLATING WHICH OFFERED ABSOLUTELY NO PROTECTION. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. SOON AFTER VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. *AK *NM