1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

ANTI-FREEZE (DEX-COOL) LEAKED OUT, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO RELPACE MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. *AK

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD / INTAKE GASKETS ARE LEAKING WATER INTO MY OIL. BECAUSE OF THIS I AM IN GREAT DANGER OF MY ENGINE BLOWING. THE CAR HAS 65,000 MILES ON IT, THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AT ALL.*AK

I OWN A 1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU AND MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE TRUNK DOES NOT STAY UP IN THE AIR ON WINDY DAYS OR SOMETIMES BY JUST PUTTING GROCERIES INTO THE TRUNK. I CAN NOT RECALL THE AMOUNT OF TIMES MYSELF OR ANOTHER PERSON HAS BEEN HIT ON THE HEAD WITH THE TRUNK LID. I FIND THIS TO BE VERY DANGEROUS AND THINK THE SOME SORT OF HYDRAULICS (LIKE IN MOST HATCHBACKS) SHOULD BE INSTALLED. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN IGNITION PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAD TO HOLD THE KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH, TURN AND HOLD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE ENGINE TURNED OVER. SECONDLY, SEAT BELT ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DID NOT RETRACT. HAD TO PUT THE SEAT BELT ON MANUALLY. ALSO, BRAKES SQUEAK WHEN APPLIED. *AK

AT 47,000 MILES VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR AN ANTI-FREEZE LEAK. THE DEALER REPLACED ENGINE GASKET, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR A POWER STEERING PROBLEM AND THEY FOUND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING COOLANT. *SC

ANTI THEFT ACTIVATES ALOT , JUST WISH I COULD START THE CAR WHEN I NEED IT .HEATER CONTROL DOESN'T WANT TO WORK RIGHT, IT WOULD ALSO BE NICE TO HAVE HEAT IN THE WINTER , BEEN TO SHOP A NUMBER OF TIMES BUT GM CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. CHEVROLETS ARE JUNK, I WONT BUY ANOTHER ONE. I FIXED MY BRAKE PROBLEM BY USING CERAMIC PADS, COST A LITTLE BUT WELL WORT IT ( HAD THE SAME BRAKE PROBLEMS THAT WERE REPORTED HERE EVERY 5000 OR SO MILE IN FOR REPAIRS. ) WHEN I PUT CERAMIC PADS ON THEY LASTED 40,000 MILES AND STILL GOING STRONG. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE RECALL NO.#03V527000(STEERING GEAR BEARINGS) PERFORMED. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE RUNS WORSE NOW THAN IT DID BEFORE THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S IS MAKING A LOUD NOISE WHILE IDLING. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THEN, VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. *AK

POWER STEERING FAILURE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID I NEED A NEW RACK AND SOME HOSES. ESTIMATED PRICE IS $1,300. I CALLED GM SERVICE AND THEY SAID MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ISSUED IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS CONCERNING STEERING FAILURE IN CHEVY MALIBU. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKED. THIS COULD CAUSE INTERMITTENT LOST OF POWER STEERING FLUID. *AK