1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

BRAKES WERE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY, AND VEHICLE PULSATED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED FRONT ROTORS. EIGHT THOUSAND MILES LATER SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS AGAIN. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT JUST YESTERDAY SAME PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT WHEELS NEEDED TO BE TAKEN OFF THE REAR, AND BRAKES NEEDED CLEANING AND ADJUSTING. CONSUMER FELT THIS SHOULD HAD BEEN DONE IN THE BEGINNING. CURRENTLY THERE IS A CHARGE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON FOUR OCCASIONS AND TURNED ONCE FROM 12,000 MILES TO PRESENT MILEAGE BY DEALER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED.*AK *JG

5 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, THE BRAKES WOULD "SQUEAL" WHEN ANY PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER TO BE CHECKED OUT. THE PADS WERE WORN AND THE ROTORS WERE AT/BELOW MIN. THICKNESS. RT 25.04 & LT 24.66 MM. MINIMUM THICKNESS BEING 25.0MM. PADS & ROTORS WERE CHANGED AND NOW HERE IT IS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER AND I'M NOW GETTING A GRINDING NOISE AND WHEN I GET TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE WHOLE CAR FEELS LIKE ITS JUST GOING TO FALL OUT FROM UNDER ME. WILL BE TAKING IT IN AGAIN TO BE CHECKED OUT BUT WILL BE PLACING COMPLAINT WITH MANUFACTURER, DEALERSHIP, & STATE DCCA.*AK

I HAVE GOTTEN MY PADS,ROTORS/CALIPERS FIXED AND CLEANED TWICE AT OVER 700 DOLLARS AND MY ABS LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON AND I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR SIX MONTHS I HAVE TAKEN IT TO 2 MECHANICS AND NOW I CAN HARDLY STOP THE CAR. PLEASE GET BACK WITH ME ASAP I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THANK YOU. *AK

WHILE STARTING VEHICLE THE IGNITION WAS STUCK, THEN CAUGHT FIRE. CONSUMER TOOK KEY OUT OF IGNITION, FIRE WENT OUT, IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN REPLACED BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. ON 16 APRIL 2002 ALSO WHILE STARTING VEHICLE THE STARTER CAUGHT FIRE. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS.*JB

MY CAR HAS HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED TWICE ALREADY AND THE ROTORS AS WELL. THIS CAR WAS JUST IN FOR REPAIR WORK LAST WEEK AND THE DEALER SAID THAT THE BRAKES WERE 60% WORN AGAIN ALREADY. THEY WERE JUST REPLACED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. THE CAR PULSATES WHEN STOPPING. I BELIEVE THAT CHEVROLET HAD A PROBLEM WITH THESE BRAKES AND NEEDS TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THESE BRAKES AGAIN VERY SHORTLY.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, IT FELT SLUGGISH AND FAIL TO MAINTAIN SPEED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC ONE OF THE MOUNTS HAD CRACKED & THE OTHER WAS BROKE. THE MOUNTS SUPPORTED THE ENGINE. HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED.

CONSUMER STATES COOLANT IS LEAKING AROUND THE WATER PUMP AREA, DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. NLM

CONSUMER STATES WHILE APPLYING BRAKES AT 20-25 MPH, THE ABS ENGAGED AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE, DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. NLM *YH

FRONT ROTORS WERE GROUNDED AT 8000 MILES, WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE SHIMMIED AND BRAKES SQUEALED. ROTORS HAVE SINCE BEEN REPLACED AND GROUNDED AGAIN 4 TIMES. DEALER STATED ROTORS NEEDED TO BE GROUNDED EVERY 6000 MILES.*AK