2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT THE BRAKES BEING APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 153,000. *TR

AS I WAS TURNING THE CORNER THE TIRE AND RIM COMPLETED DISENGAGED OR FELL OFF CAUSING ME TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP INTO A PARKING LOT. THE BOLTS HAD SHEARED OFF FROM THE TIRE. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANICS SHOP AND FOUND OUT THE ROD, RIM, ROTOR AND BRAKES WERE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE AND RIM HAD FELL OFF BEFORE BUT WE REPLACED THE BOLTS WHICH HAD SHEARED OFF. *TR

THE DRIVER SEAT ROCKS WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND IT WILL NOT ADJUST. DEALER STATES THAT THE SEAT TRACK IS BUSTED AND WILL NEED TO BE WELDED TOGETHER OR REPLACED. *TR

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN THE POWER STEERING FAILED.....I ALMOST DROVE HEAD ON INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WAS NOT SECURED PROPERLY TO THE FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE AND WOULD MOVE FREELY WHEN THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE OWNER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT TWO BOLTS WERE FRACTURED, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED THE SEAT TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 53,851. UPDATED 3/22/13 *CN THE VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN SOLD.

I CAN'T GO A WEEK WITHOUT BOTH HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES BURNING TURN-SIGNAL BULBS. AFTER REPLACING THE BULBS NO MORE THAN A WEEK WILL GO BY AND THE BULB WILL TURN BLACK AND SOMETIMES BLOW UP INSIDE THE HEADLIGHT. RECENTLY THE BULBS ARE NOT BURNING OUT BUT WHAT SEEMS TO BE A BAD CONNECTION TO THE SOCKET, I WILL PRESS THE BULBS INTO THE SOCKET AND WITHIN 5 MINUTES THE TURN-SIGNALS WILL NOT WORK AGAIN. *TR

IT DIES WHEN I STOP AND IT SOMETIMES LOSES FUEL POWER THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN BOOSTS UP TO 4000 RPMS LIKE IT GOT A RUSH OF POWER. SOMETIMES IT WONT EVEN START. *TR

I HAVE HAD MY CAR SINCE 2009 AND IN 2010 I STARTED HAVE TO CHANGE MY TURN SIGNALS OUT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH FOR BURNING OUT. THERE ARE TIME THAT THE BULB WILL GET SO HOT THAT IT BLOWS THE INSIDE OF THE BULB UP AND AROUND THE PLUG WHERE THE BULB GOES IN HAS DARK MARKS HAS TO IF THEY ARE BURN MARKS. I CALLED CHEVROLET AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THEM. THE BACK TURN SIGNALS DO THE SAME AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES THAT I WOULD ALMOST GET HIT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND THAT MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT ALOT OF 2005 MALIBUS ARE. I AM AFRAID AT THIS POINT THAT IT IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN MY CAR. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE REALLY GETS HURT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,188. UPDATED 3/20/13 *CN

PURCHASED CAR AND REALIZED THAT THE SEAT IS BROKEN. IT APPEARS THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRAME HAS BECOME UN-WELDED AT A JOINT ON THE RIGHT FRONT CROSSBAR CAUSING THE SEAT TO LEAN TOWARD PASSENGER SIDE AND WOBBLE IN REMAINING FRAME AS CAR IS DRIVEN. SHOCKING THAT THIS DEFECT IS COMMON FOR THIS VEHICLE, THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY AND EVEN FATALITY RELATED TO THE SHOCK OF THIS BREAKING AS ONE DRIVES IT DOWN THE ROAD AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A CRASH FROM THE ALARMING NATURE OF THIS DEFECT. TOOK THIS TO THE LOCAL CAR REPAIR SHOP TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIX IT, THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE, AND RECOMMENDED WE GO TO A JUNK YARD TO PURCHASE A NEW FRAME. AFTER SEEING ALL THE COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THIS SAME SIDE/POSITION, IT SEEMS A RECALL TO FIX THIS DEFECT SHOULD BE IN ORDER. *TR