1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

REAR BRAKE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO FAIL. BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE FAILED APPROXIMATLEY 5 TIMES WITHIN PAST YEAR. DEALERSHIP CHANGED BULBS, BUT HAD FAILED TO CORRECT REPEATED FAILURE OF BRAKE LIGHTS, EITHER RIGHT/LEFT OR BOTH LIGHTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL, BUT BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. COULD BE FIXED AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

FRONT BRAKES ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER STATES PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER PIVOT HOUSING IS FRACTURED AT THE BASE, RESULTING IN OPERATIVE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE. *JB

ROTORS KEEP FAILING PREMATURELY. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED 5 SETS OF ROTORS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BRAKE LIGHTS LIGHT BULBS POWER MELT PLASTIC OF COVER, CAUSING NO VISION FOR OTHER DRIVERS ON BRAKE LIGHTS. PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

LEFT FRONT ROTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 10 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE, RUBBING ON PAD. *AK

FUSES FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUED TO BLOW. THEN, PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER CRACKED AND BROKE, WHICH NECESSITED THE REPLACEMENT OF WIPER TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL 01V068000 DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

AT VARIOUS SPEEDS BRAKES APPLIED AND VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE, AND JERK STEERING WHEEL OUT OF DRIVER'S HAND. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, AND HAD ROTORS REFACED/TURNED AND RESURFACED. ALSO, HAD NEW BRAKE PADS DUE TO WARPED ROTORS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY WERE MAKING NOISE. DEALER REPLACED PADS TWICE AND CALIPERS ONCE. BRAKES MAKING NOISE AGAIN AT THIS TIME. BRAKING DISTANCE IS NORMAL.*AK ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SLC