1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

CONSUMER HAD ROTORS RESURFACED, THEN REPLACED. CURRENTLY, ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES FRONT END SHAKES. *AK

CAR STILL MADE NOISE AFTER HUB/BEARINGS REPLACED. 2ND TIME HUB/BEARING REPLACED NOISE WAS LOUDER. GOT 2ND OPINION, WAS BACK PLATE RUBBING AGAINST ROTOR. DID I EVEN NEED MY HUB/BEARING REPLACED. 3/23/01 SAID I NEED ROTORS RESURFACED, 2ND OPINION - ROTORS FINE. CHEVY IS RIPPING ME OFF. CHARGED ME FOR NEW SERPENTINE BELT & NEVER REPLACED IT. MOISTURE IN HEADLIGHTS.

PASSENGER STOP LIGHT GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY, CONSUMER BELIEVES IT TO BE STOP LAMP ASSEMBLY OVERHEATING. *AK

CAR SOUNDED LIKE AN AIRPLANE PROPELLER AND SQUEALING AND SQUEAKING IN THE BACK END. *AK

I HAVE A ANTI-THEFT LOCK THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE,I HAVE BEEN STUCK SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THE ANTI-THEFT GOING ON AND I CANNOT START THE CAR FOR ATLEAST 20 MIN. AT A TIME. I HAVE BEEN LATE FOR WORK AND APPOINTMENTS ALSO. I NEED TO KNOW SHOULD I TRY TO TAKE VEHICLE IN TO REMOVE ANTI-THEFT,IF POSSIBLE, IF I THE OWNER WITH THE KEY CANNOT START THE CAR I GUESS A THEFT WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME ALSO. SO IN ONE WAY I LIKE THE FEATURE. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS A STANDARD FEATURE IN THESE VEHICLES? AND IF IT IS WORTH HAVING?*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE, DEALER FOUND WHEEL BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON RIGHT FRONT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, AND BRAKES GOT HARD. IT WAS HARD TO STOP AT 45 MPH. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID ACID WAS DRIPPING ONTO BRAKE LINE AND IT CORRODED ANTI-LOCK VALVE. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED BRAKES AND DRUMS NUMERUS TIMES BEFORD FINDING PROBLEM WAS WITH THE DRIPPING OF ACID. *AK

RETURNED TO SELLING DEALER 06/13/2000, 18121 MILES FOR REPAIR OF BRAKE PULSATION, ESPECIALLY VIOLENT AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS. BRAKE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AND PADS DEGLAZED AT MY EXPENSE. COMPLAINED TO SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT BEING CHARGED FOR REPAIR ON A CAR WITH 3/36 BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. WAS TOLD BRAKE WARRANTY WAS ONLY 12/12000. CALLED CHEVROLET AND LODGED A COMPLAINT, FOLLOWED BY A LETTER ON 06/16/2000. CHEVROLET REP GAVE ME A COMPLAINT FILE #, C00624109. NOW AT 26000 MILES, BRAKE PULSATION HAS RETURNED. I HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THIS WILL NOT BE CONSTANTLY REOCURRING. AT HIGHWAY SPEED THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHUDDER VIOLENTLY. I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT SOME REENGINEERING IS POSSIBLE AND SHOULD BE REQUIRED. *AK

THE BRAKE LINES COME OUT OF THE MASTER CYLINDER AND GO TO A HYDRALIC VALVE ON THE ANTILOCK BRAKE VALVE WHICH IS LOCATED UNDER THE BATTERY AND CORROSION HAS GOTTEN INTO AND ON THIS VALVE ASSEMBLY WHICH HAS CAUSED REAR BRAKE FAILURE THE VALVE IS LOCATED IN A VERY BAD PLACE TO CONTROL SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE OPERATIONS OF A VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THERE IS FAILURES OF BRAKES ON THESE VEHICLES. WHEN THE ACID HAS BEEN THERE LONG ENOUGH IT WILL EAT AWAY AT THE BRAKE LINES COMPLETLY AND CAUSE MAJOR ACCIDENTS WHITH THE LOSS BEING MORE THAN MONEY OR PROPERTY.*AK

MY MALIBU HAS HAD BOTH FRONT BRAKE SHOES REPLACED TWICE. THE ROTORS AND CALIPARS REPLACED THE ALTINATOR REPLACED. NOW THE COOLANT SYSTEM IS LEAKING ALL OVER THE ENGINE. THE PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT ROLL DOWN EVERYTIME. THE DASHBOARD IS LOOSE AND RATTLES. MY A/C LIGHT IN CAR CLICKS ON AND OFF. THE LEFT TAILIGHT BURNED OUT TWICE. THAT'S ALL THAT I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW.