1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

WITH 58000 MILES, THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES AND I'M NOW ON THE THIRD SET OF BRAKE PADS. BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS ALMOST TO THE FLOOR, AND EVEN AT A STOP, WITH BRAND NEW PADS AND ROTORS, THE CAR STILL LURCHES FORWARD A BIT AS IF THE BRAKES CAN'T COMPLETELY STOP IT. CHEVROLET AGREED TO REPLACE THE ROTORS FOR 100000 MILES BECAUSE I FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT, HOWEVER THIS TIME I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE WHO PUT HEAVY DUTY ROTORS ON TO SEE IF THAT WILL HELP. EVEN THAT MECHANIC STATES THAT THE BRAKES DO NOT SEEM ADEQUATE FOR THE CAR.*AK

HAVE HAD 4 PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR. I TALKED TO MANUFACTURER AND GOT NO WHERE WITH THEM.*AK

THE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING THEM TO MAKE SQUEALING NOISE, THE FRONT PADS WERE REPLACED, ROTORS MACHINED AND CALIPERS SERVICED, THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

PREMATURE WEAR ON BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING SOUND. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE DRAGS. ALSO, FUEL INJECTOR BLEWOUT. HAD TO BE REPLACED FROM DEALERSHIP.

SQUEAKING NOISE CAME FROM STEERING, DEALER REPLACED STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY AND POWER STEERING HOSES. RIGHT FRONT SHOULDER BELT WOULD NOT ADJUST UP OR DOWN, SEATBELT STOP BUTTON WAS MISSING, LEFT SIDE DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT RETRACTS SLOWLY, RIGHT FRONT SHOULDER BELT RETRACTS SLOWLY AND JAMS AT TIMES. REAR BUMPER COVER AT LEFT SIDE AT TAIL LIGHT OPENING HAS POOR FIT. EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE AT THE LEFT FRONT DOOR GLASS OPENING WHILE TRAVELING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. STEERING SHIMMIES WHILE BRAKING, DEALER FOUND WARPED ROTORS. IDLE QUALITY IN GEAR AT STOP IS POOR, TRANSMISSION MOUNTS WERE WEAK, ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AT TIMES. FRONT HEAD LIGHT FOGGED UP, DELAER FOUND INSIDE LENS CRACKED. RATTLE NOISE HEARD UNDER VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING ON ROUGH ROADS. *SLC

WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON, AND BRAKES DIDN'T GRAB. DEALER WILL BE NOTFIED TOMORROW.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE. ROTORS WERE REPLACED. BECAUSE ROTORS WERE WEARING OUT, BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED EIGHT TIMES.*AK

EVERY 7000 MILES VEHICLES BRAKES CAUSE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS AT LEAST 6 TIMES, AND PROBLEM KEEPS OCCURRING. *AK

WHEN STEEPING ON BRAKES CAR SHAKED. FIXED IT ONCE, BUT PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. *AK