1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRES (P215 60 R15) EXPERIENCED CRACKING IN THE TREAD, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

REPLACED FRONT BRAKES(ROTORS AND PADS) TWICE IN UNDER 33000 MILES, RADIO REPLACED TWICE IN UNDER A YEAR, HEATER CORE AND BLOWER REPLACED AT 32000 MILES, HAZARD BUTTON BROKE IN UNDER A YEAR. *AK

DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW HAS AN INTERMITENT PROBLEM TO DOWN. DEALER CHECK BUT CONDITION CONTINUE. DASH COVER IS SHRINKING PREMATURELY. DEALER SAID CONDITION IS NORMAL AND HAS NO PLAN TO REPLACE IT. PERSONALLY OBSERVED OTHER CARS, SAME YARS, WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *AK

PREMATURE FAIL OF FRONT ROTORS DEALER WILL REPLACE ROTORS BUT WILL CHARGE FOR PADS AND ADDITIONAL LABOR. WHEEL CENTER COVERS PRESENT A CONDITION (ALL 4) THAT MAY CAUSE THEN TO COME OFF DUE TO FATIGUE OF SUPPORTING BRACKETS. REAR GLASS WEATHERSTRIPE SHRINK ABNORMALY CAUSING WATER TO ENTER INSIDE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD STALL AT ANY SPEED . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE FRONT ROTORS WARPED AT 10,000 MILES. RESURFACED ROTORS, WARPED AGAIN. REPLACED CHEVROLET ROTORS WITH AFTERMARKET ROTORS AT 18,000 MILES. AFTERMARKET ROTORS WARPED. VEHICLE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. CHEVROLET REFUSES TO FIX AT THEIR EXPENSE.*AK

WHEN I APPLY BRAKES AT SPEEDS ABOVE 60 MPH, FRONT OF VEHICLE STARTS SHAKING. AT 70 MPH, VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. I USUALLY DRIVE UNDER 65 MPH AND FIRST NOTICED IT WHEN I TOOK MY FIRST TRIP. ON A RECENT TRIP, I HAD TO BRAKE ON A STEEP HILL, WAS GOING THE SPEED LIMIT AT 70 MPH, AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BE A DEFECT FROM DAY ONE.*AK

VEHICLE PARKED. TIRE PICKED UP TACK. NOTICED CRACKS JUST BELOW THE TREAD. WAS JAGGED ALONG 3/4 OF LEFT REAR TIRE. CHECKED OTHER TIRES & CRACKS ON THEM, BUT NOT AS BAD. ALL FOUR TIRES HAD NUMEROUS CRACKS. TOOK TO FIRESTONE RETAILER & WAS INFORMED WILL BE LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM. DEALER WILL NOT MECHANIC TOUCH TIRE. 1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU. FIRESTONE AFFINITY TOURING T2. P215/60R15 WITH 30,000 MILES.*AK DOT # W2MWAAA397. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE HIGHLY. VIBRATION WILL BE FELT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE AS WELL AS ON DRIVER'S SIDE, DEALER HAS ROTATED THE TIRES, REPLACED TIRES (NO BRAND OR SIZE GIVEN), REPLACED PLUG WIRES PLACED A BOLT IN THE SUSPENSION, AND REPLACED ROTORS, THE PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. *AK *SLC

ALMOST AS SOON AS I BOUGHT THE CAR, REAR LIGHTS BEGAN TO GO OUT SPORADICALLY, I'VE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE SHOES TWICE (AT 18,000 AND ABOUT 44,000 MILES), I HAD TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR AT 37,000 MILES, ONE SEAT BELT CLIP PLASTIC HANDLE PROTECTOR BROKE OFF, AND I'VE HAD RADIATOR LEAKAGE AND AIR CONDITION PROBLEMS AS WELL AS RADIO RECEPTION BEING SPORADIC AT BEST.