2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

NEW CAR WITH 13136 MILES. TRIP TO FL. BRAKES GROUND WHEN CAUGHT IN SLOW X-WAY TRAFFIC IN LOUISVILLE KY. HAD TO REPLACE FRONT BRAKE PADS, TURN ROTORS AT CHV DLR. COST $242. WARRANTY NO GOOD. THEY BLAMED IT ON LIVING (1 MILE) DOWN A DIRT ROAD WHICH PREVENTED BRAKES FROM WORKING. REPORTED COMPLAINT TO HOME DLR. THEN NEEDED ROTORS TURNED AGAIN AT 16000 MILES. THE SAID THAT BRAKES DON'T ALWAYS LAST LONG, BUT WERE ABLE TO GET SRV. REP. TO REFUND $185. DLR AGREED TO REPLACE ROTORS IF I HAD MORE TROUBLE W/ BRAKES IN NEXT 10,000 MI. THAT MEANS I COULD HAVE A WHOLE BRAKE JOB AT 28,000 AT MY EXPENSE. I AM NOT HAPPY. A COMMONLY HELD IDEA IS THAT BRAKES SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER. I DON'T RIDE MY BRAKES AND TRAVEL TO WORK ON PAVED RURAL ROADS WITHOUT MUCH TRAFFIC. I DO LOTS OF X-WAY DRIVING AND DON'T TAILGATE. TRADED IN A 1998 MALIBU DUE TO TROUBLE WITH MANIFOLD GASKET, AIR-CON ODOR. PREVIOUSLY HAD WARPED ROTORS AND A NEED TO REPLACE BRAKES MUCH MORE OFTEN THAN 6 PREV. CARS ON SAME DIRT ROAD. HAVE SINCE READ THAT MALIBU BRAKES HAVE A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS. I THINK GM IS IGNORING THE PROBLEM. THEY SHOULD RE-ENGINEER THE BRAKES AND GIVE CONSUMERS A QUALITY PRODUCT.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT STEER ITSELF STRAIGHT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM DEALER WAS UNABLE AND UNWILLING TO FIX, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WILL BE TRADED SOON. TT *SLC

WHEN DRIVING REARVIEW INTERIOR MIRROR WOULD VIBRATE, CAUSING A VISIBLE DISTORTION. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD MIRROR TIGHTENED, BUT NOT REPLACED. ALSO, THIS HAPPENS WHEN RADIO IS TURNED ON. OUTSIDE EXTERIOR MIRRORS DO NOT VIBRATE. MECHANIC INDICATED PROBLEM IS NORMAL.*AK DEALER SWITCHED MIRRORS, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *TT

TIRES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES IN FRONT HAD DEVELOPED WEAR OUT IN MIDDLE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT STATE WHAT HAD CAUSED WEAR JUST ON FRONT. FIRESTONE, P-215/60R15. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN INSTALLING CAR SEAT AND PUTTING SEAT AROUND VEHICLE BUCKLES WOULD LOCK INTO SEAT BELT. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CHILD CAR SEAT DOES NOT FIT WITH THE VEHICLE'S NEW LATCH SYSTEM AND THE REAR SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK PROPERLY. *YH