1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

ORIGINAL BATTERY - AC DELCO, POSITIVE PRONG ROTTED WITHOUT NOTICE! CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. CAR SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING JUST AS I WENT TO PULL OUT OF PARKING SPACE. BATTERY LIGHT IS STILL BRIGHT GREEN!

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES WHILE TRAVELING 35-40 MPH, REAR WHEE LOCK UP. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS WERE MADE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SECOND OCCURANCE IN 29,000 MILES: CAR DEVELOPS EXTREME SHUDDER WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ABOVE 50MPH. POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD ON WET/SLIPPERY ROADS COMMON IN NY AREA. DEALER REPLACED AS "GOOD WILL" BUT CHEVROLET WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. NHTSA CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS ARE VERY HIGH FOR THIS IDENTICAL PROBLEM. CHEVROLET SHOULD REPLACE ROTORS WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE ROTORS THAT WILL NOT WARP OR EXTEND WARRANTY TO INCLUDE FRONT DISK BRAKES FOR LIFE OF CAR..

BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. BRAKES FAILED TO ACTIVATE AT SPEEDS OF 10MPH CAUSING THE INABILITY TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AS FAR AS THEY COULD BE AND VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES BEFORE. SHUDDERIN SOUNDS COME FROM THE FRONT HOOD WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT ANY SPEEDS. FEELS LIKE SOMETHING RUBBING IN THE FRONT AND BOTTOM OF VEHICLE.

ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 X'S, VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STOP AND VIBRATION AT 65MPH IS EXTREME. OWNER OF DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO RETURN PHONECALLS.

TIRES HAD UNUSUAL CRACKING AFTER 20K MILES - SO I REPLACED THEM & HAVE THEM TO RETURN TO FIRESTONE..( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215 60 R1 )

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, THE CAR PULSATES AND JUMPS WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE THE ROTARS TURNED, THEN LATER REPLACED, THEN REPLACED AGAIN WITH 99 MODEL ROTARS, THE BRAKES ARE STILL PULSATING TO CURRENT DATE. THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING, LOST ALL POWER TO BRAKES, ABS SYSTEM, AND AIR BAGS. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. LATER HAD TO HAVE BATTERY REPLACED DUE TO ALTERNATOR KILLING IT. THE A/C LIGHT WOULD BLINK ON AND OFF, THE COMPRESSOR WOULD CUT ON AND OFF. HAD TO EVENTUALLY REPLACE THE PANEL ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAR AFTER HAVING A NEW COMPRESSOR PUT ON. THE A/C PANEL SEEMED TO HAVE DONE THE TRICK, THOUGH IS HAS SOME NEW PROBLEMS FROM THE BEGINNING. THE BUSHINGS SQUEAK AND SQWAUK WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS, THEY HAVE NOW STARTED IN THE REAR OF THE CAR.

WHILE DRIVING & APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE WOULD START TO SHIMMY & VIBRATE IN THE FRONT. TOOK TO DEALER. MECHANIC COULD RESOLVE THE PROBLEM FIRST TIME. WHEN VIBRATION RETURNED, TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER & PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. *AK

WHILE BEING TOWED A TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT CAUSING THE BELT OF THE TIRE TO WRAP AROUND THE INNER WHEEL SUPPORT AND HAD TO BE CUT TO REMOVE THE TIRE, TIRES HAVE BEEN REBALANCED TWICE, TRUED AT LEAST TWO TIME AND THE VEHICLE STILL RIDE HARD AND NOISY (FIRESTONE AFFINITY 215/60R). NLM

TREAD ON THE TIRES HAD STARTED TO SEPARATE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE TIRES THREE TIMES. *AK FIRESTONE AFFINITY P215/60/R15 *MW