2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 19,000 MILES; BACK RIGHT TIRE WAS FLAT, THERE WAS SOME CRACKS AROUND TIRE. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. *AK CONSUMER STATES AS SHE WAS DRIVING SHE NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS PULLING AND MAKING A VERY LOUD NOISE, CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT, AND HAD BEEN DETERMINED THAT THAT TREAD CONTAINED CRACKS.*JB

PURCHASED 2000 MALIBU NEW, BRAKES/ROTORS BEGAN TO PULSATE AT 5200 MILES DEALERSHIP TURNED ROTORS. VEHICLE RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP AT 7000 WITH SAME PROBLEM, SAME FIX BY DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP AT 9000 AND BRAKES/ROTORS REPLACED WITH "NEW TYPE/HEAVY DUTY PARTS". VEHICLE RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP AT 12500 WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS...DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE MY PROBLEM. VEHICLE BACK IN FOR THE 5TH TIME AT 17000, SAME PROBLEM, DEALERSHIP HAD VEHICLE FOR 2 WEEKS AND STATE BRAKES/ROTORS ARE WITHIN "SPECS" AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE DOES NOT CARE NOR DOES THE REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER WHO LOOKED AT THE CASE I FILED WITH CHEVROLET. I AM EXPECTED TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE MANAGER WHERE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE. I NEED HELP AND SO DO OTHER PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED A PROBLEM VEHICLE AND TO MANUFACTURER HAS LITTLE IDEA WHY THIS PROBLEM OCCURS.*AK

FIRESTONE, AFFINITY, TIRE SIZE P21560R15, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON CHEVROLET, MALIBU, 2000 WITH 9600 MILES. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH TREAD SEPARATED, AND WHOLE SIDEWALL TIRE BLEWOUT ON PASSENGER REAR, CAUSING REAR OF VEHICLE TO JUMPS TOWARDS DRIVER'S SIDE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE ON RIGHT HAND SIDE OF VEHICLE.*AK

SINCE I PURCHASED MY NEW 2000 MALIBU ON 12/18/99, TO TODAY 5/9/01, I HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS 3 TIMES. COUNTING THE ORIGINAL SET, THIS MAKES IT 4 SETS OF ROTORS THAT MY CAR HAS GONE THROUGH, UNDER 19,000 MILES. MY WARRANTY IS GOOD UNTIL 36,000 MILES, SO I CONTACTED THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER (1-800-222-1020) AND TOLD THEM THAT I WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS ISSUE WAS GOING TO BE COVERED AFTER THE WARRANTY RAN OUT DUE TO THE TIMELY CHANGING OF THE ROTORS SO MANY TIMES IN SO LITTLE MILEAGE. THE REPLACEMENTS WERE ON 4/11/00 (5,440), 8/31/00 (10,775), AND 5/8/01 (18,394). EACH OF THESE TIMES THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THAT MY BRAKES AND BRAKE PADS WERE FINE, BUT THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED. THE CHEVY # TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY DUE TO SOMETHING I HAVE DONE OR MY DRIVING HABITS/CONDITIONS. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IN THAT MY BRAKES HAVEN'T WORN OUT YET, BUT THE ROTORS KEEP GOING BAD. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THEIR PASSING THE BLAME, INSTEAD OF CORRECTING THE PROBLEM OR EXTENDING THE COVERAGE OF AN ISSUE THAT IS COUNTLESSLY REPEATED ON YOUR SITE AND THE NEWSGROUPS FROM 1997 TO PRESENT. CHEVY HAS THE SLOGAN, "CHEVY, WE'LL BE THERE." THEY DON'T SHOW THE FINE PRINT OF: "WE'LL BE THERE, UNLESS WE BLAME YOU AND DON'T DECIDE TO RESOLVE A KNOWN ISSUE." I WOULD LIKE FEEDBACK ON THIS ISSUE, ESPECIALLY SINCE I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A COVERED ISSUE, AND DON'T BELIEVE THAT I AM CAUSING A PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY ROUTINE EVERY 5-8,000 MILES LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IS EXPERIENCING. THANK YOU. *AK

HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ROTORS/BRAKE PADS AT 9,000, 12,000, 16,000, 24,000 AND NOW AGAIN AT 28,000. ROTORS OR PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES AND ARE BAD AGAIN. GM DEALER SAID THIS IS NORMAL FOR ALL GMC VEHICLES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH AND THEN WHEN TURNING ON TURN SIGNAL LIGHT STEERING WHEEL WILL MAKE A BUZZ NOISE.*AK CONSUMER STATES STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO DEALERSHOP 2 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, AIR CONDITIONING WOULD ONLY BLOW ON FLOOR, CONTROL PANEL WAS REPLACED. *JB

AT 3000 MILES VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. AT 6000 MILES DEALER REPLACED BRAKES DUE TO SERVICE BULLETIN. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO VIBRATE AND WOULD SHAKE TO EXTREME WHEN VEHICLE WAS MOVING FAST. APPLIED BRAKES, BUT WILL NOT SLOW DOWN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BUT DEALER HAS NOT PROVIDED REMEDY. *AK

THE ROTORS RE BAD AND THE CAR ISN'T EVEN A YEAR AND MILES UNDER 36,OOO. SOMEONE I KNOW HAS THE SAME EXACT CAR AND IT IS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLDER... SAME PROBLEMS. THEN THERE IS A PERSON WITH AN ALERO WHICH IS MADE BY GMC AND IT'S UNDER A YEAR OLD WITH BAD ROTORS TOO... I THINK IT IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. ROTORS USUALLY LAST 3-5 YEARS.... NOW ME AND 2 OTHERS HAVE HAD OUR NEW CAR UNDER A YEAR AND EXPERIENCED SHAKING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS AND WHILE BRAKING.. BECAUSE THE ROTORS ARE BAD... I THINK THAT NHTSA SHOULD REALLY LOOK IN TO THIS BEFOR SOMEONES BRAKES GO OUT I THINK IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH CEREMIC BRAKE PADS- IE>> THEM WEARING ON THE ROTORS THERE IS NO WAY THAT 3 NEW CARS WITH GOOD DRIVERS SHOULD BE NEEDING ROTORS. WHY ARE THESE CARS TEARING UP ROTORS. PLEASE HELP US BEFORE WE HAVE TO PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON NEW CARS. *AK

CONSUMER WOULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP OR REDUCE SPEED, BUT COULD FEEL A VIBRATION ON STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE LEFT. THIS PROBLEM HAD HAPPENED, AND VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN FOR REPAIRS MANY TIMES FOR BRAKES.*AK *SLC

WHEN BRAKING STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING REALLY BADLY. DEALER REPLACED WARPED ROTORS. THEN, ON 1 APRIL 2001 DEALER TURNED ROTORS, STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING AGAIN. BRAKING DISTANCE WAS NORMAL.*AK