1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE ACTING ERRATICALLY. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK.

MY VEHICLE'S BRAKE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. MY EMERGENCY BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WOULD NOT WORK ON MY DASH BOARD. MY IGNITION SWITCH ON MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT WORK SOMETIMES.

CAR HAS BEEN IN SHOP 11 TIMES, DEALER FOUND PROBLEMS 10 TIMES. CAR HAS BEEN IN SHOP OVERNIGHT 16 DAYS SINCE 9-2-98. ON ONE VISIT, DEALER DROVE CAR 187 MILES AND HAD CAR 6 DAYS, ACTUALLY FIXING CAR, FINDING ANOTHER FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEM, AND FIXING AGAIN.

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED, IT WAS LEAKING FLUID OVER THE ENGINE.. DEALER ORDERED GASKET KIT AND WILL FIX WHEN PARTS COME IN, COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. *MJS

THE SAFTEY BELTS ARE HARD TO FASTEN AND COME UNDONE,TICKING NOISE WHEN COLD THEN DIMINISHES,HEADLIGHTS FOGGING UP INSIDE,LOW SPEED BRAKING, CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT. *AK

FIRST FAILURE RESULTED IN RESURFACING OF ROTORS UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM REOCCURRED APPROX. 5,000 MILES LATER. ROTORS TO BE REPLACED UNDER "GOOD WILL POLICY". *AK

FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN CUT AT 9000, 19,000 AND ARE TO BE REPLACED ON 4/12/99 AT 22,300. ALSO, FRONT CONTROL ARMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED.

BRAKE ROTORS WERE BENT AND OUT OF SHAPE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULSE AND BOUNCE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR VEHICLE TO STOP, AND RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER CLAIMED THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. BUT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 7,000 MILES. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS KEEP WARPING. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES WITHIN 33,000 MILES. DEALER CLAIMS CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THE BRAKES TO WARP. *AK

LOST STEERING CONTROL OF 1998 CHEVY MALIBU AT ABOUT 45 MPH AND HAD A SPIN-OUT AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION, HITTING THE MEDIAN CURVE AND COMING TO REST ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON INITIAL ANALYSIS WE FOUND THAT THE SUPPORT ARM BOLT HAD COME LOOSE ON THE CAR. WHEN THE CHEVY ROADSIDE TOW-TRUCK ARRIVED HE TOLD US THAT THIS WAS THE FOURTH MALIBU THAT HE HAD PICKED UP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. UPON ARRIVAL AT GRAND PRIZE CHEVY THAT AFTERNOON THE AUTO WAS CHECKED BY THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AND LATER BY A MECHANIC, AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION, AND THE CAR WOULD BE FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK