2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

CONSUMER BOUGHT A BRAND NEW VEHICLE, AND IT STARTED HAVING STEERING PROBLEMS WITHIN 24 HOURS. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN STEERING WHEEL, AND STEERING WHEEL SHOOK WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. STEERING PUMP REPLACED, BUT VEHICLE STILL HAS SHAKE PROBLEM WHEN BRAKING, AS WELL AS NOISE COMING FROM LEFT REAR. *AK *ML

VEHICLE FIRST TOWED TO SHOP ON 04/04/00 FOR VEHICLE OVERHEATING. TOP RADIATOR HOSE SPLIT. INFORMED DEALER OF VIBRATION IN FRONT END AT 30 MPH AND UP, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE. ON 04/11/00 HEARD THUMPING NOISE FROM FRONT AND WHILE PULLING IN DRIVEWAY LOST CONTROL OF LEFT FRONT WHEEL. TOWED TO DEALER AND LEFT SIDE OUTER TIE ROD END REPLACED. PICKED UP FROM DEALER ON 04/12/00 AND 2 MILES AWAY ABS LIGHT CAME ON. PARKED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AND NEXT MORNING LIGHT WAS OFF. LEFT FOR WORK AND GOT 6 MILES AWAY WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRANSMISSON STARTED SLIPPING. CALED AND NOTIFIED CHEVY AND THEY SAID DRIVE VEHICLE THEN HAVE IT TOWED IN THE NEXT DAY. ON 04/14/00 WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 40 MPH WHEN I LOST CONTROL OF STEERING AGAIN AND HIT A TREE. REPAIRS TO STEERING/ABS LIGHT/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT/TRANSMSSION SLIPPING NOT TAKEN CARE OF YET.

VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES UNCONTROLABLY. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. HOWEVER , PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY. ABNORMAL BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATION (NOT ABS). CAR PULLS TO ONE SIDE WHILE APPLYING BRAKES.

IF THE HEADLIGHTS GO OFF AT NIGHT DURING THE DRIVING, ACCIDENT COULD HAPPEN. *AK

VEHICLE SHUT DOWN MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING, AND OCCASIONALLY DID NOT START. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE, THE O2 SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED, AND THE IGNITION SWITCH, WHICH WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, WAS ALSO REPLACED. *AK *ML

WHEN DRIVING OVER 55MPH STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END SHAKES EXCESSIVELY. DEALER SAYS ITS A HARMONIC VIBRATION AND THAT IT CANNOT BE CORRECTED. *AK

STARTING AT 60MPH, FRONT-END BEGINS TO SHIMMY. DEALER SAYS IT'S A HARMONIC VIBERATION THAT THEIR TECH CENTER HAS INDICATED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE. I FEEL I HAVE JUST PURCHACED A "LEMON" *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY ENGINE COMPLETELY SHIUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO A DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TURNING SIGNALS AND FLASHERS HAVE BEEN FIXED. THEY WANT ME TO BRING THE CAR IN ON MONDAY SO THEY CAN REPLACE THE PISTONS. I THINK THEY SHOULD GIVE ME ANOTHER CAR. *AK