2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

I WAS DRIVING A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU UNDERCOVER POLICE CAR. I WAS CHASING AN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT AND WAS DRIVING 53 MPH ACCORDING TO THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. I LEFT SOLID DARK BLACK SKID MARKS FOR OVER A HUNDRED FEET PRIOR TO MY IMPACT. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED AND THERE WAS NO DISCERNIBLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VEHICLE I WAS DRIVING AN ONE NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. AFTER ABOUT EIGHTY FEET OF SOLID SKID AND NO STEERING CONTROL, I WAS FORCED TO RELEASE THE BRAKE PEDDLE SLIGHTLY TO GAIN STEERING SO I WOULD NOT STRIKE THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SQUARELY ON THE DRIVERS DOOR, POSSIBLY KILLING THE ELDERLY DRIVER, WHO RAN A STOP SIGN IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND AIR LIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO MY INJURIES. *TR

CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHEN NEEDED AND WHEN IT FINALLY PICKS UP SPEED IT SHOOTS AHEAD, HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING HIT FROM BEHIND AND HITTING THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME WHEN IT SHOOTS AHEAD. HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALER 5 TIMES, THEY CANNOT FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH CAR. HAVE CONTACTED CHEVROLET ALSO TO NO AVAIL. PROBLEM KEEPS HAPPENING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING, THE POWER STEERING FAILED ON MY 2007 CHEVY MALIBU MAKING TURNING VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE MANUALLY. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, I PUT IT IN PARK AND TRIED THE STEERING - NO CHANGE. I SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING RESET. THIS HAS OCCURRED 5 TIMES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. IF I AM SETTING STILL, I CAN TURN THE STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY TO THE LEFT AND THE POWER STEERING WILL FAIL. ALSO I HAVE NOTICED DURING DRIVING AND STILL (WAITING AT A LIGHT) THE STEERING WHEEL TENDS TO PULSATE BACK AND FORTH. I REPORTED THIS TO DEALERSHIP A MONTH AGO WHEN VEHICLE WAS OIL SERVICED. THEY SAID THEY FOUND NOTHING AT THAT TIME. I SEE FROM RESEARCH THERE WERE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE 2004 MODEL, BUT CANNOT FIND ANY REMEDY. AFTER READING OTHER COMPLAINTS, I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE READ WHERE OTHER VEHICLES HAVE CRASHED DUE TO THIS AND I PREFER TO NOT BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THUS KILLING SOMEONE IN MY CAR OR ANOTHER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT OR LATCH. THERE WERE NO PRIOR FAILURES WITH ANY OF THE DOORS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 18,000.

I PURCHASED MY 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU IN MARCH '07. FOR THE PAST MONTH OR SO I HAD BEEN HEARING A POPPING NOISE WHEN I WOULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. I CALLED BARTOW CHEVROLET AND ASKED THEM IF ANYONE ELSE HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END ON THE MALIBU'S. THE SERVICE MANAGER HAD INFORMED ME THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT THEIR VEHICLES IN. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOOK MY CAR THIS MORNING TO HAVE IT CHECKED. THEY REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. AFTER THAT WAS REPLACED ONE OF THE MECHANICS TEST DROVE THE CAR AND STILL HEARD A POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I HAVE TO TAKE THE CAR BACK NEXT WEEK SO THEY CAN ALSO REPLACE THE BUSHINGS IN THE FRONT END. *TR

I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY BACK DOORS ON MY CAR CLOSING WHEN IT GETS COLD OUTSIDE....MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR TWICE WHEN THE DOORS OPENED UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THEN ONE DAY ON MY WAY TO WORK ON THE THURWAY THE DOOR OPENED ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING...I HAVE CONTACTED MY DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY SEEM TO THINK THIS IS NOT SERIOUS....VERY UPSET WITH GM! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU LT. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE FAILURE IS INTERMITTENT AND HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE MOST RECENT FAILURE OCCURRED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO DEALERS AND BOTH WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO KEEP TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER UNTIL THE FAILURE CAN BE DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,415 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000. UPDATED 11/1/07 *TR

I RECENTLY LEASED A 2007 MALIBU. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DOES NOT WORK WHEN A CUSHION IS PLACED ON IT TO GIVE MY WIFE THE HEIGHT SO SHE CAN SEE. APPARENTLY THE SENSORS ARE SET TO A HEAVY WEIGHT, SO IF THERE ARE SMALL PEOPLE SUCH AS CHILDREN IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT THE AIRBAG SAFETY SYSTEM WILL NOT ACTIVATE IF THEY SIT ON A CUSHION. I SPOKE TO GM CUSTOMER SERVICE PEOPLE IN DETROIT, AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IN DESIGNING A SAFETY SYSTEM, CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO SMALLER AND LIGHTER PEOPLE, OR HAVE A FIX AVAILABLE SO THE SYSTEM WORKS. *TR

ON 7/20 MY CHEVROLET MALIBU'S SUNROOF EXPLODED. I FELT IT WAS A FLUKE OR DEFECT. I WAS DRIVING ON I-96 AND ENTERING I-94 DURING THE MORNING HEADING TOWARDS MY GRANDSON'S DAY CAMP. AFTER COMING OUT OF THE OVERPASS ENTRANCE FROM 96 TO 94, WITHIN LESS THAN A 1/4 MILE, I HEARD THIS TREMENDOUSLY LOUD SOUNDS AND GLASS BEGAN TO SHOWER ME AND MY GRANDSON CAUSING MINORS CUTS. I AM GRATEFUL I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I LEASED THIS CAR ON 6/1. IT IS LESS THAN 60 DAYS OLD. RICHARD VOSS FROM JEFFERSON CHEVROLET HAD THE GLASS REMOVED WITHOUT SO MUCH AS INDICATING TO ME THAT HE FELT SOMETHING HIT THE CAR AND WHEREAS I HAD EXPLAINED TO HIM, FROM THE DIRECTION I WAS TRAVELING, THE SPEED OF THE WIND THAT DAY, THE SOUND OF THE EXPLOSION, THE LACK OF HEARING ANY OBJECT HIT THE TOP OF THE CAR PRIOR TO THE ERUPTION, ELIMINATED MY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CLAIMS ADJUSTER VIEW THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. I FEEL THAT MY RIGHTS TO A FAIR DETERMINATION WERE ELIMINATED ALONG WITH THE REMOVAL OF ANY EVIDENCE TO VERIFY EITHER CLAIM AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED FROM THE PENETRATION OF A FOREIGN OBJECT OR A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. GLASS SHATTERED ALL OVER ME AND MY GRANDSON. WE FORTUNATE TO BE ALIVE. WE ONLY SUFFERED MINOR CUTS AND TENSION. I ONLY HOPE THAT IT IS NOT BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE CITY OF DETROIT THAT THIS CLAIM HAS NOT MERITED FURTHER INVESTIGATION; AS WELL AS A MAJOR DEALER NOT WILLING TO ASSIST IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BROKEN GLASS FROM THE SUNROOF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT ACCOMMODATE AN ADULT. THERE IS A STITCHING ON THE SEAT BELT THAT BECOMES STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEAT BELT, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED TO INSTALL A SEAT BELT EXTENDER. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 2,000. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED A REPAIR INVOICE AND THE BILL OF SALE FOR THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 08/13/07 *TR