2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX Complaints

LEFT FRONT TURN SIGNAL/LIGHT ASSEMBLY. I REPLACED THE AMBER BULB THREE TIMES IN THE SPACE OF 3 MONTHS. THE FILAMENTS WERE FINE, BUT THE PART WHERE THE BULB MEETS THE ASSEMBLY WAS BURNED. ON MAY 20TH, THE ENTIRE LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. *NM

NOTICED FRONT END SHUTTER WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. TOOK CAR TO DEALER UNDER WARRANTY AND EXTENDED WARRANTY AND DEALER SAID EXCESSIVE RUST IN BRAKE PADS. ALSO DEALER SAID FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED. DEALER TURNED ROTORS AND CLEANED. CAR HAD ONLY 28K MILES ON IT. DROVE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND PROBLEM CAME BACK. TOOK BACK TO SAME DEALER AND HE SAID ROTORS FINE JUST EXCESSIVE RUST AND BRAKE DUST. NOTHING HE COULD DO. CAR HAS 34K MILES ON IT AND IN THE RAIN, APPLIED BRAKES AND WHOLE FRONT END SHUTTERED AND ANTI- LOCKS WERE GRINDING. TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS. NOW CAR HAS 42K MILES AND TOOK TO MIDAS, THEY SAID FRONT ROTORS SEVERELY WARPED AND PADS WORN AWAY. THEY COULD TELL SOMEONE TURNED DOWN ROTORS ONCE AND DID BAD JOB. HAVE TO REPLACE FRONT ROTORS WITH DIFFERENT STYLE ROTORS AND NEW PADS. COSTS $500 DOLLARS TO REPLACE. CHEVROLET WILL NOT COVER ANY OF IT EVEN THOUGH EXISTING PROBLEM. *JB

BOUGHT CAR APRIL 2004, EVERY FEW WEEKS TO ONCE A MONTH CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR NOISES. SINCE 4/05 DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS 3 TIMES, CALIPERS AND STRUTS REPLACED, AND STILL WITH A VIBRATING IN STEERING WHEEL AND WINDY NOISE. WHEN YOU PUSH ON THE BRAKES YOU HAVE A GRINDING NOISE, LIKE A METAL SOUND, VERY LOUD CAN HEAR OVER THE RADIO. DEALER SAYS WINDY NOISE IS NORMAL FOR NEW PARTS. STILL VIBRATING FEELING IN STEERING WHEEL WHILE BRAKING FROM OVER 50 MPH. DEALER NOW SAYS PARTS ARE NOT COVERED BY GM. *JB

IN WARM WEATHER, WHEN MAKING LOW SPEED TURNS, POWER STEERING MAKES GROANING, POPPING SOUNDS, AND OCCASIONALLY STUTTERS. AFRAID THAT STEERING MIGHT FAIL COMPLETELY. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE HIT A DEER HEAD ON AND THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONTAL BODY DAMAGE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP; THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.

BRAND NEW MONTE CARLO SS 2004 USEING EXSESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL.THIS PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 700 MILES AND CONTINUES TODAY,HAVE USED ABOUT 6 QUARTS SO FAR CAR HAS 5000 MILES ON IT NOW. *NM

2004 MALIBU MAXX - AFTER CAR TURNED 25,000 MILES, WOULD START TO BE SLUGGISH UPON SLOW ACCELERATION BETWEEN 35 - 40 MPH. HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY AS CAR APPROACH 30,000 MILES. LEFT VEHICLE WITH DEALERSHIP IN FEBRUARY 06. PROBLEM WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE 3-4 VALVES WERE BURNED, AS WAS THE BAN, AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. *JB

OWN 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. POWER STEERING FAILS OCASSIONALLY. PRESENTS DANGEROUS SITUATION UPON FAILURE. STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED ONE WEEK AGO BUT PROBLEM REMAINS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT ANY SPEED, THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE STEERING SHAFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. HOWEVER, AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE DEALER DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS THE STEERING SHAFT, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT CURRENTLY NO REPAIRS COULD BE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER NOT HAVING A REMEDY OR TSB TO THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY WERE AWARE THE PROBLEM EXISTED. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THE CONTACT SHOULD CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.

TOOK MAXX TO DEALER FOR CLICKING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN AND THUMPING NOISE IN REAR OF VEHICLE UPON DECELERATION. WAS ADVISED THAT THE CLICKING NOISE HAD BEEN REPORTED BEFORE BUT NO "FIX" WAS AVAILABLE AS OF YET FROM GM. ALSO WAS ADVISED THAT THUMPING NOISE WAS THE HATCH. THEY ADJUSTED THE HATCH SO POORLY THAT NOW IT DOESN'T CLOSE ALL THE WAY AND OF COURSE THE THUMPING NOISE IS STILL THERE. TOOK CAR BACK (THIRD TIME) AND HAD SERVICE MANAGER RIDE WITH ME UNTIL HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE THUMPING NOISE IN ADDITION TO THE CLICK IN STEERING COLUMN. LEFT MAXX IN SERVICE SO THE COULD RE-ADJUST THE HATCH TO WHERE IT WAS. CAR HAS BEEN TO SERVICE NOW THREE TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE, A TOTAL OF 14 DAYS. MAXX HAS ALSO BEEN IN TO SERVICE FOR INTERMITTENT WEAK START. SERVICE COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT. *NM