2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX Complaints

THE SEAT BELT DO NOT LOCK IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. THE DRIVERS SEAT ROCKS WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING AN ADJUSTS BY ITSELF YOU CAN NOT KEEP THE SEAT STILL. THE WELDING HAS COME APART FROM THE BASE. THE HEAD LIGHTS ARE MELTING THE BULBS FOR THE SIGNAL AND RUNNING LIGHT. I JUST CAUGHT THAT LAST WEEKEND THE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING WHEN I LOOK AT THE BULB IT WAS MELTED WHICH COULD HAVE STARTED AN FIRE. I AM WAITING FOR THE LETTER FOR THE RECALL ON THE STERN NOW. THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND TIME FOR IT. I KEEP MY CAR UP TO DATE WITH EVERYTHING OIL AND WHATEVER NEED TO BE DONE I AM ON TOP OF IT. BUT I HAVE TO MANY SAFETY ISSUE WITH IT RIGHT. SEAT BELT, STERN,DRIVERS SEAT, HEADLIGHTS. NOT ONLY THAT THE ROTOR WARPS EVERY SIX MONTHS. *TR

UP UNTIL ALL THESE RECENT GM RECALLS CAME OUT, I HAD NEVER HAD THE NEED TO READ WHAT OTHER OWNERS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT. NOW I AM AMONG THOSE WHO NOW HAVE A BROKEN DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME THAT DRASTICALLY LEANS TOWARD THE CENTER CONSOLE. I AM THE SOLE DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE, SO THE SEAT DOES NOT GET MOVED TO ACCOMMODATE OTHER DRIVERS. I WEIGH ABOUT 175#, SO MY WEIGHT SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE EITHER. SINCE THIS SEAT FRAME FAILURE HAS HAPPENED TO SO MANY OTHER MALIBU OWNERS, PERHAPS THIS SHOULD BE TREATED AS A SERIOUS ISSUE. (MY WIFE HAS A 2005 MALIBU MAXX LT AS WELL, SO NOW I'M WONDERING IF THIS SUDDEN POTENTIAL BREAKAGE IS GOING TO PLAGUE HER VEHICLE AND CATCH HER OFF GUARD AS IT DID TO ME). *TR

DRLS BULBS ON HEADLIGHTS RUN TOO HOT CAUSING THE BULB TO BURN OUT CONSTANTLY AND CAUSING ASSEMBLY TO AND MELT. I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH MY HEADLIGHTS ON AT ALL TIMES, OR MY TURNING SIGNALS WILL NOT WORK. I'VE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TWICE. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SOLENOID/LOCK FAILURE AND POOR ATTITUDE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE HATCH WOULD NOT OPEN, USING THE REMOTE. THE SAME PART FAILED TWICE. *JB

WHILE ADJUSTING DRIVERS POWER SEAT, HEARD A LOUD SNAP AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT FRAME SEEMED TO FALL DOWN AS THE LEFT SIDE CONTINUED UPWARD...THE SEAT FRAME BROKE, APPARENTLY AT A WELD, AND NOW I CANNOT ADJUST THE SEAT UPWARD AT ALL AS IT JUST TILTS TO THE RIGHT AS IT RAISES. THE SEAT BELTS ARE ATTACHED TO SEAT FRAME AND IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THERE IS NO REASON TO EXPECT THEM TO WORK PROPERLY EITHER. I HAVE READ LOTS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING ON ALL MALIBU MAXX'S BUT, FOR SOME REASON, THE RECALL THAT I READ ABOUT ONLY COVERS 2005 AND 2006 VEHICLES BUT THE 2004 IS IDENTICAL AND SUFFERS THE SAME PROBLEM....WHEN IS THE RECALL GOING TO BE ENLARGED TO COVER THIS PROBLEM AS THE POWERSTEERING RECALL HAS JUST BEEN? I JUST RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE POWER STEERING RECALL BEING EXPANDED TO THE 2004 AND JUST IN TIME AS THE CAR HAS STARTED ALERTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING), BUT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT SINCE THE FAILURE OCCURRED IN MARCH OF 2014 THAT A REMEDY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BEFORE JUNE OF 2014. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR I WOULD HEAR A LOUD CHIME AND MY POWER STEERING WOULD GO OUT IN MY 2004 MALIBU MAXX, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. EACH TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED, I WOULD TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT WHICH WOULD RESOLVE THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM. INITIALLY, I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID THERE WERE NO LEAKS IN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM AND IT MUST HAVE BEEN AN ELECTRONIC PROBLEM. I CHALKED IT UP TO OLD AGE (FOR THE CAR) AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH CARE. MY WIFE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR SINCE THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT CONTROL THE CAR IF THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. RECENTLY I HEARD OF A RECALL ON T.V. REGARDING MY YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. THE RECALL DESCRIPTION FIT MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS CAR. I CONTACTED THE GM DEALER (SWEENEY CHEVROLET IN BOARDMAN OHIO) AND WAS TOLD 'THERE HAD NOT BEEN A RECALL ON MY CAR AS OF YET'. THEY WENT ON TO SAY THAT IF I WANTED IT FIXED, TO BRING IT IN AND PAY OUT OF POCKET. I WOULD LATER BE REIMBURSED BY GM IF, IN FACT, THERE WAS AN EVENTUAL RECAL. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT I DON'T HAVE $500-$1000 FOR A REPAIR THAT I MAY NOT GET REIMBURSED FOR. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MY CAR SHOULD BE COVERED BY THIS RECALL THAT WAS ANNOUNCED NATIONALLY ON T.V. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE SO THAT GM CAN BE MADE TO FIX THIS CAR BEFORE IT CAUSES AN ACCIDENT? ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE BEEN BRUSHED OFF BY THEM REGARDING THE TURN SIGNALS SINCE THIS CAR HAS BEEN UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE REPLACED OVER 100 BULBS SINCE THIS CAR WAS NEW. THEY OVERHEAT AND MELT THE SURROUNDING MATERIALS. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE ENTIRE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY, TO NO AVAIL. I NOW DRIVE THIS CAR WITHOUT A LEFT FRONT TURN SIGNAL BECAUSE IT WILL BURN OUT THE BULB WITHIN A DAY OR TWO OF REPLACING IT. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF GM IN THE PAST, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A FIRE HAZARD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A U-TURN THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE PROBLEM RECURRED WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE INPUT SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000. AN

GOING 20 MPH OUT OF A TUNNEL....WHILE TURNING RIGHT (WRENCH SIGNAL CAME ON) I STOPPED AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. WHEN I WENT TO PROCEED THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT STEER. I WAS ABLE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE WHEEL TO DRIVE UNTIL I COULD PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE. WHAT A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. I WAITED 1/2 HOUR TURNED THE CAR ON AND THE STEERING WAS NORMAL. I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND THAT ON MARCH 31, 2014 THERE WAS A RECALL FOR MY CAR AND IT'S PROBLEM WAS WITH THE POWER STEERING. WHEN CAN I EXPECT GM TO STARTS SENDING OUT THE PARTS THAT THEY ARE OUT OF AT THIS TIME TO MY CAR DEALER SERVICE CENTER? IT IS UNFAIR THAT BECAUSE GM IS OUT OF THE PARTS I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR FOR FEAR I WOULD BE IN A CRASH AND BE KILLED OR SOMEONE ELSE INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

FRONT HEADLAMPS AND TURN SIGNAL BULBS ARE HAVING TO BE REPLACED AROUND EVERY 6 MONTHS. USING BULBS SPECIFIED BY THE OWNER'S MANUAL. PLASTIC ORANGE BULB CASING HAS HOLES MELTED ON THE TOP AND WARPED. *TR