Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||||
| 3161 | 10010290 | Outside air temperature display inaccurate at times. *tt | 11/09/2004 | ||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 03/01/2013 | 188100 | ||
| Power steering fault light on yellow wrench light intermittern. steering shake. | |||
| 03/10/2011 | 90000 | ||
| The driver's seat frame failed at a weld joint. the seat rocks backward to the right. dealer says entire frame must be replaced at a cost of $1200. | |||
| 04/01/2004 | |||
| Bought 2004 malibu maxx brand new. switch in ac first to go at just under 10000 miles. 18000 miles brakes and rotors had to replace cost almost $800.00. headlights burned up replace wiring harness on both another $1000.00. replaced both head lights could not see through either of them another $385.00 check engine light kept coming on and and come to find out there was not a fuse in the emission spot. replaced that another $400.00 when they found the problem. leaks in the hatch when it rains or car is being washed. check engine light on will not reset. driver seat supports are broken and everyone that i know that has this car has the same problem and no recall has been issued on this, guess when there is an accident and someone really gets hurt then something will be don. it is ashamed that you pay so much for a vehicle and this is what you go through. i am a firm believer in oil changes and general maintenance and no one from the company seems to care about problems that is fault of the manufactoring of this car and it seems that no one wants to replace what is wrong. | |||
| 08/28/2009 | |||
| I own a 2004 chevrolet malibu maxx. the power steering in the vehicle goes out while the car is in motion. when power steering goes out, i have to stop the vehicle where i am and turn the car off and restart the vehicle to get power steering to come back on. also the left turn signal light continues to go out. i have replaced the light several times and it continues to blow after a day. the turn signal being out makes it hard for me to turn when at stop signs. other drivers don't know i am turning and try to drive while i am making a turn. | |||
| 09/28/2010 | |||
| I have a 2004 chevy malibu maxx that i bought in may, 2006. about a year ago, while driving, the power steering went out. i searched for recalls and called a chevrolet dealer. in my research i have found that i am not the only one with this problem. not long after this, gm recalled the chevy cobalt and some pontiac models for the same thing. everything that i have read says that you can still steer at the speed consistent with being on the interstate. my problem is, i live and work in a small town. it has now done this on me several times and at the slow speeds for a small town, i have trouble steering. two of these times that the power steering went out i was at an intersection. trying to take off and cross the intersection when this happens is very difficult. this is going to cause an accident. i want to know what gm is going to do about this problem. | |||
| 09/24/2010 | 40000 | ||
| Failure of power steering while accelerating vehicle. steering direction becomes impossible to change until acceleratiion ceases. this has supposedly been fixed by the dealership two times previous to today. the last time it was fixed was only two weeks ago and while i was driving the kids into school this morning, the steering locked up, the dinging sound turned on, and the message board read power steering along with a tool that lit up on the dashboard. | |||
| 09/28/2010 | |||
| I have a 2004 chevy malibu maxx that i bought in may, 2006. about a year ago, while driving, the power steering went out. i searched for recalls and called a chevrolet dealer. in my research i have found that i am not the only one with this problem. not long after this, gm recalled the chevy cobalt and some pontiac models for the same thing. everything that i have read says that you can still steer at the speed consistent with being on the interstate. my problem is, i live and work in a small town. it has now done this on me several times and at the slow speeds for a small town, i have trouble steering. two of these times that the power steering went out i was at an intersection. trying to take off and cross the intersection when this happens is very difficult. this is going to cause an accident. i want to know what gm is going to do about this problem. | |||
| 09/24/2010 | 40000 | ||
| Failure of power steering while accelerating vehicle. steering direction becomes impossible to change until acceleratiion ceases. this has supposedly been fixed by the dealership two times previous to today. the last time it was fixed was only two weeks ago and while i was driving the kids into school this morning, the steering locked up, the dinging sound turned on, and the message board read power steering along with a tool that lit up on the dashboard. | |||