1998 Chevrolet Malibu suspension problems

“1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES TO EXPRESS DISCONTENT WITH LOCAL DEALERSHIP. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE WAS SPONGY, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE AC WORKED ERRATICALLY, DEPENDING ON THE BLOWER SPEED AND WOULD SOMETIMES QUIT BLOWING COLD AIR AND WOULD START TO BLOW WARM AIR. THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE FLUID WAS VERY LOW. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY BRAKE FLUID LEAKS. HOWEVER, TWO MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BECAUSE THE FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT AGAIN. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, TO THE BRAKE LINE ISSUE, THE SWAY BAR WAS BROKEN, A FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING AND THE LEFT REAR STRUT HAD FAILED. *JB”

“I WAS PARKING THE CAR IN MY DRIVE WAY AND ALL OF SUDDEN A LOUD NOISE COMES FROM UNDERNEATH AND THE CAR STEERS BY ITSELF IN THE WRONG DIRECTION WHERE THE OTHER CAR WAS ALREADY PARKED. I MANAGED TO STEER DUE TO THE SLOW SPEED THE CAR WAS MOVING BUT I REALIZED HOW BAD THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IN TRAFFIC AND AT HIGH SPEED RATES. WHEN I CHECKED WHAT HAPPENED, I NOTICED THAT THE FRONT END CRADLE THAT THE STEERING RACK MOUNTS TO, HAS RUSTED OUT AND THE WHOLE RACK AND PINION BECAME LOSE IN ONE OF THE MOUNTING POINTS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE QUALITY AND WORKMANSHIP THEY PUT IN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE CAR, WHERE STEERING, SUSPENSION, IN FACT THE WHOLE POWER TRAIN SEATS ON AND IT FAILED SO EASY. THE MANUFACTURE WAS TRYING TO SAVE SOME DOLLARS AT THE COST OF PEOPLES LIVES. *TR”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING FAILED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE AND WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,924.”

“I HAVE A 1998 CHEVY MALIBU, AND THE SPRING STRUT SNAPPED IN HALF AND POPPED A HOLE IN MY TIRE, I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND ALMOST HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER CAR GOING 45 MPH. LUCKILY THE CAR MOVED JUST IN TIME, I AM VERY SCARED FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS CAR. IT JUST HAPPENED TONIGHT, SO I AM NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THE CAR, BUT IM BEGGING YOU TO PLEASE MAKE THIS ISSUE PUBLIC! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE IT CAN COST LIVES BY NOT SAYING ANYTHING. *TR”

“CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, I WENT INTO CAR TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS LOUD BANG! I WALKED AROUND THE CAR TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED THIS, COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. I THEN SAT IN CAR AND TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO ONE SIDE, WENT OUT TO CHECK TIRES, BOTH TIRES TURNED. DID THE SAME FOR THE OTHER SIDE, ALL OKAY. GOT IN CAR, BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND THEN ANOTHER LOUD BANG. BACKED THE CAR UP INTO THE DRIVEWAY. HAD IT FLAT BEDDED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. AS THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ARE NOTED IT WAS THE SPRING - THE REPAIR MAN SAID THANK GOD YOU WEREN'T DRIVING THE CAR IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. HAD TO HAVE SPRING, STRUTS AND STRUT MOUNTS REPLACED. AT THAT POINT I WAS SO SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND POSSIBLY HAVE THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THE OTHER SIDE, I ASKED THEM TO REPLACE BOTH. I CALLED CHEVROLET HEADQUARTERS TO ASK IF THIS IS ON A RECALL OR IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS FILED, THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THEY HAVE NO RECALLS AND NOTHING ON RECORD OF THIS PROBLEM WITH OTHER CHEVROLET MALIBU OWNERS. *TR”

“DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH ON A SMOOTH DRY ROAD SUDDENLY THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE SPRING BROKE DAMAGING THE STRUT AND TIRE. THANKFULLY, THIS WAS AT A SLOW SPEED OR SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE TIRE, SPRING AND STRUT WERE REPLACED. *TR”