Chevrolet Malibu Service Brakes, Electric Problems
- 11
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 7
- Years with records
- 1999–2009
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 11 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- brake lights · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 4 |
| 1–30k mi | 3 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
| 60–100k mi | 1 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Service Brakes, Electric
I was driving the chevy malibu when a car behind me about rear end me. I stopped and they told me that i had a break light out. I tried replacing bulbs and the whole assembly and nothing worked. I took the pig tail out of the passenger light off and noticed that the prongs for the lights was corroded. I bought a new one but the pig tail is still ruined. ( the wiring got wet in a sealed unit.) it got so wet that it…
ODI 10378211
Electrical System · Service Brakes, Electric
I have a 2006 chevrolet malibu with defective brake lights. When you are traveling down the road the brake lights are on as if you are "riding your brakes" and then when you do apply your brakes the brake lights go off! This is very dangerous when people don't know you are slowing down and almost rear end you! I have had my car in the shop for almost a week and the chevrolet dealership cannot locate the problem to…
ODI 10359032
Labels · Service Brakes, Electric · Vehicle Speed Control
Brake light do with cruise control something like....... Chevrolet/pontiac/saturn: intermittently brake lights (stop lamps) do not function correctly, extended travel to shift out of park, cruise control inoperative, dtcs c0161/c0277 set (perform repair as outlined). [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr
ODI 10372647
Service Brakes, Electric
Abs light randomly coming on, and brakes completely failing at unspecific intervals. Today as i was driving i came upon a stop sign, while decelerating on an downhill incline my brakes decide that the would completely let off, and about 500 feet later down the road they catch and lock. Luckily i had ample space ahead of me and wasn't involved in an accident, but those intermittent failure can defiantly be a problem.…
ODI 10332683
Service Brakes, Electric
The 2006 chevy malibu, that i own, has steering problems where the electric power steering goes off making the car virtually impossible to steer. It has done this 8 to 10 times the last few months. It then resets itself, so i hear. Luckily, so far, it has happened only at low speeds. This car started having this problem at around 50,000 miles. If this happened at high speeds, accidents/deaths could certainly occur.…
ODI 10285078
Electrical System · Service Brakes, Electric · Steering
This car is terrible. Not only did my brakes not work which made my car crash through the front of my house the steering has been replaced twice and the problem still exists. The electrical system has major problems. The blinker burned a hole through the lens cover and makes the horn, doors and lights not work. I have contacted gm several times over the last 5 years and they don't care because the warranty is out.…
Crash reported
ODI 10277186
Automatic Transmission · Engine And Engine Cooling · Service Brakes, Electric
1. Brakes squeak and are not as responsive as they should be a. The dealer has checked them several times and says there is no problem 2. On two occasions when traveling between 50-75 m.p.h, the car has not accelerated properly and has made strange grinding noise a. Dealer indicated that another owner of the same model vehicle expressed the same complaint b. Dealer said computer did not show anything wrong on my…
ODI 10340216
Bead · Electrical System · Pressure Monitoring And Regulating Systems · Service Brakes, Electric
2008 chevy malibu 4 cylinder has electronic power steering. This morning driving to work it ripped the steering wheel out of my wife's hands if she had been going more than 35mph she would have ran into a ditch. I went and met her and drove it home it violently jerked backed and forth on me as well. Good think we were not on the interstate going 70mph someone would have probably died. *tr
ODI 10325203