1998 Chevrolet Malibu SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

ROTORS WARP EVERY 5,000 MILES. ROTORS TURNED TWICE THEN REPLACE ROTORS

DESIGN OF DEFECTIVE BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSING PREMATURE BRAKE FAILURE. YH

FIRST FAILURE RESULTED IN RESURFACING OF ROTORS UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM REOCCURRED APPROX. 5,000 MILES LATER. ROTORS TO BE REPLACED UNDER "GOOD WILL POLICY". *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A PULSATING FEELING IN THE VEHICLE. IT FEELS LIKE THE ROTORS ARE WARPED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK *YC

WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC EITHER TURNED THE ROTORS OR REPLACED THE ROTORS. *AK

UPON HITTING THE BRAKES WHILE GOING 60MPH THE WHOLE FRONT END SHAKES.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE VIBRATES, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHICH CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE SEVERELY. COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ROTORS WERE PITTED AND WARPED.

FRONT OF CAR VIBRATES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED FROM A SPEED OF 50 MPH OR MORE. THE PROBLEM WAS PREMATUE FAILURE OF THE FRONT DISC BRAKES AT 30400 MILES (16% OF WARRANTY REMAINING). MUNDAY CHEVROLET HAD TO TURN ROTORS AND REPLACE BRAKE PADS WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE NEW CAR WARRANTY. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE (CASE NO. 990384225) WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL MAINTENANCE. THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT IN DESIGN, MATERIALS OR WORKMANSHIP. THE NHTSA CUSTOMER COMPLAINT DATA BASE CONTAINS NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF PREMATUE 1998 MALIBU FRONT DISC BRAKE FAILURES. SOME OF THESE OCCURRED AT LESS THAN 10,000 MILES AND AS MANY AS THREE TIMES. GM DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THESE FAILURES AS COVERED UNDER THEIR WARRANTY. *AK

MY PROBLEM IS THAT MY ROTORS AND PADS CONTINUALLY WARP. THE DEALERSHIP WILL TURN MY ROTORS, AND HAVE REPLACED MY PADS ONCE, BUT AFTER EVERY LONG TRIP, THEY WARP AGAIN. CAUSEING ME SUBSTANTAL LOSS OF MY ABILITY TO BRAKE. I HAVE HAD THREE NEAR ACCIDENTS, ONE WHEN A SEMI PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. THESE WOULD HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN A CONCERN IF MY BRAKES WOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING PROPERLY. BUT I WAS ONLY ABLE TO STOP FEET FROM THESE CARS WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YARDS. I'VE DONE ENOUGH DRIVING TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD BRAKES AND BAD. PLUS WHEN I APPLY MY BRAKES MY CAR SHAKES, AND MY STEERING WHEEL JUMPS IN MY HAND. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS ARE CONTINUALLY WARPING AND CAUSING VIBRATION. MJS

PULSATING BRAKES IN FRONT. REQUESTED THEY BE "REPLACE" DENIED BY DEALER....THEY WERE FIXED..."ROTORS WERE RESURFACED" I FEEL THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED THAT THE ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE? PLEASE ADVISE... 2 FLATS IN REAR..ONE TIRE REPLACED THE OTHER PLUGGED. AGAIN THIS IS A NEW CAR? ADVISE. THANKS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

EVERY TIME WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY VIBRATE REAL BADLY. HAD BRAKE ROTORS RESURFACED. *AK

DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE WEARING OF THE ROTORS, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, FRONT END SHAKES, AND THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER REQUESTING INFORMATION ON FRONT PADS WEAR; WANTS TO KNOW IF IT IS NORMAL FOR BRAKE PADS TO WEAR OUT AT 27,000 MILE; SEEKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHILE TRAVELING ABOVE 50 MPH, VEHICLE WILL SHAKE AND PULSATE. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL HAS TO BE BRACED TO KEEP CONTROL. THIS IS DUE TO BAD ROTORS. GMC, AND THE DEALER SHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

7X'S IN 47000 MILES HAVE HAD ROTORS PREMATURELY WARPED, 1X METALLIC CLICKING NOISE WHEN STOPPING AT LOWER SPEEDS. *AK

ROTORS HAVE WARPED TWICE WITHIN 20500 MILES. OTHER MALIBU OWNERS HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT. WHILE I HAVEN'T BEEN INJURED BECAUSE OF THIS, IT SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING SO FREQUENTLY. CHEVY WANTED TO CHARGE ME TO TURN THE ROTORS DOWN THE 2ND TIME, ONLY 4000 MILES AFTER THEY WERE FIRST TURNED DOWN. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. IF I WEREN'T ASTUTE ENOUGH TO CATCH IT EARLY, IT COULD BE A REAL SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

DISK BRAKE ROTORS ARE REPORTED TO BE WARPED, CAUSING SEVERE SHIMMY WHEN BRAKING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. THIS IS REPORTED TO BE A COMMON DEFECT, WHICH GENERAL MOTORS REFUSES TO COVER UNDER THEIR "BUMPER TO BUMPER" WARRANTY.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND A NOISE WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS ONCE AND TURNED THE ROTORS TWICE. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED EVERY 8,000-10,000 MILES, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS WERE BENT AND OUT OF SHAPE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULSE AND BOUNCE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR VEHICLE TO STOP, AND RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER CLAIMED THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. BUT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 7,000 MILES. *AK

REAR BRAKES WERE NOT ADJUSTED PROPERLY WHICH PUT MORE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE FRONT BRAKES, AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHAKE AND STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE, WHICH MAY HAVE RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK