2004 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed May 17, 2006 · Brakes · MA

Noticed front end shutter while applying brakes. Took car to dealer under warranty and extended warranty and dealer said excessive rust in brake pads. Also dealer said front rotors were warped. Dealer turned rotors and cleaned. Car had only 28k miles on it. Drove for a couple of days and problem came back. Took back to same dealer and he said rotors fine just excessive rust and brake dust. Nothing he could do. Car has 34k miles on it and in the rain, applied brakes and whole front end shuttered and anti- locks were grinding. Took back to dealer and they could find no problems. Now car has 42k miles and took to midas, they said front rotors severely warped and pads worn away. They could tell someone turned down rotors once and did bad job. Have to replace front rotors with different style rotors and new pads. Costs $500 dollars to replace. Chevrolet will not cover any of it even though existing problem.

Filed May 5, 2006 · Brakes · 17,000 miles · NJ

Bought car april 2004, every few weeks to once a month car has been in the shop for noises. Since 4/05 dealer has replaced rotors 3 times, calipers and struts replaced, and still with a vibrating in steering wheel and windy noise. When you push on the brakes you have a grinding noise, like a metal sound, very loud can hear over the radio. Dealer says windy noise is normal for new parts. Still vibrating feeling in steering wheel while braking from over 50 MPH. Dealer now says parts are not covered by gm.

Filed Dec 7, 2005 · Brakes, Steering · 50,000 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Dt: the contact stated the brakes and steering malfunctioned, resulting in an accident. The steering locked up while attempting to make a right turn. Prior to this incident she heard a squeaking noise in the brakes. She took the car to a mechanic, and was told brakes were in good working condition. She has not contacted the dealership. A police report was taken. . The contact suffered a concussion, and had nerve damage. *ak updated 12/30/05.

Filed Apr 29, 2005 · Steering · 7,163 miles · PA

Noisy, grinding sound + stiffness in steering. Have had to dealer (john kennedy chevrolet, southampton, pa) 3 times beginning 2/15. 1st diagnosis: underinflated tires. Result: no change. 2nd diagnosis: worn steering column. Action: replaced column. Result: no change. 3rd diagnosis: problem with steering rack. Action: replace rack. Result: no change. This problem only happens when the air temperature is warm (won't happen on a cool morning, but is present after sitting in the sun all day). It seems that when the metal heats up, it expands & causes binding.

Filed Oct 1, 2004 · Steering · OH

(1) grinding noise from front of car when turning wheel (2) having to take 1 hour off of work to have it looked at by a dealer fear of it not being safe to drive. *ak (3) the front steering component needs replaced. It will take at least a week to get the part in. (1) rear defrost does not work (2) not able to see out of the back window in the morning. (3) will be looked at when car is in for steering unit to be replaced. (1) weak start up (2) embarrassing when owning a new car with only 1600 miles on it. (3) will be looked at with other problems.