Brakes gone (again). Been replacing about every 10000 miles. This car has been one thing wrong after another. Already replaced lower control arms at 7500 miles, leaking antifreeze gasket, A/C control head (twice), and the brakes are ongoing.
1997 Chevrolet Malibu brakes complaints
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Excessive brake pad useage with this car. The intake manifold had to be replaced at 88,000 miles. I am very very dissatisfied with this car and do not plan on purchasing another gm at this time.
Abs light comes on after I lose brake. Chronic problems associated with this year vehicle are ABS sensor, belt tensioner breaks away, cooling system heat controls, wiring to the rear lights. These are problems that this year model has that should be recalled. Especially when the break sensor goes out and brakes are lost. Why has nothing been done to force chevrolet to fix these problems? It is not just one car but all of 1997 malibu that has the problem. It is a definite safety issue.
Grinding sound while turning to the left-has been there since I bought the car-the dealer would not fix it when I took it back a week later- I feel there is a problem with it and it should have been taken care of within the time that I first bought the car without a charge!
Coolant leaking, engine overheats after highway driving. Brakes and rotors fail consistently within 15000 miles of replacement.
There has been numerous problems with the brakes, they have been replaced every 20,000 miles. The cruise control has been fixed a few times and needs repair again. Now, the engine has started to consume oil and I have been told it needs replacement. The malibu is a lemon of a car.
While driving vehicle's front passenger side disc brake wears faster than others and ruin the rotors. Dealer notified. Please provide additional information. Ts
Excessive brake pad wear, and noise. Abs light on and off. Mechanic questioned wiring problem coming from wheel bearing to ABS light which could not be found. When ABS light is on the vehicle has no antilock brakes.
When I purchased the car it was one year old and had 27,000 miles on it. The ABS light and squeaking brakes were a problem from day one. I have replaced the brakes on this vehicle 2 times a year since I bought it. In october, 2000 the brake pedal would go all the way to the floor. The dealer who sold me the car said the system had been contaminated. I do not do my own repairs and the shops deny they contaminated the brake sys. Is it possible that there is a leak into the ABS system from another part of the engine? After my entire brake system was replaced in 2000 I did not have the ABS failure until midas did an oil change in jan 2001. Mr
While traveling on highway and without prior warning ABS braking light appeared on dashboard. Dealership was aware of problem.
While driving at 55 MPH I had to stop for a car, the brakes failed,( brake clear to the floor) I had to drive into the bar pit to avoid a collision. I have had the vehicle to a gm authoriized service department 3 times to have them fixed because of how slow it stops. Brake pads were replaced, calipers replaced, everything was done to the brakes that they could. The brakes failed after the brakes on the wheel were in working order. I think the ABS system is going out.!
I have had to change the front disc brakes at least 5 times and the rotors twice in the 2 years since I have owned the vehicle. The air bag sensor has not been functional since 1 month after I bought the vehicle. It also has a problem with the ABS system, causing the brakes to wear so fast. I believe the system should be recalled due to safety issues. I have checked on the internet with other owners and most of them have the same issues with the brakes as I do.
These cars are a constant repair bill and dangerous to operate because the tail lights will blow bulbs and without tail lights you are due for a rear collision.the brakes are awful and the rack and pinion didn't give any warning before it failed(locked up) gm will not take responsibility for any of these and numerous other defects in the car please help!
We have had to replace the brake pads and rotors three times since feb. 11 2000. The mileage was 34,000. The vehicle only has 62,000 miles as of today april 30, 2002. With the receipts we kept the combined total for brake work in the past two years equals $800. Our machanic did some of his own investigating and came up with the conclusion that the rotors are too thin, and the calipers were too light for the heat dispersment causing premature brake failure.
I have had problems with this vehicle since the day I financed it. I understand buying a used car is risky but not like this. I have had my complete brake system replaced and still have major problems. I purchased the vechicle from folsom lake used car outlet and all they can do is point the blame towards me. They tell me it is the way that I drive, I ride the brakes, I drive with two feet. Excuses mainly. Instead of saying we don't honestly know what is wrong fingers are being pointed. I have gone through 6 sets of pads, 4 sets of rotors due to hot spots, a set of calipers, and now everything needs replaced again. I have not had the car 1 year yet. Pretty much my brakes fail every month to month & 1/2. When the dealership first put my vehicle in the shop it went to the original dealer 2 weeks after having it, for blown headgaskets & cooliant problems. The brake problem was there but where I purchased the vehicle from wanted to fix the problem themselves. I have a 4 year old son, and I look at it as what if the brakes totally fail. I guess it is no ones problem until someone gets hurt and a major law suit is brung against the dealer. That makes people then open their eyes and think how the situation could have been prevented. I do not bring all the blame against chevy because when a dealership sells a vehicle new or used safety is the most important thing. And I don't have that safety in my vehicle. Please someone can you help me in my situation.
I bought this 1997 malibu with 20,000 miles on odometer in 1998. In one month I noticed coolant system warning light coming on. I added anti freeze and water to system. This would last about a month and I would have to add more coolant. On 2/ 26/2002 the light came on and I added more coolant. I drove about 4 miles and coolant warning light came on again. I checked oil dip stick and it registered about two inches above full. I knew then that water was in my oil. The coolant had never leaked out where I could see it on the ground. I had to pay $430.00 to have gaskets replaced for the intake manifold . My other problem is that the front disk brakes are wearing out much faster than any car that I have owned. I have replaced two set of front disc pads and have had rotors turned and replaced. I am very light on brakes and have had extremely good ware on other autos. After 2000 miles they are making a noise again. The pads are guarantied for life by the manufacturer .
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The brakes and rotors have been replaced three times.
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Abs light comes on when making slow turns. When car is re-started the light goes out until another slow turn is made. This happens 5-6 tim.es a week.
I almost hit a large number of cars due to this problem. Once I tired to up up the the mouintains and when I returned, brakes would make the card shake and vibrate and I could not control the weel and could not brake the car. I praid and reduced speed via gear, and then I could stop the car, but my car was so out of control that I almost went out of the road. I have changed my rotors and pads like 10 times and calipers once within 20.000 miles. I have checked the internet and there are over 5000 compaints about the same problem I am having with my brakes, wearing out very soon. I have spent over 3500 dolars on pads and brakes, with and without original parts and nothing seens to work. Even the dealer mechanic says that the brakes is fine, but for me and everyone else, they are not.
When driving ABS braking light comes on dashboard intermittently. Brake light goes off when consumer turns vehicle off.
Anti- theft system activates ramdomly and the ignition will not start. Has been in the shop for repairs numerous times without success. The ABS light comes on at random. The rotors wear out excessively on this car. The cruise control cuts itself off while driving. We have also had sensors replaced on the air conditioner twice. Those are just the major problems.
Ever since I bought the car the ABS light stays on ,it does not stop in the snow it slides ABS does not work and from day one the dealer would do nothing to help me fix the problem and now my warrenty is up and they say too bad for you . Nice car dealership ,not! Is there anything you can do about this ABS failure.
While driving would step on the brakes and it will makes noise like grinding metal to metal. Brakes had to be replaced nine times.
When applying brakes a loud grinding noise occurs, cause unknown. Dealer can not identify problem. Please give any further details.
At 19,000 front rotors needed to be resurfaced, and at 24,000 miles rotors needed to be resurfaced again. At 47,000 miles front brakes, and 1 rotor needed to replaced. At 71,000 miles front rotors and pads needed to be replaced again. Dealer claimed it was normal to have rotors turned every 15,000-20000 miles.
Disc brakes have never worked properly. Pads replaced at 30k miles. Brakes have never been right since I have owned this car.
Vehicle made a grinding or groaning noise while stopping from various speeds. Had brakes replaced three times.
Front end shimmy at 50-60 MPH when brakes applied;rotors&pads replaced.
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