1999 Chevrolet Malibu Transmission Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTER STEM CAME OUT OF THE SHIFTER KNOB WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT GEARS. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE STEM WAS REPLACED WITH GLUE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 10/29/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS THE GEAR SHIFTER KNOB THAT CAME OFF OF THE STEM. UPDATED 7/15/2015*JS

NHTSA ID

10638039

Incident

Apr 17, 2013

I HAVE FOUND THAT IN MY 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU THAT WHEN THE KEY IS IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION IN THE IGNITION THAT THE CAR CAN BE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10278854

Incident

Jun 15, 2009

Mileage

70,500 mi

ROTOR REPLACEMENT X 3. SUSPENSION - FRONT REPLACED. CALIPERS X3. TIRE WEAR AND LEAKS - REPLACED ANNUALLY. RADIO - BAD WIRING. A/C IN DASH WIRING REPLACED TWICE. REAR LIGHT ASSEMBLY REPLACED TWICE. LEAKING IN REAR LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND TRUNK. COOLANT LEAK - 8/06 AT 74000 MILES. MECHANIC BELIEVES IT IS THE WATER PUMP. A/C SENSOR REPLACED. *NM

NHTSA ID

10166043

Incident

Aug 18, 2006

Mileage

5,000 mi

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HOUSING IS COMING APART DUE TO THE GEARS GRINDING TOGETHER. THIS CONDITION CAUSES TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK. VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TO A DEALER FOR SERVICE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10059191

Incident

Feb 17, 2004

Mileage

100,000 mi

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKE PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO PERFORMING POORLY AND THE IGNITION SWITCH REQUIRED A LITTLE JIGGLING BEFORE IT IGNITED. THE INTAKE GASKET LEAKED AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERATIVE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10050377

Mileage

60,000 mi

WHEN THE CONSUMER PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10017238

Incident

Feb 15, 2003

THE ROTORS WARP EVERY 10,000- 15,000 MILES. ALSO, THE STOPPING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THIS PROBLEM 3 TIMES ALREADY. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS EARLY SHIFTING IN ALL THE GEARS, THE RIDE IS ROUGH, THE ELECTRICAL REAR DEFOGGER DOESN'T CLEAR WELL, SOMETIME THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT STICKS, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR/TOO FAR, SOUNDS LIKE AIR IS COMING THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR/AND WINDOW-PER BULLETIN, THE PASSENGER INSIDE DOOR HANDLE HAD BROKEN OUT OF THE SUPPORT BRAKET-R/R, THE ROTORS ARE WORN/OUT OF ADJUSTMENT/AND MAKE NOISES WHEN STOPPING/PULSATION FROM REAR BRAKES-DRUMS, AND AT LOW SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION JERKS/SLIPPING-DIAGNOSED A LEAK FROM PAN BOLTS. *SCC

NHTSA ID

8015262

FRONT WHEEL STARTED TO SQUEAK. THIS WAS THE FOURTH SET OF FRONT WHEEL BEARING CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER STATED JUST KEEP CHANGING WHEEL BEARINGS . *AKGLOVE BOX DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE, HEADLIGHT BRIGHER THAN OTHER, FOG LAMP FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING, FOGLAMP ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, PASSENGER REAR DOOR QUEEKS WHEN OPENED / CLOSED, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKS, BRAKES NOISY / SQUEEKING WHEN BRAKING, VEHICLE SQUEEKS WHEN STERRING RIGHT, CONSUMER ALSO STATES FAILURES WITH STRUTS AND STRUT CAPS. *TT CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WORN OUT TOO FAST, WHIRRING NOISE FROM FL TIRES. NO TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. *TT

NHTSA ID

898374

Incident

Apr 26, 2000

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE BRAKE COMPONENT FAILURES AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY, THE BRAKE ROTORS WARPED CAUSING PULSATION AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES, THE BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO GRINDING NOISE. NLM

NHTSA ID

558969

Incident

Jun 1, 1999

THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN RESURFACED ONCE. THE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES AND THE ROTORS REPLACED TWICE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN FOR THE FINAL REPAIR ATTEMPT ON THE BRAKES. THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. WHILE THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR THIS, THE DRIVER'S POWER WINDOW WENT OUT. THREE PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE DEPT. TRIED TO GET IT TO WORK. I HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR ANOTHER DAY. WHEN I WENT TO PICK IT UP, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WINDOW AND IT IS NOW WORKING. THE POWER LOCKS LOCK AND UNLOCK THEMSELVES PERIODICALLY. I HEAR AIR COMING IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR. THE CD PLAYER FACE GETS TO HOT TO TOUCH AND I SMELL BURNING. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. THE STEERING COLUMN WOULDN'T TILT DOWN BECAUSE OF PLASTIC DEBRIS ON THE ASSEMBLY. THE BRAKE LIGHT CIRCUIT BOARD MELTED. THE AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL HEAD SHORTED OUT. THE EVAP SYSTEM VAPOR PRESSURE SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE REAR DOORS STUCK AND HAD TO BE LUBRICATED. THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT LATCH HAD TO BE ADJUSTED TO STOP RATTLE. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

NHTSA ID

736211

Incident

Mar 2, 2000

I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL MAILBU'S WHERE BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE FAILED. *AK

NHTSA ID

735692

Incident

Sep 15, 2000

WHILE TRANSMISSION WAS IN THE PARKING GEAR WITH IGNITION RUNNING, IT JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED DOWN HILL. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

NHTSA ID

871846

Incident

Sep 25, 2000

THE GAS TANK FAILED. NLM

NHTSA ID

552704

MY WIFE WAS WAITING IN LINE TO PICK UP OUR SON FROM SCHOOL WHEN THE CONES WERE MOVED SHE TRIED STARTING THE CAR 3 TIMES. SINCE THE CAR WOULD NOT START SHE MADE SURE THAT THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND GOT OUT AND STARTED WALKING TO THE NEXT CAR TO WAVE THEM AROUND. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JUMPED FORWARD AND RAN INTO A PARKED JEEP. SHE RAN FOR THE CAR IN FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR 4 YEAR OLD SON WHO WAS ASLEEP IN THE BACK SEAT, AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE DOOR WAS DRAGGED TO THE GROUND. WHEN THE CAR STOPPED SHE OPENED THE REAR DOOR TO TAKE OUR SON OUT. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED THEY NOTICED THAT THE KEY WAS IN THE OFF POSITION AND THAT THE CAR WAS IN PARK. MY WIFE DID NOT TOUCH THESE ITEMS AFTER THE CRASH. I SPOKE TO THE DRIVERS OF THE TWO CARS RIGHT BEHIND MY WIFE, AND THE FIRST ONE TO THE REAR SAID THAT MY WIFE HAD TAKEN APPROX. TWO STEPS WHEN THE CAR TOOK OFF. THE SECOND DRIVER SAID THAT MY WIFE WAS AT THE REAR OF OUR CAR WHEN IT TOOK OFF. THERE IS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER AND FRONT PASSANGER DOOR OF OUR CAR. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE PARKED JEEP DUE TO THE FRONT TOWING BRACKET WAS THE ONLY THING HIT. MY WIFE IS NOW FEARFUL OF THIS VEHICLE, AND DOES NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT.I MYSELF FEEL THAT THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE.*AK

NHTSA ID

722147

Incident

Apr 26, 2000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AFTER ONLY 7187 MILES NOT A DEPENDABLE VEHICLE. LEFT MY WIFE AND I STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF DESERT HAD TO LEAVE CAR AND GET RIDE FROM STRANGER . 4 DAYS HAVE GONE BY AND HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY DEALER. *AK .

NHTSA ID

718019

Incident

Jan 24, 2000

AT LESS THAN 3000 MILES CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER IN ACCELERATION. AND TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING ROUGHLY. HAS NOW BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. MY CHILDREN AND I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN RAN OVER BY OTHER AUTOMOBILES NUMEROUS TIMES, SIMPLY BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. WHILE THE CAR WAS IN FOR THE 2ND REPAIR OF THE CLOCK SPRING THEY BROKE THE TILT LEVER AND SCRATCHED TRIM ON STEERING COLUMN. TIRES ARE WEARING UNEVENLY DEALER STATED THIS WAS NORMAL FOR A MALIBU. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE THE FIRST DAY. I HAVE DRIVEN MORE LOANER CARS THAN I HAVE MY OWN THAT I CONTINUE TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON. MOST OF THE MILES ON MY CAR HAS BEEN DUE TO REPEATED VISITS TO THE SHOP. I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH THIS CAR, THE DEALERSHIP, THE SERVICE DEPT., AND THE WAY GM HAS HANDLED THE CASE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: 93T M + S TIRE SIZE: P2155OR15 )

NHTSA ID

717684

Incident

Nov 24, 1999

TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 55-65 MPH RMPS ARE CONSISTANTLY AT 5000/RMPS AND WILL NOT SHIFT. ALSO JERKS WHEN SHIFTING AT 30MPH. PROGESSIVELY GETTING WORSE.

NHTSA ID

713335

Incident

Oct 13, 1999

WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK THE VEHICLE WILL ROLL TWO TO THREE INCHES. ALSO, FUEL TANK FILLER TUBE IS LOOSELY CONNECTEDTHE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONSUMER PUT GAS INTO THE VEHICLE, THE FILLER TUBE MOVES UP AND DOWN. *AK

NHTSA ID

842904

Incident

Jun 15, 1999