2004 Chevrolet Malibu Driver assistance Problems

The Grumman LLV was hit by the driver of the Chevy Malibu. The Grumman LLV had seatbelt issues with impact. The LLV was forced over on two wheels with left side impact from the driver of Chevy Malibu. [XXX] was the driver of the USPS Grumman LLV at the time of accident sustaining neck injuries requiring medical attention. Multiple medical procedures paid out of pocket followed to include surgeries The driver of Chevy Malibu was injured and received coverage by State Farm insurance. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID

11579145

Incident

Jan 5, 2013

1. A known about the recall for the power steering to go out. This was repaired as a recall a in 2014. It was replaced at no charge. In the last year the same thing happened again. I was charged over $1400 for repair at the dealership. Why was this not covered as well. Same part. Same problem a second time. ? 2. Also, cruise control has gone out over a year ago. No one told me there was a recall. I did not get it fixed due to cost.

NHTSA ID

11520441

Incident

Jun 10, 2022

POWER STEERING UPON IGNITION LIGHTS UP AND LOCKS POWER STEERING. TURN OFF AND RESTART SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE OPERATIONAL. ABS LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. ELECTRIC ASSIST POWER STEERING. BOTH IN STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING IN CITY AND HIGHWAY.

NHTSA ID

11408197

Incident

Apr 12, 2019

Mileage

50,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING CAR STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO MAKE A CLICKING SOUND BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT THEN WHEN I STOPED CAR BATTERY NEEDED TO BE JUMPED STARTED BECOME HARD TO CONTROL CAR AND IT SEEMED AS IF CAR WANTED TO LOSE POWER I WAS ON WATERMAN AND BASELINE. ON THE STREET WHEN IT BEGAN..07/15/2020 I HAD RECALL N140226 14116 WITH A CHEVY MANUFACTURER MALIBU DEALERSHIP

NHTSA ID

11353253

Incident

Sep 4, 2020

Mileage

166,919 mi

HAD TO REPLACE HEAD LIGHT BULBS HAS MELTED PLASTIC COVER DASHBOARD HAS WARNING LIGHTS THAT COME ON AND STAY ON

NHTSA ID

11338166

Incident

Jun 4, 2020

Mileage

2 mi

THE DASH HAS ABS, TCH AND SECURITY LIGHT COMES SHORTLY AFTER CAR HAS BEEN STARTED WITH IN SCOUND COMES A BEEPING SOUND WERE ALL THREE LIGHTS STAY ON UNTIL ENGINE IS CUT OFF. THE LIGHT BULBS HAS MELTED PLASTIC COVER ON THE FRONT TURN SIGNAL/PARK LAMP DRL. WHEN SPEED IS INCREASING ON HIGH WAY FREE WAY CAR TENDS TO PULL LEFT ON ITS OWN

NHTSA ID

11338113

Incident

Jun 4, 2020

Mileage

6,500 mi

DRIVINGDOWN THE ROAD TURNED ON A SHARP CURVE LOST ALL STEERING WENT INTO DITCH SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT ON FRAME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH SECURITY PROGRAM

NHTSA ID

11220602

Incident

Jun 5, 2019

Mileage

147,680 mi

THE RACK AND PINION WENT OUT WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS IN CITY SETTING. STEERING WHEEL TURNED BUT WHEELS DID NOT. FELT A JUMPING IN THE WHEEL. GEARS IN RACK WERE STRIPPED WHEN MAKING A HARD LEFT TURN. STEERING WHEEL SPUN 3/4 AND RUINED AIR BAG AND NO CRUISE CONTROL. IVE HAD TO GET A NEW RACK AND PINION.

NHTSA ID

11209704

Incident

Apr 20, 2019

Mileage

156,000 mi

CLUNKING SOUND THAT YOU CAN FEEL IN THE FOOT PEDAL AND WHEN YOU ROCK STEERING WHEEL BACK IN FORTH AND CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT ENDIN STEERING WHEEL AND UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE FELLING OVER LOOSING CONTROL OF CAR

NHTSA ID

11196854

Incident

Apr 15, 2019

WHEN DRIVING MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME HARD TO TURN AS IF I DON'T HAVE ANY POWER STEERING FLUID WHILE DRIVING THE CAR... AND THE ODOMETER WILL STOP WORKING AND THEN GO UP AND DOWN MY DRIVE CONTROL LIGHTS WILL STOP WORKING AND BELOW WHERE THE ODOMETER IS THE NUMBERS WILL TURN INTO SAYING ERROR THEN MY CAR WILL NOT CRANK PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM

NHTSA ID

11162110

Incident

Dec 16, 2018

Mileage

120,000 mi

IM HAVING SERIOUS BRAKE PROBLEMS I ALMOST HAD A MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF MY THIS PROBLEM. THIS CAR BRAKES BY ITSELF SPECIALLY WHEN I SPEED UP TO 50MPH AND ABOVE. AND ALSO THE BRAKE PEDAL WONT DISENGAGE BY ITSELF WHEN BRAKING AND THE WHOLE CAR STARS SHAKING UNCONTROLABLE. AND IM AFRAID EVERYDAY MORE AND MORE THAT I MIGHT KILL MYSELF DRIVING THIS CAR BECAUSE THIS IS MY ONLY CAR I HAVE AND DRIVE EVERYWHERE I NEED TO GO SPECIALLY NOW THAT IM EXPECTING A BABY BOY I CONSTANTLY NEED CHECK UPS IN MY CLINIC I GO TOO. MOST OF MY BRAKING PROBLEMS ACCURED WHILE IM DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY BUT SOMETHING I DONT NEED TO BE ON THE FREEWAY FOR ALK THIS TO HAPPEN.

NHTSA ID

11153468

Incident

Nov 24, 2018

Mileage

150,000 mi

MY ANTI THEFT LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON I HAVE TO WAIT FOR RESET OF 15 MINUTES NOW IT IS ON PERMANENTLY AND WONT GO OUT. CAR WILL START AND RUN PUT ON HIWAY WILL IT SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING

NHTSA ID

11124183

Incident

Sep 2, 2018

Mileage

189,000 mi

IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING MY 2004 CHEVY MALIBU (USED FROM A DEALER) I NOTICED THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULDN'T ENGAGE MOST OF THE TIME. THE LIGHT ON THE BUTTON TURNS ON (YELLOW), BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T SET OR ENGAGE. NOW IT RARELY WORKS.

NHTSA ID

11102687

Incident

Mar 21, 2016

MY AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED EVEN THOUGH I REPLACED THE AIRBAGS. MY BREAK LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ME PUSHING THE BREAKS. MY CAR FOR SOME REASON WON'T COME OUT OF PARK AT TIMES. IT'S LIKE IT DOESN'T KNOW THAT'S IT'S IN PARK. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED. I LOOKED UP RECALLS ON MY TYPE OF CAR AND THERE ARE RECALLS THAT MATCH THE DESCRIPTION I'M SAYING BUT WHEN I PUT IN MY VIN NUMBER IT SAYS I HAVE 0 WITH MY CAR. I'M WONDERING IF I DO HAVE RECALLS ON IT BUT NONE THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED YET. EVEN IN PARK MY CARS BREAK LIGHTS WILL BE ILLUMINATED AND I CAN NOT PULL IT OUT OF PARK. ALSO FUSES BURN OUT IN MY CAR LIKE A CIRCUIT PROBLEMS. IF I TURN MY CAR OFF AND THEN ON TO SEE IF IT REGISTERS THAT IT'S IN PARK AT TIMES MY CAR WILL MAKE A STALLING SOUND LIKE IT'S NOT GETTING GAS OR SOMETHING TO RESTART THE CAR. I WOULD CLICK MORE ON AFFECTED PARTS BUT ONLY ALLOWS 3.

NHTSA ID

11082617

Incident

Mar 18, 2017

LAST YEAR THEY HAD A RECALL FOR THE (BCM) BODY CONTROL MODULE. I'VE HAD THIS FIXED NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT WHEN I TRIED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED ON THE RECALL. I'VE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS. THE BCM SHORTS OUT THE TAIL LIGHTS, CAUSING THEM TO REMAIN ON WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED. THEY WILL GO OFF WHEN I PRESS ON THE BRAKE TO THE FLOOR. THIS ALSO AFFECTS THE CRUISE CONTROL. I KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, BUT THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE UNIT.

NHTSA ID

11073465

Incident

Feb 1, 2009

I BOUGHT THE CAR LAST APRIL 2016. SHORTLY AFTER MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS HARD TO TURN ON, HAD TO KEEP HITTING THE BUTTON. SO THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE SWITCH AND REPLACED IT FREE OF CHARGE. NOW IT'S AUG 2017 AND THE CRUISE CONTROL SOMETIMES TURNS ON AND WHEN IT DOES IT ONLY STAYS ON MAYBE 10 MIN OR LESS AND THEN KILLS ON ITS OWN! THE SPEED DROPS QUICKLY AND THIS IS UNEXPECTED AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I SPECIFICALLY BOUGHT A CAR WITH CRUISE CONTROL, I LOVE IT, NEED IT AND USE IT REGULARY.

NHTSA ID

11021532

Incident

Aug 23, 2017

Mileage

113,000 mi

POWER STEERING REPEATEDLY GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING. BLINKERS ONLY WORK SOMETIMES. CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT ENGAGE. I LOST POWER STEERING GOING DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY.

NHTSA ID

11013563

Incident

Aug 7, 2017

Mileage

178,000 mi

"TAKATA RECALL" MY 2004 MALIBU DOES NOT HAVE WORKING CRUISE CONTROL , MY WIRING IS BARELY WORKING AS IN MY LOCKS WON'T WORK , MY HEAT WE ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR ON DEFROST MY DEFROST BARELY CLEARS MY WINDOWS , MY T\C LIGHT IS THE ONLY LIGHT THAT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME AND I BARELY HAVE TRACTION WHILE DRIVING IF I'M TRYING TO ACCELERATE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY MY WHEEL WILL LOCK OR BARELY MOVE AND I HAVE TO LET COMPLETELY OFF THE GAS TO FREE THE WHEEL I GET ANY ALERTS ON MY SPEEDOMETER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10939475

Incident

Nov 23, 2016

UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT MADE 3 RINGING NOISES AND THEN ON THE DASHBOARD IT SAID ENG PWR REDUCED. THE CAR THEN WENT FROM 60 TO ABOUT 30 MPH INSTANTLY, I PUSHED MY FOOT ENTIRELY TO THE FLOOR AN THE CAR STILL WOULDN'T SPEED UP. IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AT LEAST 40 IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. NO DEALER CAN PIN POINT WHAT IT IS THAT'S WRONG. SHUT THE CAR OFF AND START IT UP AND ITS FINE AGAIN. OTHER THAN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON.

NHTSA ID

10724102

Incident

May 31, 2012

Mileage

72,000 mi

2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CUSTOMER STATES THAT HE HAS RECEIVED THREE RECALL NOTICES FOR VEHICLE IN JUNE 2014 AND JULY 2014. ALL THREE NOTICED INDICATED THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND HASN'T HEARD ANY RESPONSE SINCE. *TA

NHTSA ID

10659530

Incident

Jun 2, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL), NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING), AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V224000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT WAS NOT CERTAIN OF WHEN THE PART AND REMEDY WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE TO SCHEDULE THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE SAFETY CONCERN WITH THE THREE RECALLS AND THE CONTACT WAS STILL WAITING FOR THE PARTS TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL APPOINTMENT. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

NHTSA ID

10662980

Incident

Sep 20, 2014

2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU EXPERIENCING POWER STEERING PROBLEMS, ABS AND SHIFT CABLE, ALL REPLACED. *CW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP SEVEN TIMES, DUE TO POWER STEERING FAILURE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE STEERING LOCKING UP. THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS, IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A TRANSMISSION, STEERING AND BRAKE RECALL. HOWEVER, THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10653277

Incident

May 1, 2014

WHILE INCREASING SPEED, THE BATTERY LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THE DASH LIGHTS GO OUT. THE LIGHTS GO OF AND THE POWER STEERING STARTS WORKING LIKE NORMAL. THERE IS STILL ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE REST OF THE CAR (RADIO WORKS, BRAKES WORK, INTERIOR LIGHTS STILL WORK, ETC.) I REPLACED THE BATTERY AND HAD THE CHARGING SYSTEM INSPECTED, NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. ALTERNATOR IS GOOD, BATTERY IS GOOD. NO SHOP CAN EXPLAIN WHY THIS HAPPENS, EVEN THE CHEVROLET DEALER. IT DOESN'T MATTER THE SPEED I AM GOING, IT ALWAYS DOES THIS. DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I LOST POWER TO THE STEERING AND WENT INTO THE DITCH TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALER STATES THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, AND CANNOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CAME CLOSE TO TOTALING MY CAR SEVERAL TIMES. I HAD MY KIDS IN THE CAR WHEN IT LOST STEERING ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS COULD HAVE COST US OUR LIVES. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR BUT HAVE TO. THIS COMPLAINT IS MY LAST OPTION BEFORE CONTACTING A LAWYER. I HOPE THIS CAN BE RESOLVED THROUGH THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10650562

Incident

Sep 1, 2014

Mileage

162,000 mi

2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GM RECALL #13036* LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL FIX, DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER STATED HE DID NOT KNOW, IF THE BRAKE LIGHTS WORKED AND THE CRUISE CONTROL RARELY WORKED. THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHT WAS ON. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER. AN INSPECTION REVEALED A PROBLEM WAS SPEED SENSOR ON THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL, WHICH WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE COST TO REPLACE THE SENSOR WAS $460. *JB

NHTSA ID

10649128

Incident

Oct 1, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

NHTSA ID

10632406

Incident

Nov 19, 2004

Mileage

12,000 mi