1997 Chevrolet Malibu Suspension

NOTICED A HOWLING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT WHEEL. NOISE GREW LOUDER AT HIGHER SPEEDS. DETERMINED IT TO BE THE WHEEL HUB/BEARING. THE HUB/BEARING WAS REPLACED. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED 4 TIMES ON THIS VEHICLE 3 ON LF AND 1 ON RF WHEEL.*AK

CONTROL ARMS, R & R ARM, CONTROL LOWER-ONE SIDE . BOTH WENT OUT, BOTH NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *JB

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THEY CHECKED THE TIRES, AND FOUND THAT THE TIRES WERE WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM OR CAUSE OF IT. *AK WHILE DRIVING 40 MILES PER HOUR THE VEHICLE PULLED MULTIPLE TIMES TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER PULLED TOWARDS THE SHOULDER AND THE VEHICLE ENDED UP IN A DITCH. *TC

THE VEHICLE SWERVED LEFT AND RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING, WHILE MAKING A TURN, CAN HEAR A LOUD CLICKING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RENEE BORSTAD, DIRECTOR/SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS WRITES ON BEHALF OF PARKER FLORES, " WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HOME, SERIOUS VIBRATIONS BEGAN NECESSITATING IT BE BROUGHT IN FOR REPAIRS. *JG

CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A BAD SQUEAK NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR STABILIZER INSULATOR BUSHINGS.*JB

TWO FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS HAVE GONE OUT/BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, AND IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 215R60-15)

DEALER REPLACED BOTH CONTROL ARM DUE TO RATTLING AND SQEAKING IN THE FRONT END AS A RESULT THE TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED, AFTER 20000 MILES THE NOISE IS BACK. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW TO HIGH SPEED, CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE VIBRATING, DEALER DROPPED SURAME AND TIGHTENED RACK MOUNTS, LOWER CONTROL ARMS RATTLE AT LOW SPEED AND VEHICLE VIBRATES AT HIGH SPEED. ENGINE TORQUES BACK UNDER POWER, DEALER STATED THIS WAS BECAUSE OF FAULTY LOWER CONTROL ARMS. *SLC

FRONT SUSPENSION LOOSE AND BANGING WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. DEALER REPLACED LOWER CONTROL UNITS 8/16/99. STARTING TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE STEERING VIBRATION AT 60-70 MPH, AGAIN. THIS IS HOW THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM STARTED.

RATTLE, CLUNK COMING FROM LEFT FRONT END OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. *AK

FRONT END SQUEAK AND THUMP. DEALER REPORTS NO REPAIR/REMEDY AT THIS TIME. *AK

THE VEHICLE VIBRATES IN THE FRONT END WHEN APPLYING BRAKE AT SPEEDS OF 70 MPH. YH

CAR MADE A LOT OF FRONT END NOISE. DEALER STATES A LOT OF LOWER CONTROL ARMS ARE FAILING ON THE 1997 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THIS PART SHOULD NOT GO BAD, AT LEAST NOT UNDER 100,000 MILES . GENERAL MOTORS KNOWS THIS COMPONENT IS A SAFETY DEFECT. I SPENT $1200.00 IN REPAIRS WITHIN A 2 WEEK PERIOD. *AK

SUSPENSION SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS, HOWEVER DID NOT RECTIFY PROBLEMS. YH

THE FRONT OF MY CAR VIBRATES STILL AFTER BEING IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES AT THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS, AT 21000 MILES HAD TO BUY NEW TIRES DUE TO THE FRONT OF CAR BEING DEFECTIVE, STEERING WENT OUT ALONG WITH SOME TYPE OF ARMS AND A GEAR BOX , WE BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY DAUGHTER AND ITS DONE NOTHING BUT COST US MONEY ALONG WITH THE ORIGNAL PAYMENT ,THE DEALER SAYS HE DOSENT NO WHY HE CANT STOP THE VIBRATION I CANT AFFORD NEW TIRES EVERY 21000 MILES OR A NEW CAR FOR MY DAUGHTER I WANT MY MONEY BACK, AND THE DEALER SAYS THEY CANNOT DO THAT, WOULD YOU LET YOUR CHILD DRIVE THIS CAR ?:(

REAR AXLES--OIL SEALS LEAKING INTO WHEEL BRAKE DRUMS.

WHEN VEHICLE STOPS AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN IT VIBRATES, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT FAILED. YH

CONTROL ARMS FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED AND HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD, A VERY LOUD NOISE COMES FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. ON 6/9/98 THE CONTROL ARMS WERE WELDEDTO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE OWNER IS STILL EXPERIENCING A PROLBEM WITH THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION FAILED. YH