1998 Chevrolet Malibu Exterior Lighting

STOP LIGHT KEPT BURNING OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT COULD BE CAUSING IT. *AK

BRAKE LIGHTS BECOMES INOPERABLE DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE PANEL AND THE WIRING ASSEMBLY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WATER IS LEAKING INTO HEADLIGHTS, CAUSING MOISTURE AND CONDENSATION, AND RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. *AK

OTHER DRIVER TOLD US OF INOPERATIVE R/R BRAKE LIGHT. (2 BULB SIDE BY SIDE SET-UP) MY DISASSEMBLY OF UNIT AND INSPECTION OF BULBS SHOWED BULBS WITH INTACT FILIMENTS, BUT SIGNS OF HEAT DAMAGE AT BULB TO RECEPTACLE CONNECTION. TAIL LIGHT PORTION OF SYSTEM, O.K.. THE FAILURE OF BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS, I ASSUME AT THE SAME TIME, SHOULD BE OF CONCERN. THANK YOU. RAY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AND WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF. I COULD NOT GET THEM TO COME BACK ON. I HAD TO PULL OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER AND WAIT UNTIL THEY WOULD COME BACK ON. IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY TRAFFIC AROUND ME AT THE TIME THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

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I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE AND PARKING LIGHTS MANY TIMES IN LESS THEN TWO YEARS SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. ALSO, THE MOLDED PLASTIC AROUND THE LIGHT SOCKETS HAS MELTED AND WATER IS GETTING INTO THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE PLASTIC ASSEMBLY ON THE BRAKE STOP LIGHTS ARE MELTING ON THE BULB, HAS BEEN REPLACED SETS OF BRAKE STOP LIGHTS. NLM

MY HUSBAND NOTICED THAT ONE OF MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING,L/H SIDE. HE REMOVED THE TAIL LIGHT ASSY AND PULLED OUT THE BULB. THE BULB HAD MELTED AT THE PLASTIC PORTION OF THE BULB, CAUSING IT TO FAIL. MY HUSBAND SAVED THE BULB SO I COULD SHOW THE DEALER WHAT WAS OCCURRING. HAWAII MOTORS SAID THEY FIXED IT. I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND I'M AFFRAID THIS MIGHT BE HAPPENING TO ALL MALIBUS. I'M AFFRAID MY VEHICLE IS GOING TO GO UP IN FLAMES. MY HUSBAND JUST FOUND THAT TO MORE BULBS HAD BURNED TODAY L/H AND R/H SIDE. I'M GOING TO TALK TO HAWAII MOTORS TOMORROW ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGESTIONS FOR ME PLEASE ADVISE. SINCERELY, MARIE MALAVENDA. *AK

FOGGING OF HEADLIGHTS ON MINE AND MOST OF CHEVY MALIBU CARS. GM KNOWS OF PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. IT HAS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO LOSS OF LIGHT OUTPUT AND PREMATURE LAMP BURNOUT.

WATER CONDENSATION IS FOGGING UP THE INSIDE OF HEADLIGHTS, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK

I FIRST CHECKED ALL THE FUSES AND BULBS TO SEE WHY THE TURN SIGNALS WERE NOT COMING ON - THEN I FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS WERE NOT WORKING AS WELL - TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALER AND MIRACULOUSLY THE TURN SIGNALS CAME BACK ON - I EXPLAINED THIS HAD HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE SUNDAY AND I DRIVE 4 HOURS EACH DAY TOTAL TO AND FROM WORK AND CANNOT BE ON THE FREEWAYS WITHOUT TURN SIGNALS (I DRIVE TO DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND LIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY) - THE DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT LOCATE ANY SHORTS OR PROBLEMS UNLESS THE SIGNALS WERE COMPLETELY NON-FUNCTIONING...THIS IS NOT SAFE FOR HIGHWAY DRIVING AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THE DEALER HAS A RIGHT TO TELL ME TO CONTINUE DRIVING OVER 100 MILES A DAY IN EXTREMELY HEAVY TRAFFIC WITHOUT TURN SIGNALS AND/OR ER FLASHERS. *AK

INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF TAIL LIGHTS / BRAKE LIGHTT. APPOINMENT BEING MADE FOR DEALER'S INSPECTION. *AK

2 OF 4 BRAKE LAMPS FAILED. I REMOVED THE LAMPS FROM THE SOCKETS AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FILAMENTS WERE INTACT. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE FAILED LAMPS I NOTICED THE LAMP BASE HAD MELTED AT ONE OF FOUR WIRES EXTENDING DOWN THE PLASTIC LAMP BASE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND AN UNNECESSARY COMPONENT REPLACEMENT FOR THE UNTRAINED EYE. I SCRAPED THE MELTED PLASTIC AND SLIGHTLY REPOSITIONED THE WIRE ON THE LAMP BASE AND ALL IS WELL. SEEMS TO ME AN OVERCURRENT SITUATION OCCURRED. SUGGEST A LAMP BASE WITH A HIGHER OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE SUCH AS CERAMIC COMPOUND BE SPECIFIED. NO OTHER BURNING OR MELTING OF WIRES WAS INDICATED. THANK YOU. DAN BRUCKART.

3 TIMES PASS SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHT OUT AND NOTICED NUMEROUS OTHER VEHICLES OF SAME MAKE AND MODEL WITH SAME BULB OUT. MANUFACTURE HAS NO BULLITENS ON THIS REPAIR BUT APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING TO MORE FOLKS THAN JUST ME AS I NOTICED IN TRAFFIC A LOT OF THEM WITH THIS VERY SAME BRAKE LIGHT OUT ON SAME MAKE AND MODEL. 3 TIMES HAVE REPLACED BULB AND ITS OUT AGAIN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. NO WATER GETTING THERE , NO LOOSE CONNECTIONS ETC.

HEADLIGHTS LEAK RESULTING IN FOGGING UP AND POOR VISIBILITY, NOT ABLE TO REMEDY.

MOISTURE BUILDUP BEHIND LENS CAUSES DECREASED ILLUMINATION OF LAMPS.

ALL FOUR BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED, WIRES MELTED INTERRUPTING THE LAMP SOCKET CONNECTION. YH

MOISTURE DEVELOPED BEHIND THE HEADLIGHT LENS, CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO BECOME FOGGED UP AND DIM. *AK.ET