Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU / 1999

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004285547 Incident Date: Jun, 17 2004
Consumer's City: VERNON Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Steering:rack and pinion
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1NE52J2X6 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 25 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Oct, 14 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Lost of control of vehicle three separate occasions. vehicle pulls to the left into oncomming traffic. on three separate occasions my chevy malibu has lost control while changing lanes from the right lane to the left lane. the back end has swung out and caused the car to wooble from right to left out of contol. the first time was at 40 miles per hour and i was able to regain conrol over the vehicle. the second time was on the highway at 55 miles per hour and i hit a guard rail with only small damage to the bumper. the last time was a week ago and was the most serious. i was changing lanes from the middle to fast lane of a three lane highway going about 65. the vehicle back end broke loose again and skidded back and forth 3 or 4 times before i lost all control of the vehicle. i hit a truck and caused unknown amount of damage to the truck and $3000.00 of damage to my car. i was very lucky that no one was hurt. i have replaced the tires four times at chevy dealerships recomendation. each set has produced the same effect, pull to the left. i have had four aliment jobs. each time the repair shop has acknowledged the pull was still there. rotated tires eight times. no effect at all. i have even had a professional body shop look at the vehicle to check for previous acident damage even though the car was purchased new. they found no accident damage, but said the engine cradle might not be in the vehicle straight and could not fix it. at this point i am ready to sell the car and buy a safer vehicle. *jb