Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU CLASSIC / 2005

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006066922 Incident Date: May, 25 2006
Consumer's City: SPRING Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU CLASSIC Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 01 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Purchased car 12/26/05- in february, heard a strange rattling sound in car on right hand (passenger) side of car. spoke to dealership once about it, my husband took rep on drive so he could hear it. he said he could hear it... take it to service. husband took the car into service. they could not recreate the sound, could find nothing wrong. may 26, 2006 - driving along at 8:00 a.m. on a friday morning - while driving along curve, car lost control, about to go into ditch on right hand side, swerved to the left to avoid. felt like car was out of control, almost hit oncoming traffic, swerved to the right to avoid, consequently ran into ditch. could not slow car down. hit driveway ahead of me and car went airborne landing in ditch on the opposite side of the residential driveway. i survived, no injuries. car totaled. purchased another chevy malibu lt but new year 2006. figured any kinks would be worked out in the new model. *nm