Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU MAXX / 2005

Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006079619	Incident Date: Aug, 26 2006
Consumer's City: AMMON	Consumer's State: ID
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO	Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU MAXX	Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No	Component's Description: Steering:gear box (other than rack and pinion)
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No	Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1ZT62815F	Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 20 2006	Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No	Purchase Date: Apr, 26 2006
Was Original Owner: No	Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6	Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: -	Description of the Complaints: Clunking in steering again. dealership said the steering box 'new improved" went out and said that the noise is coming in from inside of the box. they don't understand why it keeps going out. this is the third steering box. malibu only has 34,500 miles. dealership tightened steering while waiting for the new box. the car would not straighten from minor corrections. if you turn to the left it would keep going left and if you corrected it would go to toward the opposite side into oncoming vehicles. returned to dealership told them it was an accident waiting to happen and couldn't drive it. they finally gave me a rental car. approximate date 8 of 06. *nm