Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006127218 Incident Date: Mar, 31 2006
Consumer's City: BOWLING GREEN Consumer's State: KY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering:rack and pinion
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1ND52M4V6 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 18 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 30 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*the contact owns a 1997 chevrolet malibu. the contact received a recall notice in february of 2004 regarding the lower rack and pinion steering. he had not experienced any failures at the time; however, he took the vehicle to the dealer for the recall repair. six months later, while driving approximately 45 mph, the steering wheel locked. he was able to pull the wheel back to the right and stop the vehicle. the contact drove home and his father, a mechanic, inspected the vehicle and declared the cause of failure to be the lower rack and pinion. the contact called the dealer and they stated that nothing could be done because the recall repair had already been performed. the recall number was unavailable. the current and failure mileages were 243,831. updated 01/11/08. *lj updated *jb