NHTSA Complaint #10033877 — 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU

CONSUMER STATED THAT BRAKE LINE INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON TO INFORM HER THAT SHE NEEDED BRAKES OR THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. SHE WOULD HEAR A FUNNY NOISE SOMETIMES. THEN, SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE SHE PURCHASED VEHICLE, AND AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, WAS TOLD SHE NEEDED BRAKES, AND THAT THE CALIPERS ON DRIVER'S SIDE WERE GOING OUT. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE HER $140.00 TO TURN ROTORS, AND PUT BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE. SHE HAS HAD THE VEHICLE ONLY ONE MONTH. ALSO, CONSUME RGOT STRANDED, AND HAD VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. DEALE RFOUND THAT THE BATTERY POST WAS CORRODED, SHE WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW BATTERY. *AK