NHTSA Complaint #10038882 — 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU

AT ABOUT 27000MI (3000MI. SERVICE) I NOTIFIED DEALER OF SQUEAKING IN FRONT & REAR SUSPENSION BUSHINGS. DEALER SPRAYED LUBE ON REAR (ABOUT $100)AND NOTIFIED ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO LOWER COMPLETE FRONT END TO LUBE FRONT, APPROX $200 MORE. EXTENDED WARRANTY DIDN'T COVER. AT 30000 MI SERVICE DEALER NOTIFIED ME I NEEDED COMPLETE BRAKE JOB. I INSPECTED BRAKES WHILE ON LIFT. MECHANIC SAID HE MADE MISTAKE! HE SAID THAT HE HADN'T PULLED WHEELS OF YET. SAID THERE WAS 80% LEFT, REPAIR INVOICE SAID 50% LEFT. A LITTLE OVER A WEEK LATER THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF TRANS FLUID ON GARAGE FLOOR & AIR CONDITIONING SMELLED LIKE URINE WHEN ON, ALSO SWITCHING ITSELF FROM RECIRCULATION TO FRESH. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, THEY REPLACED SWITCH, DEDUCTIBLE $SE ON EXTENDED WARRANTY, SPRAYED SOMETHING IN OUTSIDE VENT (MOLD THEY SAID?), AND TIGHTENED TRANS COOLING LINE, THEIR FAULT! THREE DAYS LATER COOLING LEAK, DEALER REPLACED WATER PUMP, DEDUCTIBLE $'S ON EXTENDED WARRANTY. TWO WEEKS LATER THE REAR POWER WINDOW ACTUATOR (MOTOR & CABLE ASSEMBLY) QUIT! I MIGHT HAVE USED THIS WINDOW 12 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT 99 MALIBU LS FROM CHAMPION CHEVROLET, RENO,NV. NEW IN 12/99! ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, I FEELS LIKE THEY ARE SABOTAGING MY VEHICLE TO GET BACK AT ME FOR DISCOVERING THEY LIED ABOUT BRAKE JOB! ALSO AFTER READING YOUR COMPLAINT LIST, I REALIZE THAT I AM NOT ALONE THINKING THAT BRAKES, STEERING VIBRATION, AND RELIABILITY IN GENERAL IS POOR ON THIS VEHICLE. *PH