NHTSA Complaint #10238554 — 1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU

CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, I WENT INTO CAR TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS LOUD BANG! I WALKED AROUND THE CAR TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED THIS, COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. I THEN SAT IN CAR AND TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO ONE SIDE, WENT OUT TO CHECK TIRES, BOTH TIRES TURNED. DID THE SAME FOR THE OTHER SIDE, ALL OKAY. GOT IN CAR, BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND THEN ANOTHER LOUD BANG. BACKED THE CAR UP INTO THE DRIVEWAY. HAD IT FLAT BEDDED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. AS THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ARE NOTED IT WAS THE SPRING - THE REPAIR MAN SAID THANK GOD YOU WEREN'T DRIVING THE CAR IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. HAD TO HAVE SPRING, STRUTS AND STRUT MOUNTS REPLACED. AT THAT POINT I WAS SO SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND POSSIBLY HAVE THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THE OTHER SIDE, I ASKED THEM TO REPLACE BOTH. I CALLED CHEVROLET HEADQUARTERS TO ASK IF THIS IS ON A RECALL OR IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS FILED, THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THEY HAVE NO RECALLS AND NOTHING ON RECORD OF THIS PROBLEM WITH OTHER CHEVROLET MALIBU OWNERS. *TR