NHTSA Complaint #10475489 — 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU

ON OR ABOUT 9/5/12, I NOTICED THAT MY LEFT FRONT TIRE PRESSURE WAS SLIGHTLY LOW (28PSI). I PUT AIR IN AND THE PRESSURE WAS BACK TO 30 PSI PER MANUFACTURER'S SPECS. ON 9/6, WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, MY TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH AND THE PRESSURE WAS THEN AT 25 PSI. PRESSURE DID NOT FALL BELOW THIS LEVEL AND WHEN I GOT HOME, I PUT AIR IN TO GET IT BACK TO 30 PSI. I DROVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES TO THE GYM. APPROXIMATELY 1 1/4 HOURS LATER, I CAME OUT AND THE PRESSURE WAS AT 26 PSI. CAME HOME, PUT AIR IN AND THE NEXT MORNING, PRESSURE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED. TOOK THE CAR IN TO TIRES PLUS - LAKE MARY FL THE NEXT AM & THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE. DROVE 40 MILES WITH NO LOSS OF PRESSURE. CAME OUT TO MY CAR APPROXIMATELY 8 HOURS LATER & THERE WAS 12 PSI IN THE TIRE. CALLED AAA AND HAD THE SPARE PUT ON. TOOK THE CAR IN TO TIRES PLUS ON UNIVERSITY BLVD IN ORLANDO. THEY ALSO DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, PUT A NEW VALVE STEM ON AND I DROVE HOME WITH NO LOSS OF PRESSURE. WHEN I WENT TO THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING, PRESSURE WAS AT 9 PSI. PUT AIR IN TO GET PRESSURE BACK TO 30 PSI & DROVE IT TO TIRES PLUS IN LAKE MARY AGAIN (9/9) & IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A PINHOLE IN THE RIM. SINCE HAVING THE NEW RIM PUT ON ONE WEEK AGO, I HAVE NOT HAD A FURTHER PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I MET A GENTLEMAN EARLIER THIS WEEK WHO TOLD ME HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TWO WHEELS ON A 2009 MALIBU. I AM GOING TO ASK HIM TO FILE A COMPLAINT, AS WELL. *TR