NHTSA Complaint #10626042 — 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU

FIRST, MY TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE WENT OUT (THANKFULLY IN MY DRIVEWAY WHERE NO ONE WAS HARMED) SO AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH WE DISCOVERED GM HAD A RECALL FOR THIS PART, THAT SUPPOSEDLY COVERED MY MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. AFTER CALLING GM WITH MY VIN THEY CLAIMED MY CAR WAS NOT A PART OF THIS RECALL. THIS MAKES VERY LITTLE SENSE TO ME BECAUSE MY CAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM THE RECALL STATED. THEY REFUSED TO COVER MY CAR. ALL WHILE THEY HAD THIS PART ON A NATIONAL HOLD, MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIX THEIR MISTAKE. NOW, MY CAR HAS A USED AND POSSIBLY FAULTY PART IN IT BECAUSE THEY STILL WILL NOT COVER IT. WELL NOW ABOUT A MONTH LATER I'M HAVING A HAZARD SWITCH PROBLEM WITH THE SAME CAR. COME TO FIND OUT THEY RECALLED THIS PART ON 2000-2001 MALIBUS, BUT THEY'RE ARE MANY REPORTS OF 2002-2004 MALIBUS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THEY REFUSE TO COVER. MY POINT HERE IS THAT GM CONTINUALLY MAKES MISTAKES THAT NEED FIXING, BUT PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT THEY WILL BE FIXING. BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS COULD BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS SITUATION WITH GM. *TR