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Chevrolet Malibu Exterior Lighting Brake Lights Safety Report | Apr 01, 2000
Reported on Apr 01, 2000
SHORLTY AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WE HAD THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY REPLACED BECAUSE OF CONDENSATION BUILDING UP. THEN A COUPLE MONTHS LATER SOMONE TOLD ME THAT MY STOP LIGHTS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WERE OUT, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BULBS BUT IT WASN'T , IT WAS BECAUSE OF WATER BUILDING UP INSIDE. I CONTACTED SEVERAL ORGINIZATIONS TO SEE IF THIS WAS POSSIBLY RECALLED, IT WASN'T. SINCE THEY WANT $250 FOR THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY I'VE BEEN WAITING TO SEE IF THEY WOULD RECALL THEM CONSIDERING THAT JUST IN THE CENTRAL MASS AREA I HAVE SEEN 2 - 3 DOZEN MALIBU'S WITH THAT STOP LIGHT NOT WORKING. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET IT WORKING BY TAKING IT APART DRYING IT OUT AND CLEANING THE ELECTRODES WITH A WIRE BRUSH BUT WITHIN A WEEK OF ANY RAIN IT BLOWS OUT AGAIN. I EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TWO WEEKS AGO RESEALING THE SEAL AROUND THE HOUSING AND WHEN WE GOT RAIN THAT DAY WENT OUT AND CHECKED IT AND THERE WAS ABOUT A PINT OF WATER INSIDE.I PULLED THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY OUT STILL TOGETHER, TIPPED IT EVERY WAY POSSIBLE AND COULD NOT GET THE WATER TO LEAK OUT FROM ANYWHERE. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS THE STOP LIGHTS. THE OTHER LIGHTS STILL WORK(THE BACKUP, DIRECTIONAL , AND EVEN THE 2 MARKER LIGHTS ON THE SAME BULB AS THE STOP) ITS JUST THE STOP LIGHTS. NOW I'VE NOTICED A LITTLE CONDENSATION IN THE LEFT SIDE ASSEMBLY. I HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU JASON JEROME. *AK | |
Make: | Chevrolet |
Model: | Malibu |
Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
Year: | 1998 |
Was a crash reported? | |
Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
Was a fire reported? | N |
Location: | SPENCER MA |
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G1ND52M6W6 |
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Vehicle type: | FWD |
Vehicle fuel: | GAS N/A. |
Was a police report filed? | N |
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