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2006 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx Brakes Problems

Complaints
23about this part
Share
9%of 270 total for the year
Median mileage
69,789miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 23 complaints about the brakes of the 2006 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx, 9% of the 270 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 69,789 miles. 3 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“As I drove from racine, wi to milwaukee, wi. To visit family for the 4th of july weekend as I was to turn car off to park I wasnt able to press down on the breaks, couldnt go into park, gear shift was stuck couldnt move it in to park had to put on emergency break in order to keep car in park! It left me stranded was very upset & confused!!!”

NHTSA complaint #10734971, filed 2015-07, 173,000 miles

“Right after I bought the vehicle I was driving down a gravel road and my traction control, ABS and brake light all came on at the same time and will not shut off. My traction control no longer works now.”

NHTSA complaint #11165760, filed 2019-01, 211,344 miles

“Have owned the vehicle for 14 months and I am getting ready to replace the rotors and brake pads for the third time. After only a few months, you can feel the brakes pulsing, worse at soft braking than hard. I've also had the rotors turned and put back on once and the problem returned in less than a month.”

NHTSA complaint #10231402, filed 2008-06, 53,000 miles

“We had the brakes serviced . It included the changing over the brake pads and the rotors turned. And in less than 8months later we went bake to get the brakes inspected due to a very high pitched noised that grew since the brakes we replaced with new ones. The mechanic informed us that the back brakes verses the front brakes we not wearing equally and that he was shocked to discover that both front and back brakes were replaced at the same time. …”

NHTSA complaint #10255923, filed 2009-01, 40,000 miles

“I have had problems with my power steering over the years. But this was the worst it has ever been. I was driving 55 MPH on the highway. The roads were clear on this spring day. My traction control, brake light and check engine light came on. Then the power steering was chiming and the alert came on for that which effected my power steering. The instrument cluster was flashing on and off along with the gauges not working correctly. Then the instrument cluster went completely out. So the instrument cluster was replaced. A couple of weeks later, this all repeated again. …”

NHTSA complaint #10749604, filed 2015-08, 151,000 miles

Related service bulletins

Brakes: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
200712%
2006239%
2005196%
2004205%

Other parts of the 2006 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx

Steering
207 complaints
Electrical system
28 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
17 complaints
Electronic stability control
12 complaints
Exterior lighting
8 complaints
Fuel system
8 complaints
Vehicle speed control
8 complaints
Engine
7 complaints
Air bags
3 complaints
Latches, locks and linkages
3 complaints
Tires
3 complaints
Equipment
2 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2006 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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