1999 Chevrolet Malibu Brakes Problems

“While driving my 1999 Chevrolet Malibu my brake pedal fell to the floor no brakes fortunately I was close to my repair shop my mechanic found a rusted thru brake fluid line caused brake fluid to leak out loosing braking action a partial line was installed the remaining brake & gasoline lines are badly rusted.”

“When parking brake was applied, a load popping noise was heard. The left rear cable popped out of the parking brake equalizer since the part was rusted out. I am very concerned as I am well aware of the high mileage of this vehicle. It is still a popular car on the road today.”

“. I bought car new. The rotors, calipers and brake pads on this car have been replaced 4 times. The passenger side tail lights have had to be replaced every year due to water getting into the assembly. The AC switch - blower resistor has had to be replaced. The first time I replaced the rotors - it only had 5000 miles on it. It has 61000 today.”

“Ignition switch has been getting loose and difficult to turn on for a long time. Received ntsb recall letter about unintentional key rotation for the 1999 chevy Malibu. I followed the ntsb instructions and removed the key from the key ring. On april 21, 2015 the chevy dealer glued a plastic housing to my keys. After receiving my keys back I could hardly get the key to rotate the ignition lock, I had to jiggle the key quite vigorously to get the ignition to operate. Four days later the key fell out of the ignition and the engine shut down while I was driving about 40 MPH. …”

“1999 Malibu with enging cooling problems and fan does not work on position 1 and 2. Had to have intake gasket replaced and one month later entire engine went out and had to be replaced. I really like my Malibu, but hate the problems that I have had. I, too, have had brake problems and coolant leakage problems.”