2005 Chevrolet Malibu Speed Control & Cruise Problems

ABS CONTROL SYSTEM MODULE WEAK BRAKE PEDAL

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE WEAK BRAKE PEDAL AND PRESSURE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED AT 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISENGAGED, THE TACHOMETER REMAINED AT APPROXIMATELY 4500 AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DECELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO METERING MOTORPLEX (1949 HART ST, VINCENNES, IN 47591, 812-882-5367) WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE, BUT WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY FAILURE CODES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 154,000.

HAD M Y CAR IN FOR RECALL WORK NOW IT SHOWS REDUCED ENGINE POWER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND DIES I REPLACED THROTTLE BODY AND NO CHANGE STILL DOES IT NOW IT IS THROWING A CODE OF P0826

A DASHBOARD LIGHT CAME ON ( T/C ) AND DISABLED MY CRUSE CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. THE NEXT DAY, MY TRANSMISSION SEEM TO STOP IN SECOND GEAR, EVEN WHEN ACCELERATING. I CANNOT TURN THE T/C ON WITH THE CONSOLE BUTTON OR ENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL. MY TRANSMISSION IS NOW SHIFTING HARD INTO SECOND GEAR... STILL NO CRUISE CONTROL OR T/C THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING APPROX. 1 1/2 WEEKS MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING, CLEAR SKIES AND NO WATER ON ROAD. THE T/C LIGHT COMES ON WHEN I SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND WILL NOT TURN OFF.

I WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND MY VEHICLE STALLED AND SHUT DOWN. I HAD NO ACCELERATION FROM GAS PEDAL, SO I HAD TO SIGNAL OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF ROAD AND COAST TO A COMPLETE STOP. TRIED STARTING THE VEHICLE A FEW TIMES, IT WOULD START BUT WOULD NOT REV UP, EVEN WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED. UTAH ROAD INCIDENT MANAGEMENT HELPED BY PUTTING ONE GALLON OF GASOLINE IN TANK SINCE THE TANK WAS CLOSE TO EMPTY, BUT STILL WOULD NOT START. ALSO, TRIED USING CARBURETOR SPRAY TO START THE VEHICLE BUT, STILL DID NOT WORK. HAD TO BE TOWED TO A SERVICE SHOP, WHERE THEY PERFORMED TESTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. AFTER TESTS DIAGNOSED THAT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER. I LOOKED UP WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND YEAR OF VEHICLE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR AFTERMARKET FUEL PUMPS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT RECALL HAS CLOSED. I HOPE TO HAVE MY VEHICLE FIXED UNDER THE SAME RECALL. *TR

INTERMITTENT BRAKE LIGHTS; GO ON WHEN NOT BRAKING; ALSO CRUISE CONTROL INTERMITTENT I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL. SUGGEST RECALL AS THIS PROBLEM HAS MADE THE PRESS. *TR

2005 MALIBU ACCELERATED AT HIGH SPEED IN REVERSE. *TS

PURCHASED CAR 12/26/05- IN FEBRUARY, HEARD A STRANGE RATTLING SOUND IN CAR ON RIGHT HAND (PASSENGER) SIDE OF CAR. SPOKE TO DEALERSHIP ONCE ABOUT IT, MY HUSBAND TOOK REP ON DRIVE SO HE COULD HEAR IT. HE SAID HE COULD HEAR IT... TAKE IT TO SERVICE. HUSBAND TOOK THE CAR INTO SERVICE. THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE SOUND, COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. MAY 26, 2006 - DRIVING ALONG AT 8:00 A.M. ON A FRIDAY MORNING - WHILE DRIVING ALONG CURVE, CAR LOST CONTROL, ABOUT TO GO INTO DITCH ON RIGHT HAND SIDE, SWERVED TO THE LEFT TO AVOID. FELT LIKE CAR WAS OUT OF CONTROL, ALMOST HIT ONCOMING TRAFFIC, SWERVED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID, CONSEQUENTLY RAN INTO DITCH. COULD NOT SLOW CAR DOWN. HIT DRIVEWAY AHEAD OF ME AND CAR WENT AIRBORNE LANDING IN DITCH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. I SURVIVED, NO INJURIES. CAR TOTALED. PURCHASED ANOTHER CHEVY MALIBU LT BUT NEW YEAR 2006. FIGURED ANY KINKS WOULD BE WORKED OUT IN THE NEW MODEL. *NM

I'D JUST ENTERED ONTO THE FREEWAY AND WAS GOING ABOUT 55 MPH WHEN MY CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AT WHICH TIME I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SO I TURNED IT ON THEN OFF AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE BUT THE PEDAL STILL WOULD NOT MOVE AND WHILE AT THE SAME MANEUVER WITH CARS ON THE FREEWAY. I ENDED UP EXITING ABOUT 4 MILES DOWN THE ROAD USING AN EXIT WITH A LONG EXIT RAMP. AS SOON AS I EXITED I PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND IT BEGAN TO JERK BUT SLOW DOWN SOME BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH AS THERE WERE CARS STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE END OF THE RAMP AND THERE WAS NOT MUCH TIME LEFT, SO AT THAT POINT I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK WHICH CAUSED MY PASSENGER AND I TO BE THROWN FORWARD AND THE SEAT BELTS TIGHTENED AROUND US. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT BEGAN TO REV UP FASTER AND FASTER SO I IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR CHEVY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A NEARBY DEALERSHIP. THIS OCCURRED ON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND I AM AWAITING A CALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO INFORM ME OF WHY THIS HAPPENED AND TO REPAIR MY CAR. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATES NEXT TO THE ACCELERATOR THERE IS NO PROTECTION BETWEEN FOOT AND A CABLE. HE IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CONTACT'S FOOT IS ON THE PEDAL OR ON THE CABLE. THIS COULD CAUSE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. HE FEELS THERE SHOULD BE A SHIELD TO KEEP FOOT FROM HANGING. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT ALL OF THE MALIBUS WERE LIKE THIS, AND WERE NOT ABLE TO OFFER A REMEDY. *AK