This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Lost of control of vehicle three separate occasions. Vehicle pulls to the left into oncomming traffic. On three separate occasions my Chevy Malibu has lost control while changing lanes from the right lane to the left lane. The back end has swung out and caused the car to wooble from right to left out of contol. The first time was at 40 miles per hour and I was able to regain conrol over the vehicle. The second time was on the highway at 55 miles per hour and I hit a guard rail with only small damage to the bumper. The last time was a week ago and was the most serious. I was changing lanes from the middle to fast lane of a three lane highway going about 65. The vehicle back end broke loose again and skidded back and forth 3 or 4 times before I lost all control of the vehicle. I hit a truck and caused unknown amount of damage to the truck and $3000 of damage to my car. I was very lucky that no one was hurt. I have replaced the tires four times at Chevy dealerships recomendation. Each set has produced the same effect, pull to the left. I have had four aliment jobs. Each time the repair shop has acknowledged the pull was still there. Rotated tires eight times. No effect at all. I have even had a professional body shop look at the vehicle to check for previous acident damage even though the car was purchased new. They found no accident damage, but said the engine cradle might not be in the vehicle straight and could not fix it. At this point I am ready to sell the car and buy a safer vehicle.
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- Vernon, CT, USA