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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Malibu / August 2004noise when turning right in 2004 Malibu
After a right turn, when I accelerate and leave the steering wheel free to go back to its position, I feel a noise like "clac" in some part of the direction system. Sometimes the same happens when I start moving after a total stop. Does anybody have noticed something similar in his/her 2004 Malibu? Greetings from Mexico City Salvador S?nchez Check the CV joints > After a right turn, when I accelerate and leave the steering wheel free to > go back to its position, I feel a noise like "clac" in some part of the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Greetings from Mexico City > Salvador S?nchez | After a right turn, when I accelerate and leave the steering wheel free to | go back to its position, I feel a noise like "clac" in some part of the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] | Greetings from Mexico City | Salvador S?nchez More problems, hey Salvador? > | After a right turn, when I accelerate and leave the steering wheel free to > | go back to its position, I feel a noise like "clac" in some part of the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > More problems, hey Salvador? My Malibu is a low quality car. I will never buy a GM car again. In fact, I think I will never buy an american car again. If I can not afford to have a German one (BMW, Audi or Mercedes) I'll buy a Toyota or a Honda. I have had enough. Salvador No matter what brand: It sounds like a defective outer C-V joint, which was most likely made in an Asian country. So you can complain about the low quality, but if it were one of the other brands of cars that you are considering buying. When something like that happens, who will you blame it on? GM didn't make that part, nor will the other manufacturers. they have those parts made by a vendor who submits the lowest bid, and no matter what, sometimes there are defects. Rolex watches makes defective watches, Mercedes has their share of problems also. Just a thought. Refinish King PS What was the country of origin of your Malibu, Canada, Mexico or some other country? Can it be blamed on the manufacturing country? I doubt it, it was a defective part! > > | After a right turn, when I accelerate and leave the steering wheel free > to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > enough. > Salvador | No matter what brand: | [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] | > enough. | > Salvador Google his other posts on this car...it might provide some insight why he's come to the decision. I guess then he has the: "Lemon Blues" He should have been knocking on the service manager's window at 07:59 AM, like I had people do to me, when I managed a big Mopar body shop. Delaminations out the wazoo! Refinish King > | No matter what brand: > | [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > Google his other posts on this car...it might provide some insight why he's > come to the decision. | I guess then he has the: | | "Lemon Blues" | | [SNIP] Probably so... I avoid buying first year model runs just to avoid the law of averages that show they have the most problems. I would agree on that! Refinish King PS The consumer becomes the testing ground, and pays for the luxury of getting screwed! > | I guess then he has the: > | [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I avoid buying first year model runs just to avoid the law of averages that > show they have the most problems. My car was assembled in Fairfax (US). You are right in all you say. I agree. But, the defective part could have been made here in M?xico City, a mile away from my own home, and I would anyway blame GM and form a bad opinion of american cars because my car's brand is an american one, and I paid the price of an imported car. I don't know if a german or a japanese car is better than an american one or not. And I am aware that I could be the number in the statistics: the owner of the only one defective car in a whole week production. This happens with cars from everywhere. BUT, what I am totally sure about is that GM post-sale customer service is very, very lousy. In fact, my next car could be a Vectra, which is a german car assembled in Belgium (Opel), a very nice model, but I don?t want to deal with GM again. Of course it could be the problem of a defective part, but this is the fifth defective part of a six months and 8,000 kms old. Pure sh.t. Thanks for the dialogue Salvador > No matter what brand: > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > country? Can it be blamed on the manufacturing country? I doubt it, it was a > defective part! After all them problems: I can't say I blame you! From Pennsylvania, USA. Benedicion e via con dios! Refinish King > My car was assembled in Fairfax (US). You are right in all you say. I agree. > But, the defective part could have been made here in M?xico City, a mile [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > a > > defective part! | My car was assembled in Fairfax (US). You are right in all you say. I agree. | But, the defective part could have been made here in M?xico City, a mile [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] | Thanks for the dialogue | Salvador You know "pure sh.t" when you see it in Mexico too, I see. :-) > | My car was assembled in Fairfax (US). You are right in all you say. I agree. > | But, the defective part could have been made here in M?xico City, a mile [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > You know "pure sh.t" when you see it in Mexico too, I see. :-) It is not an elegant expression, I know, but I was angry about the whole situation. Anyway, the answer is yes. With globalization and an almost equal availability of products around the world, consumers of all countries can become "educated" about the quality of goods. Besides, I have been working two years for a Ford assembly plant, and I have learned two or three things about car's quality. I know statistics about quality, and that?s why I said that Toyotas and Hondas are a good choice, as well as BMWs. It is no secret that american cars quality has been falling in the perception of consumers when compared with japanese and european cars. Even american consumers prefer imported cars. Why I did not buy a Toyota instead of my Malibu? I prefer exterior design of Malibus over the ugly Camrys, and the price was definitely more atractive. Greetings from rainy Mexico City Salvador Interesting that you work ina Ford plant and chose to buy a GM product. BTW, the Opel Vectra that you mentioned is, I believe, a GM product. doug > It is not an elegant expression, I know, but I was angry about the whole > situation. Anyway, the answer is yes. With globalization and an almost equal [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Greetings from rainy Mexico City > Salvador Doug: I don?t like any of the Ford vehicles available in the mexican market, with the exception of the Mondeo and the Volvo. The first is too expensive and the second, a car I really like, was far beyond my budget. Vectra is a GM product. In the mexican market it comes under the Chevrolet brand. That's why I said that, despite the fact that I like it, I wouldn't buy one. Salvador > Interesting that you work ina Ford plant and chose to buy a GM product. > > BTW, the Opel Vectra that you mentioned is, I believe, a GM product. > > doug I didn't have a problem with the expression, your experience provides you a liccense to use it, I'd say! :-) I will end this all. You learned your lesson just like I did and will never buy a GM again. Buying my wife a 2000 Malibu LS was a big mistake. Nice looking car but that thing is in the shop every other week. : You know "pure sh.t" when you see it in Mexico too, I see. :-) Yeah, like the VW Jetta. On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 23:50:04 -0500, "Salvador R. Sánchez Gutiérrez" <srsg01@avantel.net> wrote: >>"James C. Reeves" <jcnospam@nospam.com> escribió en el mensaje >>news:hKidnZNDEcGCd5vc4p2dnA@comcast.com... [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >>German one (BMW, Audi or Mercedes) I'll buy a Toyota or a Honda. I have had >>enough. Stay away from Mercedes....overpriced and poor quality. |
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