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2004 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx service brakes, hydraulic problems

12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 2004 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx3% of all complaints for this model year.

12
Service Brakes, Hydraulic complaints
3%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The seat belt do not lock in case of an accident. The drivers seat rocks while you are driving an adjusts by itself you can not keep the seat still. The welding has come apart from the base. The head lights are melting the bulbs for the signal and running light. I just caught that last weekend the…

    filed Jul 10, 2014

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic problems in other Malibu Maxx years

YearReportsShare
2006 Malibu Maxx83%
2005 Malibu Maxx103%
Malibu Maxx service brakes, hydraulic problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.