# 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU — STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `342018` · 2002-04-07 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** MALIBU
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
PUT 3 SETS OF BRAKE PADS & ROTORS (AT 16,000, 33,000, 42,000) ON THIS CAR & NOW NEEDS REPAIRING AGAIN.  HAD FRONT END COLLISION, HEAD HIT STEERING WHEEL BUT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ENTIRE FRONT OF CAR WAS COMPLETELY CRUSHED.  BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES.  WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A WRECK IF SOMETHING HAD BEEN IN FRONT OF ME.  AFTER REPAIRS FROM WRECK, LEAKING COOLANT - RESULTED IN BLOWN HEAD GASKET.  EDWARDS CHEV & ADJUSTER SAID WAS NOT FROM WRECK - PROBLEM  PROBABLY STARTED BEFORE WRECK.  CAR IS EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER WHEN PARKING.  FEELS LIKE THERE IS NO POWER STEERING.*AK
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