# 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU — STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
> NHTSA complaint `515902` · 2005-01-07 · 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:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
- **Miles at failure:** 1,500
- **Speed:** 70 mph
## Narrative
VEHICLE  EXPERIENCED  STEERING AND  TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE STEERING WENT OUT, FORCING  THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND INTO AN EMBANKMENT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A SERVICE CENTER.  TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE  INTO THE INTERLOCK. IF GOING INTO REVERSE AND CHANGING INTO DRIVE IT WAS  DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE. CONSUMER MUST USE ABOUT 45 LBS OF PRESSURE TO GET THE GEAR SHIFT TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY. ALSO,  VEHICLE WAS HAVING  BRAKE PROBLEMS. CONSUMER  WAS DRIVING ON AN OFF RAMP AND APPLIED THE BRAKES DOWN TO THE FLOOR.  VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN BUT DID NOT STOP COMPLETELY.  CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALERSHIP, WHO TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A BRAKE RECALL, AND THAT THE BRAKE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL. THE BRAKES WERE ELECTRONICALLY  PROGRAMMED CONTROLLED.  *AK  RECALL CAMPAIGN;  04V190000.  SUMMARY:     SOME OF THESE PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) THAT MAY CALCULATE A HIGHER THAN ACTUAL VEHICLE SPEED BECAUSE OF AN ERRATIC REAR-WHEEL SPEED SENSOR SIGNAL, AND CAUSE ABS ACTIVATION WHERE IT IS NOT NEEDED OR NEEDED ABS ACTIVATION TO BE EXTENDED DURING BRAKING AS THE VEHICLE SPEED DROPS TO ABOUT 3 MPH.  THE TRUNK RELEASE BUTTON ON THE DRIVERS DOOR CAME APART.  THE SHIFTER HANDLE BROKE.  THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AFTER BEING IN TRAFFIC.   *TC
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