Seat Broken problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Malibu - part 2

Drivers seat frame broke at weld. Seat was no longer attached to vehicle. Almost caused me to have an accident. $843 to replace the frame.

The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu maxx. The drivers seat frame that supports the seat was broken since 2008. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who informed him that it would cost him $1000 for repairs. The vehicle was never repaired. The manufacturer was never notified. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 100,000.

Seat bracket broke while driving causing seat to suddenly drop to one side. As a result, driver nearly lost control of vehicle. Inspection of the seat mount revealed two failed welds. Contacted gm the next day, then brought vehicle to nearest dealer at gm's request. Dealer initially reported that the problem was a clear factory defect and suggested that gm should repair it at no cost to us. After two weeks of "considering our request," gm denied the claim and suggested that we should have purchased an extended warranty. The problem has not been corrected at this time.

The drivers front seat leans to right right when tilted have to keep all the way down so it doesn't wobble. The weld on the seat frame broke causing it to lean to the right and be unstable. Also power steering will randomly stop working in the middle of driving. You have to shut the car off and turn it back on to get power steering back. Dealer said they recalled the issue before we bought the car and it is back again same issue now its apparently not covered since they said they fixed it been happening for a few years now.

Driver's seat weld is broken causing seat to tilt to the right.

Driver seat frame broke and severely leaned to the right. Dealer fixed under warranty. March, 2008 - incident repeated - no warranty offered!.

What can I say I have been writing about this car for the longest. I just want to say the other complaints about the bulbs burning out, the driver's seat breaking at the weld and the seat belt light constantly coming on is an ongoing problem I'm sure gm knew about this. I have complained to deaf ears both to NHTSA and gm. The last time I made a complaint was in may 2014 to both of them about the steering. Gm and NHTSA says there is nothing they can do since there was no recall. Exactly 2 weeks later the ceo of gm comes out to say the Malibu maxx is included in the recall! I paid to have my steering wheel replaced in 2007 because of power steering failure, the dealer said I needed the steering column replace and I did to the tune of almost $800. Now a bulletin was sent out to dealers in 2005 about a key insert for any customer who came in to complain about power steering failure, but this was not given to me as a choice. They were sure I needed the steering column replaced, so I did. Now that my car is included in the recall and I paid, perhaps, unnecessarily to have my steering column replaced as anyone know this defective part is part of the steering gm still does not want to reimburse me my money back. I bought the Cadillac catera which was discontinued due to many recalls and because of all my complaints gm gave me $3000 toward a new gm car, which I applied to the Malibu maxx. I won't put my money or given credit toward a gm again, I'm through and since nearly half of my family members are gm owners I am getting them to make their next purchase something other than american made cars. I make sure I tell everyone about my experience so they will think twice about a company who didn't want to invest 90 cents topossibly fix a problem per car.

Reporting multiple issues. Increased problems after recall work performed. . Items 2 and 3. Item 1 from the original purchase and no gm solution on what has been a wide spread part quality problem documented. Drivers side seat early on from purchase dealer welded break once. Broke again driving with broken seat now leg nerve back problems. Concern on safety if in accident a. . No recall why no option to get replacement parts or seat why????? while driving vehicle power steering went out reduced acceleration dashboard varying lights random varies off and on able to coast out of traffic. No ability to restart. Towed dealer indicated need to replace generator and battery both performed vehicle drains unable to start jump start runs fails again later - no solution problem started after dealership recall work done on ignition switch related to recall work???? sitting in driveway - do we tow back to dealership that had us replace the generator as an unnecessary expense??? selector malfunction not working serviced now no ability to use low gear selection push button. Stays on 3 why again related to recall work performed??? some sensations of slippage between gears as well. Why?? like the vehicle and want it to be safe to drive and keep in service. Loyal gm family member that is considering changing manufacturers. Saturn owner - no longer available pontiac owner grand am no loner available pontiac vibe owner Chevrolet blazer owner Chevrolet camero. Chevrolet impala our family list goes on. More difficult to keep the family loyal drop down box on vehicle never displayed.