37 problems related to brake light have been reported for the 2006 Chevrolet Malibu. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Chevrolet Malibu based on all problems reported for the 2006 Malibu.
Brake lights turn on without pressing pedal, yet lights turn off when pedal is pressed. Requires almost full pedal pressure to actuate brake lights, so lights actually do not operate correctly until almost fully braking, such as during a quick stop. Have had many instances in traffic of other vehicles nearly colliding with me while slowing down, obviously from the lack of correctly functioning brake lights.
While on a trip to long island, NY, heading home, a truck driver pulled up next to the car and said there was a problem with the brake lights on the car, when driving the brake lights stayed on, when stepping on the brakes the lights went off. We pulled over to check the brakes, did not see a problem. We checked the brakes several times during the long drive home but we got several horns beeping during stop and go traffic. Several days after we got home a lady followed me to a the doctors office to tell me about the same problem. My husband took it to his mechanic, he was unable to locate the problem. We called the nearest chevy dealer, dropped the car off and it took them several hours to see the problem and fix it. The part they put in was #15940467, module 2. 560, costing me $533. 48. The car, a 2006 chevy Malibu LS, had slightly less than 36,000 miles at the start of the problem(while we were on our trip), when we took it to the chevy dealer it had about 37000 miles, just past the warrenty. To me this is a safety hazard, since this a newer car there must be a problem with this part. Please look into this before injury happens.