2005 Chevrolet Classic
Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
49
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-02-14 | 05V054000 |
SUSPENSION:REAR | 9,402 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE THEFT BYPASS SYSTEM, ON MY 2005 CHEVY CLASSIC. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I RECEIVED A RECALL N… |
| 2016-07-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY… |
| 2016-04-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I ARRIVED AT WORK AND WAS TOLD BY COWORKERS THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE STILL ON. THEY WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. I REMOVED TH… |
| 2016-03-13 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HEARD SOME CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END. WAS TOLD BY A CHAIN REPAIR SHOP THAT THE STRUTS PROBABLY NEEDED REPLACING… |
| 2015-09-29 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | AS I SLAMMED ON BRAKES CAR SHUT DOWN CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK AND BRAKES TO NOT FUNCTION WELL. I ENDED UP REAR ENDING P… |
| 2015-07-31 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CAR WOULDN'T START. USUALLY IT STARTS RIGHT UP BUT IT WOULDN'T START UP. AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB WE FOUND IT WAS THE … |
| 2014-12-24 | STEERING | No | 0 | FOR THE 4TH TIME POWER STEERING FAILED. FOR THE 2ND TIME THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE THE FIRST TIME … |
| 2014-12-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR IGNITION RECALL NOTICE REPAIRS. *SMD THE IGN… |
| 2014-11-10 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | FRAME THAT HOLDS FRONT SYSTEM BROKE OR RUSTED THROUGH . CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING. *TR |
| 2014-10-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY BREAKS AWAY FROM ENGINE CRADLE DUE TO HEAVY CORROSION. (PHOTOS AVAILABLE) WIFE COMPLAINED OF… |
| 2014-09-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON, BUT THERE WAS NO IGNITION, NO SOUND OF THE ENGINE TRYING TO S… |
| 2014-09-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM GM ON APPROX. 09/15/2014. IT IS ABOUT THE IGNITION SHUTTING OFF ON VARIOUS GM MO… |
| 2014-07-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE L… |
| 2014-07-26 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXMIATELY 60 MPH, THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING AND BECAME HARD TO STEER. … |
| 2014-07-13 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE ANT… |
| 2014-06-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE IS A 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC IN EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION WITH LOW MILEAGE FOR THE YEAR. I WAS TEACHING MY 15YR O… |
| 2014-04-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE CAR WAS PURCHASED RECENTLY (LATE DECEMBER, 2013) ON A SALVAGE TITLE BY MY MOTHER. ON SATURDAY, APRIL 12 I WAS DRIVI… |
| 2014-03-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE ENGINE SUBFRAME (CRADLE) MOUNTING TABS FOR STEERING GEAR HAVE RUSTED OUT CAUSING STEERING GEAR TO SEPARATE FROM TH… |
| 2014-02-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CHEVROLET. CONSUMER IS WRITING IN REGARDS TO GM RECALL #14350. * LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. TH… |
| 2014-01-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE FIRST TIME I HAD THIS ISSUE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, I WAS TOLD I HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED, WHICH WAS NOT… |
| 2013-12-21 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR HAS BEEN GOING OFF/ON WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST INCIDENT WAS SATURDAY DECEMBER 21,201… |
| 2013-09-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AUTO THEFT LIGHT COMES ON EVERY 5 TO 10 DAYS..AND CAR WILL NOT START UP...HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING THE … |
| 2013-04-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | Yes | 3 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME LODGED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND… |
| 2013-01-05 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A… |
| 2012-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR WILL NOT START. I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION AND WAIT 10 MINUTE… |
| 2012-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WOULD BE DRIVING AND VEHICLE WOULD JUST SHUT OFF, SOMETIMES I WOULD GO OUT AND IT WOULD START AND OTHER TIMES IT WOUL… |
| 2011-12-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHIC… |
| 2011-07-10 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT REAR SEAT BELTS COULD NOT BE PULLED OUT AROUND PASSENGER TO CLICK INTO LOCKING DEVICE. AFTER MANY A… |
| 2011-05-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2005 CHEVY CLASSIC STALLS AND THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT COMES ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CAR WON'T START AFTER REPEATED ATTEM… |
| 2011-04-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS MY FUEL PUMP BUT SHUT AFTER SHUT AND NOT STARTING K FOUND OUT IT WAS MY ANTI THEFT SYSTEM. THIS… |
| 2011-01-03 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | ANTI THEFT DEVICE SHUTS FUEL PUMP DOWN WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING . THEN WONT RESTART . DOES IT REPEATEDLY AND RUINS FUEL PU… |
| 2010-08-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON AND DOES NOT ALLOW CAR TO START. OR COMES ON WHILE DRIVING AND CAR SHUTS COMPLET… |
| 2010-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SECURITY SYSTEM WOULD ACTIVATE WHEN HE ATTEM… |
| 2010-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK WHEN THE ANTI LOCK WARNIN… |
| 2010-05-20 | STEERING | No | 0 | FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN NOTICING A NOISE WHEN I TURN LEFT WITH MY 2005 CHEVY MALIBU CLASSIC. I WENT TO MY REP… |
| 2010-04-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC - PASSLOCK SYSTEM CAUSES CAR TO NOT START. MUST WAIT 10 MINUTES EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS TO TRY A… |
| 2010-03-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE KEEPS GOING OFF AND CAUSING ME TO BE STRANDED AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED… |
| 2010-03-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM IN THE CAR GOES OFF RANDOMLY OFTEN STRANDING ME WHERE EVER I AM.… |
| 2010-01-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THEFT SYSTEM ACTIVATED AND THE VEHICLE CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN, THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMERO… |
| 2009-07-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | GEAR SHIFT COVER STARTED BREAKING APART FROM GEAR. FIRST THERE WAS A SMALL TEAR, THEN IT GOT LARGER AND LARGER, AND EV… |
| 2009-03-20 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | 2005 CHEVY MALIBU WAS IN FRONT END COLLISION, NO AIR BAGS CAME OUT NOR DID SEAT BELTS HOLD, INJURES TO BOTH PASSENGERS.… |
| 2009-02-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NONE OF THE GAUGES WERE FUNCTIONING ON THE INSTRU… |
| 2008-12-13 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 3 | HAD ACCIDENT WITH DEER & DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT COME OUT & PASSENGER HIT HEAD ON WINDSHIELD BECAUSE HIS DID NOT COME O… |
| 2008-12-13 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 3 | DEER HITS CAR DRIVER & PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY & PASSENGER HEAD HITS WINDSHIELD. *TR |
| 2007-03-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY CLASSIC THAT FAILS TO START DUE TO A FAULTY SECURITY SYSTEM. WHEN THE CAR FAILS TO START THE SECUR… |
| 2006-03-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | UPPER PORTION OF 2 PART STEERING SHAFT CAME LOOSE AND STILL IS.TRUCK WAS ONE YEAR OLD WITH 5000 MILES ON IT. JUST MAKE… |
| 2005-12-24 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 1 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 68 MPH THE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED, I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES AND THEY LOCKED UP, I ENDED… |
| 2005-10-24 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | I PURCHASED MY 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC IN FEBRUARY OF 2005. SO FAR MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES. THE FIR… |
| 2005-07-20 | STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT | No | 0 | NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, THEN JUST STARTED MAKING FAINT NOISE, PROGRESSING MORE AS TIME WENT BY. WENT TO DEALERSHIP S… |