2001 Chevrolet Malibu Complaint Log

MY TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD SIGNALS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. SOMETIMES THEY COME ON, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THEY DON'T. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS NEAR MISSES IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND ON THE HIGHWAYS. I AM AFRAID SOMEONE, INCLUDING MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN, WILL BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR EVEN KILLED. *LA

THE CAR HAS EXPERIENCED VIBRATIONS WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE FRONT ROTORS WERE TURNED AND PADS REPLACED BUT THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE. *AK

INTERMITTENT TURN SIGNAL FAILURE OF A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. *AK

IT APPEARS THAT THE BRAKE CALIPER AND BRAKE SYSTEM HAVE SOME DEFECTS. I'VE HAD BRAKES REPLACES 3 TIMES SINCE FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR (2003). CHECKED THE FLUID LEVEL, HOSES AND LINES. BRAKES FAILED ONCE AT SLOW SPEED 30 MPH. HAVEN'T HAD A FAILURE SINCE, HOWEVER, THE SYSTEM IS EATING UP BRAKE PADS MOSTLY ON THE LEFT SIDE.*AK

AT 500 MILES IT WAS FOUND THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING SYSTEM WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. RACK AND PINION SYSTEM FAILED AT 48,000 MILES. AT 49,000 MILES THE FRONT AXLE SHAFTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER REPAIRS THAT WERE PERFORMED ON THIS CAR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

** I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ABOVE INFO AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. BOUGHT 11/01- HIT POTHOLE 12/01, REPLACED TWO PASSENGER WHEELS(BENT) AND COMPLAINED OF "THUMPING" NOISE. DEALER 2X CLAIMED NOT TO HEAR NOISE. CAR WOULD NOT START ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS STARTING 5/02. PAID 111.00 FOR RENTAL WHILE DEALER INSPECTED. DEALER FOUND NOTHING. NEXT WEEK, FAILED TO START AGAIN, 800# TECH ADVICE TOLD ME ABOUT "ANTI-THEFT" WAS ACTING UP AND GAVE ME PROCEDURES TO START CAR. "ANTI-THEFT" SYSTEM HAS SINCE QUIT WORKING. AUTO IN "VERY MINOR" FENDER BENDER" IN 10/02, THAT WEEK DRIVER DOOR HINGE STARTED "CRACKLING", HANGING UP. INSURANCE COMPANY BODY SHOP SAID "NO RELATION" TO MINOR ACCIDENT. HINGE HAS COMPLETELY BROKEN AND NOT WORKING AT ALL SINCE THEN. 7/03 DRIVER POWER WINDOW "FELL DOWN" UPON ATTEMPT TO OPEN AS NORMAL WITH POWER BUTTON. OTHER PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN/ARE: REAR PASSENGER SPEAKER DOESN'T WORK, INTERIOR LIGHT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK, "" BLINKERS/EMER. FLASHERS"" HAVE QUIT WORKING PROPERLY ABOUT 4 TO 6 MONTHS AGO. (THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE I LIVE 'UP' A BLIND DRIVEWAY ON A HIGH SPEED ROAD)?!! 1ST WEEK I HAD THE CAR I NOTICED MOTOR RATTLED PRETTY LOUDLY UPON START UP. QUESTIONED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS "LIFTER BLEED DOWN" AND DEALER WAS WAITING ON GM FOR REMEDY, IF AVAILABLE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR AS USED WITH NEW WARRANTY IN PLACE, ABOUT 23,300 MILES ON 36/36000 NEW CAR WARRANTY AS WELL AS BOUGHT A 1500.00 EXTENDED 5YR/100000 WARR. ANY SUGGESTIONS, VERY TICKED OFF AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

AC AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHES FROM INTERNAL CIRCULATION TO VENT INTERMITTENTLY

WHILE DRIVING THEFT LOCK DETERRENT SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ONCE SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF. VEHICLE WILL NOT START AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO INDICATED IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE IGNITION. *AK

WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN. *JB

THE DEALER REPLACED 5 SETS OF BRAKES AND ROTORS ON THE VEHICLE WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS. *JB

THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED. *AK *SCC *JB

VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE WHEN APPLIED THE BRAKES. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED REPLACED FIVE TIMES PADS/ ROTORS TURNED THREE TIMES AND REPLACED ONE. BUT PROBLEM STILL RECURRING. PLEASE SEND COPY. AND FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

INTERMITTENT OR TOTAL FAILURE OF EXTERIOR TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR LIGHTS ON 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. SOMETIMES TURNING ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS A FEW TIMES WILL RESTART THE TURN SIGNALS. REPLACING THE FUSE DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *NLM

TURNING LIGHT HAS FAILED DUE TO AN AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE SHAKES AND RATTLES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

I WAS HAVING INTERMITTENT TROUBLE WITH THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LAMPS. THEY WILL STOP WORKING WHEN YOU MOST NEEDED THEM. MY MECHANIC CHANGED THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH BUT THAT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. AT THAT POINT I SAW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON HAZARD SWITCH PERTAINING TO SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS. I CONTACTED GM, THEY TOLD ME MY CAR IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, AND REFERRED ME TO A DEALER. I WENT BACK TO MY MECHANIC, AND HE FIGURED OUT THAT THE HAZARD SWITCH WAS THE PROBLEM. AS THAT IS WHERE ALL THE POWER IS DISTRIBUTED TO REST OF THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING, AND IT WILL FAIL PARTICULARLY ON A HOT DAY WHEN IT WAS HOT, AND THE AIR CONDITION WAS TURNED ON. HE REPLACED THE HAZARD SWITCH, AND THE CAR HAS NOT HAVE THAT TROUBLE FOR LAST ONE MONTH. CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME, HOW IS THIS PROBLEM DIFFERENT THAT THE PROBLEM EXPLAINED IN THE RECALL? ALSO, HAVING TROUBLE WITH STARTING OF THE CAR. ONCE IN A WHILE THE CAR DOESN'T START, AND THE IGNITION MAKES A WIERD NOISE. THE ORIGINAL TIRES THAT THIS CAR CAME WITH,M WERE A JOKE. THEY WORE UNEVENLY, AND MADE THE CAR SHAKE AND RATTLE. HAVE PUT NEW MICHELINS ON, AND THAT HAS SOLVED THAT PROBLEM.*AK

TURN SIGNALS ON 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU QUIT WORKING AT UNPREDICTABLE TIMES. THRU TRIAL AND ERROR, DISCOVERED THAT BY TURNING ON HAZARD FLASHERS AND THEN OFF, THAT TURN SIGNALS WOULD THEN WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS TOLD " THAT IS A COMMON PROBLEM, MOST LIKELY HAZARD SWITCH". WHEN NEXT IN FOR SERVICE, (JUNE 17, 2003) HAD PROBLEM CHECKED, AND HAZARD SWITCH WAS REPLACED, AT A COST OF $119.50. IF THIS IS A "COMMON PROBLEM "(AS I SEE IT IS BY A NUMBER OF SERVICE BULLETINS AND DEFECT INVESTIGATIONS ON NHTSA WEB SITE) AND APPARRENTLY A KNOWN DEFECT, IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY A RECALL, OR "UNWRITTEN EXTENDED WARRANTY" . *AK

THE VEHICLES IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. THE SIGNAL LIGHTS ALSO FAILED. NLM

IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD, MY 2001 CHEV. MALIBU HAS LEFT ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH MY TWO CHILDREN. I HAD TO HAVE A WRECKER PICK IT UP BOTH TIMES, AND BOTH TIMES I HAVE HAD TO RENT A CAR. BOTH TIMES I WAS TOLD IT IS OUT OF GAS. IT WAS SHOWING HAVING PLENTY OF GAS. THE MECHANIC AT THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP SAID THIS IS THE 15TH ONE IN TWO WEEKS TIME. HE STATED THAT IT IS THE FUEL SENSOR MODULE.!!!!! *JB

PROBLEMS WITH 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU'S BRAKE EQUIPMENT. *MR THE BRAKES WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT WERE REPLACED TWICE BY THE DEALERSHIP, ONCE AT 13500K MILES ALONG WITH RESURFACING OF THE ROTORS AND THE REPLACING THE R/F CALIPER, AND AGAIN AT 7855K MILES LATER. THE LAST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE CONSUMER EXITED THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN A LOUD METAL TO METAL SOUND WAS HEARD. THE BRAKES WERE DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND IN ORDER TO STOP, THE CONSUMER HAD TO CONTINUALLY PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL. *SCC

LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING. *NLM

ENGINE NOISE DEALER IS UNABLE TO LOCATE. HAZARD SWITCH SHORTS OUT NO TURN SIGNALS. *NLM

ABS LIGHT GOES ON AND STAYS ON. TOOK TO DEALER ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, HUBS HAD TO BE REPLACED APOXIMATELY. 2003 AND JAN. 2005. *AK

AFTER RESEARCHING THE SERVICE BULLETINS SECTION OF THIS WEBSITE, I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT I HAVE COMPLAINED/HAD SERVICED ABOUT 85% OF THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON YOUR DATABASE. I PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW, FROM EVERETT CHEVROLET, WA IN 2000. SINCE THE PURCHASE. DATE, I HAD CHEVY DO THE FOLLOWING: NEW BRAKES (ALL THE WAY AROUND - ONCE, FRONT ROTORS/PADS - TWICE), ALL NEW PISTONS, TRANSMISSION REPLACED, MISS ON #1 CYLINDER - REPLACED 1 FAILED SPARK PLUG, LEFT REAR DOOR SQUEAKS WHEN OPEN/SHUT - LUBED (HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW), FRONT LEFT NOISE FROM STRUTS/BRAKES - NOT ABLE TO VERIFY AS OF YET (POSSIBLE STRUT PROBLEM/LUBE), FAN IN DASHBOARD HAS A SOUND IN THE MIDDLE (JUST ABOVE THE CD PLAYER/RADIO) LIKE THERE IS A PIECE OF PAPER CAUGHT IN THE HOUSING (CONFIRMED AFTER 4 COMPLAINTS, FAULTY FAN MOTOR), PASSENGER FRONT SEAT SQUEAKS WHEN OCCUPIED (DEALERSHIPS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE./FIX), REARVIEW MIRROR RATTLES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (TIGHTENED, STILL DOES IT IN HOT WEATHER). BOTTOM LINE, THIS IS MY FIRST NEW CAR PURCHASE AND I AM HAVING SERIOUS DOUBTS ABOUT KEEPING THE CAR - AS IT ONLY HAS 21,405 MILES ON IT. WITH THE 3/30 WARRANTY. COMING UP IN OCT. 2003, I AM VERY MUCH AFRAID THAT I HAVE PURCHASED A LEMON AND NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING ANYMORE TIME/$$$ ON THIS VEHICLE. ANY SUGGESTIONS? *JB

I PURCHASED A 2001 MALIBU LS USED BACK IN FEB 2002. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE BREAKS MAKING A GROUNDING NOISE WHEN I COME TO SLOW STOPS. AS TIME GOES BY IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTERN. AT FIRST IT WAS ONLY WHEN I WOULD BE IN DRIVE THRU LINES WAITING OR THE BRAKE NOISE WOULD COME AND THEN GO AWAY FOR AWHILE. THE NOISE IS LIKE A GROUNDING OR METAL RUBBING NOISE. WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE BRAKES IT SOUND LIKE THE BRAKES ARE GOING TO SNAP OFF. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS CAR INTO TWO DIFFERENCE REPAIR SHOPS AND THEY ALL STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS DUE TO HOW CHEVY MADE THE BRAKES. THEY TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT THEY NOW USE METAL ON THE BRAKES AND WHEN THE BRAKES GET HOT THEY MAKE THIS NOISE. I CAN TURN THE CAR ON AND USUALLY WITHIN 15 MINUTES THE BRAKES START MAKING THE NOISE. I HAD THE BRAKES OILED, BRAKES PADS REPAIRED AND NOTHING TAKES THE NOISE AWAY. FROM WHAT I AM TOLD AND FROM WHAT I HAVE READ FROM OTHER PEOPLES COMPLAINTS IS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND IF YOU GET THE BRAKES REPLACED EVENTUALLY IT WILL START AGAIN. MANY PEOPLE HAVE WONDERED WHY NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. LIKE SOMEONE ELSE STATED WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR A RECALL TO BE ISSUED. A DEATH OR INJURY DUE TO THE BRAKES. I AM LUCKY COMPARED TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE BRAKES FAIL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I CAN TAKE OF HEARING THE NOISE. I CONTACTED THE CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE VIA EMAIL AND ALL THEY TOLD ME WAS TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER AND HAVE IT LOOKED AT. SINCE THEY CAN'T INSPECT THE CAR THEY HAVE TO RELY ON THE DEALERS. NOT ONCE DID THEY EVER ADMIT TO ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. I PAID ALOT FOR THIS CAR AND I SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES BUT THEY WERE NOT HELPFULL. I WON'T GO BACK ANYMORE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE I HAVE SPOKEN TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT CARS FROM THERE AND THEY HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. I JUST WANT THIS BRAKE ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED.

FLASHERS AND HAZARD LIGHTS DO NOT WORK.*AK

THE TURNING SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS QUIT WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE CONTACTED GM ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTION ON THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS WEBSITE. GM HAS INFORMED ME MY VEICHLE IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP THE IT STALLED. THE DEALER CHANGED THE IGNITION SWITCH BUT THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED. *NLM WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP THE IT STALLED. THE DEALER CHANGED THE IGNITION SWITCH BUT THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED. *MR

AT APPROXIMATELY 30000 MILES MY CAR STARTED HESITATING WHEN STARTING. THE DEALER COULD FIND NO FAULT AND I KEPT DRIVING WITH ONLY PERIODIC PROBLEMS. THEN MY GAS GAUGE, RADIO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND PASSIVE ALARM SYSTEM KEPT COMING ON. AT, 43,000 MILES THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER SAID THE KEY HAD LOST ITS MEMORY BUT I STILL KEPT HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. AT, 48,354 MILES THE CAR TOTALLY WENT OUT. AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH. UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW THE IGNITION SYSTEM IS COVERED TO 50,000 MILES BUT THE DEALER STATED TEH IGNITION SWITCH IS NOT PART OF THE IGNITION SYSTEM. AFTER WRITTING CHEVY COMPLAINT DEPT MANY TIMES I GOT NO WHERE BECAUSE ALL THEY DO IS CALLL THE DEALER, THEY DO NOT GO WITH AN INDEPENDENT BODY JUST THE DEALER THAT GAVE ME THE ADVICE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I HAD THE DEALER RETURN THE BAD PART TO ME AND WANT TO KNOW IF THIS PART IS COVERED. I PAID 400.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED. THE DEALER DID GIVE ME A 75.00 CREDIT BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER MY KEY MEMORY THEY STATED IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH THE ENTIRE TIME.*AK NOW, THE CAR IS AT 54,000 MILES AND COOLANT IS LEAKING AROUND, IN AND NEAR THE ENGINE. I HAVE KEPT THIS CAR IN GOOD REPAIR AND HAVE ALL RECEIPTS. THESE MAJOR PARTS SHOULD NOT BE WEARING DOWN THIS FAST. THE DEALER HAD TO CHANGE THE HAZARD SWITCH SHORTLY AFTER I FIRST GOT THE CAR.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ANTI-THEFT SECURITY SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. WHILE DRIVING THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. IT HAD TO BE PULLED ONTO THE EMERGENCY SHOULDER AND TO SIT FOR TEN MINUTES. THEN, THE KEY WAS TURNED TO THE ACCESSORY POSITION FOR TEN MORE MINUTES. AFTER THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM RESET BY ITSELF THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER UNDER CASE FILE # 1-384-309-432. *AK UPDATED 01/25/06. *JB

THE BRAKE CALIPER WAS DESIGNED, THE CALIPER PISTON OVER HEATED, WHICH CAUSED THE PISTON TO EXPAND. *JB

DT: THE VEHICLE HAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN FIVE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WAS IN APRIL OF 2003. THE CONTACT HAD IT TOWED ITO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD HER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION CYLINDER. THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER. THE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON BEFORE THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. THE SECOND WAS IN JUNE 2004. THE CONTACT HAD JUST PULLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN IT SHUT DOWN. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, WHICH DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE THIRD TIME WAS IN JULY, 2004 AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAD THE BATTERY REPLACED. THE FOURTH OCCASION HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 25, 2004. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER. IN MARCH OF 2005 THE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON, AND SHE TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD HER THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS OCTOBER 4, 2005. SHE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER AGAIN. THE SERVICE DEALER SAID THAT THE PART WAS KNOWN TO GO OUT BUT, NOT AS OFTEN AS ON CONTACT'S VEHICLE. *AK.

EXCESSIVE BRAKE REPAIR:FRONT AND REAR SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON 9/12/01 TO 3/31/03: BRAKES SERVICED ON 12/14/01-MACHINE FRONT ROTORS AND REAR DRUMS, 3/14/02-REPLACE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS MACHINE REAR DRUMS, 8/12/02 R&R REAR DRUMS & MACHINE R&R REAR BRAKE SHOES & LUBE BACKING PLATE, 3/31/03 FRONT BRAKES NEEDED CLEAN AND ADJUST REAR BRAKES. MILEAGE WAS RESPECTIVELY: 5836, 12450, 21975, 33533. ALL BRAKE WORK DONE BY DEALER. INDEPENDENT BRAKE INSPECTION ON 4/3/03 SHOWS FRONT BRAKES NEEDED AND 20/1000THS LEFT ON REAR DRUMS. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD SET OF BRAKES PUT ON THIS VEHICLE BEFORE THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY EXPIRES. ALSO REAR DRUMS ARE WITHIN 20/1000THS OF DRUM SPEC DISCARD PRIOR TO MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY EXPIRATION.

1) LEAKING COOLANT FROM INTAKE MANIFOLD INTO ENGINE, REQUIRED GASKET REPLACEMENT AND COOLANT / OIL CHANGE 2) TURN SIGNALS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, HAD TO REPLACE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH 3) A/C DOES NOT WORK, BLOWS HOT AIR, DEALER UNABLE TO REPAIR 4) BRAKES WEAK, VIBRATE. REPLACED WITH AFTER MARKET COMPONENTS (POWERSLOT ROTORS AND PERFORMANCE FRICTION CARBON METALLIC PADS) 5) AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS INOPERATIVE, DEALER UNABLE TO REPAIR 6) POOR FUEL MILEAGE, BEST IS 28 MPG HIGHWAY (CAFE VIOLATION??) 7) STARTER FAILED, REPLACED WITH REBUILT UNIT. *NLM

RIGHT STRUT MOUNT FAILED, CAUSING A SQUEAKY NOISE. *AK

THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS ON THIS VEHICLE FLEX WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS HAS RESULTED IN UNEVEN AND PREMATURE WEAR OF THE BRAKE PADS. THE PADS WERE REPLACED TWICE, ONCE AT 17,000 MILES AND ONCE AT 30,000. THE ROTORS WERE REMACHINED AT 17,000 MILES, REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES AND RESURFACED AT 33,000. THE FLEXING OF THE CALIPER CAUSES MISALIGNMET OF THE GUIDE PINS, CAUSING THE CALIPER TO HANG UP. AS A RESULT ONLY THE INNER BRAKE PAD IS STOPPING THE CAR. THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO WEAR ON THE OUTER PAD. THE INNER PADS SHOW SIGNS OF OVERHEATING, WHICH CAN CAUSE THE ROTORS TO WARP (PULSATING), AND BRAKE FADE IN A PANIC STOP. THE CONSTANT FLEXING COULD ALSO COMPRIMISE THE INTGERITY OF THE ALUMINUM CALIPERS OVER TIME. GM CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL. I HAVE CHECKED THE NHTSB WEB SITE AND FOUND 28% OF THE COMPLAINTS FILED FOR THIS VEHICLE WERE BRAKE RELATED AND ALMOST ALL COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS CONDITION.

WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THEE FLOOR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *NLM

I AM TRYING TO SELL A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU LS FOR MY DAD WHO IS 86 YEARS OLD AND CANNOT BECAUSE OF A START UP NOISE THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY TILL THE ENGINE WARMS UP. I HAVE LOST 4 BUYERS SO FAR. THIS AUTOMOBILE HAS ONLY 5600 MILES ON IT. I HAVE FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN SAYING THERE CAN BE A NOISE FROM CYLINDER 1 THRU 4. THIS IS INTERFERING WITH THE RESALE OF THE CAR AS NO ONE TRUST IT. I HAD IT ANALYZED BY THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS A PISTON SLAP. AND IT WOULD COST AROUND 1600.00 DOLLARS TO FIX IT. GM AGREED TO GO HALF AND HALF BUT THEN THE DEALER SAID IF THE PISTON SLAP HAD DAMAGED THE CYLINDER IT WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE. THIS TO ME IS A DEFECT THAT THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BECAUSE AS I STATED BE FORE THE CAR HAS ONLY 5600 MILES ON IT. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT [XXX] IF NEED BE. THANK YOU. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED FREQUENTLY.*JB

BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. *AK

BRAKES PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND ROTORS TURNED AT 25K MILES. PREMATURE WEAR BUT DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY. NOW AT 46K MILES CAR IS AGAIN IN NEED OF BRAKE PADS. *JB

I HAVE A '01 CHEVROLET MALIBU, MY FUEL INJECTOR WENT OUT OF CAR, ANTIFREEZE CHAMBER LEAKING (REPLACED), TURN SIGNAL UNIT WENT OUT. ABS SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED, WENT OUT..ALL UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. ALL UNDER 60,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP (BOBB CHEVROLET) OH HAS NO RECALLS ON THIS CAR, I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE LISTED AS A LEMON.*AK

THE PCM LIGHT ILLUMINATED.*JB

WE HAD BOUGHT A 2001 CHEVY MALIBU IN NOV 2002 . AND IT IS NOW APRIL OF 2004 . WE HAVE HAD THE CAR 16 MONTHS AND WE HAVE WENT THROUGH 5 WHOLE BRAKE JOBS . WE HAD RECENTLY HAD OUR BRAKES DONE IN FEB OF 2004 WITH 65,000 MILES AND IT COST US $557.00 AND WE HAD REPLACED THE PADS,SHOES ,ROTORS AND CALIPERS . BY THE TIME WE HAD 5,000 MILES ON THE BRAKES THEY WERE GONE SO WE HAD TO DO THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER AGAIN . ANOTHER $600.00 BRAKE JOB . WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HUBS TWICE AND I FEEL WE HAVE BOUGHT A LEMON AND THE DEALER DOSE NOT WANT TO TALK TO ME . I FEEL THAT THERE ARE SOME MAJOR PROBLEM THAT NEED TO BE FIXED DEALING WITH THE BRAKES AND THE FRONT END ON THESE CARS . I FEEL THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN RIDING IN THIS CAR . I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE . I WOULD LIKE THE PROBLEM FIXED OR A REPLACEMENT CAR . WE CAN NOT PUT ANYMORE TIME/$$$IN THIS CAR WHEN THE BRAKES GO EVERY TWO MONTHS OR 5,000 MILES . PLEASE HELP. *JB

LEFT TURN SIGNAL STAYED ON CAUSING STOP LAMP ELECTRICAL WIRES TO BURN. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE FUSE BOX. *JB *TS

SECURITY LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON CAR WONT START. EMERGENCY FLASHERS COMES ON BY THEMSELVES SOMETIMES AND THE FLASHERS DONT WORK AT TIMES UNLESS YOU TOUCH THE FLASHER SWITCH THEN THE BLINKERS WILL WORK. DIDNT GET NO LETTER ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE FLASHER SWITCH JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT ON THIS WEBSITE. I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY MALIBU SL I BOUGHT IT FROM HARVEY TOYOTA IN BOSSIER CITY LOUISIANA...I TOOK THE CAR TO THEM TOLD THEM WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS ON THE SECURITY SYSTEM THEY COULDNT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH IT. I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE FLASHER SWITCH AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD REPLACE IT BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY UNLESS I WANTED TO DO IT MYSELF. SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I CAN DO CAUSE IT IS AN ANNOYING AND AGRAVATING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND YOUR CAR WONT START UN TILL THE SECURITY LIGHT GOES OFF AND YOU HAVE TO RESET IT EVERY TIME. THANKYOU P.S WE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2002. *AK

ENGINE COOLING. MANIFOLD GASKETS LEAK ALLOWING OIL AND COOLANT TO ENTER INTO ENGINE. BEEN ADDING FLUIDS FOR A YEAR. THE GASKET MUST BE DEFECTIVE AND A RECALL ISSUED. I HAVE READ MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON YOU SITE.*AK

DEFECTIVE"O" RING AT FUEL LINE/INJECTOR PUMP CAUSED GASOLINE TO SPILL ON ENGINE BLOCK. THE CAR WOULD STILL RUN BUT STEADY STREAM OF GAS POURING ONTO THE ENGINE BLOCK. GAS FUMES WERE PICKED UP BY AIR/HEATER INTAKE FILLING CABIN WITH GAS VAPOR. ENGINE FIRE OR CABIN FLASH FIRE PROBABLE UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. HOPEFULLY, THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH CHEVROLET MALIBU. I REQUESTED THE "O" RING FROM DEALER, AND WAS TOLD IT HAD TO BE SENT BACK TO GMC. ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. THANKS A MAURO LANZISEVE. ********DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****770797. *AK *JB