2003 Chevrolet Malibu Complaint Log

THE CAR WOULD RANDOMLY STOP RUNNING. THIS COULD HAPPEN WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY OR WHEN THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. DAUGHTER WAS CAUGHT A COUPLE OF TIME IN THE SITUATION. NO POWER STEERING OF BRAKES. COULD HAVE HAD A FATAL ACCIDENT. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CAR AND OTHER GM CARS, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS, THE PROBLEM LIES WITH THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM (ANTI THEFT). THE CAR THINKS THAT ITS THE WRONG KEY AND KILLS THE IGNITION. I FOUND A WORK AROUND ONLINE. WHICH INVOLVES WIRING A RESISTOR INTO THE IGNITION SYSTEM....THE CAR HAS BEEN FINE SINCE. *TR

I AM CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING LOSS OF STEERING AND SUSPENSION PERFORMANCE WITH MY VEHICLE INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF TIRE TREAD FOR MY VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BOUNCES AND MAKES SCREECHING SOUNDS WHILE STEERING A CURVE ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED IN EARLY MARCH AND NO MECHANICAL PROBLEM WAS OBSERVED OR DETECTED. A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS ALSO DONE AT A CHEVROLET DEALER A FEW MONTHS BACK AND NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND OR DETECTED THEN. I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE MECHANICAL OPERATION OF EITHER THE STEERING OR SUSPENSION COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE. KINDLY INVESTIGATE AND LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU *TR

THE HEATING/COOLING BLOWER DOES NOT OPERATE AT LOW SPEED SETTING (1-3). WORKS ONLY AT HIGH (4) SPEED SETTING. AT TIMES SOME SMOKE IS OBSERVED COMING OUT OF AIR VENTS. I HAD SPOKEN TO A MECHANIC DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AT A DEALERSHIP AND HE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS CORROSION PROBLEM CAUSING DUE TO CONDENSATION AND ERODING THE CONTACTS RESULTING IN NON OPERATION OF BLOWER MOTOR AT LOW SETTING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE. THE CONTACT EXCESSIVELY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND WAS ABLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR IN REVERSE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CRASHED INTO SEVERAL PARKED VEHICLES, BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE CONTACTS SHOULDER WAS BRUISED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I TRIED TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START AND ENDED UP HAVING IT TOWED TO A GARAGE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS LATER TO FIND OUT IT WAS AN THEFT SYSTEM PART THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SO WE DID THAT THEN THE SAME THING STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN. I GOT OUT THE OWNERS MANUAL AND WAS READING ABOUT TURN THE KEY FOR 10 MINUTES. WELL THIS HAS BEEN A ON GOING PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME NOW. IT WAS NOT UNTIL I STARTING READING ALL THESE THING ON THE INTERNET TO REALIZE THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. MY VEHICLE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO START OR NOT SO IN THE MORNING I HAVE TO GO OUT EARLIER THEN USUAL JUST IN CASE I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY FOR 10 MINUTES OR NOT. THE SCARY PART IS READING ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DRIVING AND THE CAR JUST STALLS OUT ON THEM. GM WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR OTHER LIVES TO BE TAKEN BEFORE YOU REALIZE THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS BEEN A GREAT CAR OTHER THEN THIS PROBLEM AND IT STILL IS A GREAT CAR. JUST IF THE THIS THEFT SYSTEM PROBLEM WOULD BE FIXED. COME ON GM STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT DO THE RECALL AND GET THIS FIXED SO WE CAN GO ON WITH OUR LIVES. THANKS *TR

THE CAR FAILS TO START DUE TO THE PASSLOCK II SYSTEM FAILURE. IT WILL NOT ENGAGE THE FUEL PUMP AND/OR IGNITION SYSTEM. THE THEFT LOCKOUT SYSTEM LIGHT STAYS ON OR FLASHES ALL OTHER DASH WARNING LIGHTS DO NOT LIGHT UP. THE CAR WILL START RANDOMLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE CAR. THE PASSLOCK II RELEARNING METHOD HAS TO BE USED TO START THE CAR AS INSTRUCTED BY GM IN THE OWNERS MANUAL SECTION 2 PAGE 17 WHEN THE THEFT SYSTEM FAILS. THIS METHOD WILL WORK RANDOMLY. NO KNOW REPAIR. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I AM HAVING THIS PROBLEM...THE SAME PROBLEM EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING....CAR WONT START DUE TO ANTI THEFT ISSUE....LUCKILY MY CAR WAS IN A PARKING LOT AT A GROCERY STORE. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM BECAUSE EVERYONE I KNOW IS AWARE AND IF I AM INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THIS FAILS WHILE DRIVING - I WILL FIND A VERY GOOD LAWYER AND COLLECT ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINERS ONLINE FOR THIS SAME ISSUE AND FILE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT - THERE ARE PLENTY ENOUGH TO DO SO....THIS IS GETTING REDICULOUS. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE GM STEPS UP AND ACTUALLY FIXES THE PROBLEM? THEY RECALLED FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL ACCELERATOR AND WHILE I DID RESPOND AND TAKE MY CAR IN THEY TOLD ME MINE WAS NOT AN ISSUE...ONLY TO DISCOVER A YEAR LATER IT IS AN ISSUE...I JUST DEAL WITH IT LIKE I WILL THIS ONE I GUESS....UNBELIEVABLE THAT NO ONE CARES EXCEPT THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE DRIVING THESE 23K DOLLAR VEHICLES....I CANT SELL THE CAR BECAUSE EVERYONE OUT THERE KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I WOULD BE SELLING A LEMON....NOW WHAT?

I BOUGHT A CHEVY MALIBU NEW IN 2003. I NEVER KNEW IT HAD ANY ANTI THEFT DEVICE. THREE WEEKS AGO THE ANTI THEFT LIGHT CAME ON. I IGNORED IT. AFTER A FEW DAYS THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN BUT SPUTTERED OUT. I LOOKED IN THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL THAT CAME WITH THE CAR. IT SAYS IF THE ANTI THEFT LIGHT COMES ON (FOR NO REASON) TURN IGNITION TO ON POSITION WAIT TEN MINUTES TURN CAR OFF AND THE CAR WILL START. I FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS AND CAR STARTED. SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY. I FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS AND CAR RUNS AGAIN. PROBLEM I HAVE IS WHY WOULD THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM BE ACTIVATED FOR NO REASON? CHEVY KNEW THIS HAPPENS AND THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE IT WRITTEN UP IN THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL. IF THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM IS FAULTY IE COMES ON FOR NO REASON AND PROHIBITS THE CAR FROM STARTING, CHEVY SHOULD NOT HAVE INSTALLED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR

THE ANTI- THEFT DEVICE IN THE 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU HAS LEFT ME STRANDED 12 DIFFERENT TIMES BEGINNING NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED FOR THIS REASON. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. GENERAL MOTORS IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND DOES NOTHING. GENERAL MOTORS IS PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST JOBS. GENERAL MOTORS IS PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE, INFANTS, CHILDREN, DISABLED MEN AND WOMEN IN THE U.S. BEING STRANDED IN THEIR AUTOMOBILES EVERY DAY. WE BAILED GENERAL MOTORS OUT, THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS MODEL. THANK YOU.*JB

WE OWN A 2003 CHEV MALIBU, SOLD AND SERVICED IN CANADA, BUT MANUFACTURED AT GM'S LANSING, MICHIGAN ASSEMBLY PLANT. CHEV MALIBUS ARE NOT YET INCLUDED ON THE GM IGNITION SWITCH RECALL LIST, BUT IN OCT/11 WE HAD EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEMS REPORTED BY THOSE VEHICLES CURRENTLY ON THE RECALL LIST: FOR PERHAPS 5 SECONDS, A TOTAL LOSS OF ALL POWER (ENGINE, LIGHTS, POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, ETC.,) WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH, AT NIGHT. AFTER THAT 5 SECOND DELAY, ALL POWER RESUMED, (LIGHTS, ENGINE, ETC) AND THE CAR OPERATED PERFECTLY FOR THE REST OF THE DRIVE HOME. A DAY LATER, WE AGAIN HAD A TOTAL LOSS OF ALL POWER, THIS TIME WHILE TURNING A CORNER AT SLOW SPEED. THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKING MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT THEN. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, ON 25 OCT/11, I HAD MY IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED AT MY LOCAL GM CHEV DEALERSHIP, AT A COST OF $416.51. AT NO TIME DID THE DEALER MENTION ANY KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THESE IGNITION SWITCHES. IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT RECALL, I CONTACTED MY GM DEALERSHIP, WHO STATED THEY COULD NOT COMMENT ON WHETHER THE REPLACEMENT SWITCH IS POTENTIALLY FAULTY OR NOT - AND HOW WOULD DEALERS KNOW, IF GM REPLACED THE ORIGINAL SWITCHES WITHOUT CHANGING THE PART NUMBER? WERE DEALERS TOLD TO GET RID OF THE "OLD STOCK", OR TO RETURN IT TO GM? THE DEALER STATED THAT, IF AND WHEN MY VEHICLE IS ADDED TO THE CURRENT RECALL LIST, THEY WOULD "REPLACE THE REPLACEMENT". IN OTHER WORDS, I COULD BE DRIVING WITH A FAULTY SWITCH - A POTENTIAL DANGER TO MYSELF AND TO OTHERS....AND, TO DATE, GM APPARENTLY DOESN'T PLAN TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I'M OUT $416 AND MAY STILL HAVE A DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH. I RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT'S AUTHORITY DOESN'T EXTEND TO CANADA. HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH MY VEHICLE WAS SOLD AND SERVICED IN CANADA, IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN LANSING, MICHIGAN - LIKE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER CHEV MALIBUS. *TR

PARKED THE CAR, CAME BACK OUT AND IT WOULDN'T START, THOUGH THERE WAS POWER FROM THE BATTERY AND THE ENGINE ACTED LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO TURN OVER (INDICATING THAT IT WASN'T THE ALTERNATOR). HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED. TURNED OUT THAT THE "THEFT SYSTEM" (PASSLOCK) LOCKED ME OUT. MECHANICS "RESET" IT. IT HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT 10 DAYS LATER. *TR

MY 2003 CHEVY MALIBU WOULD NOT START. I LEARNED THAT THE REASON IT WOULD NOT START WAS DUE TO THE THEFT SYSTEM PASS LOCK. SOMEHOW THE THEFT SYSTEM WAS TRIGGERED AND CUT THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THE ENGINE. I DID WHAT THE MANUAL SAID AND WAITED 10 MINUTES WITH THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION. THE CAR STARTED AFTER THAT; HOWEVER TWO WEEKS LATER, THE CAR DOES THE SAME THING. THE PROCESS IS REPEATED TO RESET THE THEFT SYSTEM. BUT NOW I WONDER HOW MANY MORE TIMES THIS PROBLEM WILL OCCUR AND WHY HASN'T ANYTHING BEEN DONE ABOUT A RECALL. OVER 30 INCIDENTS HAVE REPORTED ONLINE AT HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/MALIBU/2003/ SO WHY HASN'T THERE BE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SURE THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS THEY JUST HAVE NOT REPORTED IT. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY INCONVENIENT AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR CAR IS ACTUALLY GOING TO START. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR I AM UNABLE TO START IT BECAUSE THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM WILL BLOCK THE CAR FROM STARTING. I WILL PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THE SENSOR LIGHT WILL FLASH. I HAVE TO WAIT EXACTLY 10 MINUTES WITH THE KEY TURNED TO "ON" BEFORE THE LIGHT STOPS FLASHING AND I CAN TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN. ON A FEW OCCASIONS THIS HAS OCCURRED BACK TO BACK RESULTING IN HAVING TO WAIT AT LEAST 20 MINUTES TO START MY CAR. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR, WHICH SEEMS TO DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF A SAFETY FEATURE IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT IN A DARK PARKING LOT ALONE FOR 10 MINUTES BECAUSE OF FAULTY CONSTRUCTION. *TR

THE POWER STEERING HAS FAILED 5 TIMES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. EACH TIME,MY DAUGHTER HAS PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND THE POWER STEERING OPERATED CORRECTLY AGAIN. I HAVE HAD THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM CHECKED BY CERTIFIED GM MECHANICS AT THE LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP; THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS COMMON PROBLEM BUT THEY DID KNOW OF A REMEDY. THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED THE STEERING SYSTEM EACH TIME, AND DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. I AM SELLING THIS VEHICLE...IT IS NOT SAFE ENOUGH FOR MY DAUGHTER TO DRIVE. *TR

CAR WILL NOT START FUEL PUMP SHUTS DOWN, CAR THINKS IT IS BEING BROKEN INTO. HAVE TO SIT IN CAR FOR 10 MINUTES WITH KEY IN IGNITION TO OVERRIDE SYSTEM. HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN LAST MONTH. ALSO, FUEL PUMP SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON PARKWAY- LUCKY TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. BY THE WAY, NEW FUEL PUMP AND MODULE REPLACED AT 60,000 SO THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE.. HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO GET INTO ACCIDENTS OR DIE BEFORE THE NHTSA GETS INVOLVED AND MAKES CHEVY DO THE RIGHT THING AND REPLACE THIS IGNITIONS AND PASSLOCK PARTS THAT ARE DEFECTIVE!!!! OH, AND THEY GOT A BAIL OUT- BUT THE CONSUMERS DON'T GET ANY AND HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PAY THEM FOR REPAIRS THAT THEY CAUSED IN THE FIRST PLACE GM MAKES AN ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THESE REPAIRS. I HOPE THE NHTSA GETS A SHARE OF THAT MONEY BECAUSE YOU CERTAINLY AREN'T INTERESTED IN CORRECTING THE SITUATION. HOW MANY YEARS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS DOES IT TAKE??????? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED TO SHUT OFF WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, THE LIGHTS AND RADIO REMAINED ACTIVATED, WHICH CAUSED THE BATTERY TO DRAIN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THERE WAS A LOSS OF CONTROL IN THE STEERING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN FULL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. THERE WAS A NEARBY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THE SUB FRAME WAS FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. IN ADDITION, BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO A FAULTY TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM, IN WHICH THE TECHNICIAN RESET. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR MOST RECENT MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. .. UPDATED 02-07-13 *BF UPDATED 2/13/13 *CN UPDATED 02/14/2013 *JS

TL* THE OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT SUFFERED MINOR CUTS AND BURNS AS A RESULT AND HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD STOP ILLUMINATING ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 113,000. HAZARD SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED AND SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 11/16/2011 *LN *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 65, WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ACTIVATED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RPMS WOULD RAISE AND THE ENGINE WOULD INCREASE. IN 2006, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED FOR RECALL NUMBER: 04V528000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. NO FURTHER INSPECTION OR REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

CAR VEERED OFF THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. CRASHED INTO A STRAWBERRY FIELD AND ROLLED MULTIPLE TIME EJECTING DRIVER FROM THE CAR. CAR SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. PASSENGER MAY HAVE GRABBED AT STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE CAR TO VEER OFF THE ROAD. *TR

2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL, STEERING AND AIRBAG MALFUNCTIONS. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON MAY 19, 2011. SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHICH SENT THE VEHICLE IN THE OPPOSITE LANE HITTING ANOTHER CAR. HER VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDED UP GOING BACKWARDS INTO A SIGN AND THEN HITTING TWO PARKED VEHICLES IN A PARKING LOT. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UNTIL AFTER SHE HIT THE SIGN. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS UNAWARE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH IGNITION SWITCH. SHE STATED SHE HAD SEVERAL KEYS ON HER RING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. *JB

MY 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT HAPPENS TWO OR THREE TIMES EACH DAY. INITIALLY I ONLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE NOT STARTING AND HAVING TO WAIT 10 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I WENT TO A REPAIR SHOP ND THEY SAID IT WAS MY IGNITION. THIS IS A SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM WOULD ENGAGE, INVOLUNTARILY, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. ON A FEW OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD START, BUT THE WARNING THEFT LIGHT WOULD CONTINUE TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY MALIBU WITH THE PASSLOCK ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM. OVER THE PAST 2 1/2 YEARS I HAVE BEEN STRANDED 6 TIMES AND HAVE PAID HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS DUE TO MY CAR FAILING TO START AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. THE SCARIEST INCIDENT OF ALL HAPPENED AS I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CHILDREN AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING AS IT STARTED TO STALL OUT. AS OF NOW, MAY 6, 2011, IT IS AGAIN SITTING AT THE SHOP UNABLE TO START. THE TURN THE KEY TO ON, WAIT 10 MINUTES TRICK, DOESN'T EVEN WORK ANY LONGER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO PLACE THE GEAR IN PARK IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,100.

I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE CAR STARTING/STOPPING IN TRAFFIC. REPLACED THE KEY SWITCH WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM. ALSO HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE HEATING/AIR-CONDITIONING FAN SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM WILL LOSE THE ABILITY TO RUN EXCEPT ON SETTING 4 OR 5. ALSO THE SWITCH THAT PUTS THE SYSTEM ON RECYCLED AIR HAS STOPPED WORKING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 5 YEARS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. *TR

NHTSA ACTION NUMBER (PE05055) WAS INITIALLY ISSUED IN 2004 FOR A DEFECTIVE TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD FLASHERS THAT BECOME INOPERATIVE ON MODEL YEAR 1999-2000 MALIBU, ALERO, GRAND AM, AND 1999 CUTLASS. THIS ACTION NUMBER WAS LATER REVISED IN 2005 TO INCLUDE MODEL YEAR 2001-2002 MALIBU, ALERO, AND GRAND AM VEHICLES. THE RESULTING DOCUMENT FROM GM FOR THE INITIAL MODEL YEAR RANGE WAS: SPECIAL POLICY ADJUSTMENT - TURN SIGNALS/HAZARD WARNING FLASHERS #04098 - (DEC 16, 2004) GM DOCUMENT ID# 1578551 AND WHEN THE MODEL YEAR RANGE WAS EXTENDED: SPECIAL POLICY ADJUSTMENT-TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD WARNING FLASHERS #04098A - (JAN 11, 2006) GM DOCUMENT ID# 1750030 - I OWN (BOUGHT IT NEW) A 2003 CHEVY MALIBU THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOM OF INTERMITTENT TURN SIGNAL FAILURE. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS SOMETIME WORK AND SOMETIME DO NOT. YOU CAN NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL OR WILL NOT WORK. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY RISK. THE SWITCH TYPE IN THE 2003 MALIBU APPEARS TO BE THE SAME AS IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS FOR WHICH GM ISSUED THE SPECIAL POLICIES (NOTED ABOVE). ON OCTOBER 8TH 2011, I REPLACED THE TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD WARNING FLASHER SWITCH THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE GM DOCUMENT. (REPLACED WITH DORMAN PART 924-601). IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 3 WEEKS SINCE THE REPLACEMENT AND I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM. I WOULD HAVE SEEN THE PROBLEM OCCUR DURING THIS 3 WEEK PERIOD. IN CASE IT HELPS IN YOUR INVESTIGATION, THE NUMBER ON THE DEFECTIVE SWITCH I REMOVED FROM MY 2003 MALIBU IS : 22594146 0843 F I WANTED TO REPORT THIS FAILURE AS THERE IS A POSSIBLY THAT THERE WILL BE OTHERS WITH THE MODEL YEAR 2003 MALIBU''S THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AND WILL ALSO FILE A CLAIM WITH NHTSA. IF THIS IS THE CASE, GM WILL NEED TO ONCE AGAIN EXTEND THE RANGE OF VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THE DEFECTIVE SWITCH/HAZARD FLASHERS AND INCLUDE THIS EXTENDED RANGE IN THEIR SPECIAL POLICY ADJUSTMENT. *TT

2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH AND FUEL PUMP REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PASSLOCK SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. ALSO, THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, BECAUSE GAS WAS NOT GOING FROM THE TANK INTO THE ENGINE, THE CRUISE CONTROL OCCASIONALLY WOULD NOT WORK, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, SUCH AS THE RADIO AND WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING. *JB

THE IGNITION/PASSLOCK SYSTEM PROBLEM OF INTERMITTENT NO START THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE WITH THE 2003 MALIBU LEFT ME STALLED IN TRAFFIC. LUCKY FOR ME THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT (NOT YET ANYWAY). I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BY DOING THE 10 MINUTE RESET AS DESCRIBED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED CONTROL & CABLE BINDING. REPLACED FLOOR SHIFT CONTROL. REPLACED SHIFTER CABLE & IGNITION SWITCH CABLE. THE PROBLEM REMAINS. I BASICALLY GAVE UP COMPLAINING TO THE DEALER AND WENT BACK TO THE 10 MINUTE RESET PROCEDURE. A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS DOWN THE DRAIN. MY SON ASKED WHY THE CAR WAS NEVER FIXED. HE FOUND THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN DESCRIBING THE EXACT PROBLEM AS I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE WITH THE 2003 MALIBU: IT STATES THAT "ENGINEERING WOULD LIKE TO INSPECT ANY VEHICLE BEFORE THE ACTUAL REPAIR HAS BEEN PERFORMED WHERE THE REPAIR DIAGNOSIS LEADS TO REPLACING THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER FOR AN INTERMITTENT OR HARD NO START TYPE OF CONDITION OR CUSTOMER COMPLAINT." (NHTSA ITEM NUMBER 10002562) (SERVICE BULLETIN #022003). MY SON COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY FIXED THE STALLING PROBLEM. THEY SAID I DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER. MY STATEMENT IN THE SERVICE ORDER READS AS FOLLOWS: OWNER STATES CAN'T TURN IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER AT TIMES. FROM WHAT I HAVE LEARNED, THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE IGNITION/PASSLOCK SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN INSTALLED IN THE 2003 MALIBU. GM KNEW THIS BUT INSTALLED IT ANYWAYS. THEY EVEN HAVE A REMEDY IN THEIR OWNERS MANUAL DESCRIBING THE 10 MINUTE RESET SOLUTION. GM CREATES THE PROBLEM AND THEN HAVE UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMERS PAY $$$$$ TO FIX SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD OF FIXING THE REAL PROBLEM. THIS DEFECT IS AN UNSAFE AND AN UNETHICAL SCAM!!!!!!!!!! *TR

THE VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN ON EVERY FEW TIMES WHEN TRYING TO TURN IT ON. THE THEFT LIGHT BEGINS TO BLINK. I HAVE TO TURN IT TO THE "ON" POSITION FOR 10 MINUTES FOR IT TO RESTART, THEN IT WILL WORK. *TR

GM CHEVY MALIBU PASSLOCK SYSTEM. ORIGINALLY I HAD A 1998 MALIBU AND THOUGHT THAT IT WAS UNREPAIRABLE SO I SOLD IT FOR SCRAPS AND BOUGHT A 2003 MALIBU AND ABOUT EVERY MONTH (2 TIMES PER MONTH FOR THE PAST 3 MONTHS) I GO TO WORK OR STORE JUST FINE AND WHEN I COME OUT IT DOESN'T START. I'VE BEEN TAKEN THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS BY THE MECHANIC AT THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE 2003 MALIBU FROM, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL ISSUES WITH IT AND THEY HAVE FIXED IT COSTING ME ABOUT $500 EVERY TIME IT OCCURS. IT WASN'T UNTIL IT HAPPENED LAST MONTH WHILE LEAVING WORK AND A CO-WORKER CALLED A MECHANIC FRIEND OF HERS WHO INFORMED ME OF THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM FAILURE AND TOLD ME TO WAIT 10 MINUTES THEN START IT UP. SINCE THEN IT'S HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES, ONCE WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING (LUCKILY I WAS WITH HER TO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT). I'VE CALLED THE GM TO NO AVAIL; THEY SEEM TO KNOW NOTHING OF THIS ISSUE AND THEIR MECHANICS DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT BEING A PROBLEM EITHER SO BECAUSE THEY'VE "REPLACED" OR "FIXED" SEVERAL ISSUES (NOT THE ISSUE PLAGUING THE VEHICLE) WHICH THEY PROBABLY MADE UP; I'M OUT OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS! THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS APPARENTLY BEEN GOING ON WITH THIS MODEL FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY (GM) REFUSES TO RECALL THE ISSUE OR MAKE ANY EFFORT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THANK GOD I PUT AWAY MONEY FOR RAINY DAYS BUT I AM LIVID THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH I WOULD HAVE SAVED IF IT WEREN'T FOR GM OR CHEVY! THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO RECALL THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IMMEDIATELY; BEFORE GM SWINDLES ANYMORE UNSUSPECTING DRIVERS OUT OF THEIR MONEY! FYI CHECK THIS WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.CAR-FORUMS.COM/TALK/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=AF8AE0D52C5E7E7E95D95A891B99FBCF&T=1545&PAGE=2 OR JUST GOOGLE (OR WHAT EVER SEARCH ENGINE YOU USE) "ISSUES WITH CHEVY MALIBU" AND SEE WHAT COMES UP! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE IGNITION BUT THE ENGINE FAILED TO OPERATE WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ANTI-THEFT SECURITY SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AFTER TEN TO FIFTEEN MINUTES. IN ADDITION, THE SAME FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WHILE DRIVING AND RESULT IN THE VEHICLE STALLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE IGNITION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER MODULE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000. UPDATED 01/03/12*LJ UPDATED 01/04/12

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES; HOWEVER, HE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. THE BRAKES WOULD MAKE A SQUISHING NOISE WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED, AS IF AIR WAS ESCAPING. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD REVIEW HIS COMPLAINT AND HE WAS WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 69,000.

THE CAR IS A 2003 CHEVY MALIBU. OCCASIONALLY, THE "THEFT SYSTEM" LIGHT WILL TURN ON FOR NO REASON, AND THE CAR WILL NOT START. THE MANUAL RESET IS TO WAIT 10 MINUTES AND TRY TO RESTART THE CAR. THIS WAS DISCOVERED AFTER SEVERAL EXPENSIVE REPAIRS, INCLUDING FUEL PUMP AND IGNITION, WERE DONE. IT HAS BEEN INCONVENIENT AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUS TO WAIT AROUND FOR 10-30 MINUTES TO RESTART THE CAR. THE THEFT SYSTEM IS FLAWED AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL TO HELP OWNERS FIX THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO PUT HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO FIXING THINGS THAT WILL NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

PLEASE BRIEFLY DESCRIBE YOUR COMPLAINT: I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY MALIBU THAT HAS BEEN LEAKING COOLANT SINCE THE DAY I HAVE BOUGHT IT. I HAVE TAKEN IT NUMEROUS MANIACS AND THEY HAVE ALL TOLD ME THE SAME THING THAT MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS WERE LEAKING COOLANT AND THAT THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM. THESE MECHANICS TOLD ME THAT THE GASKETS FOR THIS CAR AND THE MANIFOLD ITSELF WERE NOT ENGINEERED CORRECTLY AND THAT'S THE REASON IT IS LEAKING COOLANT. I WAS ALSO TOLD GM DID HOWEVER FIX THIS PROBLEM BY DESIGNING NEW GASKETS WHICH THEY ARE USING TO REPLACE THE OLD ONES WHEN THESE PEOPLE BRING THERE CAR IN FOR THIS PROBLEM. OKAY ONE PROBLEM RIGHT THERE WHERE WAS THE RECALL ON THAT? THAT A HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARD RIGHT THERE BECAUSE OR GMS ENGINEERING. IM NOT SURE IF YOUR AWARE OF THIS BUT THE SMELL AND FUMES FROM THIS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE ARE DISGUSTING. ALSO I HAVE DONE ONLINE RESEARCH ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ALL YOU NEED TO TYPE IN IS PROBLEMS WITH CHEVY MALIBU INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET THOUSAND AND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS WHIT PEOPLE ALL OVER AMERICA HAVE THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE AND ITS NOT THAT THEY PAY THE $900.00 TO GET IT FIXED THE FIRST TIME THEN AGAIN ABOUT A YEAR TO A YEAR IN A HALF LATER THEY ALSO PAY THIS PRICE AGAIN BECAUSE THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED I AM ONE ANGRY AMERICAN AND I THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF MORE I WILL NOT GIVE UP ON MY CASE FOR AS WELL AS MY FELL AMERICAS IN THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. PLEASE HELP US!! THIS IS NOT FAR THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ON GM AND I WILL DO WHAT EVER IT TAKE TO GET TO THAT POINT. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE CAR IS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED USED AND THEREFORE THE EVENTS LEADING UP THE FAILURE ARE NOT KNOWN. THE PROBLEM THAT THE CAR HAS IS THAT THE RPMS INCREASE DRAMATICALLY WHILE DRIVING. THIS MAKES THE CAR DIFFICULT TO STOP AND EXTREME PRESSURE MUST BE APPLIED TO THE BRAKES TO STOP AND KEEP THE CAR STOPPED. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND THE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING, THE ENGINE CAN BE HEARD MAKING LOUDER THAN USUAL NOISES. WHEN THE RPMS INCREASE, THE SPEED OF THE CAR INCREASES WITHOUT THE GAS PEDAL BEING PRESSED. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE CAR MOVING AT A REASONABLE SPEED BECAUSE OF THIS. AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, BUT THE ACTIVATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT USUALLY OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED ABOVE. THE PROBLEM OCCURS AT AN OF FOUR TIMES A WEEK AND OCCURS MORE OFTEN WHEN THE CAR IS DRIVEN ON BACK ROADS INSTEAD OF HIGHWAYS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE ALL POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE BEGAN THREE WEEKS AGO. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED ABNORMALLY. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT A MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE CONTACT'S PERSONAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS112,000.

WAS NOT ABLE TO GET KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE KEYS WOULD STICK, AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEYS. TOOK IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE SHIFTER AND KNOB ASSEMBLY. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE AND USED THE ORIGINAL KEYS. FURTHERMORE, THIS CAR HAD LOW MILEAGE, 56,040 MILES, FOR A SEVEN YEAR OLD CAR, AND WAS BARELY DRIVEN TO HAVE TO HAVE SUCH A SERIOUS REPAIR. I SEE THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF TECHNICAL BULLETIN FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT CHEVROLET SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE REPAIR INSTEAD OF CHARGING ME THE $346.56 TO REPAIR A KNOWN ISSUE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I HAVE HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH MY 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU THAT I WOULD NEVER PURCHASE A CHEVROLET OR GM PRODUCT EVER AGAIN. MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT I SEE IN THE SERVICE BULLETINS ARE ISSUES THAT I HAVE ALSO HAD. AFTER FINDING THIS WEBSITE, I HOPE TO LET OTHER CHEVROLET MALIBU OWNERS KNOW OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS THAT CAN OCCUR WITH THEIR VEHICLES, AND ALSO HOPE THAT ONE DAY, SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO MAKE CHEVROLET LIABLE FOR ALL THESE ISSUES. *JS

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON FREEWAY IT JUST STALLED. I COASTED TO BERM. IT THEN RESTARTED. I'VE HAD ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, BUT THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. I'VE READ THAT THIS ENGINE CUTTING OUT IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THAT SYSTEM EVER SINCE I'VE HAD THE CAR. *TR

THE PASSLOCK ANTI THEFT SYSTEM IS A VERY DANGEROUS SYSTEM. THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SYSTEM. THOUSANDS OF ANGRY, FRUSTRATED PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING LEFT WITH NO RECOURSE. THE PROBLEM DATES FROM THE 1990S.THROUGH 2010. THE PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BEFORE NOW. I JUST SPENT OVER $5000. FOR A CAR THAT CANNOT BE MOVED OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY I DON'T THINK CONGRESS HEARD THE SCREAMS I'VE HEARD AND READ ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ('I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM CAR AGAIN', OR 'IF THERE IS EVER A CLASS ACTION SUITE, COUNT ME IN') WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HURT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED, OR THEIR CARS CAUSED WRECKS BECAUSE THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM KICKED IN AND CUT OFF THE FUEL WHILE THEY WERE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ ABOUT SO MANY UNHAPPY PEOPLE. I CAME FROM A GENERATION OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED FOR FIFTY YEARS. WE DID ALL THE THINGS WE WERE SUPPOSED TO. WE WORKED HARD, PAID OUR BILLS AND TRUSTED THAT WE WOULD BE TREATED FAIRLY. TO REALLY FIND OUT ABOUT PASSLOCK, JUST GOOGLE PASSLOCK COMPLAINTS. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE LINKS TO COMPLAINTS. HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/SEARCH.HTML?CX=PARTNER-PUB-0200629403145096%3AQT7MBBQYBBG&COF=FORID%3A10&IE=ISO-8859-1&Q=PASSLOCK&SA=SEARCH&SITEURL=WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM%2F&SITEURL=WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM%2FAUTOMOTIVE%2FGM_CHEV_MALIBU_P2.HTML#906 HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2003/CHEVROLET/MALIBU/ELECTRICAL+SYSTEM HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/MALIBU/2002/ELECTRICAL/PASSLOCK_PROBLEM_WONT_START_ANTI-THEFT_LIGHT_IS_ON.SHTML HTTP://WWW.CAR-FORUMS.COM/TALK/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=2349 HTTP://WWW.CHEVROLETPROBLEMS.COM/SEARCH/RESULTS.SHTML?CX=PARTNER-PUB-6745124734283845%3A635TFYW220Y&COF=FORID%3A10&IE=ISO-8859-1&Q=PASSLOCK&SA=SEARCH&SITEURL=WWW.CHEVROLETPROBLEMS.COM%252FINVESTIGATIONS%252FMALIBU%252F#931 IS THERE NO HOPE'..EVER? *TR

2003 CHEVY MALIBU PASSLOCK PASSIVE SECURITY SYSTEM FAILURE. THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM ENGAGES ON MY CAR FREQUENTLY. IT COSTS OVER $245 TO RESET AND $800 TO FIX. I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER GM CAR OWNERS WITH PASSLOCK SYSTEMS ARE HAVING THE PROBLEM. MY CAR WILL SUDDENLY STOP WHILE DRIVING AND I'VE NARROWLY AVOIDED SERIOUS ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF IT. OTHER TIMES IT WILL SIMPLY NOT START. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE BUT IT FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT HAD TO HOLD THE KEY IN PLACE FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD CUT OFF; IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO START, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO RESET THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT ASSIST THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000. NW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE IGNITION LOCK HOUSING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BECAUSE THE COMPUTER ASSUMED THE VEHICLE WAS BEING STOLEN DUE TO THE IGNITION SECURITY SWITCH FEATURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION LOCK HOUSING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED JUST RECENTLY PRIOR TO THE MOST CURRENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,760. STATUS UPDATE 11/15/11

MY TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS DO NOT ALWAYS WORK. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WORK AT ALL AND OTHER TIMES THEY BLINK A FEW TIMES AND THEN STOP. I DRIVE ON MAJOR INTERSTATES AND I'M ALWAYS AFRAID THAT THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I CANNOT PREDICT IF OR WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN, IF I TAP OR LIGHTLY PRESS THE FLASHER BUTTON ON THE DASH IT SEEMS TO HELP. I'VE SEEN OTHER REPORTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY FLAW. *TR

THE GAS PEDAL IS STICK. IT ACCELERATES THE CAR BY ITSELF. I HAVE TO USE MY FOOT TO GET IT OUT TO AVOID ACCELERATION. I CALLED GM AND THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY TOYOTA'S STICKY PEDAL IS A BIG DEAL, WHILE GM DOES NOTHING FOR IT. I SAW POSTINGS OF THE SAME PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME. I HOPE GM TAKE ACTION BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. *TR