2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY MALIBU. THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM PREVENTS ME FROM STARTING THE VEHICLE ABOUT THREE TIMES A MONTH. I HAVE TO WAIT 15-20 MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL START. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO BE LATE TO WORK MANY TIMES. *TR

APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST OF JULY 2007 OUR VEHICLE BEGAN ACCELERATING RAPIDLY. MY HUSBAND HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP THE SPEED. EVEN WITH HIS FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL, IT WOULD ACCELERATE UP TO 65 MPH AND HE HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES VERY STRONGLY TO SLOW IT DOWN. WHEN HE WOULD TAKE HIS FOOT OFF THE BRAKES, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN 100% OF THE TIME, BUT WAS MORE APT TO HAPPEN AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD WARMED UP. IT DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, DUE TO HIS CAREFUL DRIVING. WE TOOK IT IN TO THE REPAIR GARAGE ON 7-24-07 AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED REPLACING WHICH THEY DID AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH IT SINCE THEN. WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD REGISTER THIS COMPLAINT IN CASE OTHER LIKE VEHICLES HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY MALIBU WITH THE 3.1L V6 ENGINE THAT HAS 4 DEFECTIVE PISTONS IN IT (GM DOCUMENT ID# 773655) ALSO INSTALLED IN 2001 BUICK, CHEVY, PONTIAC AND SOME OLDS MODELS. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW WITH 4 MILES ON IT, IT HAD A SLIGHT "TICK" WHEN STARTED COLD AT THAT TIME, WHICH THE DEALER EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS "INJECTOR NOISE", NOT TO BE CONCERNED. THE NOISE GOT JUST A LITTLE WORSE UNTIL IT GOT UP TO 37,000 MILES (JUST OUT OF WARRANTY), THEN IT BECAME VERY NOISY AND DIDN'T GO AWAY WHEN WARMED UP. I HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS NOISE EVERY TIME I HAD THE DEALER CHANGE THE OIL. THEN I FOUND A COMPLAINT ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THESE ENGINES AND THE FIX. THAT IS WHEN HE FINALLY PRODUCED THE BULLETIN EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM, AND INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS TOO LATE, WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET (REQUEST#71-79653429) AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE SAME THING-WARRANTY IS GONE, SORRY YOU DIDN'T KNOW TO GET IT REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. WE ARE 72 YEARS OLD AND BOUGHT THIS CAR TO LAST US THE REST OF OUR LIVES, AND IT JUST MAY NOT MAKE IT. WE DO NOT DRIVE A LOT, 46,500 MILES IN OVER NINE YEARS, BUT THIS THING IS GETTING NOISIER BY THE MONTH. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO HELP US OLD FOLKS? *TR

REAR PARKING BRAKE EQUALIZER RUSTED OUT, LEADING TO LOSS OF EMERGENCY BRAKING AND PARKING BRAKES. UNABLE TO FIND REPLACEMENT PART WITHOUT REPLACING FRONT CABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE TURN SIGNALS ON THE VEHICLE ARE INOPERATIVE. AS A CONSEQUENCE HE CANNOT USE THEM TO SIGNAL INTENT TO TURN THAT, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL # 03V327000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH). HE WAS ADVISED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $200.00 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE HIS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 36,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. HE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND JUMP STARTED THE ENGINE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED THE IGNITION BYPASS SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN REPAIRED THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER. NONE OF THE REPAIRS HAVE REMEDIED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

2001 CHEVY MALIBU, IGNITION THEFT SYSTEM KEEPS BLINKING AND THE CAR WON'T START. *TR

NOT THAT I THINK DOING THIS IS GOING TO MAKE ANY REAL DIFFERENCE BUT I WILL TRY. I OWN A 2001 CHEVY MALIBU AND BESIDES BEING ONE OF THE WORST CARS MADE I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY PASSLOCK SYSTEM NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I SEE THAT THERE IS STILL NOTHING DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IS IT BECAUSE YOUR DO NOT CARE? IS GM LINING YOUR POCKETS AND YOU ARE SWEEPING THIS UNDER THE RUG? WHAT EVER IT IS THE FACT THAT YOU TURN A DEAF EAR AND DO NOT MAKE GM FIX THIS PROBLEM IS WRONG!!!!! IF I HAD THE MONEY I WOULD SUE ALL OF YOU AND MAKE THEM FIX THIS PROBLEM ON ALL OF THE CARS! COME ON THIS IS AMERICA AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BUILD GOOD CARS. GM WILL NEVER OUTSELL THE IMPORTS IN CARS AS LONG AS WE BUILD JUNK!! *TR

SHAWN JANSEN'S MALIUBU WAS DRIVING FAST, AND I COULD CLEARLY SEE HIM WINGING IT. *TR

THE TURNING SIGNAL ON MY 2001 CHEVY MALIBU WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO AND WHEN IT DOESN'T IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. THIS PAST HALLOWEEN I WAS RIDING UP THE MAIN ST. AND COULD NOT SIGNAL TO CARS BEHIND ME (IT WAS DARK) THAT I WAS TURNING. THIS IS VERY SCARY SINCE IT HAPPENS UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN YOU PUSH THE ARM DOWN. NOTHING. THERE'S NO LIGHTS ON THE CAR OR FLASHER ON MY DASH. I HAD TO PASS MY TURN & KEEP GOING OUT OF MY DIRECTION SO I COULD SEND A SIGNAL THROUGH BRAKING AND USED MY HAZARD LIGHT TO LET THEM KNOW I WAS TURNING. I LIVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE I CAN'T JUST HOP ON A BUS OR TRAIN IF MY CAR MALFUNCTIONS. I'M A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO GIRLS AND OUR CAR RIDE ENDED UP SCARIER THAN THE HALLOWEEN MASKS. I'M WRITING BEFORE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS. ON THE ROADS DOWN HERE IF YOU PUT ON YOUR HAZARDS AND SLOW DOWN, PEOPLE GENERALLY GO AROUND YOU. THIS WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS ON A TWO LANE ROAD WHERE I'M TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN & THEY TRY TO GO AROUND. GM HAD A RECALL IN 2003 FOR THIS ISSUE & WHEN I CALLED 11/2 THEY SAID MY VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BEFORE I PURCHASED IT IN 2005 FROM CARING AND THAT I'D HAVE TO FIGS THIS GM ISSUE OUT OF POCKET. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. THE VERY REASON FOR THE RECALL IS THE REASON FOR THE ISSUE. THE SOLDERING CRACKS AND AFFECTS THE CIRCUITS. GM KNOWS THIS ISSUE WILL REOCCUR UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS & NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT BEFORE I HAVE TO TRUST A MECHANIC TO HALF FIX THIS GM ISSUE & CHARGE ME AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE PROCESS. *TR