2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM-ANTI-THEFT/PASSLOCKSYSTEM. THE SITUATION ARISES WITH NO PRIOR WARNINGS, I INSERT MY ORIGINAL GM KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH TO START MY 2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU AND THE ELECTRONIC ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM GOES INTO THEFT MODE (AS IF I AM STEALING MY OWN CAR). THE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT ON THE DASH STARTS FLASHING AND THE CAR WILL NOT START. THE ENGINE TURNS OVER BUT WILL NOT START. I HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR SWITCHED ON FOR 10 MINUTES (WHILE DRAINING THE BATTERY) UNTIL THE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT QUITS FLASHING AND STAYS ON STEADY. AT THAT POINT I MUST TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH TO OFF AND THEN TRY STARTING THE CAR AGAIN. THIS HAS OCCURRED ABOUT 6 TIMES SINCE I REACHED 55000 MILES. THE LAST TIME WAS LAST WEEK AND I AM NOW AT 76000 MILES. DEALER PRETENDED THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THIS AND HAD NOT DEALT WITH ANY OTHER PROBLEMS OF THIS TYPE WITH THE CHEVY MALIBU AT THEIR DEALERSHIP. I SEE AFTER DOING MUCH RESEARCH THAT THIS WAS A TOTAL LIE ON THEIR PART. THEY SUPPOSEDLY TRIED TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM, BUT COULD NOT. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN, AT WHICH POINT I COULD HAVE IT TOWED THERE AND THEY QUOTED ME $650+ TO REPLACE IGNITION ASSEMBLY (WHAT THEY CONSIDERED THE "LIKELY" CAUSE). CAR ALSO MAKES OUTSIDE HORN NOISES RANDOMLY AND THE INSIDE ALARM CHIMES RANDOMLY. I'VE READ ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS, EVEN ONE WOMAN WHOSE CAR JUST STOPPED WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THIS ANTITHEFFT SYSTEM PROBLEM. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT NEEDING RECALL AND OBVIOUSLY DANGEROUS ON MANY LEVELS. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON AUTO COMPLAINT SITES (IE., AUTOFORUM) AND I CAN SEE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE AS WELL. WHY AREN'T YOU DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT?! PLEASE RESPOND!!! *TR

I DROVE MY 2002CHEVY MALIBU TO WORK AND WHEN I GOT IN TO START IT , THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A GARAGE. IT COST ME A TOW BILL AND $278 TO HAVE THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM RESET. NOW I AM READING THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN AS LONG AS I OWN THE CAR! THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS TO BE FIXED PERMANENTLY. MY DAUGHTER ALSO HAS THE SAME MODEL AND IT HAS HAPPENED TO HER TWICE. *TR

2002 CHEVY MALIBU TURN SIGNAL FLICKERS OR DOES NOT WORK ALL THE TIME. NOV 08, $1000 PAID TO FIX MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AND HAZARD SWITCH FOR CAR TO PASS INSPECTION THAT ONLY WORKED FOR A MONTH. 11 SEP 09, $144 FINE PAID FOR IMPROPER LANE CHANGE BECAUSE TURN SIGNAL DID NOT WORK. SEP 09, $36 DOLLAR FOR OWNER TO REPLACE HAZARD SWITCH WHICH DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. OWNER IS UNWILLING TO PAY $240 FOR ANOTHER MULTIFUNCTION FUNCTION SWITCH. PLEASE HELP! *TR

ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM WILL NOT ALLOW CAR TO START EVEN THOUGH I AM USING THE FACTORY KEY THAT CAME WITH THE CAR. THIS OCCURS APPROXIMATELY EVERY TEN TO FIFTEEN TIMES I TRY TO START THE CAR. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS. *TR

AT 80,000 MILES MY 2002 CHEVY MALIBU'S TURN SIGNALS STOP FLASHING. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND IS DANGEROUS. *TR

MY MOTHER OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU THAT SOMETIMES WILL NOT START BECAUSE THE THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM GETS A FALSE READING AND SHUTS OFF POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP. PLACING THE IGNITION KEY IN THE ON POSITION FOR 10 MINUTES WILL USUALLY RESET THE THEFT SYSTEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TO US SEVERAL TIMES. I DID AN ONLINE SEARCH AND FOUND WHERE MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM. SOME HAVE SPENT SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TRYING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. CAN GM BE FORCED TO CORRECT THIS. NOW THAT WE THE PEOPLE OWN A MAJORITY STAKE IN THE COMPANY, IT SEEMS A PERFECT TIME TO HAVE THIS CORRECTED. YOU KNOW THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PASSLOCK PROBLEM, BUT IN THEIR ARROGANCE AND GREED, WOULD NOT CORRECT IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL JAMES MCDONALD. ALSO, IF YOU WANT TO SEE OTHER PEOPLES COMPLAINS DO A GOOGLE SEARCH OF CHEVROLET MALIBU THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM PROBLEM AND YOU WILL SEE THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. IF THIS CANNOT BE CORRECTED WITH YOUR INTERVENTION, I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

CHEVY PASSLOCK ANTI THEFT SYSTEM IS ALWAYS MALFUNCTIONING. HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES TO START CAR AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY MALIBU AND THE TURN SIGNALS WILL QUIT WORKING AT ANY TIME WITH OUT WARNING AND START WORKING ON THEIR OWN. *TR

TRIED TO START MY 2002 CHEVY MALIBU LS AND WOULD NOT START. ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT WAS ON. THE FAILURE SEEMS TO BE THE PASSLOCK TO THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM. THE COMPUTER CAN BE RESET BUT THIS DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM IT IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX. APPARENTLY THERE IS NOT A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM AT ALL. IT WILL JUST KEEP HAPPENING AS LONG AS YOU OWN THE CAR. I HAVE BEEN LUCK THAT IT'S ONLY DONE THIS WHILE PARKED. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM COULD KICK IN AT ANYTIME AND SHUT OFF THE CAR EVEN WHILE DRIVING. THIS TO ME SEEMS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

TURN SIGNALS DON'T ALWAYS WORK. SOMETIMES THEY WORK, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T, SOMETIMES THEY WORK AND JUST STOP WHILE BLINKING. *TR