1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU WITH 61,000 MILES NEEDED LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPAIRED, WATER PUMP REPLACED AND ENGINE OIL FLUSH BECAME A $1146.22 PROBLEM AND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGH WARRANTY GOLD COVERED NOTHING BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDER LIQUIDATION/CHAPTER 11. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE. *LA

FACTORY ALARM SYSTEM MODULE FAILS CONSTANTLY CAUSES FUEL INJECTORS TO QUIT FOR ABOUT 10-20 MIN. "THEFT SYSTEM" LIGHT BLINKS, ONCE IT'S DONE BLINKING IT MIGHT START THE CAR, OR IT MIGHT FAIL AGAIN CAUSING ANOTHER 10-20 MIN. LAG PERIOD. A/C ALSO BLOWS COLD AIR WHEN OFF, AND HOT AIR WHEN ON AT TIMES. A/C ALSO TURNS IT'S SELF OFF AND ON FROM TIME TO TIME. BRAKES SEEM TO GIVE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF BRAKING. ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT. *LA

CONSUMER STATED THAT ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM FAILED, PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM STARTING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER/MECHANIC APPROXIMATELY 15 TIMES, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT WHY THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM FAILED. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED SPOTS OF COOLANT ON THE DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS LEAKING. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY FAILED TO GRAB INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER STATED THAT MASTER CYLINDER MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO AN EMBANKMENT.*AK

THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHILE MAKING SHARP TURNS IN EITHER DIRECTION AND APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

I HAD TO HAVE THE RACK & PINION SYSTEM REPLACED ON MY 1998 MALIBU ALONG WITH THE POWER STEERING PUMP PULLEY DUE TO BEING WORN THRU AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE BY THE SERVICE TECHINICIANS RECOMMENDATION. THIS WAS DONE AT 68719 MILES. I ALSO HAD THE INTAKE VALVES REPLACED 2 MONTHS AGO FOR THE SECOND TIME DUE TO LEAKAGE OF LOTS OF OIL INTO THE ENGINE, ALSO PER THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS RECOMMENDATION. THIS WAS ONLY 14 MONTHS AFTER IT WAS DONE THE LAST TIME. I HAVE MY SERVICE DONE AT A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND I THINK THAT 68719 MILES IS LOW MILEAGE TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE RACK & PINION SYSTEM. I ALSO THINK THAT I WAS GIVEN FAULTY INTAKE VALVES ON THE ORIGINAL ENGINE AND ALSO ON THE FIRST REPLACEMENT. I AM ALSO TAKING MY CAR BACK FOR THE 3RD VISIT TO TRY AND FIX THE CHIRPING SOUND THAT IS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I ALSO REPLACED THE SERPENTINE BELT AND BEARINGS 2 MONTHS AGO WHEN THE INTAKE VALVES WERE DONE. *LA

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD WIPERS.*MR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN A SNOW STORM AND THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SEE. *TS *JB

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKES HAS BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES, EVERY 35,000 MILES. WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE, AND THERE WOULD BE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

WATER IS LEAKING INTO ENGINE FROM THE HEAD GASKET. WATER PUMP STARTED SEEPING AFTER HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED. THE FRONT BRAKES WAS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES WITH FINALLY THE ONES MENTIONED ON THE BULLETIN. FIRST THE LEFT SIDE WHEEL BEARING/ SPEED SENSOR ASSEMBLY CHANGED THEN A COUPLE OF THOUSAND OF MILES LATER THE RIGHT SIDE. AIR CONDITION WAS GOING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. *LA