2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

I HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS 3 YEARS., APPROXIMATELY WITH FREQUENT LOW COOLANT LEVELS AND LOW OIL LEVELS, IN ADDITION TO NOTICING A STRONG ODOR OF COOLANT AFTER TURNING CAR OFF. I WAS INFORMED RECENTLY , DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE IN MAY, 2007, OF A COMMON PROBLEM OFTEN OBSERVED IN GM 3.1 L AND 3.4L V-6 ENGINES. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKED AND ALLOWED CROSS CONTAMINATION OF THE COOLANT AND OIL SYSTEMS. THE OIL SYSTEM LEAKED INTO THE COOLANT SYSTEM, CLOGGING THE FLOW OF ENGINE COOLANT AND DAMAGING OTHER SYSTEMS, GASKETS AND FLUIDS. THE COOLANT LEAKE D INTO THE OIL SYSTEM AS WELL, CAUSING ENGINE WEAR.*AK NOW I AM TOLD IT WILL COST ABOUT $1000.00 TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER GASKETS AFFECTED BY THIS LEAK. THE MAIN EXPENSE IS FOR THE LABOR TO REACH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET IN MID-ENGINE. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THIS PROBLEM AFFECTS ALL GM 3.1L AND 3.4L V-6 ENGINES SINCE 1996, AND THAT THESE ENGINES HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED, IN SPITE OF THE FREQUENCY OF THIS COMPLAINT. MY VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, BUT SINCE THIS ENGINE'S PROBLEM HAS BEEN KNOWN SINCE BEFORE I PURCHASED THE CAR, I BELIEVE I AM JUSTIFIED IN REQUESTING THAT GM COVER THE COST OF ANY NECESSARY REPAIRS TO REPLACE THIS LEAKING GASKET BEFORE THE ENGINE IS DESTROYED.

I HAVE A 2000 CHEVY MALIBU THAT HAS HAD A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH TURN SIGNALS AND GENERAL OTHER SAFETY RELATED CONCERNS. NOW ON MULTIPLE OCCURANCES THE CAR WILL NOT START WITH THE OEM KEY AND WIRELESS CONTROLLER. THE "THEFT SYSTEM" LIGHT TURNS ON SPORADICALLY LEAVING ME UNABLE TO START THE CAR... THE CAR CRANKS BUT THE THEFT SYSTEM DISABLES THE CAR FROM TURNING OVER OR FULLY STARTING. I HAVE SENT THE CAR INTO THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NOW THEY FINALLY "PINNED DOWN" THE ISSUE AND ARE REQUESTING OVER $800 TO REPLACE THE INGITION MODULE. I HAVE READ ENOUGH ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON FORUMS AND THE AUTO REPAIR (NON-DEALERSHIP) HAS ADMITTED TO "FIXING" THIS PROBLEM ON MANY MAILBU'S PRIOR TO MINE. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES, INCURRED OVER $375 IN TOWING AND AUTO SHOP EXPENSES...

THE CAR BEGAN LOCKING UP WITH THE THEFT SYSTEM" LIGHT BLINKING. THE CAR WILL NOT CRANK UNTIL YOU WAITED 10 MINUTES FOR IT TO STOP BLINKING. THIS CAN HAPPEN TWO OR THREE TIMES IN A ROW, AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS NO WAY TO FIX IT.*AK

UPON STARTING THE 2000 CHEVY MALIBU, THE POWER WINDOWS WOULDN'T WORK, THE FUEL GAUGE READ AS EMPTY, THE GEAR INDICATOR DIDN'T LIGHT UP. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED FOR UP TO 2 MINUTES, THEN EVERYTHING WOULD COME ON. THE "SERVICE VEHICLE SOON" LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY AND EVENTUALLY THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. WE TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

CAR ACT AS IF ITS GOING TO START BUT CUTS OFF. I HAVE HAD TO SIT FOR 15 TO 20 MINUTES FOR THE CAR TO START. THE THEFT LOCK SYSTEM LIGHT FLASHES ON AND OFF DURING THIS TIME ONCE IT STOP THE CAR SEEMS TO START AFTER THE FLASHING STOPS. THIS CAUSES ME TO BE LATE TO PLACES ALSO TO BLOCK GAS PUMPS AND THINGS . *JB

2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU SEDAN WITH RUSTED LEFT AND RIGHT BRACKETS THAT ARE WELDED TO THE K FRAME AND HOLD THE STEERING ARM**CC THE CONSUMER HAD PERSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 50 MPH AND THEN SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO MERGE ONTO THE MEDIAN IN ORDER TO AVOID THE BUSY INTERSECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE SIGNAL LIGHT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO OTHER FAILURES OCCURRED SINCE THE VEHICLE LEFT THE SHOP. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 50,000.*AK

2000 CHEVY MALIBU INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE, 800.00 TO FIX. REPLACED GASKET AT DEALER, TOLD CAR WAS A FIXED AND THEN THE HEAD GASKET FAILS, WITHIN HOURS OF LEAVING REPAIR SHOP. *JB

TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT WORK INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT WORK, I TURN ON THE HAZARD FLASHERS, THEN THE TURN SIGNAL WORKS. MY 1980 CHEVROLET MALIBU WAS MANUFACTURED OCTOBER 1999, SO I DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL PURSUANT TO NHTSA #03V327000. WHEN I CONTACTED DEALER, I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM UNLESS I BROUGHT IT IN WHEN THE SIGNAL WAS NOT WORKING. SINCE IT IS INTERMITTENT, THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT FAILS ALTOGETHER. I ASSUME THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE RECALL ON MODELS WITH A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURE DATE. *NM

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ALONG THE FREEWAY AND WITHOUT ANY NOTICE THE CAR WENT FROM HAVING A NORMAL TEMP TO RED LINING ON THE TEMPERATURE. I IMMEDIATELY SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN AND TURNED ON THE HEAT. AT THIS POINT NO HEAT CAME OUT AND SOON AFTERWARDS THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND DIED. I CRUISED IT OFF THE FREEWAY AND ONTO A SIDE ROAD. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND A PASSERBY WAS NICE ENOUGH TO STOP. I ENDED UP REFILLING THE COOLANT AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO WHERE I NEED TO GO AND RETURN HOME. I HAD REFILL THE FLUID LEVEL MULTIPLE TIMES. I TOOK IT TO A RADIATOR SHOP THAT STATED THAT THE SEALS ON MY ENGINE WERE LEAKING EXHAUST INTO THE FLUIDS WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THEY STATED THAT CHEVY WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE DEXACOOL COOLANT IN THE VEHICLES AND THAT IT WAS EATING AWAY THE SEAL IN THE ENGINE. *JB