2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

MY GRANDSON WAS CRITICALLY INURED WHILE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER IN 2002 CHEVY MALIBU, THIS VEHICLE CANNOT SUSTAIN IMPACT OF 30 MPH OR LESS TO FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WITHOUT CAUSING FATAL IF NOT CRITICAL INJURIES TO PASSENGER. NO SIDE AIRBAG, NO PROTECTION WHATSOEVER. RATED WITH THREE STARS...... RIDICULOUS. MY GRANDSON LOST ONE LUNG AND PART OF HIS BRONCHIAL TUBE BECAUSE THERE IS NO SAFETY MEASUREMENTS ON THIS VEHICLE TO PROTECT FRONT PASSENGER. *TR

MY 2002 CHEVY MALIBU HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT IT AT ABOUT 104,000 MILES BUT I AM SURE THAT IT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WELL BEFORE I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE OF THE LOW PRICE I PAID FOR IT, BUT I NEEDED A CAR BADLY. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS STARTING MY CAR AND USUALLY WOULD HAVE TO TURN IT ON TO MAKE SURE ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON, NOT JUST THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT. IF ONLY THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT COMES ON, ITS GUARANTEED TO NOT START. AT EXACTLY 111,111 MILES MY CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I TOOK THE KEY OUT AND PUT IT BACK IN. IT KEPT FLASHING THE ANTI-THEFT AT ME! I REPLACED THE IDOL SPEED MOTOR AND FOR SOME REASON IT STARTED. A WEEK LATER IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN. I READ ABOUT TRICKS ONLINE TO GET THE CAR TO START BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROMINENT PROBLEM WITH 2002'S. I FINALLY GOT THE CAR STARTED. A FEW DAYS LATER I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT AND MY CAR JUST SHUT OFF. I WAS STILL ABLE TO USE MY BREAKS, THANK GOD, BUT HAD TO SIT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC TRYING TO START MY CAR FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. I KEEP THINKING WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS WHEN MY 2-YEAR-OLD IS WITH ME? WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS IN THE DARK AND SOMEONE REAR ENDS ME BECAUSE MY LIGHTS GO OUT? I HAVE HAD THE FUEL PUMP CHECKED, THE FUEL INJECTORS, THE IDLE SPEED MOTOR REPLACED EVERY TIME I REPLACE SOMETHING IT WORKS FOR A FEW DAYS OR WEEKS THEN IT STARTS TO ACT UP AGAIN. THE POINT IS THAT THE PROBLEM ALWAYS COMES BACK AND IT SEEMS TO GET WORST, AND HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY WITH EVERY FAILURE. THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE IGNITION CYLINDER WITCH IS WHAT I AM HAVING FIXED NEXT, BUT I HAVE ACQUAINTANCES THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT COME BACK EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE IGNITION CYLINDER. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS HAVING EVERYTHING DIE AGAIN WHILE I AM DRIVING BECAUSE ITS NOT JUST A INCONVENIENCE ANYMORE, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT CHEVY NEEDS TO ADDRESS BEFORE THERE ARE DEATHS AND OR SERIOUS INJURIES. *TR

INTAKE GASKET WENT IN CAR COST $740.00 TO FIX,THE COOLANT WAS MIXING WITH OIL. I DIDN'T HAVE HEAT COULDN'T SEE OUT BACK WINDOW. THE SIGNALS WORK WHEN THEY WANT,THE REAR DEFROSTER DON'T WORK,MY HUSBAND HAS FIXED IT 2X AND PUT IN SHOP,STILL DON'T WORK. MY CAR GETS SERVICE WHEN ITS TIME. THERE'S A SOUND IN THE DASHBOARD SOUND LIKE WIRES RUBBING TOGETHER AND YOU GET A LITTLE SHOCK WHEN YOU GET OUT CAR. I HOPE I DON'T BE DRIVING AND MY CAR CATCH ON FIRE WITH ME IN IT. I THINK MY CAR WAS IN THE BAD BATCH SECTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU. EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY RESET THE COMPUTER. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE RED LIGHT INDICATES THAT THE ANTI-FREEZE IS LOW. ANTI-FREEZE WOULD LEAK OUT THE TANK AND DAMAGE THE WATER PUMP AND BALANCER. THE CONTACT WANTS THE MANUFACTURER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT WARNED ABOUT THE FAULTY TANK. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,800.

2002 CHEVY MALIBU WON'T START OCCASIONALLY PASSLODE PROBLEM DIAG AT LOCAL DEALER IGNITION REPLACED AND KEYS REPROGRAMMED COST $398.60 .STILL HAVE PROBLEM THAT WE TOOK CAR TO DEALER IN FIRST PLACE FOR. DEALER CAN NOT FIX PROBLEM WHAT DO WE DO THIS IS UNSAFE FOR WIFE AND YOUNG CHILD TO BECOME STRANDED ON A DAILY BASES. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE PASSLOCK SYSTEMS FROM GM. WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND HAVE SENSE LEARNED ABOUT THE ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE DEXCOOL COOLANT CAUSING GASKET FAILURE .WE NEED HELP. *TR

LOW COOLANT LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. HAD THIS CHECKED DURING AN OIL CHANGE AND OIL WAS FOUND IN THE COOLANT. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS REPLACED FOR THE 2ND TIME. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED 2 1/2 YEARS AGO. STARTING IN THE SPRING/SUMMER OF 2008 STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TURN SIGNALS ONLY WORKING PART OF THE TIME. THIS WAS CHECKED AT A DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE SIGNALS SEEMED TO WORK FINE FOR THEM AND THE PROBLEM COULDN'T BE REPRODUCED THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS WRONG TO BE ABLE TO FIX IT. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT START FOR A WEEK AND WAS TOWED. IN ADDITION, THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM KEPT ACTIVATING. SHE HAD TO WAIT TEN MINUTES FOR THE VEHICLE TO START. THE ANTI-THEFT INDICATOR WOULD ILLUMINATE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, CAUSING IT TO STALL. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR ONE WEEK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM WAS FAILING. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 84,000. UPDATED 03-27-09 *BF UPDATED 03/31/09. *JB

CAR WILL CONTINUE TO TURN OVER BUT NOT START. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES NOW. AFTER TALKING WITH A MECHANIC AND INTERNET RESEARCH DETERMINED THAT PROBLEM IS THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

PASSLOCK II THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM NOT ALLOWING CAR TO START AND SOMETIMES SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 70,000 MILES WITH THE THEFT LIGHT ONCE IN AWHILE COMING ON AND BLINKING ON THE DASHBOARD AND NOT ALLOWING THE CAR TO START, UNLESS YOU WAITED 10 MINUTES WITH THE IGNITION KEY IN THE "ON" POSITION UNTIL THE THEFT LIGHT WENT OFF. THEN AROUND 80,000 MILES "ALMOST" EVERY TIME YOU WOULD TRY TO START THE CAR YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH AND THE FUEL PUMP TO TURN ON BEFORE STARTING THE CAR, WHICH WAS MOST LIKELY A RESULT OF THE PASSLOCK II RESISTORS NOT REGISTERING IN THE IGNITION KEY TUMBLER. THERE WAS ALSO A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND ONCE WHILE TRYING TO MERGE ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY. AFTER READING ABOUT HOW COMMON THE PASSLOCK II PROBLEM WAS ON SOME OF THE GM VEHICLES AND HOW EXPENSIVE IT WAS TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT COULD POSSIBLY RETURN ANYWAY, WE DECIDED TO JUST GET ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START DUE TO THE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP SEVERAL TIMES AND THE MECHANIC CHANGED AN UNSPECIFIED PART. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE ELECTRICAL PANEL, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE CORRECTED BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE OTHER COMPONENTS IN THE ELECTRICAL PANEL TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE REPAIR SHOP. A REPORT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST IF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A GMC DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.