2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS AS WELL AS TURNING SIGNALS. THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED SINCE THE LAST RECALL, BUT HAVE WENT OUT AGAIN. I ALSO HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY FUEL LINE, SUCH AS MY VEHICLE NOT WANTING TO ACCELERATE, IT SEEMS THAT IT IDLES AT A INTERSECTION LIGHT WITH THE RPM'S GOING UP TO THE 2 OR 3 THEN ACTING AS IF IT WANTS TO SHUT OFF. I HAD THE FUEL LINE REPLACED NOT EVEN THIRTY DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE JAN OF 2000, AND I DID SEE SOME INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE FUEL LINE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE. MY VEHICLE STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A CHEVORLET DEALER OUTSIDE OF LANSING NEAR LAKE ODESSA. I AT THAT TIME WAS NOT CHARGED FOR THIS FUEL PUMP WHICH THEY DID TRY TO CHARGE BUT BECAUSE IT HAPPENED WITHIN THE THIRTY DAYS THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AT NO CHARGE. I DO SEE ON THIS SITE THAT THIS VEHICLE A 2000 CHEVY MALIBU HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED DUE TO FUEL PROBLEMS SO I HOPING THIS WAS LOOKED INTO PROPERLY AND BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE MY PUMP WAS CHANGED IN 2000 AND HAS BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEM SINCE 2002. I HAVE HAD TUNE-UPS, TRANSMISSION CHANGED, ROUTINE OIL CHANGES, FUEL LINE CLEANED, DIAGNOSIS RAN, AND THE RESULTS ARE NOTHING I'M HOPING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BEFORE TAKING ANY DOCUMENTATION TO A LAWYER CONCERNING A MATTER THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE BUT NOTHING DONE ABOUT IT. ALSO I'VE TOOK THIS VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE QUESTION THEY ASK IS WHETHER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON OR NOT. I HAVE ALL SENSORS CHECKED OUT AND THAT NOT THE PROBLEM, BUT MY GAS LEAVES FAST AND I HAVE A HARD TIME ACCELERATING ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS AS WELL AS THE HIGH WAY. I ALSO HAVE BEEN HAVING TO CHANGE THE FUSES IN ORDER FOR MY HORN AND CIGARETTE LIGHTER TO WORK. SO SOMEONE PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE IT'S GETTING WORSE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TURN SIGNALS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 03V327000, REGARDING THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH . THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATED 9/15/2006 - *NM

WE LOST ALL OF OUR ANTI-FREEZE THINKING WE LOST A HOSE. UPON TAKING IT IN TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC HE HAD TO REPLACE THE MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKETS FOR THE 2ND TIME. UPON SHOWING THE MANIFOLD TO A MECHANIC FOR GM HE FOUND A BUBBLE IN THE MANIFOLD WHEN IT WAS MOLDED. *JB

I BOUGHT MY 2000 CHEVY MALIBU FROM ROD AND TY'S ALL STAR AUTO IN PUYALLUP, WA ON 7/5/05. I BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY/REPAIR INSURANCE. I HAVE PUT OVER $600 OF REPAIRS INTO MY CAR, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT I NEED A NEW FUEL PUMP, WHICH IS ANOTHER $756.26 AND THE WARRANTY PEOPLE WILL ONLY PAY $425 FOR A SUBSTANDARD PART. I ALSO HAVE SOME WIRES I NEED TO HAVE REPLACED, THE A/C HAS NEVER WORKED, EVEN THOUGH THEY TOLD ME IT DID, THE CD PLAYER DESTROYS MY CDS AND SOMETIMES JUST WON'T PLAY THEM AT ALL, AND I HAVE A SQUEAKY SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING OR SUSPENSION ON THE FRONT END OF MY CAR. I PAID OVER $13,000 FOR THIS CAR WHEN IT WAS 5 YEARS OLD AND HAD 74K MILES ON IT (I GOT SCREWED) AND NOW ALL THESE PROBLEMS ARE COMING UP ON IT. THE EVEN CR*PPIER PART IS, I STILL OWE $9000 ON IT AND IT'S ONLY WORTH $2500 ON TRADE IN. WHAT THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS LEMON PIECE OF CR*P CAR? I'M SUPER ANGRY AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER AMERICAN CAR EVER! BY THE WAY, I CHECKED CARFAX AND 11 RECORDS CAME UP FOR THIS CAR! SHOULD I PAY THE $19.99 TO FIND OUT ABOUT MY CAR, OR IS 11 RECORDS PRETTY NORMAL? SHOULD I WORRY?! *NM

I STARTED MY CAR AND PUT IT IN REVERSE. ACCELERATOR STUCK AND WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE I COULD NOT STOP THE CAR FROM MOVING OR REDUCE ITS SPEED. WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND NOT THE ACCELERATOR I RAN ACROSS TWO LANES OF THE HIGHWAY AND SLAMMED INTO A TREE. APPARENTLY I HAVE A TOTALED VEHICLE/MALIBU 2000. TROOPER DID NOT BELIEVE THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK. *JB

WHILE GOING BETWEEN 45 TO 65 MPH THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT IS NOT SHIFTING OR ENGAGING RIGHT. I HAD TAKING IT IN TO THE DEALER SHIP WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE OVERDRIVE ENGAGING AND TO GIVE IT MORE GAS. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN AND NOW MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *NM

I FIRST NOTICED THAT THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING FROM BELOW MY CAR. IT HAS 76,000 MILES. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS ARE DEFECTIVE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT I HAVE RESEARCHED AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY, MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS. THIS IS A $1000 PROBLEM THAT I FEEL CHEVY HAS REFUSED TO RECALL BECAUSE AT $1000 A POP, WHO WOULD? *JB

FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON 2/01/06 - COST OF REPAIR $800. WHEN SERVICE WAS COMPLETED, GM MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET IS LEAKING AND CAUSING COOLANT TO MIX WITH OIL IN THE ENGINE. THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR IS AN ADDITIONAL $1,000! WE HAVE NOT YET HAD THE PART REPAIRED DUE TO THE COST AND THE CAR HAS HAD LIMITED USE SINCE. GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS ALREADY AND STOP HAVING THE CONSUMERS PAY FOR THEIR LACK OF USE OF RELIABLE PARTS!! THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR PROBLEM GIVEN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS LISTED. *NM

MY CAR WAS RUNNING HOT AND IT SMELL LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING UNDER THE HOOD, SO I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE SHOP TO HAVE FIX AND THE WORKER TOLD ME IT WAS A DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS. IT WOULD COST ME CLOSE TO $850 TO FIX. THE PART ITSELF ONLY COST $89, BUT THE LABOR IS WHAT I WAS PAYING FOR. I CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP FIXING THIS CAR ON A COLLEGE STUDENT BUDGET. AFTER TALKING TO OTHER MALIBU OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS I CHECK TO SEE IF IT IS A RECALL PROBLEM, BUT IT IS NOT. THIS IS NOT FAIR THAT THE COMPANY KNOW THEY SOLD DEFECTIVE CARS AND NOT PLAN ON DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *NM

(1) CAR WOULD NOT START ON THE FIRST TRY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS (2) CAR WOULD NOT START & BATTERY COULD NOT BE JUMP-STARTED - BATTERY ACID & CORROSION WERE ALL OVER THE POSITIVE POST ENGINE WIRE (3) HAD CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO REPLACED BATTERY & INSTALLED SEPARATE CONNECTORS TO THE POSITIVE POST WIRE(OLD BATTERY NOT AVAILABLE). *NM