2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM ENGAGED AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS ELECTRICAL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND DISCOVERED A LEAK IN THE INTAKE GASKET. THE DEALER STATED THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07E021000 (FUEL SYSTEM TANK ASSEMBLY: PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES). AS OF SEPTEMBER 12, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, WITH ANTI THEFT LOCK SWITCH, KILL SWITCH, HAZARD AND SIGNAL LIGHTS. *JB

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY MALIBU AND I HAVE HAD TO MANY HARD TIMES TRYING TO START IT DUE TO THE THEFT SYSTEM IN THE CAR. AND GM DON'T MAKE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *JB

I HAVE TWICE REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS ON MY 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. BOTH TIMES IT HAS STARTED AS A SLOW SEEP FROM THE END OF THE ENGINE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. AT FIRST WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PUDDLES, JUST A LOW FLUID INDICATOR ALARM. THEN WE HAD INTERMITTANT PUDDLES. THE LATEST OCCURENCE INCLUDED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITH ABOUT AN HALF A GALLON OF FLUID INTO THE ENGINE, AND IT WAS 200 MILES FROM HOME. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE NOT DRIVING WHEN THE FAILURE WAS DISCOVERED, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE FIRST REPAIR OCCURED IN JANUARY 2005 AT 101K MILES, THIS ONE IN AUGUST 07 WITH 144K MILES. THE FIRST REPAIR WAS DONE AT AN ASCE SHOP AND COST $700, THIS ONE WAS AT A DEALER AND COST $1200. I DESCRIBED THE INCIDENT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC, AND HIS FIRST QUESTION WAS, "GM CAR?" IT IS QUITE COMMON AND WELL KNOWN TO MECHANICS.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER HAS NOT YET INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 150,000.

CAR INITIALLY WOULDN'T START, WOULD ONLY TURN OVER. CAR WOULD DIE IN TRAFFIC AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH NO WARNING REQUIRING TRYING TO COAST TO A SAFE PLACE OUT OF TRAFFIC IF POSSIBLE WITH A SEVERE POTENTIAL TO BE HIT FROM BEHIND EVEN WITH HAZARD LIGHTS ON. CAR TOWED TO CHEV DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. TECH SAID GASKET WAS LEAKING CAUSING ENGINE TO HYDROLOCK. THIRD TIME DRIVING THE CAR SINCE REPAIR, CAR DIED IN TRAFFIC AGAIN ON FREEWAY. CAR IS SETTING AT DEALERSHIP AGAIN WAITING FOR TECHNICIAN TO DIAGNOSE SINCE OBVIOUSLY THE $1200 REPAIR JUST COMPLETED DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2001 CHEVY MALIBU AND OUT OF THE BLUE ONE DAY MY ENGINE JUST SHUT DOWN RIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE. I HAVE NOT YET HAD IT CHECKED DUE TO FINANCE PROBLEMS. NOT ONLY THAT I ALSO HAVE TO CHANGE MY WHEEL BEARINGS EVERY WEEK TO TWO WEEKS. I HAVE HAD THIS CHECKED AND THE GARAGE I TAKE IT TO FOR ALL MY REPAIRS CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE IT OUT EITHER. PLEASE HELP THANK YOU, MRS.SPARKS *TR

CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM ON MY 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. PASSLOCK ENGAGES CONSTANTLY, CAUSING ME TO WAIT 10 MINUTES FOR RESET EVERY TIME THIS OCCURS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WHO MUST WAIT, IN SOMETIMES DARK AREAS OF TOWN FOR PASSLOCK TO RESET BEFORE THEY CAN START THE CAR AND GET SAFELY ON THEIR WAY. HAVE HAD IGNITION REPLACED ONCE BUT ISSUE HAS NOT CORRECTED. *TR

WAS DRIVING CAR JUST PULLED OFF FROM A RED LIGHT MAKING A LEFT TURN AND CAR STARTED TO PULL FORWARD THEN COULD NOT STEER MYSELF WENT OFF ROAD ALMOST INTO TREES THEN JERKED ITSELF LEFT PULLING BACK TO ROAD AND ONTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC THEN STOPPED WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME SLOWLY W/ HAZARDS ON. 2ND INCIDENT WAS DRIVING AND CAR STARTED TO PULL /JERK FORWARD FAST TRIED TO PUT ON BRAKES AND WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO BRING CAR TO A STOP ALMOST FELT LIKE WAS NOT GOING TO STOP W/ALL MY PRESSURE APPLYING TO BRAKES WAS STILL HARD TO STOP CAR. ALL 4 INCIDENTS WERE SIMILAR IN THAT CAR KIND OF TOOK OFF ON IT'S OWN AND WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE AS FAR AS STEERING OR BRAKING. THIS CAR IS IN LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOR LAST FEW DAYS FOR THEM TO FIND/CORRECT THIS PROBLEM OUR DAUGHTER IS DRIVING THIS CAR AND IT'S NOT SAFE RIGHT NOW FOR HER TO DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. FIRST THEY THOUGHT ANTI LOCK BRAKES HAD A GLITCH, OR THE TRANSMISSION,BUT CAR IS NOT DOING THIS WHEN THEY TAKE FOR SHORT DRIVES AND THEY CAN NOT PIN POINT THIS PROBLEM. ,BUT THERE IS MOST CERTAINLY A PROBLEM. I DO NOT WANT MY CHILD TO GET HURT OR WORSE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE B/C NO ONE CAN DETECT THE PROBLEM. ALSO CAR HAD A BURNING RUBBERY/LIKE A BELT SMELL BEFORE AT LEAST 2 OF THESE INCIDENTS. ALL BELTS CHECK OUT OK. NO PROBLEMS. I HAVE A RELATIVE THAT HAD A CHEV VAN THAT IN LAST YEAR OR SO CAR BASICALLY TOOK OFF ON IT'S OWN AT A SPEED OF 50MPH. COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE WAS PUTTING ALL WEIGHT PRESSURE ON BRAKE CAR FINALLY CAME TO A STOP. PROB WOUND UP BEING A COMPUTER CHIP IN TRANSMISSION TRIGGERED THE CRUISE CONTROL COMPUTER CHIP TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE CHANGED . PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS TO SEE IF RELATED TO OUR ISSUE. THANK YOU. *JB

LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACEMENT. STARTED LOSING ANTIFREEZE - LEAK ON DRIVEWAY. MECHANIC TRACED THE LEAK WITH DYE TABLETS AND SEALANT TABLETS -- AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS I TOOK IT CHEV. DEALER AND THEY TESTED EVERYTHING AND REPLACED THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD AND WAS TOLD THIS MODEL CAR HAD MANIFOLD PROBLEMS. IT COST ME $990. I HAD THIS WORK DONE ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND THOUGHT MAYBE WITH THE OTHER MALIBU'S HAVING PROBLEMS THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL -- I'M WAITING. *JB