2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

HORN INOPERATIVE, ACCIDENT NEARLY OCCURRED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE DEALER DENIED FAILURE OCCURRED. HORN NOW IS INOPERATIVE. *AK

BRAKES AND ROTORS ARE FAULTY. THE CAR MAKES RATTLING NOISES WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED AND IS DANGEROUS AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. THE CAR SHAKES EXCESSIVELY WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED ON THE INTERSTATE AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES ALSO. *JB

AT APPROX. 10,000 MILES, THE ENGINE WOULD STOP WITHOUT WARNING OR TROUBLE LIGHTS. AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD STILL BE ON WHEN THE TACHOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO. IT WOULD BE TRIGGERED BY BUMPS IN THE ROAD. DAD, 88, WAS WORRIED. KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR WHICH HAS DASH MOUNTED IGNITION SWITCH BUT NEVER RECALLED. DETENT IN SWITCH IS POOR. WITH MINOR WEAR, A LARGE AMOUNT OF KEYS CAUSES THE SWITCH TO MOVE APPROX. 1/8 INCH COUNTERCLOCKWISE, SHUTTING THE CAR WITHOUT ANY DASH LIGHT INDICATION. NEW SWITCHES ARE NOT IMPROVED. YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE KEY ON CHAIN SO AS NOT TO DISTURB THE SWITCH ROTATION DUE TO THE POOR DETENT EXACT DATE OF FIRST SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE. CAR IS ON THE THIRD SWITCH. *JB

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE'S BLINKERS DO NOT WORK.*MR THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSTALLED A NEW SWITCH FOR THE BLINKERS. THE TECHNICIAN TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER GM VEHICLES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE TECHNICIAN CHECKED THE VEHICLE'S VIN AND INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONSUMER WANTS T BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPLACED SWITCH. *NM

INTERMITTENTLY POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THEN, POWER STEERING ASSIST SUDDENLY ENGAGED, SOMETIME RESULTING IN OVER STEERING. DEALERSHIP PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT INDICATED THAT POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND UPON USING THE TURN SIGNALS OR TURNING THE HAZARD BUTTON THE LIGHTS WILL NOT ILLUMINATE AND BECAME INOPERABLE. CONSUMER STATED THAT WAS HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 03V327000. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED NHTSA RECALL 03V27000. HAZARD WARNING SWITCHES MAY EXPERIENCE SOLDER JOINT CRACKING CAUSED BY RAPID TEMPERATURE TRANSITIONS AND THE SOLDERING PROCESS. IF SOLDER JOINT CRACKING OCCURS AND RESULTS IN AN OPEN CIRCUIT, THE TURN SIGNALS/HAZARD LAMPS BECOME INTERMITTENT OR INOPERATIVE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WA SNOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT FAILED TO WORK. *AK RECALL# 03V327000. THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE HAZARD LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. *SC *JB

STARTED TO ACT LIKE IT HAD PLUGGED FUEL FILTER HAD THEM CHANGED STILL GOT WORSE THEN HAD FUEL SYSTEM CLEANED DID NOT HELP I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS PRBLEMS WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM ON THIS CAR I DO NOT HAVE THE FUND TO REPAIR A MANUFACTUERS ERROR AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE HEARD OF I LISTED THE DATE OF THE FIRST TIME IT STARTED IT IS STILL HAPPENING. *AK