2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS AT 29,000 MILES, NOW 5,000 MILES LATER AT 34,000 MILES THE BRAKE PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE ROTORS RESURFACED AGAIN. I FEEL THE PARTS BEING USED ARE DEFECTIVE. I ALSO FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I LOOKED AT THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE I HAVE WHICH IS A 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE BRAKES. ISN'T IT TIME SOME ONE DID SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SO MANY CONSUMERS ARE HAVING?*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE COMPLETELY STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. A DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE FUEL SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED. *AK *M

I HAVE HAZARD WARNING FAILURE INDICATED ON YOUR WEB SITE FOR MALIBU BUT GM STATES THAT MY VECHICLE NUMBER DOSEN'T FIT WITH THE RECALL ON MY MALIBU, BUT THIS CONTINUSE TO BE A CONCERN FOR MY WIFE AND MYSELF WHEN WE ARE DRIVING NOT KNOWING OUR SINGLE LIGHTS WILL FAIL*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS CAME ON AND WENT OFF ON THEIR OWN. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC ABOUT RECALL(03V327000) BUT THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT FOR THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

AS READING OVER THE WEBSITE I NOTICE THE 2000 MALIBU IS PRETTY MUCH A LEMON. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIO, PRETTY MUCH EVERY GASKET IN THE ENGINE, THE FUEL PUMP, BRAKES FRONT AND REAR, NOW MY TURN SIGNALS DON'T WORK, JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL I HAVE TO CHECK TO SEE IF I QUALIFY, MY ENGINE KNOCKS ON COLD STARTS, AND IT PRACTICALLY LOSSES ALL POWER WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE . . AND TOP IT OFF MY TRANSMISION SLIPS. . THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO . . AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. *JB

THE TURN SIGNALS ON MY 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU HAVE OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR USED IN MARCH OF 2003. THE TURN SIGNALS AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS BECOME COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES THEY WILL BE INOPERATIVE FOR A FEW SECONDS, AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE HOURS. OVERALL I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT THE TURN SIGNALS ONLY FUNCTION ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME. WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND STRESSFUL TO MANEUVER THROUGH HEAVY TRAFFIC. I HAVE OFTEN TIMES UPSET OTHER DRIVERS AFTER SWITCHING LANES WITHOUT HAVING A FUNCTIONING TURN SIGNAL. WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTED TO OCCUR (MORE THAN A YEAR AGO) I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANICS CHECKED THE TURN SIGNAL BULBS, AND AFTER FINDING NO PROBLEMS TOLD ME THAT IT WAS PROBABLY A LOOSE BULB SO IT SHOULD BE FIXED. THE NEXT DAY THE PROBLEM CONTINUED, AND SO I RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME THEY TOOK THE CAR INTO THE SHOP TO CHECK IT OVER MORE CAREFULLY. AFTER A DAY IN THE SHOP I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS AND THAT DURING A TEST DRIVE THE BLINKERS OPERATING CORRECTLY. I TOOK THE CAR HOME, AND AS USUAL THE TURN SIGNALS CONTINUED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS IN THE HAZARD SWITCH (MOUNTED IN THE DASH). OFTEN TIMES WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS (AND HAZARDS) QUIT WORKING I CAN PRESS THE HAZARD SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES AND EVENTUALLY THEY WILL BEGINNING FUNCTIONING AGAIN. I HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT ON WARM AND HUMID DAYS, THE TURN SIGNALS WILL NOT WORK AT ALL UNTIL THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS THOROUGHLY COOLED AND LOWERED THE HUMIDITY OF THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. IN THE NEAR FUTURE I PLAN ON TRADING THE CAR IN (AND PASSING ON THE PROBLEM TO SOMEONE ELSE) FOR A DIFFERENT VEHICLE (NOT A CHEVROLET) THAT WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TURN SIGNALS THAT OPERATE 100% OF THE TIME. *JB

OIL LEAKED INTO COOLANT SYSTEM OF OUR 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND FLUSHING OUT OF THE ENGINE. THIS ENGINE ONLY HAD 40,900 MILES ON IT. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM ON THIS PARTICULAR GM ENGINE (3.1 LITER).

TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD WARNING LIGHT WERE NOT WORKING. NHTSA RECALL 03V327000 WAS ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE HAZARD SWITCH. *NM

RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU WITH 61K MILES. DISCOVERED MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AS OTHERS HAVE DESCRIBED AND COVERED UNDER RECALLS, BUT SOME WHICH ARE NOT. WORST PROBLEM IS INTAKE GASKET IS LEAKING RESULTING IN COOLANT LEAK AND COOLANT MIXING WITH OIL. GM DEALER STATES THERE ARE NO CAMPAINS OR RECALLS ON THIS ITEM, ALTHOUGH I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON DOZENS OF WEBSITES.*AK

EXTERIOR LIGHTING,TURN SIGNALS HAZARDS LIGHT.QUIT WORKING THEN START THEN QIUT.THE CHEVROLET GARAGE TOLD US IT IS A SOLDERING PROBLEM,ND THE CAR WAS MADE LIKE THIS AND OTHERS MALIBU WAS RECALLED BUT YOURS HASN'T AND ITS THE SAME YEAR ,MAKE, AND MODEL.*AK