2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES, TURN SIGNALS, COOLING SYSTEM AND THEFT DETERRENT LIGHT. *MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING: A CONTINUOUS BRAKE PROBLEM WITH THE ROTORS, THE THEFT DETERRENT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, SO THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER THE SIGNAL LIGHTS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE HAZARD SWITCH. THE RIGHT SIDE HUB ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THERE WAS WATER IN THE OIL, THEREFORE THE INTAKE GASKETS WERE REPLACED DUE TO LEAKING. *SC *JB

HAD A LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST ABOUT $1000 TO FIX. I CALLED THE PHONE # FOR CHEVY IN MY OWNERS BOOK. FILED A COMPLAINT, AND WENT TO THE DEALER, GAVE THEM MY CASE # CHEVY GAVE ME. THEY CALLED CHEVY, CAME BACK AND TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ME $350. THEY CHANGED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, FLUSHED THE RADIATOR, AND CHANGED MY OIL. CHEVY HAS A REIMBURSMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR PROBLEMS THAT AREN'T BAD ENOUGH FOR RECALLS. THEY ALSO REIMBURSED ME $862.00 FOR MY PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI-THEFT , FULLY REIMBURSED. IF YOU LIVE IN ILLINOIS, THE BEST PLACE TO HAVE YOUR CAR SERVICED IS GEORGE WEBER CHEVROLET IN COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS. THE PEOPLE ARE GREAT , THE SERVICE IS GREAT. I LIVE 50 MILES AWAY BUT AFTER DEALING WITH OTHER CHEVY DEALERS IN MISSOURI GIVING CRAPPY SERVICE, ITS WORTH THE TRIP!

CAR WONT START ANTI- THEFT SYSTEM AGAIN, TOWED TO GARAGE REPLACED IGNITION SYSTEM AGAIN. *AK

MY 2001 CHVROLET MALIBU LS HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN ORDER FOR THE ANTI-THEFT/PASSLOCK TO BE REPLACED WHICH WAS AROUND $300.00. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME MY CAR HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED THE FIRST TIME AND THEY HAD TO RESET IT. I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS TO WAIT 10 MINUTES AND THEN UNLOCK YOUR CAR AND TRY AND START IT. NOTHING WORKED. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND EXPENSIVE TO DEAL WITH. *AK

CAR IGNITION. WOULD NOT START. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT APPEARED THAT IT WAS THE ANTI THEFT DEVICE. UPON PUTTING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION IT WAS BEING SEEN AS AN INTRUSION AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO START. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY BOTH THE DEALER AND SECONDARY REPAIR SHOP THAT THE CAUSE APPEARED TO BE A LOSS OF MEMORY IN THE CHIP. THE PROCEDURE, WHICH WAS QUITE UNACCEPTABLE, WAS TO WIPE THE KEY WITH ALCOHOL AND PROCEED TO TURN THE IGNITION ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES. MY WIFE ,WHO IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER, HAS BEEN STUCK ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. CAR HAS BECAME COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE! DEALER, WITHOUT KNOWING THE PROBLEM, INSISTED THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND TO REPLACE THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS AROUND $300, 00 SOMETHING THAT DRASTIC SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM. *AK

I PUT KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH AND IT WOULD NOT TURN TO ANY POSITION , BUY IT DOES STILL LOCK ALL DOORS. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPLACE THE SWITCH ,FREE OF CHARGE.VEH. ONLY HAS 62000 MILES ON IT.I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS DEFECT.*AK

MY 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SWITCH IS BAD. I WENT TO THE CHEVY PLACE IN MY AREA TO PRICE THE PART FOR IT AND THE GUY INDICATED TO ME THAT HE HAD MANY CHEVROLET MALIBU WINDOW SWITCHES THAT DID NOT WORK. *AK

ABS LIGHT GOES ON AND STAYS ON. TOOK TO DEALER ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, HUBS HAD TO BE REPLACED APOXIMATELY. 2003 AND JAN. 2005. *AK

AT 36,370 MILES HAD TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKET ON 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. *BF THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 28,000 AND THE BLOWER ONLY WORKED ON HIGH SPEED. *JB

VEHICLE SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE, AND WAS TOLD THAT OIL WAS LOW, AND THAT MADE IT SHUT OFF. A FEW WEEKS LATER, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO CUT OFF IN TRAFFIC, AND THE CONSUMER STATED THIS WAS UNSAFE.*AK