2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TURN SIGNALS STOP WORKING (OR WON'T WORK AT ALL AFTER FIRST STARTING THE CAR). THIS STARTED HAPPENING THE END OF JULY AND HAPPENS NUMEROUS TIMES EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. SO FAR, ACTIVATING/DEACTIVATING THE HAZARD SWITCH WHILE KEEPING THE TURN SIGNALS ON HAS EVENTUALLY RESTORED THEIR USE. I COMMUTE 50 MILES EACH WAY TO WORK EVERY DAY, MOST OF IT ON I-85 & 285 IN ATLANTA. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT IS OBVIOUSLY CAUSED BY A PERVASIVE PROBLEM SINCE THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS SAME FAILURE. MY MECHANIC HAS REPLACED MY TURN SIGNAL SWITCH TWICE AND HAS BEEN ASSURED BY HIS PARTS SOURCE THAT THIS (3RD) TIME HE WILL BE PROVIDED A SWITCH WITHOUT THE DEFECT. SO FAR I HAVE PAID $304.98 AND SHOULD BE REIMBURSED BY GM. *JB

I PURCHASED MY 2002 MALIBU NEW AND HAVE HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED FOUR TIMES AND AM ON MY THIRD SET OF ROTORS. AT 54000 MILES THE WHEEL BEARING AND CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER THE FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED ALSO. THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW CAN'T BE DOWN BECAUSE LAST TIME WE HAD A ROUGH TIME GETTING IT TO GO BACK UP.*JB

BEGINNING YESTERDAY (8/30/2005) OUR 2002 MALIBU TURN SIGNALS AND HIGH-BEAMS SOMETIMES WORK AND SOMETIMES DO NOT. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT NO CURRENT RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT IS IN PLACE, THOUGH THERE IS A RECALL ON 2000 AND 2001 MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM HAVING THE HAZARD SWITCH REPLACED FRIDAY (9/2/2005) AS THE TURN SIGNALS "GO THROUGH THERE" ACCORDING TO JERRY FROM THE SERVICE DEPT. WHERE IT WILL BE REPLACED. HE FEELS 85% SURE THAT WILL FIX IT AS HE HAS "SEEN IT BEFORE". I DON'T WANT TO TRAVEL IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO SIGNAL LANE CHANGES OR TURN INTENTIONS. I WILL SAVE MY RECEIPTS AS SURELY A RECALL WILL BE ISSUED BEFORE SOMEONE DIES DUE TO THIS WELL-DOCUMENTED DEFECT. *JB

2001 CHEVY MALIBU'S ANTI THEFT LIGHT COMES ON SPORADICALLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN VEHICLE ON AND PREVENTS VEHICLE FROM BEING STARTED. KEY MUST BE LEFT IN THE ON POSITION FOR A MINIMUM OF 10 MINUTES FOR VEHICLE TO START. THERE ARE SEVERAL INSTANCES ALL OVER THE INTERNET WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WHO HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM TO NO AVAIL. MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR IN AUSTIN TEXAS AT PHARMACY SCHOOL. SHE GOT CAUGHT IN RISING WATER ONCE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. IF FOR SOME REASON THE CAR WAS TO TURN OFF IN TRAFFIC AND NOT TURN ON, I.E. THE EXPRESSWAY THIS WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *JB

NO INCIDENTS, CRASHES OR INJURY'S WHILE IN MY POSSESSION. THE 2002 CHEVY MALIBU I BOUGHT USED IN 2004 ONLY HAD 11,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS A GOVERNMENT USED CAR. SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER BUYING THE CAR THE BLINKERS STOPPED WORKING AND THEN BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. THEY NOW WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO WORK. NOW, ALMOST A YEAR LATER AT 41,000 MILES THE HORN BLOWS A SHORT BEEP ANYTIME. THE CAR MAY BE RUNNING OR NOT, THERE MAY NOT BE ANYONE EVEN IN THE CAR. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AND NOW THERE IS A BEEPING TONE INSIDE THAT I HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED. IT DOESN'T DO IT CONSTANTLY BUT I NOTICE IT WHEN I START THE CAR. IT IS A SHORT "ALERT" BEEP, KIND OF LIKE AN ALARM. IT BEEPS ONCE, PAUSE, AND THEN ABOUT THREE TIMES PAUSE AND THEN ONCE MORE. JUST WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS AS THE WARRANTY IS NOT IN AFFECT ANY LONGER. IN ADDITION TO THESE THERE HAS BEEN ABOUT THREE OCCASIONS WHERE MY CAR HESTITATED WHEN STARTING KIND OF LIKE THE BATTERY WAS DRAINED. COULD THIS BE FROM THE HORN BLOWING ALL DAY AND NIGHT? HAVE ALSO REPLACED BRAKES MORE OFTEN THAN I THOUGHT I SHOULD.

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET, TURN SIGNALS ARE WORKING IMPROPERLY. CONSUMER CAN HEAR THE TURN SIGNAL, LIKE IT IS BLINKING, BUT SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT LIGHT UP ON THE INSIDE. IF IT DOES NOT LIGHT UP ON THE INSIDE THEN IT IS NOT LIGHTING UP FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE BULBS HAVE BEEN CHANGED, AND THIS WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. A COUPLE OF CONTACT'S FRIENDS OWN CHEVROLET CARS AND AT ONE POINT AND TIME THIS HAPPENED TO THEM AS WELL. THE PROBLEM RECURRED, SO SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. AOF MONTHS AGO THE PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR AS OFTEN AS CURRENTLY. *AK *TT

TURN SIGNALS ON MY VEHICLE SOMETIMES WORK, SOMETIMES DON'T, HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE RADIO - FUSES ARE LOCATED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE VEHICLE (PULLED FUSES OUT AND WERE FINE, PUT THEM BACK IN AND BOTH ITEMS WORKED - TEMPORARILY).*JB

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE TURN SIGNALS TO OPERATE. I HAVE LOOKED ON THIS WEBSITE AND HAVE NOTICED THERE IS A RECALL OF MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE UP TO 2001. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT CHEVROLET IS NOT INCLUDING THE 2002 MODELS ON THE RECALL. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS ALSO. SO WHY IS CHEVROLET NOT BEING FORCED TO INCLUDE 2002 MODELS WHEN THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THE SAME PROBLEM?*JB

DT: VEHICLE WOULD NOT STARTED DUE TO THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM FAILURE. WHEN PUT THE KEY IN IGNITION IT WOULD NOT START. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE MECHANIC, THEN HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER . THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 30, 2005. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER DISAGREED. UPDATED ON 06/05/2006. *AK

DT: THE VEHICLE QUIT TWICE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FIRST TIME IT QUIT WAS AROUND APRIL 1, 2005. NO ONE ELSE LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE. IT WILL TURN OVER BUT NOT START. *AK