2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

ELECTRONIC COMPUTER MODULE MALFUNCTIONING. CHEVY MALIBU 2000 IS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. WHEN STARTING THE CAR ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON, FUEL GAGE DOES NOT WORK , SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK, NO HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING BLOWS, WINDOWS WILL NOT ROLL DOWN, EVENTUALLY ALL LIGHTS POP OFF EXCEPT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND EVERYTHING BEGINS TO WORK... WINDOWS, TEMPERATURE, SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAGE, ETC...

VEHICLE DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE LEFT TURNS. *LA THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING VIRTUALLY LOCKED UP. THE CONSUMER STATED HIS VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN THE RECALL FOR PREVIOUS MODELS REGARDING THE STEERING RACK AND PINION. (RECALL#03V527000). *JB

WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO HAVE NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS EVERY 6,000 MILES. *NM

WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STARTED THE VEHICLE THE ANTI THEFT LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. WHEN THIS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE HEATER AND SIGNAL LIGHTS ALSO FAILED TO OPERATE. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WILL BE INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM. *NM

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT BRAKE PROBLEMS. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE PULSATION, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK THE ABS LIGHT WAS ON AND WAS INTERMITTENT. THIS MADE THE STOPPING DISTANCE LONGER ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS. *SC

IGNIGTION LOCK CYLINDER HAVING DIFFICULTY TURN THE IGNITION DUE TO TUMBLERS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. HAD SEVERAL MONTHS WHERE IT TOOK 10-20 MINUTES TO START THE CAR BECAUSE THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNIGTION OVER VARIOUS NUMBER OF DATES. *AK

ANTIFREEZE USED IN OUR 2000 MALIBU HAS BEEN FOUND TO FREQUENTLY CAUSE DETERIORATION AND FAILURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. THERE HVE BEEN MANY CASES SITED ON THE INTERNET WITH NAMES AND SPECIFICS AND CHEVY/GMC REFUSES TO ADMIT IT IS THE ANTIFREEZE. THEY TOLD ME LAST NIGHT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PLANT WHERE THE CAR WAS MADE.*AK

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED. A RECALL WAS ISSUED; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO MODEL YEAR. *AK

AT 55000 MILES HAD TO REPLACE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. LOOKS LIKE IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MALIBU.GM MUST DO SOMETHING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND/OR ATTEMPTING TO USE THE TURN SIGNAL, A SHORT IN THE FLASHER SWITCH MADE THE TURN SIGNAL INOPERATIVE AND MADE OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS INOPERATIVE (EX. GAUGES, RADIO AND A/C FAN). THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ALSO CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL. WHEN THE CONSUMER PUSHED THE FLASHER SWITCH REPEATEDLY THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WOULD WORK TEMPORARILY. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED TO ALLEVIATE THE STALLING CONDITION. THE TECHNICIAN HAS IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM IN THE FLASHER SWITCH BUT HAS NOT REPLACED IT. A RECALL ON THE SWITCH IS SCHEDULED TO START LATER IN 2004 HOWEVER THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *NM