2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

LEAKING COOLANT FROM AROUND ENGINE BLOCK. DEALER DIAGNOSIS: LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK. MILEAGE 30,000. PREVIOUS REPAIR COMPLETED ON WATER PUMP FOR BAD BEARINGS AT 28,800 MILES. MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR A DEFECTIVE COMPONENT USED IN THE BUILDING OF THESE MOTORS.*AK

THE ENGINE COOLANT CONSTANLY RUNS LOW OR EMPTY. I HAVE TO REFILL IT ALL THE TIME. NOW I FIND OUT I MIGHT HAVE A LEAK FROM THE COOLANT THAT IS RUNNING IN MY OIL. CAR ALSO HARD TO START SOMETIMES. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HAVING TO FILL UP THE ENGINE COOLANT CONSTANLY. SHE HAS A 2002 MODEL. HAVING TO FILL IT UP THAT OFTEN IS NOT NORMAL. *AK

WHILE BRAKING THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE DUE TO THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WEARING. ALSO THERE WAS A VIBRATION WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY WOULD REPLACE THE ROTORS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASED, BUT THEY NEVER DID. *CB *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY STALL WITHOUT ANY WARNING. IT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE A WHILE TO RESTART AND WHEN IT DID RESTART IT NEEDED CONSTANT REFUELING. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BY A LOCAL MECHANIC HE INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE CAUSED BY THE FUEL PUMP. *AK *SCC *JB

INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AT OWNER EXPENSE OF $800. DOLLARS AND HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH

HAZARD LIGHTS AND TURNING LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND AS A RESULT HAVE NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ON THE HIGHWAY CHANGING LANES; LEVELS 1 AND 2 FOR THE BLOWER FOR HEAT/AIR STOPPED WORKING; HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS IN THE FRONT AT 26,000 MILES. *AK

THE BACK BRAKES LOCKED UP AT 55 MPH, WHICH MADE ME LOSE CONTROL AND SLAM INTO A TREE PRETTY HARD. THE ROAD CONDITION WAS PAVED AND DRY. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS WILL OCCUR IF CHEVROLET DOESN'T RESOLVE THIS MATTER! *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 80 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, BUT DEALER COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU (36,000 MILES) RECENTLY STALLED 4 TIMES WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY. ON FRIDAY 10/7 I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY TURNED OFF. I COASTED TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO CUT THE CAR BACK ON. AT WHICH TIME IT RESUMED DRIVING NORMALLY FOR ABOUT 10 MILES. THEN IT STALLED AGAIN. I TOWED THE CAR INTO TOWN AND DROVE IT TO A REPAIR SHOP. (YES, THE CAR DROVE NORMALLY AROUND TOWN). THE REPAIR SHOP TESTED IT AND WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WHEN I PICKED THE CAR UP I DROVE ABOUT 40 MILES (AGAIN AT GREATER THAN 75 MPH) AND THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. IT STARTED BACK UP IN 2-3 MINUTES. THEN 30 MILES LATER STALLED AGAIN. THIS TIME ON A PART OF THE HIGHWAY WHERE THERE WAS NO SHOULDER! I COASTED THE CAR UNTIL THE SHOULDER REAPPEARED, PULLED ON TO IT AND RE-STARTED THE CAR. THE CAR DOES NOT SHOW ANY SYMPTOMS OF THE PROBLEM IN MY DAY-TO-DAY DRIVING AROUND TOWN. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT SUITABLE TO DRIVE FOR LONG DISTANCES OR AT HIGH SPEEDS DUE TO THIS CONDITION. *LA

VEHICLE PASSLOCK THEFT DEVICE IS DEFECTIVE. AT LEAST A COUPLE TIMES PER WEEK THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM ENGAGES MAKING THE VEHICLE INOPERATIVE. *AK