2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. BELIEVES PROBLEM IS DUE TO FUEL FILLER RECALL 99V302000, BUT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

I BOUGHT THIS CHEVROLET MALIBU LS IN 2000 AND ALREADY I HAVE THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: ALTERNATOR IS OUT, AIR COMPRESSER OUT, BLOWER MOTOR IS OUT, BATTERY IS OUT THEY ARE STILL CHECKING ON THE OIL LEAKAGE. *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE STALLED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE'S HAZARD/TURNING SIGNALS LIGHTS FAIL TO OPERATE.*AK

THE ABS WARNING LIGHTS CONTINUOUSLY STAYED ON WHILE DRIVING. PRIOR TO THIS THE LIGHT WOULD FLICKER OFF AND ON. *NLM

THE FRONT BRAKES FAILED APPROXIMATELY EVERY 500 MILES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THEM TWICE ALREADY. *NLM

TSB 00-05-23-002A. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER FAILS TO REPAIR PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5000 MILES. MUST BE REPAIRED TO FIX SAFETY ISSUE. HOWEVER, FIX IS ONLY TEMPORARY.

THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY DEVELOPED EXCESSIVE CONDENSATION DUE TO WATER ENTERING THE SEALED ASSEMBLY, AND CAUSED THEM TO FAIL. *JB

I PURCHASED A NEW 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU. SIX MONTHS AFTER OWNING THE CAR I BEGAN HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. I TOOK MY 6 MONTH OLD VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED. THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS. LATER, THIS SAME DEFECT OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES. CHEVROLET ONLY MADE TWO MORE REPAIRS. EACH TIME THEY SIMPLY REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PLACED A SHIM BETWEEN THE AXLES AND THE ROTOR. THIS SAME MANUFACTURERS DESIGN FLAW OCCURRED ON THE FLOWING YEAR AND MAKE VEHICLES: 1997-2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU 1997-1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS 1999-2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1999-2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM I COMPLAINED TO CHEVROLET ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN SAN ANTONIO SIMPLY TRIED TO AVOID ME. CHEVROLETS ON LINE COMPLAINT SYSTEM ALSO DID NOTHING. AGAIN, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS BRAKE PROBLEM. THE MAIN CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE SMALL (THIN) SIZE OF THE BRAKE ROTORS, WHICH CAUSED A FAILURE TO DISPERSE HEAT ADEQUATELY. IF A DRIVER DRIVES INTO A RAIN STORM OR TO A CAR WASH AND THE HOT ROTORS COOL TOO RAPIDLY THEY WILL WARP. PLEASE SEE GM SERVICE BULLETIN # 00-05-23-002, DATED FEBRUARY 2000 FOR MORE INFORMATION. THE MADDENING THING ABOUT THIS SITUATION IS THAT CHEVROLET KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WHEN I PURCHASED MY CAR. CHEVROLET/GM FAILED TO RECALL ALL THESE VEHICLES, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW IT WAS A FLAW IN THEIR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, THEY LEFT THE PROBLEM IN THE HANDS AND POCKET BOOKS OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS TYPE OF CORPORATE IRRESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS A DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE. *NLM

CONSUMER STATES SHE IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH HER AUTO, AND EACH TIME SHE TAKES HER AUTO IN, IT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SHE STATES WHILE DRIVING HER AUTO THE DASH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, SHE TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT SHE NEEDED A MANIFOLD INTAKE VALUE. THEN LATER ON SHE BEGUN TO HEAR A SCAPING SOUND WHEN SHE APPLIES HER BRAKES, WHEN SHE TOOK IT IN THEY TOLD HER THAT SHE NEEDED FRONT ROTORS, SHE STATES THAT SHE WAS NOT TOLD THIS WHEN SHE TOOK HER AUTO IN THE FIRST TIME.