Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (1999)

789 consumer complaints on file.

#10051240December 29, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE-CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH STALLING AND IGNITION AMONG OTHERS. CAR HAS STALLED THREE TIMES WHILE IN MOTION. CHEVY CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. LEFT ME SIT TWICE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT RESTART-EVENTUALLY WOULD RESTART AFTER ENGINE COOLED. STILL RUNS TERRIBLE AFTER SOME TYPE OF MAINTANENCE WAS COMPLETED ON THE CAR WHICH CHEVY BELIEVES WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. HAS BECOME AN UNRELIABLE CAR AND I AM FEARFUL OF DRIVING IT DUE TO THE IGNITION STALLING PROBLEMS. CHEVY NOT REALLY HELPFUL IN DEALING WITH THE SITUATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10051881December 22, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
LTR RE DEFECTIVE 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU COOLANT SYSTEM, REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS AND A RECALL INVESTIGATION.*MR THE INTAKE GASKETS AND THE WATER PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED IT COST THE CONSUMER ALMOST $2000.00 FOR REPAIRS. *CB ALSO THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050512December 15, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES AT ANY SPEED THERE WAS PULSATION AND SEVERE VIBRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STEERING COLUMN. ALSO, THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAD VEHICLE THREE TIMES, AND REPLACED ROTORS/PADS ON BOTH SIDES, AND THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049769December 15, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
GM 3.1 LITRE V6 INTAKE GASKET LEAK AT APPOX.60,000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 85,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049731December 14, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050377December 10, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKE PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO PERFORMING POORLY AND THE IGNITION SWITCH REQUIRED A LITTLE JIGGLING BEFORE IT IGNITED. THE INTAKE GASKET LEAKED AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERATIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050491December 9, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S BRAKES. *MR THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE ABS. GM HAD NOT BEEN TRUTHFUL WITH THE CONSUMER AND LEFT TRAIL OF EVIDENCE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HURT AND PROPERTY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AS A RESULT. *SCC THE DEALER STATED EXTENSIVE ROTOR DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE ROTORS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048220November 12, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU'S ENGINE IS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. *MR *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045462November 4, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, INTERIOR LIGHTING, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE, STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, WHEELS:HUB, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
THIS 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU WAS PURCHASED IN JULY 2001 IN HAD A WATER LEAKING PROBLEM TOOK 3 TRIES BEFORE THEY FOUND IT NEEDED THERMOSTAT GASKET DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ONE IN IT THEY SOLD IT TO ME .THIS WAY WITH A PROMISE IT HAD BEEN FIXED. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR I HAD THE CAR THEY HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS & STRUT BUSHINGS. THEN THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT & IT CAUSE MY BATTERY TO GO BAD OVERCHARGED IT THEY REPLACED ALTERNATOR BUT REFUSED TO RE-EMBURSE ME FOR THE BATTERY. THEN IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED PROBLEM WITH ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM WOULD NOT START. HAD THAT REPLACED IN MARCH 2002. THEN ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WENT OUT HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED WINDOW SWITCH VERY SLOW HAD TO BE CLEANED ANOTHER ONE NOT WORKING AT ALL NOW, NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AT THIS TIME ALSO HAD TO HAVE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM FIXED AGAIN LIGHT ON ALL THE TIME ANOTHER BAD IGNITION SWITCH. ALSO HAD BLOWER MOTOR & RELAY SWITCH FOR HEATER TO GO OUT OVER THE SUMMER MOST OF THE INTERIOR LIGHTS HAVE LONG AGO BURNT OUT & HAD TO BE REPLACED LOCK OUT FOR TRUNK LID ALSO BROKE NOT COVERED ON WARRANTY. HUB CAPS HAVE LUG NUTS MADE IN THEM THAT SCREW ONTO YOUR LUG BOLTS STRIPPED OUT WHEN TOOK FOR REPAIRS BY DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE THEY COST $500.00 FOR A NEW SET. SO I PURCHASED THE LUG NUT PART & REPALCED IT MYSELF AT A DEALERSHIP FOR $10.00 SET OF 5. NOVEMBER OF 2002 BRAKES & ROTORS WERE REPLACED IN JAN. 2003 BRAKE PADS REPLACED AGAIN IN MARCH 2003 PADS REPLACED AGAIN IN JULY 2003 PADS REPLACED ONCE AGAIN THEN IN SEPT. 2003 MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED IN OCT. 2003 MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED AGAIN NOW IT'S NOV 2003 & MASTER CYLINDER BEING REPLACED AGAIN TOMORROW.THESE CARS HAVE A REAL BRAKE PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED IT'S COSTING A FORTUNE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10042792October 12, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS DEVELOPED CRACKS WHICH LET THE ENGINE COOLANT LEAK INSIDE ENGINE. *MR GENERAL MOTORS DID ADMIT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A RECALL, HOWEVER IT DID NOT APPLY TO THE CONSUMER VEHICLE. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041644October 11, 2003
EQUIPMENT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN WITH THE COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE FOR MY '99 MALIBU. THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS CAR IS THE WORST. I CAN'T COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT I HAVE REPLACED MY BRAKES. I WAS READING THE COMPLAINT BOARD AND COULD NOT BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAD SIMILAR BRAKE PROBLEMS. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD SEE SOME KIND OF PATTERN AND MAKE GM DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I THINK CAR MANUFACTURERS SHOULD TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PRODUCTS THEY PUT OUT AND SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO. I AM NOW GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE MY INTAKE GASKETS BECAUSE OF ANTI-FREEZE LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. I HAVE SEEN OVER 50 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON THE COMPLAINT BOARD. I WILL NEVER AGAIN BUY A GM MADE VEHICLE. FROM NOW ON I'M BUYING NOTHING BUT FOREIGN MADE CARS. MY CAR IS STILL SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY WAITING GO GET FIXED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I CAN'T AFFORD THE $400+ IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO FIX IT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041358October 7, 2003
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAGS ON MY 1999 CHEVY MALIBU DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN I WAS IN A PRETTY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAVE PHOTOS OF THE CAR AND THE ACCIDENT SCENE. I WAS HIT IN THE FRONT BY SOMEONE RUNNING A STOP SIGN. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041377October 7, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
FAULTY COOLING SITUATION WITH 1999 CHEVY MALIBU. IT HAS BEEN GETTING WARM, TWO BARS ABOVE MIDDLE, ON THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A FAULTY HEAD GASKET, SO HE REPLACED IT. TWO MONTHS LATER, WE WERE ON A TRIP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SOUTHERN UTAH DESERT REGION COMING HOME FROM LAKE POWELL WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO GET HOT AGAIN. WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IT DOWN BY TURNING OFF THE A/C AND RUNNING THE HEAT. HOWEVER, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND CLOSE TO BREAKING DOWN. HAD IT JUST BEEN MY WIFE IN THE CAR, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN WHAT TO DO AND THE CAR WOULD HAVE OVER-HEATED. SHE DRIVES IT JUST TO WORK NOW, 4 MILES AWAY AND IT GETS HOT IN THE PROCESS. IT USES DEX-COOL COOLANT AND ALSO HAS THE GM 3.1 LITER V-6 ENGINE, BOTH HAVE INHERENT PROBLEMS. IT HAS COST US MORE MONEY THAN WE HAVE TO GET IT FIXED AND CANNOT SELL IT BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I APPRECIATE ANY INSPECTION YOU CAN DO REGARDING THE GASKET AND THE DEX-COOL COOLANT. THANKS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041191October 3, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I EXPERIENCE CONSTANT BRAKE GRINDING, AND I HAD THE ROTORS TURNED AND THE PADS REPLACED TWICE OVER THE PAST YEAR. RECENTLY, THE CALIPERS SEIZED AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG -- TWO DAYS AFTER THE PADS, ROTORS, AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042231October 2, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
CONSUMER SAID WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE VEHICLE DIED. DRIVER WAS TWO LANES FROM THE SHOULDER. POLICE HAD TO STOP TRAFFIC WHILE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE SHOULDER. MECHANIC REPLACED A # 48 FUSE FOR FUEL PUMP INJECTOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10027075October 1, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ON THE ENTIRE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039531September 25, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
IT APPEARS THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINE HAS RUBBED THROUGH CAUSING A BRAKE FLUID LOSS AND LOSS OF POWER BRAKE FUNCTION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039340September 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING COOLANT AFTER ONLY 25,000 MILES. NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. ALL GM MECHANICS KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT GM WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBLITY FOR THIS DESIGN FLAW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039360September 23, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
#1 ON THE STOCK RADIO, WHICH CAME WITH THE MALIBU, THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATING THE RADIO BUTTONS AND KNOBS BURNT OUT. FIRST ALONG THE BASS, TREBLE, FADE & BALANCE TURN KNOBS AND NOW ALL THE PRESET BUTTONS #'S 1-6. YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE RADIO IN THE DARK NOW. #2 I HAVE TERRIBLE RECEPTION OF FM (SOME TIMES) AND AM (ALL THE TIME) RADIO STATIONS. THIS HAS GOTTON WORSE SINCE I OWNED IN 6/13/02.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039021September 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ON AUGUST 30,2002 I WAS IN A CURVE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AND UPON BRAKING THE CAR SLID AND WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TWO TIMES I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. AFTER THE ACCIDENT ON THE THIRD TIME A MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE CAR AND TOLD ME THAT THE ROTORS AND DRUMS WERE OUT OF ROUND AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE CAR ONLY HAD 41000 MILES ON IT AND HAD ALREADY HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED TWICE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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