Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (2003)

569 consumer complaints on file.

#10821156January 19, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
KEY WILL NOT TURN IGNITION; WOULD NOT SHUT OFF COMPLETELY; STEERING WHEEL UNLOCKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10820223January 14, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK, AS THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND RELEASED WITHIN A FEW SECONDS. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V528000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS FOR THE IGNITION KEY TO TURN IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10820240January 14, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SO AFTER HAVING THE CAR SERVICED FOR THE STICKING ACCELERATOR IN SEPTEMBER OF 2015 THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE FIXED. 3 WEEKS AGO THE PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN. ON JANUARY 12TH 2015 WHILE TRAVELLING HOME THE CAR WAS ACTING UP AGAIN. THE CAR WAS TRAVELLING 60 MPH WITHOUT TOUCHING THE THROTTLE. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER. TURNS OUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH THE RECALLED PART BUT SOME OTHER REASON FOR THE ACCELERATOR STICKING. SO I WAS TOLD WITH PARTS AND LABOR IT WOULD BE $510 I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THE REPAIR SO I WAS TOLD THEIR WOULD BE A $89 SERVICE FEE WHICH AGAIN I DON'T REALLY HAVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10820281January 14, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TROUBLE STARTING AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS OF USING THE IGNITION KEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE OPERATED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DAIGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT PROVIDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10819947January 13, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO START IN COLD INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY START DURING TEMPERATURES HIGHER THAN 40 DEGREES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE BATTERY, STARTER, ALTERNATOR, NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH, CRANK SHIFT SENSOR, AND THE EXHAUST SYSTEM; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,600.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10819334January 11, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, SERVICE BRAKES
100% OF BRAKE LINES FAILED VIA RUST ALSO, CONTROL ARMS FRONT/REAR SEVERELY RUSTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10810545December 15, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10809542December 10, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR, VEHICLE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING, DISABLING THE ENGINE WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. DEALER WAS CONTACTED FOR ADVICE, TOLD THAT MOST LIKELY SOLUTION IS REPLACEMENT OF THE BODY CONTROL MODULE, FOR A COST OF $700. $700 FOR A KNOWN AND POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE IS UNBELIEVABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808538December 5, 2015
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING
MY SON WAS DRIVING THE 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE THEFT PROTECTION SYSTEM SUDDENLY KICKED IN AN SHUT OFF THE ENGINE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE SPEED AND POWER STEERING AND FORCING HIM TO STOP ON THE HIGHWAY. THEN HE HAD TO SIT THERE 10 MINUTES WITH THE KEY TURNED ON TO RESET THE THEFT SYSTEM BEFORE HE COULD START THE CAR AGAIN AND GET OUT OF A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE IGNITION AND KEY WAS ALREADY READY REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL TOO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790048November 12, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789522November 10, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHT LENSES WERE FOGGED. THE FIXTURES WERE REPLACED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE LENSES AND PLUGS WERE MELTED. THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789236November 9, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE IGNITION KEY CYLINDER WILL NOT ALLOW MY KEY TO GO TO A VERTICAL POSITION WHEN TURNING MY CAR TO THE OFF POSITION. THE CAR WOULD BE STATIONARY AND IN THE PARK POSITION, AS A RESULT, THE CAR STAYS ON AND MY BATTERY GETS DRAINED AND I NEED A JUMP ALL THE TIME. I STARTED DETACHING THE BATTERY WHEN I GO IN AND OUT OF STORES AND OVERNIGHT WHEN SLEEPING AND RECONNECTING WHEN I GO TO A NEW DESTINATION. I REPORTED THIS TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY GAVE ME A KEY, TELLING ME THE PROBLEM WAS THE SIZE OF THE HOLE MY KEY RING HAD. NEEDLES TO SAY THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I HAD NOT DRIVEN IT SINCE MAY OF 2015. NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS GETTING COLDER, I DON'T WANT TO KEEP GOING ON WITH THIS HASTLE. I AM NOT FINANCIALLY ABLE TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION OUT OF POCKET, YET, THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCHES. YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN MY SHOES. I PRAY I WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TO FIX OR REPLACE A SWITCH FOR ME. IF NOT, GOD WILL BLESS ME FOR I AM NOT AT FAULT FOR THIS FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. I SPOKE WITH T CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING AND THE ONLY THING THEY COULD DO WAS PUT MY VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN AND FILE A COMPLAINT. THE COMPLAINT NUMBER IS 8-1656466940.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10786679October 28, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IGNITION MODULE SWITCH BAD, CAR WILL NOT START, THEFT DEVICE WILL NOT RE-SET CAUSING CAR NOT TO START. MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE. THIS HAS TO BE DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783213October 19, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THEFT SYSTEM FAILED. THE THEFT SYSTEM ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY AND CAUSED THE ENGINE NOT TO START. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO RESET THE THEFT SYSTEM, HOWEVER THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783340October 19, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781989October 14, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, IT STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 04V528000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT CYLINDER TWO WAS MISFIRING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 214,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780132October 6, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ANTI THEFT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10777872September 26, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR SAME VEHICLE. SOME HAVE NOTED REPAIR AND STILL THE PROBLEM OCCURS. CAR WILL NOT START (SOME HAVE STALLED WHILE DRIVING) AND MUST LEAVE KEY IN CERTAIN POSITION FOR 10-15 MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL START AGAIN. THIS IS MY MOTHER'S CAR AND I WAS WITH HER SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND WE PULLED OUT OF PARKING SPACE AND IT DIED AND WOULD NOT START (ANTI-THEFT LIGHT ALSO FLASHES). THANK GOODNESS WE WERE NOT IN THE LINE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AND A NICE MAN PUSHED OUR CAR OUT OF THE WAY OF INCOMING TRAFFIC TO THE LOT. AND THANK GOODNESS WE WERE AT A DR'S OFFICE (WHERE MY ILL 85 YEAR OLD MOM HAD BEEN) SO WE COULD GO INSIDE OUT OF THE 90 DEGREE HEAT. THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND DON'T KNOW WHY IT HAS NOT BEEN. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT MY MOM WILL BE DRIVING AND THIS CAR WILL QUIT AND SHE WILL BE HIT AND GOD FORBID THERE BE A FATALITY. I HAVE ALSO JUST EMAILED GM ABOUT THIS AS WELL. MY MOM OBVIOUSLY IS NOT IN A FINANCIAL SHAPE TO RUN OUT AND BUY A NEW CAR. IT ONLY HAS 43K MILES AND SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER CAR JUST BECAUSE GM WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THEIR IMPROPERLY FUNCTIONING CARS! THEY MUST HAVE SEEN ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME THING. SO, NOT SURE IF ELECTRICAL, ENGINE, BUT SOMETHING IS OBVIOUSLY WRONG! AND PUTTING LIVES AT RISK!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775427September 23, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE AFTER THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10766207September 20, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE HAD THE THEF SYSTEM IN MY 2003 CHEVY MALIBU REPAIED MORE TIMES THAN I CARE TO SAY. IT STATED IN 11/7/2006 AND IT HAVE BEEN AN ONGOING THING. I AM A WIDOW AND I AM REALLY AFRAID TO TAKE THIS CAR OUT AT NIGHTS IN FEAR THAT IT MIGHT LEAVE ME STRANDED. THE FIRST TIME IT COST ME $351.74 TO REPAIR THE THEFT SYSTEM. THEN IT WENT AGAIN IN 6/7/2008 THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THIS COST ME $483.37. IT RAN FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEN THE KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE IGNITION AND YOU COULDN'T TURN THE CAR OFF, BACK TO THE SHOP. THANK GOD THEY DIDN'T CHARGE ME FOR THIS TRIP. THEN ON 8/31/2015 THE THEF SYSTEM LEFT ME STRANDED AGAIN, AND BACK TO THE SHOP TO PAY THEM ANOTHER $538.72. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE AND VERY EXPENSIVE. I DID COMPLAIN WHEN IT WAS FIRST HAPPENING AND A CUSTOMER REP. TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MY PROBLEM AND THEIR WHERE NO RECALLS ON IT. AFTER ALL THE DEATHS AND PROBLEMS THAT YOUR COMPANY HAS HAD YOU PROBABLY SHOULD RECALL EVERYONE OF THEM AND START OVER FROM SCRATCH. I HAVE DOCUMENTED PROOF THAT THIS CAR IS A PIECE OF JUNK. THANK YOU PAMELA J. SHAK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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