Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (1999)

789 consumer complaints on file.

#10227649May 13, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
MY CAR KEPT STALLING AND ONE DAY IT DIDN'T START AT ALL. THE DEALERS FIRST SURE THOUGHT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND THE LINES, SO I GOT THAT REPLACED. ABOUT A MONTH LATER MY CAR WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING. SO, I BROUGHT IT THE DEALER AGAIN AND THEY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR. CAR RAN FINE AGAIN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND ONCE AGAIN, IT STARTED STALLING ON ME WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES IT WOULDN'T START, OR IT WOULD START AND THEN DIE ON ME. I BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND THEY SAID I NEEDED NEW SPARK PLUGS. GOT THAT ALL DONE, AND IT DIDN'T HELP ONE BIT. NOW, I DROVE MY CAR ALL THE WAY FROM MINNESOTA TO NEW YORK WITH NO PROBLEM, BUT THE DAY I GOT HERE, I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AGAIN. MY CAR WON'T START OR IT WILL AND IT STALLS ON THE THROUGH-WAY, WHICH IS VERY SCARY, UNSAFE AND INCONVENIENT! I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP HERE, AND I TOLD THEM WHAT WAS GOING ON AND BEFORE I EVEN TOLD HIM WHAT KIND OF CAR IT WAS, HE ASKED IF IT WAS A CHEVY MALIBU AND I SAID YES. HE TOLD ME CHEVY KNOWS ABOUT ALL THIS HAPPENING TO ALMOST EVERY MALIBU THEY HAVE AND THEY AREN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT! HE SAID IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ANTI-THEFT PASSLOCK MAKING IT SO THE SECURITY COMES ON IN THE CAR AND LOCKS THE CAR UP BECAUSE IT'S FAULTY. I CAN'T AFFORD ANYMORE REPAIRS AND I'VE BEEN IN 2 ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF MY CAR RANDOMLY STALLING! I AM GLAD MY 6-MONTH OLD WASN'T IN THE BACKSEAT AT ANY OF THOSE TIMES! WHAT AM I SUPPOSE TO DO IF I HAVE AN EMERGENCY AND CAN'T GET MY CAR STARTED BECAUSE CHEVY KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, YET THEY AREN'T DOING ANY RECALLS?! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10225593April 24, 2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
COIL SPRINGS BREAKING ON 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU. I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE ONE MORNING LAST YEAR WHEN I HEARD A LARGE BANG. FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND WAS RUBBING UP AGAINST THE TIRE. REPLACED IT WITH A USED STRUT. LAST WEEK FOUND A BROKEN SPRING IN THE REAR WHILE ROTATING TIRES. I WENT ON-LINE AND DID A SEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY PEOPLE AND WHAT IS SCARY IS THAT IT HAS HAPPENED TO SOME WHILE DRIVING, WHICH IMMEDIATELY BLOWS OUT THE TIRE. CONTACTED A FRIEND OF MINE THAT IS A GM SERVICE MANAGER, HE HAD JUST GONE THROUGH THIS PROBLEM WITH HIS NEPHEWS 1998 CAR. HE TOLD ME THAT GM HAD NO RECALLS ON THIS. THIS IS MY SONS CAR AND I DON'T WANT HIM TO BECOME A STATISTIC, TO RESOLVE IT THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10224384April 14, 2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 1999 CHEVROLT MALIBU WONDERING IF THERE MAY BE A RECALL ON SAID PART? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10222082March 23, 2008
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO, WHICH BEGAN LAST YEAR 07/07. I REPLACED FUSES TO SEE IF THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. AFTER ALMOST BEING REAR-ENDED WITH MY INFANT SON IN A CARSEAT THE BACK SEAT AS MY TURN SIGNALS FLASHED TWICE AND FAILED I FOUND OUT LATER THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THE HAZARD/TURN SWITCH ON THE 2000 MODELS OF MALIBU AND NOT THE 99'S. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10219599February 28, 2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING ON OUR 1999 CHEVY MALIBU BROKE WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. THE STRUT ASSEMBLY DROPPED & PUNCTURED THE NEW TIRE WE HAD GOTTEN LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE & HAD TO BE TOWED & REPAIRED. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE & FOUND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBUS, WHILE CHEVROLET HAS NO CONSEQUENCES FOR HAVING DEFECTIVE PARTS. THIS IS DANGEROUS & SOMEONE COULD BE KILLED BY THE DEFECTS. WE STILL HAVE THE BROKEN COIL SPRING WITH THE PART NUMBER ON IT. WE SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIRS, THE NEW TIRE THAT WAS RUINED & THE MENTAL ANGUISH OF HAVING COME SO CLOSE TO A POSSIBLY FATAL ACCIDENT. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE DEFECTIVE PARTS WILL BE RECALLED & REPLACED AT THE MANUFACTURER'S EXPENSE? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10217726February 11, 2008
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
NO PRIOR CRASHES OR PROBLEMS BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING UNABLE TO FIND SHORT IN SYSTEM TO THE POINT THAT THE HOSING ON THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS ARE MELTING AROUND BULBS RUNNING LIGHTS WORK STILL YET NO REAR BRAKE LIGHTS ON DRIVERS SIDE OUTER AND PASSENGER SIDE INNER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10215049January 15, 2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU FRONT END COIL SPRING FAILED. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE FELL ONTO THE TIRE DUE TO THE FAILED COIL SPRING. SHE STATES THAT GM SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THIS PROBLEM. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10208372November 7, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU UPPER AND LOWER MANIFOLD GASKETS REPLACED. CONSUMER BELIEVES THERE SHOULD BE A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GET REIMBURSED. *KB THE DEX-COOL COOLANT CORRODES ALL PARTS OF THE ENGINE IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH INCLUDING THE UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10202270September 8, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU WILL SUDDENLY STALL IN HOT WEATHER ON A HIGHWAY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10200304August 20, 2007
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU. SINCE 2000 THE BACK UP LIGHTS FAILED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE INTERNAL BRIGHT LIGHTS IN 2000 AND 2002. THE AIR CONDITIONER ALSO COMES ON AND OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURS EVERY TIME THE CONTACT ATTEMPTS TO BACK UP OR USE THE AIR CONDITIONER. AFTER PERFORMING AN ELECTRICAL TEST, THE DEALER REPLACED THE AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND THE AC CONTROL HEAD ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RECALL FOR THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105000 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10194951June 29, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FAILURE OF FRONT STRUT SPRINGS. NO NOTIFICATION EITHER TIME THEY BROKE / PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT SPRING BROKE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. I DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH OF IT BECAUSE DEALER STATED THEY HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. 6-27-07 MY DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT SPRING BROKE. I WAS NOW TOLD THAT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BY THE WAY THIS HAD BROKE. I CONTACTED ANOTHER DEALER PER RECALL OR ANY NOTIFICATION OUT THERE REGARDING THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THEY REPLACED THEM OFTEN ENOUGH THAT THEY EVEN STOCKED THEM. I FELT THAT IN THIS YEAR THE PRODUCTION DEFECT REQUIRED INTERVENTION BY YOU. I AGAIN HAD NO INDICATION UNTIL I HEARD A CLUNG. WHICH AT THAT TIME I WAS NOT DRIVING VERY FAST. I WORK IN A REPAIR SHOP, AND HAVE NEVER SEEN A SPRING BREAK ON ANY VEHICLE. THE SHOP I WORK FOR DEALS WITH VEHICLE WITH LOTS OF MILES ON THEM. MY 99 MALIBU ONLY HAS 85,000-90,000 MILES ON IT AND BOTH MY SPRINGS BROKE WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY CONCERN. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE HEARD OF ANYMORE ISSUES THAT MAY RELATE TO MY CONCERN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10191951May 29, 2007
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
REAR SUSPENSION - BOLT HOLDING LOWER CONTROL ARM FOR REAR TIRE. EITHER UNSCREWED ITSELF OR BROKE. VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. ANY OTHER DRIVER MAY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE VEHICLE CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES OR EVEN DEATH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190119May 8, 2007
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:UNIT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS HAVE WORKED SPORADICALLY SINCE OCTOBER OF 2006. BEGINNING IN MAY OF 2007, THE LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE AT ALL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 100,100 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190026May 7, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2003, 3 MONTHS LATER THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT BEGAN COMING ON KEEPING THE CAR FROM STARTING FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES. APRIL 24, 2007 THE CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET SEVERAL TIMES, AND NO DEFINITE ANSWER FOR THE PROBLEM COULD BE GIVEN. I COULD NOT AFFORD TO LET THEM TRY TO FIGURE THE PROBLEM OUT. I WORK IN A NOT SO SAFE PART OF TOWN AND THE CAR STALLED IN AN EMPTY PARKING LOT AT NIGHT AND I COULD HAVE BEEN ROBBED OR WORSE. THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE FOR PEOPLE. IF A PERSON NEEDING MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS DRIVING ONE OF THESE DEFECTIVE MALIBUS IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS IF NOT EVEN DEATH TO THE OWNER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189049April 26, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE ENGINE COOLANT INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED, ALLOWING THE COOLANT TO FLOW INTO THE ENGINE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 54,300. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187357April 9, 2007
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:UNIT
TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVEROLET MALIBU WITH FAILURE MILEAGE 110,000. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH SHE NOTICED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND SIGNAL LIGHTS WORKED ON OCCASION OR NOT AT ALL. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT SOMETIMES THEY WILL STOP WORKING AT ANY GIVEN TIME FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. SHE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY DID NOT DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN TELL THE CONTACT THAT THE ABOVE MENTIONED PARTS THAT WERE AFFECTED DID NOT COME FROM THE SAME PLACE AS THOSE PARTS OF THE 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT MENTIONED NHTSA NOTIFICATION RQ040005 AS A REFERENCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 117,000.*AK UPDATE 4/30/07*TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185956March 22, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, INTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT, STEERING, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
MY 1999 CHEVY MAILBU HAS HAD MANY PROBLEMS. I WILL START WITH THE 2 FUEL INJECTERS REPLACED 2 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING. THE CAR BEGIN TO RUN ROUGH THEN WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS STARTING. THEN THERE WAS THE ALTANATOR, THE THERMOSTAT, THE HEAD AND INTAKE GASKETS AND THE NUMUROUS ELECTICAL PROBLEMS. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS STILL CANNOT BE SOLVED AFTER NUMROUS TRIPSTO THE REPAIR SHOP. MOST OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. AS A CONSUMER I HOPE YOU WILL HELP US MALIBU OWNERS WHO ARE IN DESTRESS. I KNOW THE AUTO COMPANIES ARE IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE BUT THAT STILL DOES NOT EXCUSE MAKING AN UNSAFE AUTO. I AM AFRAID ENOUGH NOT TO DRIVE MY CAR. I FEEL I PUT MY FAMILY AND MYSELF IN DANGER TAKING THSI CAR ON THE ROAD. I HOPE YOU WILL HELP CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL MY ONLY NEXT OPTION IS TO CONTACT A LAWYER OVER MY LEGAL RIGHTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10179181January 19, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE DAMAGING STRUT AND DAMAGING TIRE. BREAK WAS DUE TO RUST. VEHICLE WAS MAKING A TURN WHEN BREAK OCCURRED CAUSING WHEEL TO BE "STUCK" IN THE TURN POSITION DUE TO PARTS RUBBING ON TIRE. MECHANIC SAYS MANY OF GM PRODUCTS ARE AND HAVE EXPERIENCED SAID PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178715January 15, 2007
STRUCTURE:BODY
I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY MALIBU. I NOTICED LAST YEAR ABOUT AUGUST AROUND MY GAS TANK THE PAINT WAS STARTING TO BUBBLE, SO I TOOK IT IN TO A CHEVY DEALER IN LIVONIA TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WARRANTY ON THE BUBBLING PAINT, THEY HAD TOLD ME THE WARRANT WAS UP ON THAT, THEY HAD ALSO SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE FROM OTHER OWNERS OF A 1999 CHEVY MALIBU. I WANTED TO KNOW IF GENERAL MOTORS IS GOING TO HAVE A RECALL ON THAT, OR DO I JUST HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED BY A BODY SHOP? *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10177289December 29, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
AFTER REPLACING MY INTAKE GASKET 8 MONTHS AGO, MY CAR STILL OVERHEATS. ONE OF MY COOLING FANS IS NOT WORKING. MY AC LEVEL CONTROLS 1 & 2 DOESN'T WORK, ONLY 3,4, AND 5. AC SHUTS OFF ON ITS OWN. MY ENGINE BELT WENT FROM SQEAKING TO MAKING A NOISE I NEVER HEARD BEFORE. NOW MY CAR IS NON OPERATIONAL DUE TO A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. SO FAR IN THE PAST 8 MONTHS, I REPLACED MY INTAKE GASKET $600, REPLACED MY ENGINE BELT COST $120, REPLACED MY BRAKE PADS AND CALIPER TWICE IN THE PAST 2 YEARS $250 EACH TIME. NOW I'M LOOKING AT ANOTHER MAJOR REPAIR JOB. HELP ME PLEASE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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