1999 Chevrolet Malibu complaints

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

EA 03021 - WHILE TRAVELING ON 3/7/04 THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 1999 CHEVY MALIBU. THIS BROKEN SPRING RUBBED AGAINST THE TIRE AND CAUSED IT TO POP. IT ALSO RUINED THE DRIVERS FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLY.*AK

PLASTIC LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY @ 28,000 MILES, AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AGAIN @ 78,000 MILES FOR A COST OF $800.00. *JB

FRONT END VIBRATION. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS AND FRONT BRAKES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

OVERHEAT, PURCHASE OF NUMEROUS GALLONS OF COOLANT. BROUGHT TO DEALER 8 TIMES OVER A 2 YEAR PERIOD, WAS TOLD NOTHING WRONG WHEN WARRANTY IN PLACE. WARRANTY RAN OUT, PROBLEM OF GASKET FIXED. CAR STILL OVERHEATS IF SITS FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES.*AK

36000 MILES PLUS....EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR. WAS SEARCHING THE WEB AND FOUND THIS SITE SO I DECIDED TO ADD MY TWO CENTS WORTH ABOUT MY MALIBU. REPLACED FRONT BRAKES (DRIVERS SIDE 3 TIMES - DUE TO CALIPER) AND ROTOR TWICE. ENGINE GASKET PROBLEM - OVERHEATING. STILL HAVE PROBLEM WITH FAN MOTOR CONTROL SETTINGS 1 AND 2. ENGINE MISFIRING - HAD INJECTORS CLEANED TWICE AND REPLACED ENTIRE IGNITION SYSTEM. HAVE A RATTLE IN THE FRONT FOR THE LAST 20000 MILES. CAR HAS FAILED TO START AROUND 8 TIMES. ENGINE HAS DIED MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER STARTING AND SOMETIMES WHILE IN MOTION. ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEM. THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT OCCASSIONALLY LIGHTS UP. LOOKING FORWARD TO A CLASS ACTION SUIT. WOULD RATHER SETTLE FOR AN ADMISSION BY CHEVROLET/GM AND COMPENSATION FOR SOME REPLACEMENT PARTS AND LABOR. THIS IS THE WORST GM PRODUCT I'VE EVER OWNED AND DUE TO THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I'VE READ ON THE INTERNET, THIS VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS IS WAY TO HIGH. *AK

THE VEHICLE'S ANTI THEFT SYSTEM WOULD ENGAGE INTERMITTENTLY. AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *NM

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HOUSING IS COMING APART DUE TO THE GEARS GRINDING TOGETHER. THIS CONDITION CAUSES TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK. VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TO A DEALER FOR SERVICE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER SMELLED A BURNING RUBBER ODOR AND SMOKE. WITHOUT ANY INDICATION PASSENGER FRONT END DROPPED DOWN ON TO RIM. CONSUMER REMOVED TIRE TO CHANGE IT, AND NOTICED THAT COIL SPRING SNAPPED. *AK

BRAKES LIGHTS FAILED. *AK

HAVE TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS/ROTORS EVERY 5,000 MILES. I'VE SPENT MORE MONEY ON THE BRAKES ON THIS CAR THAN GAS. I'VE ALSO GONE THROUGH 5 SETS OF TIRES. REPLACED WHEEL HUB BEARINGS, AND STILL, AFTER REPLACING ITEMS, THE VIBRATION, SHAKING, INSTABILITY COMES BACK. ALSO, PROBLEM WITH ABS. LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. I'VE HAD IT LOOKED AT 6 TIMES AND DEALER CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. EACH TIME AFTER SEEING DEALER, IT GOES OUT. BUT THEN COMES BACK ON AGAIN IN A FEW DAYS. HAVE PROBLEMS BRAKING. I'VE HAD TO STOP QUICKLY, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND CAR WON'T SLOW DOWN. IT'S AS IF I'M TRYING TO SLOW DOWN ON A SHEET OF ICE, AND I LIVE IN FLORIDA!!! BACK TAILLIGHTS CONSTANTLY MELT AROUND BULBS. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLIES IN BOTH. IS CHEVROLET GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS?? I'VE READ THAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THESE SAME PROBLEMS. DOES IT TAKE A FEW PEOPLE'S DEATHS TO FINALLY GET THEM TO CARE? COME ON CHEVROLET, I USED TO BELIEVE IN YOU, BUT NOW I'M QUESTIONING THE CARS. THIS IS THE 6TH CHEVROLET CAR I'VE OWNED. STRONGLY THINKING OF NEVER BUYING A CHEVY AGAIN. *JB

I HAVE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE BRAKE SYSTEM OF MY VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR JUST OVER A YEAR NOW AND I HAVE HAD 3 WHEELBEARINGS DONE, THE BRAKES CHANGED TWICE, THE ROTORS CHANGED AND TURNED, THE CALIPERS CHANGED AND MORE. THE CALIPERS CONTINUE TO MAKE A HORRIBLE CRUNCHING NOISE AND NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. THE DEALER SAYS ITS A MANUAFACTURING DEFECT AND CHEVY SAYS IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN I BOUGHT IT, 12 DAYS, AND IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT INTO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP SO THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. WELL, ITS CRAP AND I KNOW THERE ARE AT LEAST A HUNDRED OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM SO IF YOU HAVE A 1999 CHEVY MALIBU WITH DEFECTS CALL ME AND LETS SUE IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT BECAUSE THEY SHOULD NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS. 607-397-1782

VEHICLE HAD CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND ALTERNATOR GO OUT COMPLETELY WITHIN 10K OF EACH OTHER. ONCE THE CAT HAD GONE BAD, IT CAUSED THE VALVE SEALS ON THE ENGINE TO NEED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, A $1300 JOB NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. ALSO HAVE HAD BREAK PAD PROBLEMS WITH THEM WEARING UNEVENLY. THE VEHICLE WAS AT A CHEVROLET DEALER FOR ALMOST A WEEK BEFORE THEY GUESSED THE PROBLEM-NO ONE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT MY ENGINE TO VERIFY THAT THE SEALS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, I WAS SO ANNOYED WITH WAITING FOR A DIAGNOSIS, I HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC COMPLETE THE WORK AND REPLACE THE CAT. THESE PROBLEMS ALSO RESULTED IN A MIDNIGHT TOW TWO HOURS AWAY FROM HOME SINCE MY CAR WOULD NOT START, TAKING MORE TIME AND MONEY OUT OF MY HECTIC SCHEDULE. *AK

WHEN THE CONSUMER MADE A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. *JB

LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING

COOLANT SYSTEM FAILURE. THIS "5 YEAR" COOLANT GM USES DOES NOT LAST 5 YEARS. THIS 1999 VEHICLE DEVELOPED A LEAK, OVERHEATED, AND BLEW A LIFTER. THE ENGINE IS RUINED AT 78,000 MILES!

LEAKING OIL FOR NO APPARENT REASON- UPON CHECK AT GARAGE ADVISED OF INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK THAT IF NOT REPAIRED WILL RESULT IN 3.1L V6 ENGINE DAMAGE - AUTO REPAIR SHOP ADVISED THAT MALIBU'S ARE INFAMOUS FOR THIS PROBLEM - ADVISED TO SAVE RECEIPTS IN THE EVENT OF A RECALL & TO WRITE LETTER TO CHEVY TO ADVISE OF DISSATISFACTION.

FUSE #48 TO THE FUEL PUMP INJECTOR CONTINUES TO BLOW WE REPLACE IT SOMETIMES, IT WILL START AND SOME SOMETIME IT DON'T THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALER SHIP SAYS THAT THE 1999 CHEVOLET MALIBU NEEDED A FUEL PUMP SO HE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP THE FUSE STILL BLOWED OUT THE DAY I PICKED UP MY CAR. THEY CAME AND TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP. I HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS FUSE BLOWING PROBLEM SINCE DECEMBER OF 2002. NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN. T. REYNOLDS

AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL PROBLEMS DEALER INSISTED NOTHING WRONG NEVER REPAIRED TIRES; WORN OUT AT 16000 DEALER INSISTED THAT THAT WAS NORMAL FOUGHT TO GET THEM TO REPLACE ONLY 2 TIRES ENGINE: INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WENT OUT NEVER EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM IN ALL THE CARS I EVER OWNED 978.00 LATER. ENGINE 3 MONTHS LATER PRESENTLY ENGINE HAS SERIOUS INTERNAL ENGINE RATTLE, LOSE OF POWER DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG YET THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF PROBLEM OIL WAS CLEAN NO TEMP PROBLEM JUST BLEW LAST WEEK TOWED TO THE HOUSE BRAKES; HAD TO CHANGE BOTH FRONT CALIPERS COULD NOT RE USE THEM NEEDED NEW ONES WHEN DOING BRAKE JOB WOULD NEVER BUY A CHEVY PRODUCT EVER AGAIN!!!!

3/18/03 - MALIBU IS DIAGNOSED WITH AN INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING COOLANT, BUT THERE WAS NEVER ANY SIGNS OF LEAKAGE ON THE DRIVEWAY. AN INDEPENDANT SHOP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET REVEALED THAT VERY MANY OTHER GM OWNERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. WE ATTEMPTED TO GET ASSISTANCE IN PAYING FOR THE REPAIR FROM GM, BUT THEY REFUSED. THE DESIGN OF THE GASKET SYSTEM COMBINED WITH DEXCOOL COOLANT APPEARS TO BE FAULTY. WE ALSO HAVE A CRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON THIS VEHICLE. ABOUT EVERY 12000 MILES THE BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED, THE ROTORS ARE WARPED AND THE PADS ARE BAD. SO FAR, GM IS PICKING UP ALL THOSE COSTS BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THROUGH THE INTERNET WE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT MANY MALIBU OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILS. THE DEXCOOL COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE OIL. THE BEARINGS ON THE GASKET ARE DAMAGED. I WAS TOLD THAT I REALLY NEED A NEW ENGINE, BUT THAT I COULD TRY REPLACING THE GASKET, BUT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEE THAT WILL WORK. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR MOST GM CARS FROM THAT TIME FRAME AND STARTING AROUND 40,000 AND THAT GM HAS EVEN MADE A NEW PART FINDING THE ORIGINAL DEFICIENT.

WINDSHIELD: WHISTLES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS NUMEROUS TIMES AND TOLD THAT MECHANIC DOESN'T HEAR ANYTHING WRONG. ONGOING PROBLEM. BRAKES: NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR. CAR SEEMS TO CHEW THEM UP. REPLACED WITH HIGH QUALITY BRAKES FROM AUTO ZONE. LIFETIME GUARANTEE, AND REPLACED BY MYSELF. TRANSMISSION: WHEN CAR GOES FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE, CAR REVS UP AS IF IN NEUTRAL. FINALLY KICKS INTO GEAR, BUT IS JERKY FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTERWARDS.

AIR CONDITIONING - ELECTRICAL FAILURE, WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF. ENGINE - HEAD GASKET, FAULTY. WAS REPLACED. POWER WINDOW - REGULATOR AND MOTOR FAULTY, THE WINDOW JUST STOP ROLLING UP AND DOWN, DID NOT SHOW SIGNS OF FAIURE TILL IT HAPPENED. IN SHOP RIGHT NOW, NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. OTHER - COOLING SYSTEM, USES THE INFAMOUS DEX-COOL COOLANT. THE ENGINE GETS HOT EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. HOT MEANING TWO BARS ABOVE MIDDLE. IT USUALLY RESIDES IN THE MIDDLE. THE RADIATOR CAP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND THE HEAD GASKET WAS ALSO SUSPECTED OF BEING A PROBLEM RELATED TO THIS. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND IS GOING TO THE DEALER TOMORROW FOR ANOTHER INSPECTION. THE WORST TIME IT OCCURRED WAS AFTER THE HEAD GASKET HAD BEEN REPLACED. THE VEHICLE RAN FINE FOR TWO MONTHS. WE TOOK IT ON VACATION TO LAKE POWELL WHEN THE PROBLEMS OCCURRED AGAIN. THE ENGINE STARTED TO GET HOT. I TURNED OFF THE A/C AND TURNED ON THE HEAT. THIS WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE DRIVEABLE WITHOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO IT. MY WORRY IS THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN TO MY WIFE ON THE FREEWAY OR DRIVING HOME TO SEE HER PARENTS. HAD THIS OCCURRED THE FIRST TIME WITH JUST HER IN THE CAR SHE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN WHAT TO DO AND WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED.

THEFT LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR WILL NOT START. WAIT 10-15 MINUTES CAR STARTS FINE. PROBLEM HAPPENS ABOUT 2-3 TIMES A MONTH. PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED WHEN WEATHER IS SUNNY AND HOT AND IN PERFECT WEATHER AND ALSO WHEN IT HAS BEEN RAINING.

AIR CONTROLS SWITCH BACK & FORTH FROM FRESH TO RECIRCULATE. CAR HAS REFUSED TO START TWICE & ANTITHEFT SYSTEM ACTIVATED. INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK UPPER AND LOWER. I HAD THE GASKET REPLACED AND GM CANADA PAID FOR THE LABOR AND I PAID FOR THE PARTS, APPROX $180 CANADIAN. I BELIEVE THERE WAS 78000 KM (48,000 MILES) ON THE CAR AT THE TIME. SEATBELTS ARE SLOW TO RETRACT. CLUNKING NOISE IN FRONT END, THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY OR FIX. RECALL ON ROTORS CAUSED PADS TO FAIL.

WHILE TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE. CONSUMER SUSPECTED THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

I MYSELF, HAD TO HAVE MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED IN MY 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU. IT WAS RECALLED ON CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS, BUT NOT MINE. A FRIEND OF MINE ALSO OWNS THIS SAME MAKE AND MODEL OF THE CHEVROLET MALIBU AND SHE IS CURRENTLY HAVING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM FIXED. I AM EXPERIENCES SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE THAT I SAW ON A RECALL LIST FOR A PARTICULAR SET OF VINS. I FIND THIS TO BE A BIT STRANGE THAT I AM CURRENTLY HAVING THESE MANUFACTURE DEFECTS, AS WELL AS OTHERS THAT OWN THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE, AND THEY ARE ONLY RECALLING A SELECT FEW. IT SEEMS STRANGE THAT 3 PEOPLE I KNOW EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE, YET, THERE IS NO RECALL ON THEM.

SINCE I'VE HAD THE CAR, THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, ROTORS REPLACED (ALSO CLEANED AND OTHER THINGS-TO THE POINT THEY ASKED ME TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON BRAKES AND ROTORS). THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT WORK FROM THE DRIVER SIDE TO ROLL DOWN BUT CAN STILL ROLL IT UP FROM THERE. THE AIR CONDITIONER BUTTON(RESISTOR) NEEDED REPLACING AND THEN THE VENT BUTTON(RESISTOR) NEEDED REPLACING. ALSO, HAD TO REPLACE TIE ROD END AND WHEEL BEARING . NOT TO MENTION A WATER PUMP. WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM SAWYER CHEVROLET WITH 38,000 MILES ON IT. IT NOW HAS 76,000. BUT WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF OF OWNING IT, THIS IS ALL THE WORK WE HAD TO PUT INTO IT. I'VE NEVER HAD A CAR THAT NEEDED ALL THAT REPAIRING DONE BEFORE IT REACHED 100,000 MILES. PLUS WE HAD TO GET NEW TIRES BECAUSE THEY HAD FIRESTONE TIRES ON THEM THAT WERE WARPING, ETC. BUT SAWYERS REFUSED TO REPLACE THEM AND FIRESTONE DID NOT GET BACK TO US IN TIME BEFORE OUR VACATION. SO WE PUT NEW TIRES ON OURSELVES.

ENGINE COOLING LIGHT WENT ON, AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE AND LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE, CAUSING WHITE SMOKE TO APPEAR FROM THE EXHAUST.*AK

!999 CHEVY MALIBU LS, REPLACED LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING. MILEAGE ON CAR 32,728

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

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

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

GM 3.1 LITRE V6 INTAKE GASKET LEAK AT APPOX.60,000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 85,000 MILES. *AK

ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING. *AK

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

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

1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU'S ENGINE IS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. *MR *SCC *JB

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 T

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IT APPEARS THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINE HAS RUBBED THROUGH CAUSING A BRAKE FLUID LOSS AND LOSS OF POWER BRAKE FUNCTION

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.

#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.

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