2003 Chevrolet Malibu

WE HAD TO HAVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED, AT 55,000 MILES, WHICH DIDN'T OCCUR UNTIL 2012, BECAUSE I DON'T PUT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MILES ON MY CAR ANNUALLY. I COULD NOT GET ANY MONEY FROM THE RECALL, BECAUSE THE CLASS ACTION SUIT PAYOUT ENDED IN 2008, AND I WAS NEVER MADE AWARE. BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR STRUTS ARE LEAKING FLUID. I WAS TOLD ALL FOUR NEED, REPLACEMENT, AND THE MOUNTS AS WELL. . THE MECHANICS SAID NORMALLY THESE SHOULDN'T NEED REPLACEMENT UNTIL 75,000-80,000 MILES MINIMUM, AND SHOULD HAVE LASTED UNTIL 100,000 WHICH IS NORMAL. I'M A GENTLE DRIVER WHO DOESN'T LEND MY CAR OUT. I DRIVE OVER SPEED BUMPS VERY SLOWLY IN OUR TOWN, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT SUSPENSION ISSUES. OUR TOWN'S SPEED LIMIT IS 15 MPH OVER THE SPEED BUMPS, AND I DO 7MPH OVER THEN. OTHERS WITH A 1999-2003 MALIBU, HAVE TOLD ME THEIR STRUTS HAVE WORN OUT JUST AS FAST ALSO.(AT 50,000 MILES OR SO). *TR

CONTANCT DEALER COMPANY WILL NOT RETURN CALLS ASK FOR ASSISTANCE IN RESOLVING ISSUES CAR NEEDS BRAKE ALL THE WAY AROUND ROTORS DAMAGEDED NEEDS TYROD END HAS WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM EXAUST DEALER WILL NOT CHECK CAR THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MECHANIC TELL YOU TO CONTACT AND YOU GET NO RESPONSE VEHICLE SOLD TO 76 YEAR OLD LADY AND IS UNSAFE I ASKE IF THEY WOULD TRADE UP IT IS HALF PAID FOR I WAS TOLD NO IT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY PAID OFF. *JS

I TELL DEALER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON "HE SAYS NOT TO BE CONCERNED THERE IS WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM TAILPIPE IGNITION CAN TAKE UP TO 5 MIN TO GET ON CODE SAYS CAR NEEDS EGR VALVE CAR NEEDED BRAKES AND ROTORS ALL THE WAY AROUND AND TYROD DEALER WILL NOT RESPOND TO CALLS CAR WAS RECALLED FOR IGNITION SWITCH NEVER REPAIRED I NEED TO KNOW IF I CAN TAKE IT IN TO CHEVY DEALER ONY HAD 1 MONTH VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE AND I AM 76 THERE IS A WARANTY ON ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. *TR

VEHICLE WON'T START AND SECURITY LIGHT IS ON. I HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES WITH KEY IN THE ON POSITION TO RESTART ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM AND THEN ENGINE WILL START. THE CAR AS WELL DIED AND SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AND HAD TO COAST OVER 2 LANES AND WAS LUCKILY NOT HIT OR INJURED. AFTER THIS I TOOK IT TO MY NORMAL MECHANIC TO LOOK AT IT. HE FIXED IGNITION SWITCH ON 3/3/2009 WHICH I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF PROBLEM I WAS HAVING AND HIM FIXING IT. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND THE CAR STILL DOES NOT START. I HAVEN'T HAD IT STOP WHILE DRIVING SINCE THEN BUT IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD I'M TELLING MYSELF I NEED TO GET RID OF THIS CAR BEFORE SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS. SOMETIMES THE CAR IS FINE FOR MONTHS AND THEN IT WON'T START TWICE IN ONE WEEK. THIS IS ESPECIALLY A PAIN WHEN IT IS FREEZING COLD AND I HAVE NO WHERE ELSE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES BUT IN MY CAR. SEEMS TO BE VERY INTERMITTENT. BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE THAT IF I TRY TO REMOTE START THE CAR WITH THE KEY FAB IT WILL MOST LIKELY ENDS IN TRIPPING THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM AND THE CAR WILL NOT START. I'VE SEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON-LINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. AND I ASK WHY HAS IT NOT BEEN RECALLED ESPECIALLY IF THE CAR CAN STOP RUNNING WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS MADE ME LOSE CONFIDENCE IN GM, AND IF I BUY ANOTHER CAR I WILL THINK TWICE ABOUT BUYING ANOTHER CHEVY EVEN THOUGH I LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT MY CAR. I AM NOT ABOUT TO TAKE IT IN AND SPEND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS GETTING IT FIXED WHEN I CAN SAVE MY MONEY AND BUY SOMETHING MORE DEPENDABLE BESIDES A GM CAR. IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS I WILL BE ABLE TO BUY A NEW CAR AND I WILL BE GLAD WHEN I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. *TR

2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU ENGINE REFUSED TO START DUE TO IGNITION SYSTEM, REPLACED IGNITION AND KEY, RESET COMPUTER.*CW THE CONSUMER STATED THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ROUGHLY 50 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. THE IGNITION WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE RAN FINE FOR NINE MONTHS, AND THEN THE PROBLEM RETURNED. *JB