2003 Chevrolet Malibu

CAR POWERED OFF MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING, TRIGGERING THE DOORS TO LOCK AND UNLOCK ON THEIR OWN. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR TO THE SAFE LOCATION QUICKLY OUT OF TRAFFIC, BEFORE THE STEERING POWER WAS LOST. THERE WERE MANY CLOSE CALLS! AFTER POWERING OFF, HAD TO PRAY IT WOULD START AGAIN BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT WOULD NOT. TOOK TO FIRESTONE, THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE IT. SO I TOOK TO THE CHEVY DEALER. IT WAS ORIGINALLY DIAGNOSED AS THE FUEL PUMP, WHICH I PAID TO HAVE REPLACED. A WEEK LATER I STILL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I WENT ONLINE TO SEVERAL BLOGS/WEBSITES AND REALIZED THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE MALIBU. SOME PEOPLE ONLINE RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE IGNITION SWITCH, BASED ON THE SYMPTOMS. I TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK MY IGNITION SWITCH, AS IT APPEARED ONLINE TO BE LONG STANDING ISSUE WHICH WAS NEVER RECALLED. THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH, A KNOWN ISSUE FOR CHEVY AND AT THAT TIME I HAD MY CAR REPAIRED. QUITE EXPENSIVE AND DANGEROUS FOR DRIVING. HOWEVER, I NOTICED THE 2003 MALIBU IS NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT RECALLS. MANY OWNERS WOULD AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,500.

IGNITION SWITCH AND GEAR SHIFT LOCK UP AND CANNOT SHUT ENGINE OFF OR GET KEY OUT. CANNOT PUT GEAR SHIFT INTO PARK ONLY REVERSE. WRECKER HAD TO BE CALLED THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED AND TOW TO DEALER. DEALER HAD JUST WORKED ON THE CAR AND REPLACED THE AC CONTROL PANEL FOR THE SECOND TIME SINCE NEW. YOU COULD HIT THE DASH AND GET THE AC ON AND SOMETIMES THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. THIS ALL COST ME $ 1,118.00 THIS LAST TIME. IGNITION SWITCH WAS ALWAYS TROUBLE TO WORK WITH. WIFE WAS STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES AT SHOPPING CENTERS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS WITH THESE PROBLEMS OF KEY SWITCH AND AC OFF. HIT THE DASH AND HOPE TO GET AC ON OR KEY OUT. I HAVE THE OLD IGNITION SWITCH AND THE LAST REPLACED AC PANEL. *TR

AFTER DRIVING FROM OUR HOUSE TO A FAMILY MEMBERS HOUSE, WE HAD PARKED OUR CAR TO VISIT FOR A WHILE. WHEN WE RETURNED NOT EVEN 30 MINS LATER, WE WENT TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. AFTER MANY PAST ISSUES WITH THIS, WE SENT IT IN TO A SHOP TO HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THEY STATED THAT THE THEFT-ALERT SYSTEM WAS MALFUNCTIONING. I WISH CHEVY WOULD FINALLY RECALL THIS ISSUE. *TR

I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOUR COMPANY FOR MAKING A DURABLE PRODUCT. HOWEVER, I PURCHASE A 2003 CHEVY-MALIBU IN 2004 FROM CARMAX-RALEIGH, N.C. ACCORDING TO THE CARFAX, THERE WAS ONLY ONE PREVIOUS OWNER. I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR ONLY THREE YEARS AND HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED BY RICK HENDRIX CHEVROLET IN DURHAM, N.C. AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, I WOULD TAKE MY VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC IN NORFOLK, VA THAT I HAVE DEALT FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. CONSEQUENTLY, I WOULD HAVE REPAIRS DONE AND HE KEPT THE CAR RUNNING AS REQUIRED. HOWEVER, ABOUT YEAR 2010, DURING REGULAR MAINTENANCE - THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT - THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD START BUT NO DISPLAY ON THE DASH AND NO ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS WORKED? ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES LATER WITH CAR STILL RUNNING - THE DASH WOULD LIGHT UP AND ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS OPERABLE. MY MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO ELIMINATE TO CHECK ENGINE/SERVICE ENGINE DISPLAYS WITH REQUIRED MAINTENANCE. HOWEVER, THE DASH DISPLAY AND POWER LOSS CONTINUED? HE DECIDED TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE SAME PROBLEMS REAPPEARED? NOW I HAVE TWO SEPARATE KEYS, ONE FOR DOOR/TRUNK LOCKS AND ONE FOR THE IGNITION. PRESENTLY, EVEN AFTER MAINTENANCE, THE VEHICLE HAS STARTED MISSING/PUTTING OR POSSIBLY LOSING POWER? I CONTACTED GM (800)222-1020 AND (800)630-2438 AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ON THE GM RECALL LIST? CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT INFORMATION AND THE REASON WHY IT IS NOT ON THE LIST? DO I REALLY NEED TO WAIT UNTIL MY FAMILY IS INJURED OR WORST BEFORE A DEFECT IS ACKNOWLEDGE? *TR

THE CAR WILL NOT START DUE TO ANTITHEFT LIGHT BEING ON. IT STARTED HAPPENING OCCASIONALLY, NOW IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. SOME DAYS EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO START IT WILL NOT START. HAVE TO TURN KEY TO ON POSITION WAIT 10 PLUS MINUTES UNTIL ANTITHEFT LIGHT STOPS FLASHING THEN TURN OFF AND RESTART. THIS IS GETTING VERY FRUSTRATING AND I HAVE READ MILLIONS OF COMPLAINTS FROM OTHERS ONLINE ABOUT THIS. GM IS WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WILL DO NOTHING TO FIX THIS. THIS CAR IS FOR MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HER DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AS I AM NOW READING WHERE THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC THE CAR WILL JUST SHUT OFF. THIS IS A MAJOR RISK AND GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO REPAIR THIS CONSTANTLY HAPPENING PROBLEM. IF THEY WILL NOT RECALL THEN THEY NEED TO PUBLICLY ISSUE THE CORRECT REMEDY FOR THIS NOT JUST THE 10 MINUTE RESTART QUICK, BUT TEMPORARY FIX WHICH CAUSES MANY PROBLEMS. MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN STRANDED IN PLACES UNTIL HER CAR WILL START. THIS HAPPENED ONCE WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN JUNE 2013 WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND HAD THAT REPLACED APPROXIMATELY 4-5 MONTHS LATER THE ANTITHEFT ISSUE STARTED. OBVIOUSLY THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT THE ISSUE RATHER THAN THE BEGINNING OF THIS NEVER ENDING PROBLEM. THANKFULLY MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT DRIVING AT THAT TIME AS THE CAR JUST DIED GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I FEEL THAT GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AS IT DOES AFFECT MILLIONS AND WITH THIS VEHICLE I SEEN A LOT OF YOUNG, NEW DRIVERS, IN THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND GM REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL ADDRESS THIS BEFORE THEY BEGIN BEING SUED FOR SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OR DEATHS DUE TO THEIR LACK OF ACTION AND REGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF CONSUMERS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WHILE THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,332. UPADATED 06/24/14 MA UPDATED 06/30/2014 *JS