1999 Chevrolet Malibu

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

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

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.

I PURCHASED A 1999 CHEVY MALIBU IN NOVEMBER 2003. I HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AT LEAST 10 TIMES ($20 EACH TIME), THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES ($70 EACH TIME). THE BRAKES GIVE YOU NO WARNING THEY JUST QUIT SUDDENLY WHICH HAS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. THE ABS LIGHT ALWAYS COMES ON AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU CAN GUARANTEE THE IGNITION SWITCH IS ABOUT TO LOCK UP ON YOU. THE REAR WINDOWS QUIT WORKING, I HEAR A WEIRD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM HAS CAME ON 6 OR 7 TIMES AND WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO CRANK THE CAR(ONCE IT HAPPENED WHILE MY CHILD WAS HAVING AN ASTHMA ATTACK AND I WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE HIM TO THE ER). IF YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD SOMETIMES IT SOUNDS LIKE A SMALL EXPLOSION IN THE FRONT END AND CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO JERK UNCONTROLLABLY FOR SEVERAL MILES. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO SEVERAL MECHANICS WHO ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO WORK ON IT BECAUSE OF THE GENERAL FACT THAT IT IS A 1999 MALIBU, NOW MY IGNITION HAS COMPLETELY QUIT, ACTUALLY IT HUNG IN THE START POSITION AND WAS MAKING MY STARTER GRIND AND ALMOST CATCH FIRE, THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL ABOUT 15 TIMES, BUT USUALLY AFTER JIGGLING THE KEY A FEW TIMES IT COMES UNDONE, BUT NOT THIS TIME. MY DAD HAD TO TAKE MY BATTERY OFF IN ORDER TO MAKE THE ENGINE DIE. SO NOW MY EMPLOYER GOT SO FED UP WITH ME BEING LATE OR CALLING IN BECAUSE OF MY CAR PROBLEMS THAT I WAS TERMINATED. I AM A SINGLE MOM WITH 2 CHILDREN, BOTH HAVE CHRONIC ASTHMA AND HAVE TO BE RUSHED TO THE ER WITH SEVERE ASTHMA ATTACKS ALL THE TIME, AND NOW I HAVE NO WAY TO TAKE THEM SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. THE PARTS ARE GOING TO COST ME $200 AND THE COST OF LABOR AND NOW I HAVE NO JOB. IF YOU CALL CHEVROLET ALL THEY TELL YOU IS TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER AND LET THE MECHANIC LOOK AT IT FOR A FEE, AND THEN THEY WANT TO CHARGE YOU MORE THAN I MAKE IN 2 MONTHS, AND THEY NEVER EVEN ASK YOU ANY PERSONAL INFO SO THERE ARE NO DOCUMENTED CLAIMS ON YOUR CALLS. *NM

VEHICLE HAS JUST REACHED 62000 MILES. MOST RECENT INCIDENT - ALL DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON-CAR DIED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. REPLACED ALTERNATOR - SUPPOSEDLY "COMMON" AT THIS MILEAGE. SIX WEEKS PRIOR - COOLANT INDICATOR KEEPS COMING ON. DEALER REPLACED LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND WATER PUMP. ALSO TOLD COMMON IN THIS CAR AT THIS MILEAGE. BRAKES DONE ALSO - ROTORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT - AGAIN SUPPOSEDLY COMMON IN THE MALIBU. *JB

CAR WILL NOT START, REPLACED STARTER, RELAYS. DASH LIGHTS COME ON BUT IT WON'T TURN OVER. REPAIR SHOP SAID IT IS IGNITION SWITCH @$254.00L. I CAN'T AFFORD TO REPAIR. TRIED TO START IT FEW DAYS LATER, PERFECTLY OK AND STARTS EVERYTIME FOR ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO, THEN NO WARNING AND IT DOESN'T START AGAIN. ENGINE CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING EVEN. AIR CODITIONER BLOWER DOESN'T WORK ON 1-4, ONLY IF FAN ON 5. FUSES HAVE STARTED TO BLOW. CIG 4X, RADIO 2X. DASH LIGHT "THEFT SYSTEM" STAYS ON AT TIMES AFTER START AND WHILE OPERATING. COULD THIS BE ANY PART OF WHY CAR DOESN'T START????? MY MECHANIC IS BEWILDERED TO SAY THE LEAST. *JB

CAR FAILS TO START MORE THAN FREQUENTLY. WAS TOLD TO REPLACE IGNITION SWITCH, A COST OF $254.00. DON'T THINK CAR SHOULD ALREADY NEED IGNITION REPLACED. CAR HAS DIED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE NUMEROUS TIMES. ALSO HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IF DASH LIGHTS COME ON OR JUST THEFT DETERRENT LIGHTS. DAY RUNNING LIGHTS ARE EQUAL TO REG HEADLIGHTS, ALL SYSTEM LIGHTS TURN ON WHEN CAR IS STARTED, NO NEED TO EVEN TURN SWITCH ON, COULD THIS BE NORMAL? MECHANIC INSTALLED A SWITCH UNDER HOOD THAT CONNETS DIRECTLYTO MY STARTER SO WHEN CAR FAILS TO START I PUSH SWITCH AND SHE STARTS RIGHT UP, HE SAID SOMETHING IN COLUMN BUT HE NOT ABLE TO PINPOINT. STEERING COLUMN DOESNOT LOCK, EVER! *JB