2002 Chevrolet Malibu

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM WOULD ACTIVATE AND WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO START THE VEHICLE FOR 10 MINUTES. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RECOGNIZING THE KEY. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE KEY; HOWEVER, THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM WOULD STILL ACTIVATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATED 8/29/11 *CN

I OWN A 2002 CHEVY MALIBU AND THE THEFT SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND PREVENTS ME FROM STARTING THE CAR. THE "FIX" IS TO SIT WITH THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION UNTIL THE LIGHT STOPS FLASHING. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND APPARENTLY THE PERMANENT FIX IS TO REPLACE THE IGNITION CYLINDER WHICH IS EXPENSIVE AND DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED A COMPUTER FAILURE. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED BY THAT TIME. THE CONTACT STATED SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WOULD NEED TO BE MADE AND THE KEY HAD TO BE MANEUVERED A CERTAIN WAY BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD START. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO USE OTHER COPIES OF THE KEY AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

THE 2000-2003 CHEVY MALIBU WILL TURN OVER BUT WON'T START, EVER!. AUTO REPAIR PLACE KEPT CARE FOR LAST 8 DAYS. PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY THE ANTITHEFT SYSTEM. DEALERS AND AUTO-REPAIR SHOPS CHARGE $1000 WITHOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM. I'VE SEEN OVER A HUNDRED COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE FROM PEOPLE WITH MALIBUS OF THIS ERA FROM THE 'CARCOMPLAINTS WEBSITE'. HTTP://CARCOMPLAINTS.ASTERPIX.COM/CY/2427771/?Q=2002+CHEVY+MALIBU+STARTING+PROBLEMS REQUEST: ASK GM TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS CAR AS A "STEAL" FROM A DEALERSHIP. IT WAS USED AS A TRADE IN AND THE CARFAX REPORT LOOKED GOOD. HOWEVER, NO ONE TOLD ME OF THE PASSLOCK PROBLEM. TODAY, I HAD TO CALL OFF WORK AFTER STOPPING FOR A CUP OF COFFEE AND HAVING TO SPEND 3.5+ HOURS RESETTING AND STARTING THE CAR, I HAVE OFTEN HAD DIFFICULTIES AND LEARNED OF THE 10 MINUTE TRICK, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK. GM SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS. FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED THE REPAIR CAN COST AS HIGH AS $600 FOR A DESIGN FLAW THAT WILL LIKELY REPEAT ITSELF. NO WONDER THEY WENT BANKRUPT WITH SUCH SHODDY PRODUCTS. *TR

SURPRISED TO NOT SEE THIS GM RECALL IN THE DATABASE. GM RECALLED THOUSANDS OF CHEVY MALIBU'S MANUFACTURED FROM 1997 ' 2003 FOR A MALFUNCTIONING FLASHER SWITCH AND/OR SHORT IN THE WIRING. THE SAFETY ISSUE IS THE MALFUNCTIONING SWITCH CAUSES THE BLINKERS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND IN MANY INSTANCES NOT FUNCTION AT ALL ADDITIONALLY THE HAZARD LIGHTS DO NOT FUNCTION. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2002 CHEVY MALIBU FROM A PRIVATE PARTY. UP UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO IT WAS RUNNING FINE. ONE DAY IT DOESN'T START UP RIGHT AWAY BUT I DON'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT. I PARK IT THEN LATER GET IN TO GO TO THE STORE AND VEHICLE WILL NOT START. SO I GET A NEW BATTERY AND THAT STILL DID NOT FIX IT. I NOTICE THAT THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT IS ON AND IS PREVENTING ME FROM STARTING MY OWN CAR. A LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP HAS MY CAR AND THEY SAY THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING GOING ON WITH MY IGNITION AND THEFT SYSTEM. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM ON 2002 CHEVY MALIBUS AND MALIBUS NOT LETTING OWNERS START THEIR CAR. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM AND GM KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT, YET THEY REFUSE TO OWN UP AND ISSUE A RECALL. IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS ON A DEFECTIVE THEFT SYSTEM THAT GM BUILT IN THERE VEHICLES. THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR PUTTING THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN'S AT RISK BECAUSE EVERYTIME THEY START THEIR CAR THEY HAVE TO WAIT 10, 20 MINS, AND SOMETIMES MORE JUST FOR THEIR THEFT LIGHT TO GO OFF TO START THEIR CAR. THAT IS ACTUALLY PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK. DOES SOMETHING AWFUL HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE GM OPENS UP THEIR EYES TO THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM??????? *TR

MY ANTI-THEFT LIGHT WAS ON FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEN ONE MORNING AFTER GETTING OFF OF WORK (11-7AM) I STARTED MY CAR BUT THE SOUND IT MADE WAS THAT IT WANTED TO START BUT DIDN'T CLICK OVER, AFTER SEVERAL COWORKERS ATTEMPTING TO HELP ME I HAD TO WALK HOME AND GET MY CAR TOWED FROM MY JOB. THE CAR SHOP STATED THEY HAD TO REPROGRAM THE KEY, WELL 4 WEEKS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND I HAD TO GET IT TOWED AGAIN FROM WORK. I HAVE GOTTEN IT TOWED 3 TIMES LEAVING ME STRANDED, WHEN I CALLED THE CAR SHOP STATING TO THEM THIS IS HAPPENING AGAIN AND I AM TIRED OF SPENDING SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING THEY ARE STATING IS TAKEN CARE OF THEY STATED TO ME TO KEEP THE KEY IN THE IGNITION FOR 10 MIN AND THEN IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO START. I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE BUT RECENTLY NOW EVERYTIME I GET IN MY CAR IT WON'T START TO WHERE I HAVE TO DO THE 10 MIN RITUAL BEFORE I LEAVE ANYWHERE. THIS HAS BEEN VERY INCONVENIENT AND DANGEROUS FOR ME BECAUSE I AM A YOUNG WOMAN THAT DEPENDS ON HER CAR TO WORK BECAUSE I WORK NIGHT SHIFT, CURRENTLY IN SCHOOL AND HAVE DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS THAT I WEEKLY HAVE TO TAKE MY GRANDMOTHER. *TR