NHTSA Complaint #10120106 — 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 10120106
Vehicle 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU
Component ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage N/A miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State MI

Consumer Description

I HAVE ALREADY FILED COMPLAINT IN REGARDS TO THE HAZARD LIGHT RECALL, WHICH FOR SOME REASON DOES NOT COVER MY 2000 MALIBU. I NOTICED OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE MALIBU AND FIGURED I WOULD THROW MY TWO CENTS IN. I TO HAVE HAD TO DROP OVER $1000 DOLLARS INTO THE MOST DEFECTIVE CAR I HAVE PURCHASED THIS INCLUDES THE $200 PIECE OF JUNKS I BOUGHT WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER. MY LIST OF PROBLEMS. 1. COOLANT SYSTEM LEAK COST $700 NOTE: MECHANIC LAUGHED AND SAID THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IS THIS TYPE OF ENGINE. IN REVIEWING OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE ONE REALLY STANDS OUT. NICE I AM GLAD GM OWNS UP TO ITS PROBLEMS. 2. BRAKES CONSTANTLY NEED TO BE REPLACED WELL BELOW MILEAGE. GLAD GM SAVED A FEW BUCKS UNDER SIZING THE ROTORS. 3. WITHIN A YEAR THE FANS SWITCH (LEVELS 1,2) AND LIGHTER STOPPED WORKING. BOY GM IS SAVING LOTS MONEY NOW. 4. WITHIN THE PAST YEAR I HAD FUEL PUMP FAILURE, NOTHING LIKE TRAVELING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC DOING 75MPH AND CAR TOTALLY DIEING. BOY GM HAS MADE ONE QUALITY CAR. 5. THE LAST INSULT, MY FIRST AND LIKELY LAST GM PRODUCT IS WHEN I THOUGHT BOY I FINALLY GET SOMETHING FROM GM IN REGARDS TO ONE SMALL DEFECT, THE HAZARD SWITCH, I FIND OUT THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BY THIS RECALL. WOW NOT ONLY I AM OUT AT LEAST $1000 BUCKS ON PIECE OF CRAP PRODUCT, GM DOES NOT EVEN WANT TO GIVE A BONE TO HUNGRY MAN. WITH THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT IT IS NO WONDER GM IS LOSING MARKET SHARE FASTER THAN ANY OTHER AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GM. CLEARLY THE ARE SOME SERIOUS DEFECTS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE GMS OWNERSHIP WITH DEFECTS.

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