NHTSA Complaint #10394164 — 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU

THE ANTI-THEFT IGNITION LOCK DEVICE MALFUNCTIONS EVERY DAY, 3 OR MORE TIMES IN MOST CASES, YOU HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES TO ATTEMPT TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND EVEN THEN IT MAY NOT START AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT 10 MORE MINUTES, NOW ITS NOT A "CRASH YOUR CAR THROUGH A BUILDING AND KILL PEOPLE" TYPE OF PROBLEM BUT IT IS A "SIT IN YOUR CAR IN A TERRIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PRAY YOU DONT GET RAPED, MURDERED, ROBBED, ETC" PROBLEM. I RECENTLY WAS WORKING IN INNER CITY BALTIMORE AND WAS REQUIRED TO PARK MY CAR ON GREENMOUNT AVENUE, WHICH IS THE WORST OF THE WORST AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD TAKE ME AN HOUR TO START MY CAR!!!!!!!!! THIS IS UTTERLY RIDICULOUS AND THIS IS THE REASON NOBODY WANTS TO BUY AMERICAN MADE CARS ANYMORE!!!!!! TAKE RESPONSIBILITY GM!!!!!!!!!! I SHOULDNT HAVE TO PAY $300+ TO GET THIS ISSUE FIXED. GM SHOULD PAY FOR IT AND ALSO REMOVE THIS DEVICE FROM ALL OF THIER VEHICLES. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT A WELL THOUGHT OUT THEFT DETERRENT. AND FURTHER MORE THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES ON MY VEHICLE THAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD ARE "NOTORIOUS" ON THESE CARS. THE WHOLE ENTIRE BRAND SHOULD FALL UNDER THE LEMON LAW. I WANT SOME SATISFACTION, THEY NEED TO DO A RECALL FOR THIS. IT IS THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER AND HOUSING ASSEMBLY AND I CURRENTLY DONT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET IT FIXED, AND I MAY NEVER HAVE THE MONEY SEEING AS HOW IT CONSTANTLY MAKES ME LATE FOR WORK AND I MAY LOSE MY JOB BECAUSE OF IT! WAY TO GO CHEVY-THUMBS UP! *TR