2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU Equipment Problems

4 NHTSA complaints on file

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Equipment Issues in the 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU

4 equipment complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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#10280449 | August 14, 2009

I PURCHASED MY 2000 CHEVY MALIBU IN MARCH OF 2001. IN EARLY 2003 I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE I HAD LOST STEERING ABILITY. I WAS TOLD THE SUB FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SO I HAD IT DONE. A WEEK LATER I HAD TO BRING THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. I WAS THEN TOLD THE ABS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SO I HAD THAT DONE. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE MY BRAKES NUMEROUS TIMES. JUST LAST YEAR I HAD TO REPLACE THE PADS 3 TIMES IN A 9 MONTH PERIOD BECAUSE THE PADS HAD BEEN WORN ALL THE WAY DOWN. DURING THAT 9 MONTH PERIOD I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE CALIPERS AND ROTORS ONCE THEN A WEEK LATER THE ROTORS HAD TO BE RESURFACE AGAIN. NOW I AM HAVING TO HAVE MY BRAKE PADS REPLACED AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. SO THAT...

#10054588 | January 21, 2004

ON YOUR SITE I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING COOLANT LEAK DUE TO POOR SEALING OF THE MANIFLOD GASKET THAT ACCORDING THE SEVICE BULLETIN ON THIS SITE, REQUIRES NEW GASKET TYPE TO REPLACE THE OLD, AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BOLTS CLEANED AND COATED WITH THREDLOCKER AND TORQUED TO A REVISED SPEC. THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE ONCE TO MY CAR AT ABOUT 30K MILES AND FORTUNATELY COVER UNDER WARRANTY, IF NOT IT WOULD HAVE COST ME $1050, PROBLEM IS NOW THE CAR IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN AT 79K MILES AND IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY....HOW MANY TIMES SHOULD THIS HAPPEN? WAS THE SERVICE BULLETIN PUT OUT AS A PERMAMANT SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM? IF NOT HOW LONG SHOULD THIS WORK BE GUARANTEED? WHY WAS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM? DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A FATALITY TO RECALL A VECHICLE? IN ADDITION I ALSO HAVE HAD...

#10029308 | July 27, 2003

MAY 02 MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR BRAKES AND FRONT END NOISE, THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE TIME TO CORRECT THE FRONT END PROBLEM (WHICH THEY NOTED WAS COVERED BY MY WARRANTY) AND TO RESCHEDULE FOR THAT PROBLEM. I DID SO IN JULY 02 AND AT THAT TIME, THEY CHARGED ME FOR THE WORK AND TRIED TO BLAME ME FOR THE PROBLEM SO I PAID $281.75 FOR THIS WORK WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY NOTED THAT WOULD BE COVERED BY MY WARRANTY. MY BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING SEVERAL TIMES: IN OCTOBER 3, 2002, OCTOBER 29, 2002, AND IN DECEMBER 2002. I WAS FORCED TO PAY FOR AT A COST OF $280.52 FOR THE DEC. 2002 PROBLEM. IN MARCH 2003 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN FOR FRONT SUSPENSION NOISE, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT...

#10019020 | May 20, 2003

I PURCHASED A NEW 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU. SIX MONTHS AFTER OWNING THE CAR I BEGAN HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. I TOOK MY 6 MONTH OLD VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED. THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS. LATER, THIS SAME DEFECT OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES. CHEVROLET ONLY MADE TWO MORE REPAIRS. EACH TIME THEY SIMPLY REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PLACED A SHIM BETWEEN THE AXLES AND THE ROTOR. THIS SAME MANUFACTURERS DESIGN FLAW OCCURRED ON THE FLOWING YEAR AND MAKE VEHICLES: 1997-2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU 1997-1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS 1999-2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1999-2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM I COMPLAINED TO CHEVROLET ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN SAN ANTONIO SIMPLY TRIED TO AVOID ME. CHEVROLETS ON LINE COMPLAINT SYSTEM ALSO DID NOTHING....

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