windows / windshield problem
10.0
really awfulTypical Repair Cost:
no data
Average Mileage:
75,333 miles
Number of complaints:
3 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (1 reports)
- remove switch assembly and clean contacts (1 reports)
- replacement of entire relay assembly (1 reports)
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2006Oct 25
(reported on)Malibu LS 3.1L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 98,000 miles
In August of 2006, my rear drivers side window broke, which may be the window regulator inside the door. I heard something break inside the door, so now the window will not go up. I have my window covered in plastic inside and out. At the time that it broke, I had simultaneously depressed the lock out button and the button for lowering and raising the rear drivers side window, when I heard something come apart inside the window door. I was having a little problem with the lock out button and the other windows not working at this same time. I did not really know what the lock out button was for at the time. I think this is a default with the lock out button and the window buttons being depressed simultaneously. I think this
should be a recall by GM. Since, all of a sudden I have a window regulator go out!!!!! This really sucks!!!
2006Oct 17
(reported on)Malibu LS
- Automatic transmission
- 40,000 miles
Dealership wanted a good chunk of money ( can't remember what it was ) for a new electrical switch. Couldn't roll up window after I rolled it down halfway, ended up removing the switch assembly from the door and turns out it had gotten dust, etc. down inside and the electrical contacts needed to be cleaned. PIECE OF CRAP!!! Never buying a GM again.
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2007Oct 08
(reported on)Malibu LS 3.2L V6
Shortly after purchasing this car, my front passenger window stopped functioning. I was leaving work driving out of the guard shack and my window stopped mid way up, and would not respond in anyway even after turning the car off and on and checking the fuses. I then had to drive nearly 60 miles in below 40 degree temps to my home, enough to make a man scream after 16 hours of work. I took my panel off and ran several tests with a voltmeter and an ohm meter. After hours of mapping out the electric system schematics I found that upon running a jumper from the battery to the window motor it rolled up, just from direct juice not with the switch. I still have this window stuck up and the switch in my glove box. Shortly after this I had the exact same thing happen to my drivers window, but lucky me its only when it feels like it, there is no correlation to weather.
The original owner was an 86 year old guy who told me that one of the back windows went out and the dealer fixed the issue, BS. I believe this is also the root of the issue for most turn signal problems reported.
The relay box takes direct current from your battery and distributes it when called upon to various components...such as windows, turn signals, fuel pressure sensors - regulators etc. I believe that the only fix for this serious problem is the replacement of the entire relay. Which even with a good deal of car knowledge should be taken care of with a certified mechanic. Unless by this point you are willing to steal your own car and burn it for the insurance, then by all means tackle it on your own. Most local auto parts stores can order this box for about $100. Shame on GM for destroying the American car market, I want to buy American made; but when there all about screwing the populous to make an extra buck..... I am going back to Toyota or Subaru. I have never had a remote problem with these cars, just basic maintenance and a timing belt @ 200,000 miles. F GM.
Ben W.
Tehachapi, CA, USA
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