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pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
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Average Mileage:
138,950 miles
Total Complaints:
5 complaints
Most common solutions:
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electrical problem
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2009Aug 10
Malibu LS 3.1L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 167,752 miles
okay, well i see I;m not the only person that had this problem. okay well unfortunately i purchased a G.M car, i bought this piece of sh*t for $4800. well the car drove great and all the electrical worked right. but one night after i dropped my girl friend off i made a left turn and i noticed the signal wasn't acting right, well i thought maybe the rear tail light was out because i knew the front was working. so i didn't pay any attention and drove the car a while with that acting up. then about 2 months later in the winter months the power windows started messing up, the passenger side rear wouldn't roll down with the back button only with the button on the drivers door and the left signal had completely stop working at all, i continued to drive the car because i still had money on it, and didn't have the cash to pay it off i mean I'm only 23 years old, and i work part time and go to college. so i had no money to buy a new car or pay this one off i was making payments on it...so i took the car to the garage and had it checked out the guy there said it's probably a BCM problem i asked him how much it would be to replace it, and he said around 3 hundred dollars...and i was shocked to hear that this car needed a part of that price! i drove it until then the theft system started f*cking acting up in the middle of the parking lot it wouldn't start and me being miles from home. the security light flashed, and the car would not hit at all. then that was the final straw for me, I added full coverage insurance to the car and i kelpt it for about 3-4 weeks and the I " Accidentally rolled it 2 times in a field" but yeah i had no other choice but to get rid of the car because it was more money than it was worth i now am a proud owner of a 2004 ford f-150 i love it, i'll never have a gm car again... But my advice is to change all the fuses, and change all the bubs and maybe have your BCM checked out because thats the only thing i could think of to be wrong with my 2001 Chevy Malibu but don't get me wrong it was a great little car up until the problems...But yeah that's my problem i hope you people can a solution to your problems like i did it at your own wish and watch who you tell it to....PEACE!
2007Aug 08
Malibu ES 3.8L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 97,000 miles
I bought a 2001 Malibu in 2001 so I bought it new, and for the last 2 years I have been fighting with the left blinker/break lights. When the problem first started it was just the blinker and it was acting as if it was the bulb. We replaced the bulb but it was not that. We tested the socket that the bulb goes in and found out that the inside of the light was bad so we replaced it. That lasted for about 2 month, so then they replaced that same part again; they replaced the same part 3x and it has burned out again and now it is also the break lights. I changed the fuse for the break lights and that worked for a while but I was changing the fuse for the break lights about every 2 to 3 weeks. Now even changing the fuse does not help and I am running out of money to keep getting this fixed. Could someone tell me what the problem could be and if there has been a recall on this problem?
Thank you in advance!
2008Dec 02
Malibu LS 3.1L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 190,000 miles
I bought a 2001 Malibu Friday... When i bought it i was told it had a blown head gasket. I.went to pick it up and jumped it off to see what it was doing and amazing it ran fine no dead miss,no white smoke so i checked the oil and it was clean.i thought i got a good deal for only $12,000 bucks..it had what i thought was only miner pro..such as door dinger kept dinging after i shut thr door and cut the key off.but it stopped when i cranked it. The dome light would not come on and thr passenger tail light was blown. I thought simple fix.so i bought a tail light and dome light .The tail light worked but the dome light still didnt? The next thig i did was check all the fuses to make sure nothing was blown and nothin was.So i said o well and drove it around that night it ran fine until i went to my towns Christmas perade.i had the car off for about an our or so till it was over and we got into the car and i went to crank it the theft sys,, tripped. I already knew how to reset it so i did and it cranked and left. I didnt thank nothing els about it...So i drove off and while i was going down the road the door locks started locking by there selfs...It was kinda like when you cut the car oo thr lock and when you cut it off it unlocks... I thought that was crazy. well i stoped and got something to eat before i went home. Well when i was leaving i cranked up my car and as i was pulling out it died on me .So i went to crank it and it would not start and when the motor turned over about five times the theft sys, kept tripping..I tryed it two more times and i had to keep re setting it.Well i findly got it to crank and went home. When i got there i cut the car on and off three times and it cranked fine until the thurd try it didnt crack and the theft sys,tripped again i tried resetting it and it dose but still want crank and once again after about five five times the motor spends over it tripps it and still want crank...my battry started dien after messing with it so i put it on my charger and i sprayed starting fluid in the air box and she started hitting then.so that tells me ether my ignition switch is ehter out or going out witsh would explain the door dengin and the theft sys,and why it ant getting any fuel..its gotta be ether the ignition switch or the BODY CONTROL MOGEL!!! They want $298.00 jus for the B.C.M.and it comes blank and unless you konw some body how has a tek2 the dealer wants $200.00 jus to program the new one to yor car.luckly i got a freind how woaks at a body shop that gots one and os me a faver lol..But if its the ignition switch i can get it from any parts house for a $100.00 or so and the good thing about that you can use your old lockcylinder and want have to get it codedn from the dealer witch is about $150.00 or more jus plug it all back up and hope for the best...dame G.M. and all this computer bull sh*t!!!!!!!!!
2008Dec 02
Malibu LS 3.1L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 190,000 miles
ok well when i cut the key off or pull it out and shut the door it still dings!!! It only stops when its running.... The dome light want com on i done replaced the bulb... I done checked all my fuses all of them are good!!! The blinker does not work. The theft keeps kicking on.when it did run i could be going down the road and the doors lock on and off by there selfs... now it want run at all....It will turn over but want start!!!! I used starter fluid and it cranked,but died.....i read alot of peoples pro.. and alot of us have the same pro... but i have not fount any body who has all this pro... at once....So if any boby got any ideas please help!!! G.M sucks and really needs to do some thing about all of this....
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2007Jun 12
Malibu
My lights in the rear of my vehicle keeps blowing ,because water keeps geting in my tail light to cause my bulbs to blow.My vehicle has been overheating for 2 years now, I have tried everything I just can't find the problem.My music goes off and on constantly!!!bad wiring problems.I keep hearing clicking in the dashboard like my blinkers are on but they aren't.
Carol M.
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA
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