Wahey ! GM finally has something to celebrate about and to show this expect yet more recalls and 100,000 job cuts. HAHA

“5.5 million vehicles recalled by Ford”
Jesus H. Christ.

Great news: who could believe that Ford sold that many vehicles? Another interesting manucia is that Honda recalled more then GM. I can not believe my eyes.

Incorrect Honda recalled a total of 225k vehicles
182 with the Civic and 43 K with the RL
In one recent recall this year Gm recalled 276 vehicles
They had one about a month back as well
Its to be expected of GM though Its a rarity with the Japanese car co’s

Im trying to look for the Camry’s recall that Commo keep talking about and I cant find it I seethat bs recall about the floor mats
I see the Sequioas and Tundras got recalled but where is this evidence of the V6 camry getting recalled?

damn 5.5 million ford, not that suprising though…

I know, lets all make up our own news and recall numbers now!

^hahahaha, i was thinking the same after reading a certain comment.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/03/honda_recall.html,
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here you go 1115, no i am not flaming i am just helping your request, theese recalls mean nothing whatsoever to me at all. everybody had some recalls this year, it just means the industry is facing up to the issues and helping the consumers.

i am having trouble finding the toyota v6 recall page too.

The link said were sorry and no info was on it
I havent found a link saying that the v6 Camrys were recalled Commo sent a link once to some fan site who were complaining about engine sludge lol and then one about the Fj cruisers but it wasnt an official site
I did see the Toyota trucks getting recalled but no Camry

That is because Toyota hasn’t recalled the 07 Camry. The V6 transmission issues were limited to the first few thousand vehicles which were/are being handled individually by Toyota customer relations.

Then thats just as suspected it wasnt even a big deal
Commo made it seem like it was devastating to Toyota

For what it’s worth, it was big enough to make the local news when the recalls came out, but that’s also because Consumer Guide took the V6 Camry out of the “Recommended” column for the first time in like 15 or 20 years. No it wasn’t devastating to Toyota.

It is a big deal to Toy. The Camry is arguably their most important car and it has been plagued by problems with many magazines AND THEIR OWN EXECUTIVES admitting to problems with quality with some cars. In addition, the Camry consistently is ranked as one of the worst designed cars by consumers, it has a much worse interior and exterior than both Accord and Malibu. Oh, and by the way, you STILL haven’t responded to the GM recalls 275000 vehicles thread where you gave that link to Honda’s PR page which cited 5 good things about the Accord. I responded with links to the new Malibu getting the same exact praise from the same sources therefore making the Malibu competitive with the Accord.

And yes, as sharpie pointed out, even some of Toy’s most devout followers (Consumer Reports) stopped recommending it. That IS a big deal.

And by the way, I always didn’t find much on the Malibu in terms of recalls.

Why do all of you keep getting caught in 1115’s trap? He/she is obviously a LLN/GM plant placed squarely in our gun sights just to goad us into spouting pro big three propaganda that comes from the small head/clitoris rather than the larger one.

Everyone: start treating 1115 like your prison buddy. Only reply to him/her when you need smokes or favors from the warden.

“the Camry consistently is ranked as one of the worst designed cars by consumers”

You’re referring to styling or something else? Styling is subjective but the decline of the quality in the latest generation is something they should’ve addressed prior to releasing the vehicle.

Veda – I was talking about interior and exterior design. That is BIG when deciding to buy a car. I myself would never buy an ugly car, no matter what.

Here I was referring to the consensus. Yes, styling is subjective, but you can certainly say that there is overwhelming agreement about certain cars. Chrysler interiors are considered cheap and plastic, few appreciate them. Chinese cars are considered unoriginal and crappy. Some people like the new Malibu’s rear end, most question it. With the Camry, the consensus is certainly that people think it is a boring car when it comes to styling.

STILL haven’t responded to the GM recalls 275000 vehicles thread where you gave that link to Honda’s PR page which cited 5 good things about the Accord. I responded with links to the new Malibu getting the same exact praise from the same sources therefore making the Malibu competitive with the Accord.
Has the malibu ever been the best selling car in american NO theres my response
Worst designed is subjective and if it were so bad why are there so many on the road ? Consumers must like the styling dumbass
The Malbu is beneath the Accord and Camry and you just cant accept that
Say Anything – Im sure you dropped the soap in prison so you may want to talk to Lamboz get a life about that
The new Malibu just came out as you said but the previous onbe had numerous recalls and this one will have to prtove that its not a POS but as of right now it is

Alright, you whining bitches got it all wrong, in this section, called comments, you comment on the article in question. You don’t bring up old **** no-one wants to hear again.
Commodore, 1115, I’m looking at you.

hmmm…. WEKS SKEW

So a new car is a POS until it shows it isn’t, 1115? I guess the new Accord is as well, then.

“The Malbu is beneath the Accord and Camry and you just cant accept that” I, for one, can’t accept that… Just because an obvious zealot says it is so, don’t make it so. Then again, I think I just argued with a fool again. Holy cow!

No CA 3po
The Accord and Camry have great track records and the Malibu has a poor one and comes from a company known for ****ty vehicles
The Malibu and all the new Gms have a taks to prove that they can run with the Japanese

So what you’re saying is the Malibu has to pass the test the Camry XLE failed?

show me some proof that the XLE Camry failed a test and also show me that same test the Malibu passed and then look up the resale of both cars and see which one comes out on top
Ill wait

Fukk 1115. Do you have mild Alzheimer’s already? Not to offend anyone, but seriously dude. You seem to have already forgotten what he told you literally minutes ago.

We are not trying to prove to you that the Bu is THE BEST. Just that it is a contender. All that praise the Accord got? The Malibu got it too, etc. And don’t pretend that Toy’s CEO didn’t come out and say that the Tundra brought “shame” to Toyoda. Same with the Camry. It came off the CR recommended list. It was pulled from the Australian market for its horrible V6 engine (same one we have in the XLE here). It had a bunch of problems, not to say that the Malibu hasn’t. Just saying that both cars have had the same number of problems. And so far the new Malibu and Aura have had none while the Camry continues to get hammered by everyone (even CR).

And stop with the “show me, give me” lil kid ****. Again, we are not trying to convince you to get a Bu, because (1) you are too stubborn to consider it and would never admit that you were wrong and (2) you cannot afford a new car anyway. Thank goodness that 95 Accord you have is soooo reliable that you can push it for a few more miles. Enjoy it while it lasts!

If you have anything that proves the Malibu is unreliable, go ahead and share it. You know that saying something doesn’t make it true. So stop talking as if it is common sense that America’s cars suck and Japan’s rock. It isn’t. And saying it is makes you look like an ignorant fool that has had one reliable Jap car and now is biased against everything that is not Jap. Not to say that Jap cars are always unreliable, but you need to realize that they are not the only reliable cars in the world. There are cars out there that look better, are more fun to drive, and cost less. Go look around at them, you’d be surprised at what you find. In the meantime, enjoy your Sony Toshiba and playing on the Play Station (but not while eating your sushi). Later kiddo

You know, 1115 might be right… I just realized my Honda Accord never broke down once during all my time in one on Gran Turismo IV. And resale on EVERYTHING in that game sucks. I wonder if this is where all that bias comes from?

Does GM have shame for the **** it puts out ?
You cant prove the Malibu is the best bc its simply NOT and its not a contender yet Its not proven like the Camry or Accord and its comp is the Sebring and Fusion
And stop with the GM is proven bull**** already they havent and wont until thye have a car that goes fgor years with no or few problems 1) you are too stubborn to realize that GM is the same old GM that makes the same old ****ty run down unreliable POS’s (2) You seem to think that a cheap insult will stop me from telling you the gospel about GM and you are wrong
If i drove a 95 Honda it would be better than your GM My car happens to be made in this millenium and Its better and has a higher resale than the CTS of the same year. Enjoy your Catera when it leave you stranded on the side of the road because it wont last!

I seem to remember Ford having recalled many vehicles in the past for cruise control issues (like many, if not all 1997 F-150’s had that problem IIRC)…I wonder just how the hell they can keep recalling even more vehicles for the same damn thing! If I was in charge, I’d fire that parts supplier INSTANTLY and slap them with a gigantic lawsuit to boot. There’s no way nobody can be held responsible for what is clearly a failure of the part to perform as advertised without causing any additional issues.

“And stop with the GM is proven bull**** already they havent and wont until thye have a car that goes fgor years with no or few problems” OK, I guess I have it now! My ‘03 Bonneville has gone 93,000 problem free miles – as in 0 problems. Hell, I haven’t even had to change a light bulb. I think that says something, doesn’t it?

My ‘97 GMC Yukon went 196,000 miles with 3 problems, and all of them were after 100,000 miles and all were minor.

My ‘02 Grand Am went 67,000 miles, 1 minor problem.

My ‘05 GTO has gone 28,000 miles, 0 problems

OK, maybe I’m just lucky – MAYBE. But my experience is not uncommon among my service customers, either. Most of the GM vehicles we service are well over 100,000 miles, believe it or don’t, I don’t care. But keep spouting that BS of yours and see why you look more and more foolish every day. YOU don’t have a clue.

Only 3 problems lol try no problems
02 grand am with under 100k and a problem
An 05 2 years a car shouldnt have any problems wow 28 k miles
You need to stop buying GM’s
Im not impressed

“You cant prove the Malibu is the best bc its simply NOT”

No. I can’t prove the new Malibu is the best because (1) I am not trying to and (2) its a brand new car. Remember, this isn’t about proving that the Malibu is the best, its simply about the fact that the Malibu is in the same league as the Camcord. If someone, for some god awful reason, WANTS to buy a mid-size sedan, he/she should not just default to the Camcord because it is not the only choice. Malibu is just as good. Can you see how stupid and stubborn you are? You STILL can’t understand the fact that I am not trying to convince you to buy GM nor am I trying to convince anyone that the Malibu is “the best”. It’s almost taking you as long to figure this out as it did to figure out that I didn’t buy my CTS because I was being patriotic. You are SLOOOW man.

Anyway, on the point of the Malibu being a contender. If it were not, why would EVERY respected publication out there compare the Malibu with the Camcord? And why does the Malibu sometimes beat the Accord in these comparisons and most of the time beats the Camry? If the Malibu were not in the same league as the Camcord, why is it being compared with them and why is it WINNING? I’d love to hear your conspiracy theory on that one.

Lastly, you still haven’t produced anything to support your claim that the last Malibu sucked. Of course, it didn’t look good and was mostly a rental car and I would never buy one, but you still haven’t proven it was unreliable or less reliable than the previous Camcords. So that tells me that the last Malibu was reliable enough that I didn’t hear of any big problems or recalls. So if I am considering the new Malibu, EVEN BASED ON THE OLD ONE, reliability does not seem to be a problem. Combine that with the perfect record of the Aura, and the Bu’s reliability is not of any concern to me at all. Now I can focus on the price, design, and fuel economy and other things in which the Malibu either ties or beats the Camcord.

Oh yea, show me a Honda that went 196,000 miles with no problems. Oh, and ignore the 93,000 Bonneville with NO problems. And the 1 problem with the Grand Am? A loose connector on the oil level sensor. And BTW, wouldn’t you expect a 400 hp car to break something in 28.000 miles? And yet, there was nothing… Hmmmm.

We work on Hondas, too. I doubt anyone who is actually in the service business believes so zealously as you do about the ‘quality’ of the Jap brands. They have problems – that is the fact. Want proof? Visit Yahoo asnwers and see how many people post questions about problems with their hondas. Compare that to the domestic threads and see if there are really any more issues. I think you might be surprised.

Then again, it wouldn’t fit your narrow little view of how it should be, so you’ll eithe rignore it or just change the argument again.

Fool…

Oh, another point. Go to your local NAPA store and ask for a wheel bearing for a 2004 Honda Accord. Those cars are great, so repairs should be unnecessary. But I’ll bet the store has the bearing IN STOCK. What would that tell a thinking person? Why am I asking you? You’ve never met a thought…

1115, my co-worker with the 98 Accord with 75,000 miles on it that randomly stalls several times a day would like to speak with you about your view of Honda quality. I thought it was impossible to have a problem with a Honda, especially under 100,000 miles?

Give up on telling about your experiences with Toyondas and how they can break apart before 100k. I have seen the same things with other people that I know

But 1115 will just answer by calling you a liar. What else can he do?

My friend is a technician at Honda… all this business about Hondas being perfect is bull****. 1115 should take a trip to his nearest Honda dealer and speak to a actual technician. Where I come from, people who own Hondas are the type of people who believe everything and trust their service advisor’s like their priests. Spending money on useless services and upsold repairs is just the cost of owning cars. If nobody bitches about the overpriced wheel bearing they just replaced during a routine brake job, well guess what, must be normal. Most reliable Accord ever. If every part on an Accord is double the price of a Malibu part, wouldn’t the resale value be higher? Couldn’t you break that car down into parts and get more money for it? Uh Yeah.
Unfortunately domestic car owners are very skeptical about service and will complain and tell everyone they know about poor service, cost they have experienced. Import car owners are much more ignorant and are in denial most of the time. Its a fact.
My friend at Honda always has a laugh when they give a customer a huge repair bill and they just bend over and take it. Anywhere else customers put up a fight and tell their friends about it.

Hmmm, my experience exactly…

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Kami of Tampa FL (11/24/07)
On Nov 9th 2007 my 2004 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx turned off while I was driving my son to school. I had to have it towed to the dealership (because they are the only ones that can fix these car). I was informed it was the fuel pump and it would cost $785 plus tax. My mother called her mechanic and he said he could fix it for $575. The dealership said in order for us to have my car towed to the other mechanic we would have to pay $93 for dianostic and pay for the part cuz it had to be ordered.

After a few calls from friends and family the dealership lowered the price to $535 plus tax. I got a call monday Nov 12 that my car was ready. I went monday night to the dealership to get my car and it started fine. Tuesday Nov 13 I took my son to school fine and then when I tried to pick him up the car stalled again in my driveway as I was backing out. It took a few minutes but it started so I proceeded to go pick up my son from school.

Wednesday I took my son to school fine but that afternoon when I got in the car to pick him up the car wouldn’t start. needless to say i was crying because he was stranded at school. I called the dealership and talked to Vince and he said have it towed and we will look at it. I told him I wanted to talk to someone above him and he sent me to Doug he said the same thing with no concern that my son was stuck at school with no way home. I called my friend and luckily she didn’t go to work that day and she picked my son up. I called the GM corporation and they said they would try to help me get the car towed to the dealership and the Diagnostic for free. T

he next day I had to borrow a friends car to take my son to school and have him ride the bus home with a friend so he wasn’t stranded. Then borrow another friends car to pick him up. I called the GM corporation and the representative informed me that the dealership is willing to budge and I needed to get the car to them. I have roadside assistance but they only pay for the first 3 miles and the dealership is 24 miles away. i am a single mother and don’t have that kind of money. No one seemed to care.

My son had to miss school that friday cuz I had no way to get him there. Then Sunday Nov 18 the car started and I drove it to an apartment complex because I can’t afford to live where I live being so far away from my kids school and driving him so, now I have to move because my car is not reliable and I am not going to risk him son’s education. The car wouldn’t start when I came out so I had to call a friend to come pick me and my son up. The next day I got a ride back to the car and it still wouldn’t start.

Again my son missing another day of school because of the car.I had it towed to the dealership because now it was only 5 miles away. They told me it was some wires that needed to be replaced and it will be another $200 to fix. I had to have the car to I agreed. The car was ready Monday afternoon. I picked up the car and it started. Tuesday morning I took my son to school and it was fine then that afternoon I went to pick him up and we went to the apartment again and then out to eat. on the way home The car shut off while I was driving it home and I called the dealership again in tears.

Peggy of Vernon Hills, IL (11/23/07)
I have had to replace the plastic intake manifold casket twice on my 1999 Malibu. I understand that GM products have had this problem on the 3.1 motors. Along with the 3.5 & 3.8. I know of several individuals with same problem. I very dissappointed in GM. I went back to the american made car and now I have these problems. I guess I will go back the japanese made cars.

Sean of Cocoa FL (11/19/07)
We bought a used 2003 Chevy Malibu from a Mitsubishi dealer. This car has been a nightmare. It won’t start at times. It dies in the middle of the road, especially after filling up. The theft deterrent system comes on and we have to wait 10 minutes with the ignition key in it to reset it. The lights sometimes come on, other times they don’t. The brakes give out between 6 months to a year and the rotors have to be resurfaced. The car shakes like a leaf in a hurricane on the highway and the struts are going. Had to pay for towing but no one agrees on what is the problem. I’m worried that my wife and kids will get stranded somewhere when the weather is bad or in a bad neighborhood. Take my advice and never buy a GM car. American trucks are great but our cars suck…

Nakiesha of Columbus OH (11/14/07)
Wow, who would have imagined that Chevy Malibu owners are going through the same thing that I am experiencing? I just purchased a 2000 Chevy Malibu (April 2007) and I am currently experiencing a whole deal of problems. The only reason why I had purchased this particular is due to the fact my little brother had wrecked my Geo Prism (which is made by Chevy).

I thought that I was doing the right thing by selecting this car, and boy was I wrong. The first week after officially owner the vehicle problems started, where I had to send it back to the dealer where I bought it from. The guy who normally had completed the sales had the day off. Yes, I can clearly remember because I played an April Fool’s Day joke on my mother that day which was a Sunday.

Anyways, the guy who was absent decides to tell me and my mother that the guys who sold me the car wasn’t authorized to sell me the car in the first place. So he had wrote me a new point of sale receipt and even offered to sign me up for an extended warranty that they now offer for AS IS cars for a small price of $99.95. So I took him up on the offer 4-7-07 and he had advised me to tear up the previous point of sales papers (which I didn’t do).

I should have had my guards up for that one your thinking right? Well come July my extended warranty was about to expire. I took my car into Firestone and they had did an inspection on my car and found that the intake manifold (which was covered in my warranty) was going bad and that it possibly had a blown head gasket. I had to go on a short trip to visit a friend when they told me about the problems and I had asked the head mechanic was it safe for me to take my planned trip and he stated that it would be alright as long as it wasn’t out of the state (which it wasn’t it was a short trip about 80 outside of Columbus).

I also experienced the shaking of my car when I reached interstate speed. I am gulity of taking my car in at the last minute when the warranty was about to expire, however, I had just started a new job and I am single parent just trying to make ends meet! I had contacted the warranty company who was closed on the day that I had faxed over my statement from firestone and the message center (which stays open for 24 hours) stated that they could only take a message for the main company. So I left a detailed message for someone to call me regarding my car problems.

I also called the company in which I had purchase my car from and they stated that was between me and the warranty company. The warranty company contacted me back by leaving a message with my mother to have me re-fax the statement before 5:00pm 7-23-07. my mother immediately contacted me and I had to take off early just to fulfill their request. I rushed downed to Firestone to get a statement from them stating that I was there the day before my warranty had expired. I had got them to fulfill my request by doing so, and now its like 4:50pm and firestone is tring to fax over the statement. I am now on pins and needles because I am running against time because the warranty company closes at 5:00pm.

Finally, the fax goes through at about 4:55pm, and the company refused to fix the intake manifold and head gasket problem. Since then I have contacted several companies to try to fix the problems and like many others had stated they want roughly $900 to repair the problem (which I don’t have that type of money to repair). Chevy should be ashamed of themselves for placing this car on market and know that people are having problems and they don’t want to admit it.

Joanna of Haltom City TX (11/08/07)
I bought a 2004 Chevy Malibu in June of this year. The car had 36k miles on it. Now it won’t start. I believe the Theft System has been activated, therefore not allowing the car to start. I took it back to the place where I bought the car. They cannot duplicate the problem. It is not something that can be diagnosed with a computer. It’s something that happens when you drive the car for a day or so. I’m running into dead ends on this thing. It is extremely frustrating (and scary!) when the car won’t start. Being stuck in an empty parking lot at night is no fun for a female!!

Patricia of Redding CA (09/17/07)
The Chevy Malibu is involved in a class action lawsuit. I am involved in it also, it has been in nine states, and thus far, California is the only state or so I’m told still involved. I was hoping someone would settle this, but so far nothing has happened.

Our car shook and we thought we had a flat, it’s been in the shop many times for the brakes and rotors and calipers. No one would admit anything was wrong, finally one good hearted person admitted it was a design problem and Chevy says it’s going to cost too much to fix it, please get rid of those cars, from 1997-2002 or 2003, they’re dangerous

Angela of Altoona AL (09/11/07)
I am not sure whether it is the dealerships’ fault or the manufacturer. I have a 2005 Chevy Malibu Classic. I have had it since January 2006 and have already had to replace the brakes on it more than five times and in July I had to replace a rotor with the pads. Just last night I had to replace the pads again…I am ready to trade it off for something else…like a Kia or Toyota or Hyundia.

Jean of Stuart FL (07/29/07)
1999 Chevy Malibu 65-70K miles: Intake manifold gasket replaced. Replaced water pump twice. Complete hose chang-over. Radiator flushed. 92K miles: Engine hesitation. On the way to the mechanic, it stalled and died with a horrible clunking sound and violent vibrations from the engine. Towed to the mechanic and now needs a new engine or complete over-haul.

Dennis of Danville IL (07/09/07)
On June 1st 2007 at approx. 8:00 PM the headlights on our 2004 Chevy Impala went out while we were stopped talking to a fiend. I thought this was a blown fuse.We did not have any spare fuses in the car.So we drove the car to a service station down the street. With parking lights only, where we were able to get some fuses. I checked all the fuses in both fuse boxes. No bad fuses were found. Tried turning the lights off and on, and restarting the car. Nothing worked,till I tried the high beam switch to see if we at least had high beams to get us home. When I first tried the high beam switch, the head lights flashed on for an instant. So I tried it again and the high beams came on, so I tried again and the low beams came on. We stayed at the service station for another 5 minutes or so, till we felt secure enough to make a run for home, about 5 miles away. We made it home with out any problems and haven’t yet had this problem again.

Amber of Dayton OH (07/05/07)
I purchased a used 99 Malibu in April ‘07. Less than 2 months later, I got the coolant replaced because my local car repair chain reccomended it. The next day, my car over heated for the first time (since I owned it). I took the car to another chain and they replaced the lower intake gaskets. The next day the car got hot again, so I took it back. This time they replaced the head gasket. The day after I picked up the car from this repair, it over heated again. I am still in the proces of resolving this matter.

Eileen of Martinsburg WV (07/02/07)
bought 200 chevy mailabu from this dealer told me one owner found out it was not have had car 18 days have had to take to his shop 6 times . water pump went out in another state he would not have car towed or seen there told me had to drive it in than sent me to his guy for work and he charged double of what was covered left the garage in worse shape than took it in now no dash lights and serve engine light on was told of well that happens no big deal just have oil changed

Mikey of Summerville SC (06/27/07)
I bought a 2001 Chevy Malibu off the lot and it is a 6 year old lemon. I replaced the break system, fuel pump, now the gaskets because of the lovely dex cool coolant. My children are in this vehicle on a daily basis and I don’t know how GM employees sleep at night knowing that there is a mother of two stranded somewhere with there crappy vehicle. I am so getting rid of it- just think if I don’t feel safe enough to drive this vehicle and ready to get another car payment – you know it is a piece of crap!! Also I might add this is the reason they created On-star to rake you for money and relieve their conscience of wrong doing!! Oh and my next car will be a Toyota- I love America and Americans but not American made cars. BOOYA!!

James of Lakeland FL (06/19/07)
I would like to report my car as a dud. It is a 1999 Chevrolet Malibu LS. My parents gave this car to be to help me, when I became disabled. It has been nothing but trouble. 10-18-02 my first service after my parents gave me this car. milage 30767 4 wheel aligenment, tires, oilchange back breaks $691.12 08-03 Altenator, serp belt. $341.32. 01-23-04 milage 39715 c/s battery light on, found intake is leaking. $45.10. 01-29-04 milage 39790 oil change manifold set and valve cover. $542.11 08-23-04 Cheverlot sent me a voucher for $1,800 towards a new car. 08-10-04 milage 44627 oil change front pads, wheel cylinders front caliper. $521.88 04-11-05 milage 50253 oil change replace fuel filter. $56.66 10-12-05 milage 53425 oil change tire repair. $80.20 12-29-05 milage 57455 oil change tail light keeps burning out random misfire code cleared. $34.02 1-22-07 electr sys test, new battery. $116.04 03-07-07 milage 63844 oil change, tire rotation check breaks. $86.82 06-07 new fuel pump and filter $3??.00 06-12-07 milage 65292 valve asm, sensor, canister,complete fuel system cleaning. $956.03 found several problems purge soleniod stuck open sucking fuel, psi sensor filling with fuel, replace solenoid, charcoal canister, and psi switch. alos founf trans range switch broken. They wanted an additional $800.00 to replace that, then I forgot how much to replace head gaskets again. I can’t find the reciept when they fixed the head to the a/c. or some of things my brother had fixed for me. These are just the reciepts that I have in front of me. Plus the a/c head still goes on and off by itself.

BTW you are all liars every Honda I have owned has been flawless not saying that all Hondas or Japanese are but htey have less problems and are more reliable than american cars
You can come up with all the bull**** stories you want but Japanese cars are worth more and always will be
here are some more complaints Ill have the recall info up soon as well
Scottl of Fairview TN (05/13/07)
Bought a 2001 Chevy Malibu used in January of 2002 after our Toyata was totaled in a crash. We had no problems for approximately 18months. Then in the fall of 2003 our problems began. The first was with the gas guage dropping from a quarter of a tank to empty in about 3 seconds and then the car shut off while my wife was driving home from the grocery store with my two daughters.

I was in Chicago and could not help her. A local mechanic was driving by and brought her gas and got the car underway. He told us to get rid of the car as they were not worth the steel they were made of. We should have listened. Two weeks later the same thing happened AFTER I filled up with gas. Towed to dealership and told there was nothing wrong with the car. I was now out 75 for the tow, and 200 for their diagnosis. January of 2004 the car would not start, the engine cranked, the fuel pump works but the engine would not start. A tow and 600 dollars later corrected the problem. The reason according to the dealership was the ignition and theft deterrent system malfunctioned and needed to be replaced.

April 2004 car overheats and stalls. Dealership stated that the issue was with the intake manifold and cooling system which was replaced for only 900 dollars. What a deal, huh? Fall of 2005 ignition problem again… another 600 dollars plus tow. February 2006 starter, battery and alternator are replaced. Summer of 2006 power windows, turn signals and hazard lights quit working.

Spring of 2007 yet another ignition system failure. I have contacted chevrolet to be told that these are normal repairs to be performed on a car with the the mileage that this car has. Hmm. In my youth I was a mechanic. It was how I fed myself through college. I believe what they do not understand is that this is NOT a reasonable repair schedule.

I had a Ford F150 with over 400,000 miles on it at trade in. I spent 500 dollars for the intake manifolds to be cleaned and other than tires, a new serpentine belt, a battery and oil changes and ONE additional set of spark plugs that was it. The toyota dealership I traded it into gave me more for that trade than they were willing to give me the Malibu that is 4 years newer with 300,000 less miles. I will NEVER buy another Chevrolet product again. EVER. Nor will I allow my children to EVER own a chevrolet, even if it is given to them.

William of New Smyrna Beach FL (05/02/07)
In January 2005 I bought a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu from this dealer and after a few months I had a vibration in the front driver side which after over 8 service attempts over the span of 1 1/2 years I contacted the BBB and they bought the car back. I received a check which I turned around and used at Jon Hall O.K. Used Cars across the street from the main dealer. I found a 2002 Dodge Dakota P/U that I liked but I could tell that it would need some work. They don’t have any price on the autos on the lot so I asked a salesperson how much was the truck.

He retruned about 5 minutes later saying that it was $12,000. Now I saw this in the Kelly Blue Book just days before and it was listed in excelent condition for only $8,900. This truck was by far not in perfect shape. I told the salesperson that I’d take it for $10,000 and he asked me if I had a down payment; which I did. He asked me how much I had and I told him $2,000. He left and returned about 10 minutes later and asked me if I could come up with $2,500 down and I said yes and asked why. He told me that it’d be cheaper as far as the payments go and he’d be able to bring the price down to $10,000. The problem that I had was that I had my 4 year old son with me and he was cranky so I needed to hurry and get out of there. We signed the papers and several days later I got a call telling me that they had to re-work the contract and I needed to come back in and resign; so I went in.

I was told by the finance guy that the finance company wouldn’t finance me unless I had a warrenty. He gave me a little folder w/ info about a warrenty that I needed and said, This covers everything. I had to sign a new contract charging me almost $2000 more and find out after reading the small print that the warrenty doesn’t include anything that has to do w/ the engine or the transmission; which I am now having problems with.

On top of that they just pocketed my $2,500 that I put down because the jacked the price back up to almost $12,000. I am very sickened by the practice of all the people at Jon Hall Chevrolet and I have been telling everyone whom I come into contact w/ not to do business w/ them because they are crooks. There should be a law against people like them. While you are there trying to read over everything they are pushing the pen in your hand. Once you’ve signed you’re screwed.

Beth of Roseburg OR (03/26/07)
My Husband and I brought a 2005 chevy malibu this last may. At the time purchased the vechile we had to have special financing for this vechile I had asked for the extended warranty but they would not sell it to us and would not even notify us if whether we could have this or not. It had 36,000 miles on it.

Two weeks after we bought the vechile one of the head lights went out and so week took it to the dealership they replaced it then a week later the opposite headlight went out. I have replaced four of them! In August I started to see the coolant light come on so i would open the hood and see that the vechile was slightly low so i would fill it up. Three weeks later it would do the same thing.

About two weeks after that on a hot day i climbed into the vechile and in the dash where you can adjust the vents they were inset to the car they still are and i can’t adjust the vents anymore.

In December we took at drive to the coast when after an hour drive the vechile decided to overheat we pulled over and it had blown the raditor hose right off the engine. We attached it and got it to cool and drove it home because of course we have no warranty. Upon getting it home it decided to start to fill the engine with all of the coolant and start steaming out the tail end.

I have been without out my vechile since then because it was quoted 1500.00 to 3000.00 to have the engine fixed in when i feel brads knew along. They told me so sorry because you don’t have an extended warranty. Oh yeah the other headlight is out now too. Right now my car sits at a friends house with the engine apart because there is no repair manaul released for this vechile. After reading all of the problems someone should fix our problem!!

Brian of Fredericksburg VA (03/22/07)
My 2003 Chevy Malibu would not start after filling up at a gas station. I called the dealership and was given a towing company to have the vehicle brought in at approximately 700a.m. with the verbal understanding that the car would be looked at sometime during the day. I contacted the dealership around 400p.m. for a status after not hearing any information and was told that it had not even been brought in as of yet and could not be looked at until maybe the next day. I complained that if I had not been told it would be looked at I would have not had it towed in for $75.00.

It wasn’t until late the following day that the service rep called me and stated they found that the battery was bad. I stated that the battery was only bad because the engine would not start and after repeated attempts to jump the vehicle it couldn’t be just a battery and wanted them to do additional troubleshooting. I was told that there was nothing else they could check and to just wait and see if it happened again. I reluctantly paid the $370.00 bill. The exact same condition occured again about 2 months later.

Only this time I was stranded at my work which was about 30 miles away from the dealership. I was told at this time by a service tech to just have it towed in AGAIN and they would check it out. I asked if they would guarantee their previous work and was told only the service manager could ok that question. The tech took down my number and said he would give it to the service manager and tell him my situation. I tried calling the service manager 8 times and after waiting for nearly 1 1/2 hours he finally answerd my phone call and stated the following:

He would not guarantee the previous work because it had been over 2 months since it was last seen. He would only guarantee the battery since that was the part they had changed. He would definately not cover the towing back to the dealership. And lastly I would be better off just going to another dealership. I ended up contacting another dealership and was put in touch with a service technician that same evening who gave me several reccomendations that ended up fixing the vehicle. My complaint would be that the service department ignored my inital request to look into more than the battery and they did not stand by their work after I paid the bill.

Lauren of Chicago IL (03/21/07)
On Feb.2 my mother bought me a 97 chevy malibu with 87,115 miles on it. The price was 4995. when we test drove the car it needed struts so the saleman took off 500. When I took the car home i got a oil change at jiffy lube. The attendant told me that there was too much oil in the car. So he replaced the oil, after about 2 weeks or so the engin starts knocking and we took the car back and they said that there was nothing that they conuld do about it. So buy March 8 the car finally stopped when i was on my way to school. I had to leave my car adn have someone tow my car to get a new engine put in. All together there is 9 things wrong with my car…. 1. Engine went out 2. Power steering went out 3.Back speakers dont work 4.Back defrost dosent work 5.ABS light stays on 6.Oil light keeps comming on 7. Wiper fluid leak 8.Struts 9.Window dosent roll down So once my car gets out the shop who knows what else will be wrong with the car they say once one thing breaks everything else starts to break.

Sandra of Huntsville AL (03/21/07)
There shouyld be a recall on 2000 Chevy Malibus for rotor problems and also intake manifolds. There is a web site with all the complaints for the Malibu with the same prolems.

Cheryl of Charles City VA (03/21/07)
2000 Malibu cuts off while traveling down the road–no warning-just loses its power and shuts off when it comes to a stop. Turns over but won’t restart for at least 10-20 minutes. I bought this Mailbu new (176 miles) from a dealer in Chester, VA in August 2001. Since then, the intake gaskets have been replaced (as with many other persons), being related to the Dex-cool problem. A short time after that, my clock went on the fritz, periodically blinking and finally both the clock and my sound systems went out completely. So, for the last 3 years I have had no sound system in my car. Then approximately 2 years ago, my car would start if it suspected I was trying to steal my own car! I had to either sit for 10-20 minutes to wait for my computer to reset or take the battery cable off and put it back on!

Finally, for the last 2 years, my car would just lose power and cut off on me, first on the interstate doing 70 MPH, and now driving to & from my parents’ house 3 miles away! For the most recent problem, I have had my car in the shop twice (as it is now), but the problem has not been diagnosed–they can’t find anything wrong with it. The first time it was in the shop, they did say my water pump was cracked and got $671.00 out of me. When I picked my car up, I didn’t even get it home–it cut off on me again! I have had it towed home 3 times, and this time to the dealer. They have had it for 3 days and can’t find anything wrong.

*************Why can’t GM admit when they have made a car that has major problems and stand behind their product??? ******************They’re losing a lot of customers over this!! Me being one more!!! I’ll never buy another GM product again, and you can bet I’ll share my experience with others!

$120 for towing, $671 for water pump, $1,000 for replacing intake manifold, and more pending (when I get my vehicle from shop).

2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU
Summary:
SOME OF THESE PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) THAT MAY CALCULATE A HIGHER THAN ACTUAL VEHICLE SPEED BECAUSE OF AN ERRATIC REAR-WHEEL SPEED SENSOR SIGNAL, AND CAUSE ABS ACTIVATION WHERE IT IS NOT NEEDED OR NEEDED ABS ACTIVATION TO BE EXTENDED DURING BRAKING AS THE VEHICLE SPEED DROPS TO ABOUT 3 MPH.
Consequence:
UNEXPECTED ABS ACTIVIATION COULD INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE UP TO ABOUT 11 FEET DPENDING ON THE GRADE OF THE ROAD, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Remedy:
DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ABS CONTROLLER. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON JUNE 16, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438.
Potential Units Affected:
65439

2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU
Summary:
CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE HAZARD WARNING SWITCHES THAT MAY EXPERIENCE SOLDER JOINT CRACKING CAUSED BY RAPID TEMPERATURE TRANSITIONS AND THE SOLDERING PROCESS. IF SOLDER JOINT CRACKING OCCURS AND RESULTS IN AN OPEN CIRCUIT, THE TURN SIGNALS/HAZARD LAMPS BECOME INTERMITTENT OR INOPERATIVE.
Consequence:
WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS ARE INOPERATIVE, THE DRIVER CANNOT USE THEM TO SIGNAL INTENT TO TURN THAT COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
Remedy:
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 5, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438, PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668, OR OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-630-6537.
Potential Units Affected:
670740

2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU
Summary:
CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 301, “FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY.” THE FUEL FILL FITTING IS NOT PROPERLY SECURED TO THE FUEL TANK. IN THAT CONDITION, FUEL LEAKAGE WOULD EXCEED THE PERMISSIBLE AMOUNT IN AN FMVSS TEST. FUEL LEAKS MAY OCCUR, PARTICULARLY AFTER REFUELING OR WHEN THE TANK IS MORE THAN HALF FULL.
Consequence:
IF AN IGNITION SOURCE WERE PRESENT, A FIRE COULD OCCUR.
Remedy:
DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE FUEL TANK AND REPLACE IT IF NECESSARY.
Potential Units Affected:
43218

Ill stop here there were more though Not only are these cars unreliable and made by a company known for unreliability they are deathtraps as well
GM needs to be taken to court for the endangerment of the american public with their sub standard vehicles

Oh I forget Happy New Year but if you drive a Gm you probably wont make it to the new year

Wow, and I thought we were all more mature than to argue with 1115…

But it’s so fun arguing with someone who has no clue what they’re talking about!

1991 Ford Taurus Station Wagon, V-6, 155,000 miles: No problems AT ALL
1996 Ford F-150 ext. cab, 5.4 liter V-8, 120,000 miles: No problems aside from engine light always going off. Damn thing won’t go through inspection without it off!
2004 Dodge Ram ext. cab, V-6, 75,000 miles: No problems AT ALL

tripleonefive- I think I was the one who brought up the Camry V-6 recall. What I was speaking of was the Australian Camry (known as the Toyota Aurion), which uses the same 3.5 liter we do, with a supercharger. The engines have a tendency to blow up and fail (and I don’t mean a gasket or an electrical part, I do mean the engine) in driving conditions. Also, Toyota is slowing down production of the RAV4 because of concerns over the engines electronic management control system. Toyota also recently released a press statement about the Rav4, which their saying it’s not a recall because “it doesn’t effect consumer safety”.
http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=43596&vf=12

Oh yeah… and one more thing. I can also copy and paste stuff about the Toyota Tundra. I forget what website your spewing stuff from, but I recognize the format and I can tell you, Tundra’s got quite a few complaints as well (I was looking at Tundra recently, maybe looking for a new truck)

oh, excuse me, Dodge Dakota, not Ram

I wont argue with you, that old platform and powertrain was renewed for too many years in order to keep labor union management and pensioners happy. Unfortunately by being a country loving car company they let their pride guarantee too much money to pay useless employees and retirees way over their worth. I love the way Toyota just tells the labor unions to go and stick it up their arseholes. The import car companies were at an advantage that they don’t have to blow any money on political maneuvering and labor relations. If you don’t do your job, you’re fired and you can commit suicide now. The Japanese way. By embracing foreign companies (something not permitted in Japan) they have had a clear advantage in hiring practices and salary capping. The domestics have to learn the hard way for their mistakes.
That being said, the old Malibu chassis is archaic and agreed not very good but please find as much as you can on new platforms currently being offered. You can bring up the past all you want, so be it. But please stop being ignorant on the current product. The plant in Oshawa Canada has won awards multiple times that have surpassed North American plants run by Honda and Toyota.

1115, what is it you don’t get about this simple statement:

The old Malibu was crap. The new Malibu is NOT the old Malibu. Just like the old Camry was reliable, and the new Camy is NOT reliable.

Camry*

jayc, you’re right – but it sure is fun!

1115, spouting crap again, I see… The challenge before you is to show us a 197,000 mile Honda with 0 problems, not repeat random complaints from some website.

Oh, and just for fun I called my local NAPA store and got some part numbers:

Wheel bearing: FW48 – IN STOCK
Fuel Pump: P76014 – IN STOCK

Hmmm, these great cars that have 0 problems shouldn’t need these common replacement parts (in fact, at least one of your quotes specifically mentioned a fuel pump replacement), yet here is an independent parts house with them on the shelf. Go ahead, call one yourself, ask for part numbers and availability, and call me a liar.

I dare you.

Ca or whatever your name is , what is it you don’t get about this simple statement:

Gm and the old Malibu is crap. The new Malibu is NOT proven therefore is crap just like the old one until proven otherwise
The old Camry is reliable, and the new Camry is more reliable. You have no proof that supports it otherwise
The old Accords are reliable and the new one is also

Hmmm, I never said these cars had zero problems you dolt Who cares about some parts and no Im not going to call
I dare you to make a good post and challenge my point .

No, you said that they had no problems. Look up a couple of posts. Remember “Only 3 problems lol try no problems”? You’ve been proven an idiot over and over. Most people would just shut up after a while. But you are so clueless that you have no idea how clueless you are. Any moron can do a web search and find evidence to support an argument. But you aren’t on the front lines, and have no clue about which you speak, and have been told so over and over.

Your argument might actually have a basis in reality, but you are so hung up on stats and artificial numbers, but not any understanding of the meaning behind them. Who was it that said “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing”? They might have been talking about you specifically.

Listen, you might be a car enthusiast, but I’m an automotive professional. I have my biases, just like anyone else. The difference is I admit them, you don’t even understand you have them.

I’m telling you you’re wrong. And if you were to do some honest investigation, you might figure that out someday…

And with that, an apology to those who have to suffer through these silly posts. I’m done (I know I said that before) but Delbert McClinton is singing in my ear “It’s hard not to argue with a fool, but it’s wrong”

And I’m taking his advice.

So you were saying that all the particular models that you mentioned only had three or four problems ? All Pontiacs and GMC’s ???
You haven’t found any evidence to support your argument lol so you must be the fool and moron
If you are a auto professional (mechanic) than you would know how to find info to support your argument
My honest investigation says that GM has to prove its reliability and they cant just let out a new car get praised in a couple of magazines still lose to the Accord and still be considered in the same class as the proven top dogs for the last 20 years

Funny that Lamboz name is based off another poster on this site Talk about obsession with another person ??? His mom this his dad that Prozac corny joke ha ha ha
what an American car humping loser

“You haven’t found any evidence to support your argument lol so you must be the fool and moron
If you are a auto professional (mechanic) than you would know how to find info to support your argument”

I did, you don’t get it.

::Yawn::

I did, you don’t get it?
Where is your evidence huh? No more comebacks ????
::Double Yawn::

Wow, you really ARE that stupid. What a waste of time it has been to duel with you on this topic… But no, no more comebacks. I promised the rest of the group…

What were the recalls for?
Commodore good, accurate (yet comical) post at 4:40p on the 28th.

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You cant (sic) prove the Malibu is the best bc its simply NOT and its (sic) not a contender yet.’

Can’t prove the Malibu is the best, because that can’t be proven about any car. You con convince someone it’s the best, but you can’t prove it!

I

injunraiv: “”’And stop with the GM is proven bull**** already they havent (sic) and wont (sic) until thye (sic) have a car that goes fgor (sic) years with no or few problems.’ OK, I guess I have it now! My ‘03 Bonneville has gone 93,000 problem free miles – as in 0 problems. Hell, I haven’t even had to change a light bulb. I think that says something, doesn’t it?”

No, not until the GM on the keys is replaced with an H. Y’all have it wrong 93k trouble-free miles does not a reliable car make. Nor does 190k, nor does 128,000. The presence of the GM logo on the keys is what makes it a POS. Even if it runs for 300,000 miles on the same oil, it’s still a POS!

Ditto your Yukon, Grand Am and GTO, and my Cavalier and Olds!

Commodore: “Anyway, on the point of the Malibu being a contender. If it were not, why would EVERY respected publication out there compare the Malibu with the Camcord?”

Because they’ve all been paid off!

CA36GTP: “I thought it was impossible to have a problem with a Honda, especially under 100,000 miles” I did too. I found out the hard way. That’s why I drive a Buick.

technicalassistance: “I love the way Toyota just tells the labor unions to go and stick it up their arseholes.”
No, Toyota has figured out pay/benefit levels that satisfy the workers to the point they don’t feel the urge to unionize.

injunraiv: I like some Delbert McClinton!