2001 Chevrolet Malibu sedan from North America - Comments

I have a 2001 Malibu and I have had all of the same problems mentioned above. Signal lights not working and of course the blower working on setting 4 and 5. Fortuantely these were fixed under warranty. However my biggest issue is with the caliburs - I had these replaced 16 months ago and now they are "faulty" again. They are leaking and making huge noise when I stop. I paid for the replacement 16 months ago and now they want me to pay again. Aren't caliburs suppose to pretty much last the life of the car. I have only 72Kilometers on it. Geesh...

I just bought a 2000 malibu and I have had it 1 month and there is a horrible whinning noise coming from the front end and now my ABS light came on. The car also jerks while I'm driving randomly, and gas goes really fast. This is not cool someone needs to go public with these malibus or maybe a big lawsuit because this is happening to a lot of malibu owners.

HELP!!!!!!

My mom owns a 2001 Chevy Malibu and has had nothing but problems with it for the past 2 years. After it died driving down the road, no one knew what was wrong with it, until the tow-truck pulled up and told us the keyless entry was to blame. We were dumbfounded until we made the dealership repair the entry locks, and the problem went away. Now we're dealing with a hazard/flasher button that likes to click all day long. we've replaced it twice and it still won't go away. The store where we bought the last flasher button said he sold 17 of these replacement flashers for these cars just last year. Obviously we're not the only ones with this problem. Anyone out there know how to fix it?

I just don't get it. Why are so many people having problems with these cars? With the exception of one person all seven people that I know including me that have owned these cars swear they're reliable. We do have two common complaints though:brakes suck, and the gas mileage needs improvement (highways is decent though). Other than that we've no problem.

Blow Motor issues:

A friend of mine just inherited a 2001 Malibu from a family member. The car sat for a month and the blower motor seized up and fried the resistor card that controls the blower speeds. The blower was relatively easy to remove and unseize with oil and spray grease. It's located just behind the glove box. Very poor design. The motor sits in the bottom of the duct where it is exposed to condensation drainage. They will fail. The resistor card is located just in front of the fan motor next to the firewall. You'll need a 5.5mm socket to remove the card. Unfortunately, I fried a new resistor card troubleshooting the problem. This item retails for $35. I find it troubling that the seized fan motor blows the resistor card and not the blower fuse.

The car is cheap, shoddy construction, careless design, typical GM second rate trash. When it's working okay, the car is fine if you can ignore the details. Oh, the car also has a troubling engine knock with only 109,000kms. Sounds like the beginnings of a bad rod bearing. Bit of a time bomb unfortunately.

I'll be waiting for the signal switching problem to manifest and the brakes to fail. I think the front wheel bearings are also on the way out.

It baffles me that people continue to buy vehicles from GM.