2001 Chevrolet Malibu Engine

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE IGNITION HAD TO BE TURNED TO THE ON POSITION AND THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT FOR THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO LIGHT UP COMPLETELY FOR THE VEHICLE TO START. THE PROCESS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START EVERY TIME THE CONTACT WOULD ATTEMPT TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,249.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AFTER A WAIT PERIOD. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,700. UPDATED 08/28/14*LJ UPDATED 09/4/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU . THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A VISIBLE ANTIFREEZE LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

ONE DAY OUT OF NOWHERE WHILE IN PARK AND IDLING CAR JUST DIED, RESTARTED FINE, THEN A COUPLE DAYS LATER AT A STOPLIGHT DIED AGAIN, WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND DRIVE ON, BUT THIS CONTINUED FROM THEN ON EVERYTIME IT WAS STOPPED AND RUNNING WOULD JUST DIE COULD RESTART WHEN READY TO DRIVE OFF AND IT WOULD GO FINE, UNTIL THE LAST TIME IT DIED WHILE GOING 35 MPH IN TRAFFIC AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO STEER OUT OF TRAFFIC AND ALMOST COULDN'T STOP, BUT WOULDN'T RESTART ANYMORE, AND STILL WON'T START. TOOK TO A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE IGNITION CAUSED THE ANTI THEFT TO ENGAGE AND TURN OFF COMPONENTS IN MOTOR, I'VE READ I OTHERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM IN THIS SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL JUST WONDERING WHY IT HASN'T BEEN RECALLED ALONG WITH ALL THE REST OF CHEVY' SCARS HAVING THIS PROBLEM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN JUST A COUPLE AND THE LAST TIME IT DIED ON ME I WAS LUCKY TO NOT GET HIT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY AT LOW SPEEDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

MY CAR SEEMED TO BE RIDING ROUGH AND MY RADIATOR LIGHT CAME ON. TODAY I WENT FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC SAID I HAD AN "INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK." MY OIL IS LEAKING INTO MY COOLANT. HE TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL FROM GM FOR DEXCOOL. I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANY INFORMATION ON THIS BUT TO HAVE IT FIXED WILL BE VERY COSTLY. *TR

CAR OVER HEATED, TEMP GAUGE OVER NORMAL RANGE. ADDED TWO GALLONS OF ANTIFREEZE, STILL OVER HEATED, AND CHECKED FOR ANTIFREEZE IN THE OIL. ANTIFREEZE WAS PRESENT INDICATING A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. NO CORRECTIVE REPAIR HAS BEEN DONE YET>. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

JUST BOUGHT 2001 CHEVY MALIBU, ITS LEAKING COOLANT AND THE ENGINE IS OVERHEATING TO THE POINT OF SMOKE. SO THE GASKET IS SHOT, I'VE TAKEN THIS CAR IN BEFORE OVER THIS PROBLEM BUT STILL SEEMS TO COME BACK TO THE CAR OVERHEATING AND SMOKE. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS ONE GUY TOLD ME TO JUST GET A NEW ENGINE, THE COOLANT DIAGNOSTIC DIDN'T HELP AND ALL OF MY COOLANT CAN'T SEEM TO STAY IN THERE IT JUST LEAKS AS SOON AS IT'S IN, SO NOW WHAT??? THERE SHOULD HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS GM NEEDS TO FIX THIS CONSIDERING MY ENGINE WAS TESTED AND REFURBISHED BY CHEVY NO MORE THAN 8 MONTHS AGO AT THE DEALER. THIS CAR FINALLY STALLED OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALMOST KILLED ME, THERE IS NO DAMAGE OTHER THAN THE ONES I MENTIONED ABOVE. *TR

I WOULD LIKE ALL THE RECALLS FOR THIS CON OF A CAR AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET IN ON ANY LAWSUIT AGAINST GM FOR THEIR DRUG DEALING BUSINESS ETHICS OR LACK OF THESE CARS ARE A DEATH TRAPWAITING TO STRIKE GET GM OUT OF BUSINESS AND BAIL OUT THE CONSUMER NOT THE GREEDY LIARS THAT SELL TRINKETS FOR 50K OR MORE GIVING US LESS THAN SAFE GARBAGE THEY CALL A CAR. MY SKASTES RUN BETTER 2100.00 2X FOR REPLACED ENGINES AND 375.00 PARTS AND LABOR FOR ALARM FIX NOT WORKING PROPERLY FROM FACTORY YOU KNOW IT AND YOU ASK FOR A BAIL OUT I WANT YOU IN PRISON EVERY WORKER AND THE CEOS NO BAIL OUTS BAIL US OUT YOU ROBBING LIARS THAT SELL GARBAGE THAT CAN KILL HUMANS BAIL OUT MY REAR END. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY MALIBU WITH THE 3.1L V6 ENGINE THAT HAS 4 DEFECTIVE PISTONS IN IT (GM DOCUMENT ID# 773655) ALSO INSTALLED IN 2001 BUICK, CHEVY, PONTIAC AND SOME OLDS MODELS. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW WITH 4 MILES ON IT, IT HAD A SLIGHT "TICK" WHEN STARTED COLD AT THAT TIME, WHICH THE DEALER EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS "INJECTOR NOISE", NOT TO BE CONCERNED. THE NOISE GOT JUST A LITTLE WORSE UNTIL IT GOT UP TO 37,000 MILES (JUST OUT OF WARRANTY), THEN IT BECAME VERY NOISY AND DIDN'T GO AWAY WHEN WARMED UP. I HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS NOISE EVERY TIME I HAD THE DEALER CHANGE THE OIL. THEN I FOUND A COMPLAINT ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THESE ENGINES AND THE FIX. THAT IS WHEN HE FINALLY PRODUCED THE BULLETIN EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM, AND INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS TOO LATE, WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET (REQUEST#71-79653429) AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE SAME THING-WARRANTY IS GONE, SORRY YOU DIDN'T KNOW TO GET IT REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. WE ARE 72 YEARS OLD AND BOUGHT THIS CAR TO LAST US THE REST OF OUR LIVES, AND IT JUST MAY NOT MAKE IT. WE DO NOT DRIVE A LOT, 46,500 MILES IN OVER NINE YEARS, BUT THIS THING IS GETTING NOISIER BY THE MONTH. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO HELP US OLD FOLKS? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU LS. WHENEVER THE ENGINE WAS STARTED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STAY ON; IT STALLED FREQUENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 109,000.

I BOUGHT MY 2001 MALIBU IN 2003. I HAD NO REAL PROBLEMS TILL THIS YEAR 2009. MY MILEAGE NOW IN 74,000 AND THE PROBLEMS STARTED AT ABOUT 60,000. AFTER A ACCIDENT EVERYTHING STARTED TO GO. MY GAS GAUGE WENT DOWN AND MY TEMP GAUGE ALSO. MY AUTO LOCK FOR MY DOORS WAS NOT WORKING. MY AIR VENTS ONLY WORK WHEN THEY KNOB IS ON 3.MAIN FUSE BOX HAS MAJOR ISSUES AND THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT AND COST $2300.00 AND NEEDS A $500.00 SERVICE FOR THE MAIN FUSE BOX. WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED ALSO 2005. COST ABOUT $600.00 THEN. I WISH SOMEONE WOULD HAVE POINTED THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE. GM NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE; ESPECIALLY AFTER TAKING MORE MONEY FROM THE TAX PAYERS FOR THEIR MISMANAGEMENT. I LOVE MY MALIBU BUT GM BETTER GET ON THE STICK AND HELP THE ONES WHO HAVE THIS DEFECTIVE 2001 MALIBU. *TR

WHY WASN'T THERE A RECALL DONE? HTTP://WWW.GIRARDGIBBS.COM/DEXCOOL.HTML THE CHEVY DEXCOOL ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOREVER AND ACCORDING TO THIS THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN. I'VE GOT A LEAKY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND NO WAY TO COVER THE COST. NOT ONLY THAT BUT BECAUSE I WAS NEVER TOLD OF THE RESULTS OF THIS LAWSUIT I'VE MISSED THE TIME TO REPAIR AND FILE. WHAT'S THE DEAL AND HOW COME THERE ISN'T A RECALL? *TR

SHAWN JANSEN'S MALIUBU WAS DRIVING FAST, AND I COULD CLEARLY SEE HIM WINGING IT. *TR

WE HAD PURCHASED A 2001 CHEVY MALIBU LS IN 2004, IT HAD 28,922 MILEAGE. ON JULY 1ST 2004, HAD 28,959 MILES, THE ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON SO WE BROUGHT IT TO FOREST CITY TO GET IT CHECKED OUT, THEY FOUND THE RESERVOIR LOW AND TOPPED IT OFF, THEY SAID NO VISIBLE COOLANT LEAKS! ON JULY 12TH 2007 WE HAD BROUGHT IT BACK TO QUIRK ( WHICH WAS FOREST CITY) THEY SAID THAT THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD CASKETS WERE LEAKING COOLANT, THEY WANTED $879.00 TO FIX IT (MILEAGE 46,495). WE GOT IT FIXED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC FOR $370.00 ON JULY27,2007. NOW WE HAD A 20 POINT INSPECTION DONE ONJANUARY 29TH 2007 AND QUIRK SAID THAT WE NEED INTAKE MANIFOLD CASKETS AGAIN!, WITH ONLY 9,953, AFTER THE FIRST TIME THEY WENT, ( MILAGE 56,248). I HAVE TALKED TO QUIRK AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD TAKE 10% OFF THE $695.00 PRICE TO FIX IT, SO I TALKED TO GM AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T THERE PROBLEM BUT WOULD TAKE 25% OFF. IF IT WASN'T THERE PROBLEM THEN WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT? WHEN I ASKED THEM WHY I WASN'T CONTACTED ABOUT THE DEX COOL PROBLEM, THEY HAD NO ANSWER. I HAVE CHECKED A LOT OF WEB SITES AND THIS IS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO PEOPLE. WHY CAN'T SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT GM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN HELP ALL OF US, THAT ARE HAVING THIS AND OTHER PROBLEMS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. *TR

FIVE YEARS AGO I REPLACE HEAD GASKETS ON A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. RECENTLY, MY VEHICLE WILL NOT HOLD ANTIFREEZE AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE RAISES. I HAVE WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE HEAD GASKETS BLOWN AGAIN. I HAVE HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE MALIBU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS. IS THERE A RECALL OR COMPENSATION TO THE OWNERS FOR THIS OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET, LOCATED NEAR THE WATER PUMP, WAS LEAKING WATER AND ANTIFREEZE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT AND WATER WOULD LEAK OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $695. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,130.

MY CAR OVER HEATED TWICE. THE FIRST TIME I REALIZED THAT THE ANTIFREEZE WAS VERY LOW AND I FILLED IT UP AND WENT TO MY MEETING. AFTER MY MEETING WAS OVER AND BEGAN TO DRIVE THE CAR, IT OVER HEATED AGAIN. I HAD TO REFILL THE ANTIFREEZE 3 TIMES BEFORE I GOT IT TO AN AUTO SHOP (AS I WAS DRIVING). ONCE I GOT TO THE AUTO SHOPE, I WAS TOLD THAT THE ANTIFREEZE WAS RUNNING IN TO THE OIL PAN. CURRENTLY, I DON'T HAVE A CAR BECAUSE I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE ENGINE WAS NO GOOD AND THEY HAD SEEN SEVERAL CARS LIKE MINE (SAME YEAR) WITH THE SAME MOTOR PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING UP A VERY STEEP INCLINE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. ONCE THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED, THE DRIVER PLACED COOLANT INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DROVE TO HER RESIDENCE AND CALLED HER LOCAL MECHANIC. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS REPAIRED. ON JUNE 9, 2008, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DROVE TO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION. SHED ADDED COOLANT INTO THE VEHICLE, DROVE HOME, AND CALLED HER LOCAL MECHANIC. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS REPAIRED AGAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,599 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 133,000.

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY MALIBU WITH A 3.1 LITER ENGINE AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE INTAKE GASKET ONCE BECAUSE IT LEAKED OIL INTO THE ANTIFREEZE AND ANTIFREEZE INTO THE OIL. IT WAS A PROBLEM THAT I DID NOT KNOW EXISTED WITH THIS MOTOR? I FOUND OUT A SHORT TIME LATER THAT THE DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE AND HAD TO PUT A MOTOR WITH 30,000 MILES INTO MY CAR. THAT WAS 1YEAR AGO LAST AUGUST AND AS OF TODAY SEPTEMBER 5TH I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS MOTOR AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE INTAKE GASKET AGAIN. HOW CAN I GET THIS REPLACED AT GENERAL MOTORS COST, RATHER THAN MINE AGAIN? I KNOW OF MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I DO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND HE STATED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE INTAKE VALVE. THE DEALER AND ANOTHER MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DIAGNOSED THE SAME FAILURE. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,800.

GASKET IS CAUSING ANTIFREEZE LEAK INTO ENGINE AND THE CAR IS OVERHEATING. HAVE USE ABOUT A FEW BOTTLES OF ANTIFREEZE BACK TO BACK. ITS GOING TO COST SO MUCH TO REPAIR. IM WAITING FOR A RECALL FROM GM. THE SOONER THE BETTER. *TR