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OlyWAOwner
August 12, 2010
Poor quality
We purchased a new 2010 Chevy Malibu in July of this year (2010). The vehicle looks great, but shortly after driving it off the lot I noticed a shimmy in one of the tires and clunking noises in the undercarriage. I have had the vehicle in 3 times to get these issues resolved, but they have not been able to, despite great effort by the local service department. I have come to the conclusion that the vehicle is simply poorly built. It drives like a go-cart. The suspension is rigid. On any rough surface, steering feels unsteady, wobbly and there is significant road noise. I have to crank up the Bose sound system to mask the vehicle noise. It's a very disappointing vehicle and if there was a way to get out of it, even trade it down for a different make, I'd do it in a second. I would recommend against purchasing a Malibu until you have carefully road tested one for a week or two.
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evans47243
January 15, 2010
Nothiong But Trouble
I bought a NEW 2010 Chevy Malibu in September (2009). Here we are, January 15, 2010 and my car has been in the shop 4 times for a total of 21 days!!
First, I noticed water coming in from under the dash/kick panel on the passenger side. I took it to Carl Black of Kennesaw, GA. Their "Techs" could not find the leak. I only find out after a few days the dealership put my car in their carwash for 30 minutes and that was it! No water then there must NOT be a leak. They billed my warranty, GM, approx $300.
The second time it went in for the SAME reason!! This time the dealer replaced the passenger door weather strip, I told them that this was not the problem due to the location the water was traveling. It wasn't but they still billed GM about $285.
The 3rd time it went in for the SAME reason the dealer could not find the leak after having the car about 9 days!! After notifying the dealer and filing a complaint with GM a water leak expert was hired, by GM. He found the leak in the upper body seal, passenger side near the windshield. (The dealers techs wanted to remove the windshield but where stopped by the W.L.E)
Now i just had to take the car in because of a rattle noise in the front end. The techs found that the shocks and shock mounts where, in their words, "coming apart"!!
I bought the car with about 3 miles on it and it now has 5000 miles on it! All these problems in less then 5000 miles? I wouldnt recommend anyone to buy a 2010 Malibu! I have filed numerous complaints with GM and even asked them to take the car back and let pick another vehicle of the same value. But, GM is super slow to respond to complaints.
SAVE YOUR MONEY AND BUY A DIFFERENT VEHICLE THEN THE "NEW" CHEVY MALIBU!!
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