Faults:

At 115,000 the whole braking system went bad. Calipers, master cylinder, everything. Cost about $350 to fix.

Soon after, the windshield wiper motor went bad. Sounds minor huh? No, it was a $200 fix.

At 117,000, the gas tank went bad and started to leak small amounts of gasoline. I still haven't fixed it, but I can't fill my tank up.

When it was time for New York State inspection, the OBED system had so many problems that I can't list. In the end, I spent about $500 fixing it just to pass the emissions inspection. It never passed, so I finally took the car to a friend who owned a garage and he helped it to pass with the addition of another $150.

At 122,000 the passenger side steering arm went bad. $150 fix.

Now at 128,000 the car doesn't accelerate smoothly, leaks anti-freeze, also gasoline, the engine quivers like a cold animal and the suspension makes all kinds of weird noises.

General Comments:

One good thing about the Malibu is the powerful 3.1 Liter engine. It's quick and fast and fun to drive when operating correctly.

However, that is few and far in between so it ends up just being very expensive to maintain and overall not worth it. I once owned a 91 Cavalier, and it was a good runner. I thought the Chevy name could compete after that, but this Malibu has definitely made me think twice about owning another Chevy. Don't buy any Malibu before 2001!

Faults:

Nothing major has gone wrong just little things, brakes, things like that.

General Comments:

I bought this car off my mom about 21000 miles ago and the only thing I have to do to it is brakes and tires. I drive all my cars like race cars so I have put this car through its paces and it hasn't let me down yet. the one thing that bugs me is that it has a speed limiter at about 106MPH, but that's just because I am a speed demon.

Faults:

When I first purchased this car new, the front end squeaked loudly. It took months and 4 trips to the dealer until it was repaired.

Several items have gone out which I consider normal until this past year. First we started losing anti-freeze thru a bad intake manifold gasket costing $650 for repair (there is a law suit over GM's anti-freeze causing this problem). Then just a few weeks ago the cam shaft broke spinning the bearing in the block destroying the engine. The mechanic tells me the cam shaft is hollow and is the weak link in the engine block.

General Comments:

Don't buy this car with high miles (>100,000), it's a ticking time bomb waiting to blow!!

Faults:

When I received my vehicle it was a birthday gift. One month after I received it, there was a recall on it. It was for the front end.

After the recall, my engine light came on; when I went to have it checked they said it was a loose hose for the exhaust.

After it was fixed I continued to not have problems.

9 months later I had a blow out on my rear passenger side tire. It handled great considering the tire completely blew off the side rubber.

3 months later or 1 year from the time I have received the car, I now have an alternator and battery that has given up, which I have found will not cost that much to fix.

General Comments:

When I received this vehicle, my driver's seat was not able to adjust to a lay back position; but it does move back and forth. Which is at times an inconvenience due to all the driving I do.

I have to move to the passenger's side to lay down and rest.

I get great gas miles.

It runs and handles great.

I have done a lot of driving in the past year, and have gotten great gas miles. Not just locally, but long distance.

It does damage easy, I have found, lots of dents, I would not want an accident in this vehicle; but all dents pop back into place when you go to fix them.