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.

Faults:

I have more problems with my 1997 malibu than I can count I have replaced the brakes too many times I've lost track. The first couple of months I had it was in the dealership everyweek (headlights repeatedly had moisture in them, the speedometer and all the gauges would just drop, speaker replaced, brakes brakes and more brakes, AC goes on and off, oil leak and who knows what else. It was so bad to the point where the dealership purchased half and I paid the other half of an extended warranty. I just replaced the brakes, (rotors, pads, calipers) only after having them done a year ago. Now I have coolant leaking and they can't find out where it is coming from. The low coolant light came on yesterday! I have one more payment on this beast! I love the size and room of the malibu, but I will never buy another one again.! I'm buying foreign next time. I wish GM would recall these lemons!