1999 Chevrolet Malibu Transmission Problems

Your car's anti-theft system is constantly activating, which prevents the engine from starting or shutting off properly and disables your keyless remote controls until they're reprogrammed. This has left your son stranded multiple times and contributed to two accidents where the brakes didn't work as expected. Additionally, the air conditioning system is malfunctioning and shutting off intermittently. The dealer will need to diagnose the anti-theft system malfunction and address the brake and AC issues.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTER STEM CAME OUT OF THE SHIFTER KNOB WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT GEARS. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE STEM WAS REPLACED WITH GLUE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 10/29/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS THE GEAR SHIFTER KNOB THAT CAME OFF OF THE STEM. UPDATED 7/15/2015*JS

I HAVE FOUND THAT IN MY 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU THAT WHEN THE KEY IS IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION IN THE IGNITION THAT THE CAR CAN BE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HOUSING IS COMING APART DUE TO THE GEARS GRINDING TOGETHER. THIS CONDITION CAUSES TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK. VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TO A DEALER FOR SERVICE. *AK

WHEN THE CONSUMER PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

THE GEAR HANDLE MAKES NOISE WHEN PULLING DOWN ON IT, DEALER CLEANED AND LUBED THE HANDLE. NLM

LOUD GRINDING/ PULSATION SOUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER , BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLIES HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY.CURRENTLY, BOTH ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL MAILBU'S WHERE BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE FAILED. *AK

WHILE TRANSMISSION WAS IN THE PARKING GEAR WITH IGNITION RUNNING, IT JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED DOWN HILL. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING FLUID. NLM

MY WIFE WAS WAITING IN LINE TO PICK UP OUR SON FROM SCHOOL WHEN THE CONES WERE MOVED SHE TRIED STARTING THE CAR 3 TIMES. SINCE THE CAR WOULD NOT START SHE MADE SURE THAT THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND GOT OUT AND STARTED WALKING TO THE NEXT CAR TO WAVE THEM AROUND. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JUMPED FORWARD AND RAN INTO A PARKED JEEP. SHE RAN FOR THE CAR IN FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR 4 YEAR OLD SON WHO WAS ASLEEP IN THE BACK SEAT, AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE DOOR WAS DRAGGED TO THE GROUND. WHEN THE CAR STOPPED SHE OPENED THE REAR DOOR TO TAKE OUR SON OUT. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED THEY NOTICED THAT THE KEY WAS IN THE OFF POSITION AND THAT THE CAR WAS IN PARK. MY WIFE DID NOT TOUCH THESE ITEMS AFTER THE CRASH. I SPOKE TO THE DRIVERS OF THE TWO CARS RIGHT BEHIND MY WIFE, AND THE FIRST ONE TO THE REAR SAID THAT MY WIFE HAD TAKEN APPROX. TWO STEPS WHEN THE CAR TOOK OFF. THE SECOND DRIVER SAID THAT MY WIFE WAS AT THE REAR OF OUR CAR WHEN IT TOOK OFF. THERE IS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER AND FRONT PASSANGER DOOR OF OUR CAR. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE PARKED JEEP DUE TO THE FRONT TOWING BRACKET WAS THE ONLY THING HIT. MY WIFE IS NOW FEARFUL OF THIS VEHICLE, AND DOES NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT.I MYSELF FEEL THAT THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AFTER ONLY 7187 MILES NOT A DEPENDABLE VEHICLE. LEFT MY WIFE AND I STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF DESERT HAD TO LEAVE CAR AND GET RIDE FROM STRANGER . 4 DAYS HAVE GONE BY AND HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY DEALER. *AK .

TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 55-65 MPH RMPS ARE CONSISTANTLY AT 5000/RMPS AND WILL NOT SHIFT. ALSO JERKS WHEN SHIFTING AT 30MPH. PROGESSIVELY GETTING WORSE.