2003 Chevrolet Malibu Other Problems

Your car's battery keeps draining completely because the ignition switch isn't turning fully off, leaving electrical systems running when the car is parked. This causes the battery to die even when the car isn't being driven. The ignition switch will likely need to be replaced or repaired to properly cut power to the vehicle's electrical system.

BEEN HAVING SAME ONGOING PROBLEM FOR JUST OVER 9 MONTHS. CAR STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING AND WOULDN'T RESTART. CRANKED OVER THOUGH. HAD IT TOWED AND $700 LATER, A NEW FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTER. FEW DAYS LATER TRIED TO START, CRANKED OVER AND NOTHING BUT NOTICED THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT WAS ON. BACK TO THE SHOP. THEY REPLACED A FUEL INJECTOR FUSE. RAN GREAT FOR A FEW MONTHS THEN STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN. RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND CAME ACROSS THE 10 MINUTE PROCESS: WHEN SHE DON'T START SHUT IT OFF TURN THE KEY TO ACCESSORY AND WAIT 10 MINUTES. 100% STARTS EVERY TIME. CALLED GM TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL. NOTHING TO THAT DESCRIPTION SO THEY RECOMMENDED I TAKE IT TO A GM SERVICE CENTER. DID THAT. EXPLAINED WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THEY MADE ME A NEW KEY AND SAID TRY TO SEE IF THAT FIXED THE ISSUE, THAT THE REPAIR WOULD RUN AROUND 200-300. WORKED FINE FOR A FEW WEEKS. BACK TO THE 10 MINUTE DEAL. TOOK IT BACK AND NOW THEY TELL ME IT'S A PASSLOCK SENSOR IN THE STEERING COLUMN THAT DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE KEY. FOR A COOL $800 THEY CAN FIX IT.....SEEMS TO ME WITH WHAT I'VE READ AND RESEARCHED, IT IS DEFINITELY A RECALL ISSUE

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM. MY CAR CONTINUES TO NOT START UNTIL I COMPLETE A 10 MINUTE PROCEDURE EACH TIME. THIS IS VERY ANNOYING AND HAVE LEFT ME STRANDED MANY TIMES. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A RECALL THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.

WENT TO DEALER WHO MENTIONED THE ONLY REMEDY FOR MY CAR IS A SMALL PIECE ON THE CAR KEY (NOTHING DONE TO THE CAR) AND SINCE I HAD A COPIED KEY, THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO HELP UNLESS I HAD A GM KEY AVAILABLE.

THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT, LEAVES ME STRANDED, CAR WON'T START UNLESS OPEN DOOR WITH KEY IN IGNITION FOR EXACTLY 10 MINUTES THEN CAR WILL START. I AM A WOMAN THAT IS LEFT STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, AT NIGHT AND ONLY WAY CAR WILL START IS TO HAVE DRIVERS DOOR WIDE OPEN WITH KEY IN IGNITION AND OTHER DOORS WILL NOT LOCK, LEAVES ME IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. BEGAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, APPROX. 50,000 MILES, JUST GETTING WORSE AND MORE FREQUENT.

I HAVE HAD THE THEF SYSTEM IN MY 2003 CHEVY MALIBU REPAIED MORE TIMES THAN I CARE TO SAY. IT STATED IN 11/7/2006 AND IT HAVE BEEN AN ONGOING THING. I AM A WIDOW AND I AM REALLY AFRAID TO TAKE THIS CAR OUT AT NIGHTS IN FEAR THAT IT MIGHT LEAVE ME STRANDED. THE FIRST TIME IT COST ME $351.74 TO REPAIR THE THEFT SYSTEM. THEN IT WENT AGAIN IN 6/7/2008 THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THIS COST ME $483.37. IT RAN FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEN THE KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE IGNITION AND YOU COULDN'T TURN THE CAR OFF, BACK TO THE SHOP. THANK GOD THEY DIDN'T CHARGE ME FOR THIS TRIP. THEN ON 8/31/2015 THE THEF SYSTEM LEFT ME STRANDED AGAIN, AND BACK TO THE SHOP TO PAY THEM ANOTHER $538.72. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE AND VERY EXPENSIVE. I DID COMPLAIN WHEN IT WAS FIRST HAPPENING AND A CUSTOMER REP. TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MY PROBLEM AND THEIR WHERE NO RECALLS ON IT. AFTER ALL THE DEATHS AND PROBLEMS THAT YOUR COMPANY HAS HAD YOU PROBABLY SHOULD RECALL EVERYONE OF THEM AND START OVER FROM SCRATCH. I HAVE DOCUMENTED PROOF THAT THIS CAR IS A PIECE OF JUNK. THANK YOU PAMELA J. SHAK

2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A TSB FOR VEHICLE *TGW

2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW IF HIS VEHICLE IS UNDER A RECALL. *GR

THIS 2003 CHEVY MALIBU HAS A BAD REPUTATION ON ITS PASSLOCK SYSTEM. THE CAR COULDN'T BE STARTED WHEN I TURNED THE KEY. THE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHTS WAS ON. *TR

INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START BECAUSE THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM KEPT LOCKING THE VEHICLE. IT TAKES SEVERAL MINUTES (TEN MIN OR SO) FOR THE SYSTEM TO RE-SET AND ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO START. DEALERSHIPS ARE NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. COM- PLAINTS REGISTERED ON WWW.MYSTATS.COM/SAFETY STATION ARE NUMEROUS (AT LEAST 40) CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THAT THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY STOP RUNNING WHILE DRIVING IN MOTION. GM SHOULD RECALL AND CORRECT THIS IMMEDIATELY. *TR

I HAVE OWN THREE CHEVY MALIBU A 1998, 2002 AND I JUST GOT A 2003. HOWEVER, I NOTICED THAT GM HAS REMOVED THERE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT OFF OF THE DASH BOARD WHEN YOU TURN IT ON. THE OTHER TWO MALIBU'S I OWN HAD A DASH LIGHT COME ON TO LET YOU KNOW THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON. BUT THE 2003 DOES NOT IT ONLY HAS A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE CRUISE BUTTON ON THE STEERING COLUMN AND ITS HARD TO SEE DURING DAY LIGHT. I THINK THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AS YOU MAY NOT KNOW IF YOUR CRUISE IS ON WHICH COULD CAUSE A ACCIDENT. COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FOR ME.