Decent engine, roomy and comfortable.

Road noise, suspension makes excess noise.

I bought this car used with 35,000 miles on it. I have mixed feelings about this car. I have had it for only 5 months, and I have had to replace a sensor, rebuild the alternator, both a bit pricy. It is a very comfortable car and provides a lot of space for multiple passengers. I do enjoy it overall, and won't be looking to get rid of it any time soon. Pretty good bang for your buck.

Has all the essentials at a low price. BUT all strengths are overshadowed by all the problems I've had.

Very CHEAP quality hardware.

DO NOT buy the chevy malibu no matter what kind of a deal the dealer gives you ! You will have many headaches to come after the first three months of ownership. Spend the extra $4000 and get an Accord. Five of my friends who have accords have never had the problems I had with the Malibu and they have had their cars from 3 to 10 years.

DO NOT purchase any extended warranty plan (for any GM car for that matter). IT is USELESS. Every problem I've had in only THREE years has NOT been able to be covered because it seems EVERYTHING is under wear and tear which is NOT covered. I only drove this car to the mountains once. My wife uses it to commute only 20 mi total per day. And once every 2 months we make a 400 mi trip to LA. I hardly believe this driving is excessive.

I have had my rotors replaced THREE times, my water pump, battery (which decided to spontaneously explode and leak while parked in my garage one day), and something called a control arm for the front suspension. Oh, did I mention that only TWO MONTHS after I got the car, I had to have the entire powertrain chip replaced because it was faulty ? This ridiculous MAJOR problem took 4 weeks to correct !!!!

Chevrolet has TERRIBLE service and the claims people seem to be instructed to only find excuses why your repair is not covered in the warrantee.

What a BIG disappointment. I thought I'd give American cars another chance. THey failed miserably, especially on the warrantee service. Those guys just don't get it yet.

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A great car for the price, if you want an accord but don't want the big payments get a Malbu.

The tires that come on the car are terrible, when purchasing get the tires replaced before you drive it off the lot. Also the brake rotors have given me a lot of trouble, replaced or turned down 3 times in 38000 kms.

Basically I think it is a good car for the money but there is virtually no resale value in comparison to the Accord or Altima. As a young guy I would like to see the stereo speakers upgraded and GM must find a way to eliminate the premature wearing of the rotors. The V-6 engine is peppy but with 4 grown men in the car you will certainly be able to tell it is working hard on the hills because your gas mileage will severly suffer.

Good value for the money. Roomy and comfortabe

poor fit and finish, loud power train, poor handling

Boring comes to mind. plain car, for the unadventuous. If you are the type of person who is never satisfied, go ahead and buy it. You will be so busy complaining about your car, nothing else will seem so bad.

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Wise advice. If you are even thinking about buying a Malibu, think again! My wife has had this car for about 2 years (6 cylinder version; leased it new), and has had nothing but problems with it. This car is a piece of garbage, period. The suspension constantly makes strange noises and the ride is very harsh. The electrical system is a joke. The car plain does not want to start from time to time (this happens quite often), and the turn signals either dont work, or blink very slowly. In addition, the dash lights dim and the instrumentation needles 'go haywire' (they flail wildly and pin at times) at times when the car is started/moving. The local Chevy dealer has examined the car many times over the 2 year period, and has found 'nothing wrong'!!! Can you beleive this?!?! So my wife is stuck driving a car that is dangerous (no turn signals) and subpar, to say the least. At this point, I just want to say we are through with American cars! My family has owned 9 throughout the decades, and ALL of them have given them considerable problems in comparison to Japanese or German cars that we've owned. This can even be documented if one opens up any issue of 'Consumer Reports' and reads ratings of cars. We are totally disgusted with Chevy, and would NEVER consider buying American again. It's a crying shame, but Detroit is doing this to themselves. Wake up Detroit.

Price was good so was the financing 0.9%
but you do get what you pay for.........

Brakes....

no problems other than the brakes, gm couldn't fix the problem so i went to a peformance shopp order cross drilled high performance rotors and pads installed it my self all for $250.00 and the stupid thing stops on a dime now, no more shaking or vibrations, FIXED
for you people asking were did i got the brakes from ...
was from KVR performance

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Always a import driver my first domestic (and last)
it sucks

I like the size, its very roomy and has a very large trunk.

Everything, havent had anything but trouble since the first month I bought it.

I haven't had anything but trouble withthis car since I bought it. I cannot even name all the problems that I have had with it. It all started with the fuel pump, which I think was replaced 2 times. Then after they supposedly fixed that the cruise control wouldnt work because the cars RMPs kept jumping up and down. The windshield has a whissling noise coming from it when the wind is blowing. They were supposed to have resealed it. It still has this problem. The whole transmission was replaced because they told me that they found metal shaving in it. Before that they replaced all kinds of parts until they just finally replaced it all. I have had it in the shop so much that the service men hate to see me come in and they are rude to me when I do. The left headlight has a leak in it. They had to replace a bulb in the taillight when I had had it for only a week. All of these problems occured after owning it for only a year. Now my car has almost 50,000 miles on it and at around 36,000 miles I started having problems with the A/C. The fan kicks off and doesnt cool. It was a little to late by the time I finally noticed that it didnt need coolant anymore, and my warrenty had run out. There have been lots more problems that I cannot remember. In all it has been in the shop numerous times, at least 8 or more. I had been informed by a relative that GM had a recall on a part that had to do with the A/C. When I called my dealer they said that they hadnt heard of any recall. Now its out of warranty and I really dont know what to do know. I am going to call the dealer and ask them to fix it one more time and then go up the chain of command, but by this time I'll have 100,000 miles on it or have gotten anything but a Chevrolet. I highly DO NOT recommend this car to anyone. It has been nothing but trouble.

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Everything other than brakes.

Had to replace brake rotors 3 times, turned 3 times in the first 25,000 miles. Still having problems , not yet fixed. GM a bunch of sheister-noggins.

I thought I was buying a new car so I would not have to spend a lot of time in the shop. Little did I know.

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its a very good car. i like the over all look of the car. im into lowriders and euro's so ive redone a lot of things in the car. like paint and interior. so far i have had no problems with the car but i hear a lot of bad stuff about them. im at 17,000 miles and no problem yet from the car just the gm dealers.

dont make enough extra stuff like body kits or anything for the car

ive won every car show that i have entered with it

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Nice room. Good highway car. Tuneup costs for first several thousand
miles nonexistant.

Brakes and rotors after (87,000). Had trouble removing the fuel
filter, but 3rd mechanic was able to replace. Control arms were
replaced at 100,000 after enduring rattling noises.

120,000 miles on the car.
Original battery and alternator.
Replaced brakes at 50,000. Brakes and rotors at 87,000 and
then a couple of times since.
Been happy and would like to get 200,000 miles out of the car
and transmission.
Original suspension still on car. Replacing radiator hoses this
weekend 06/08/01. Replaced a total of 4 bulbs.
2 tires lasted to 78,000 while 2 lasted only 50,000.

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