Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU / 2002

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006071816 Incident Date: Jun, 26 2006
Consumer's City: REEDLEY Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1ND52J42M Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 16 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 17 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Malibu 2002 purchased on may 18, 2003 with 33,000 miles . on july 15, 2003 there was a problem with the coolant system and car overheated. according to dealer car was fixed. on june 1, 2004 there was a problem with the electrical system. june 27, 2006 with 72, 000 miles, there is oil in coolant reservoir and a coolant leak. there was a lower intake leak and leak at water pump. the lower intake and water pump was replaced but on july 17, 2006 the same problem came again. july 17, 2006 only a few weeks after the problem with oil in the coolant reservoir, same problem occurred and dealer does not want to take responsibility for it. *jb