Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU / 2006

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006106678 Incident Date: Oct, 04 2006
Consumer's City: COMPTON Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:anti-theft:control module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1NE52JX3M Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 21 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 17 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet malibu classic. the contact stated that the anti-theft system automatically shuts itself down as well as the engine. the light illuminates and once the vehicle shuts off, she must leave the ignition in the on position before it can restart. the failure has occurred several times and the contact has had to wait ten minutes or more for the vehicle to restart. the manufacturer's manual does not state how to stop this failure. this failure should only occur when someone is attempting to steal the vehicle, but always occurs while the contact is driving. she paid over $700 to repair the vehicle and six months later, the failure recurred. the engine size was unknown. the current mileage is 38,000 and failure mileage was 35,000.