While driving in with cruise control on at 55 MPH, the cruise quit with no warning and the turn signals stopped working. Although the cruise has had no problems to date, have to tap (sometimes beat) on the top of the dash to get the turn signals working again. Have had a couple of close calls where I had someone behind me - the signals would just stop. Saw the federal safety agency campaign id 03v327 but that recall was for 2000-2001 malibu.
2002 Chevrolet Malibu: adaptive cruise control problems
5 of the 567 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu describe adaptive cruise control problems.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below
Adaptive cruise control problems by model year
What owners say
Cruise control disengages by itself at any given speed after driving a mile or so. Then I hit resume, kicks on and after a while, disengages by itself again. Last night it disconnected 21 times in a 16 mile stretch of on highway I-4. This after taken it to dealer courtesy chevrolet whom I reported the condition and they replaced some parts. But still doing the same.
Car has failed to start on numerous occasions and no one has been able to tell us why. We have had to replace the head gasket, which had not fixed the problem. Our wipers only work on high. Our heat only works on number 4 and 5. While driving home on the freeway during rush hour with my baby daughter in the car, the car just decided to die on me. I had to try to get out of the passing lane, so that I could pull off of the road. My radio and heat still worked, but car would not restart. My oil and battery and cruise control lights were on (I had not even used the cruise control) and my car just would not start. It took me an hour to get my car to start again, now I am afraid to drive it any distance for fear of being stranded.
Problems with vehicle's radio equipment. *mr the vehicle would lose the time and the radio would lose stations when the vehicle was turned on, the temperature gauge read above normal, the cruise control would cut off and when the engine was cold there would be a hesitation.
The car jerks at 70 MPH, dealer could not find the problem. The cruise control was stuck in the on position when starting the car (was not activated), dealer could not find the problem. The car feels unstable and shacks at 50+ MPH (since the time of purchase the tire pressure has not been adjusted), the dealer said the tire was over inflated, tire pressure was corrected, but the shacking has become worse.
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Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu adaptive cruise
Is adaptive cruise control problems a common problem on the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu?
5 of 567 owner complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu (1%) mention adaptive cruise control problems. The model year with the most reports is 2010.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu?
There are 0 recalls and 1 service bulletin for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu
Won't start 88Stalling 34Fuel pump 24Overheating 16Headlights 12ABS 10Loss of power 10Check engine light 9Engine failure 9Hesitation 8No deployment 7Grinding brakes 6Door locks 6Warning lights 6Wipers 6Ball joint 5
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