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2008 Chevrolet Malibu locks complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that the power locks failed to lock and unlock. The failure occurred intermittently. The failure affected the rear doors and the front passenger door. The failure occurred when attempting to lock the doors using the inner door lock control on the driver's side instrument panel. The contact noticed that the failure occurred more often when there were higher temperatures. The vehicle was not taken to dealer for inspection or repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure; however no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 24,500 and the current mileage was 25,600. Updated 09/05/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that none of the doors would lock or unlock. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and the contact was informed that all four door actuators needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 58,000. Updated 09/05/12*lj the consumer stated in order to unlock the doors the window had to be rolled down to be able to reach inside and manually unlock them. The consumer's three grandchildren were in the parked vehicle with the ignition off when the locks failed. The consumer purchased the vehicle with 56,000 miles. Updated 09/10/2012
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet malibu lt. The contact stated that the power door locks failed to secure both front doors and the passenger side rear door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The dealer confirmed that the locking mechanisms failed but the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 20,000 and the current mileage was 60,000.
Remote lock would not work on driver's door.
2008 chevrolet malibu 4 door sedan. I purchased the car and approx. One month after purchase the front passenger door lock failed to operate, I took it to the dealer the car was purchased from and they fixed it under the warranty. Approx. One year after the passenger door lock incident, both driver side door locks failed. Took the car back to the dealer and they wouldn't fix it because I was 200 miles over my warranty. Approx. 3 months later the rear passenger door lock failed as well. I cannot unlock the back doors, and have to use the key to unlock the front door. I have two small nephews in car seats and my concern is that if they are in the vehicle during an incident that I will not be able to get the children free from the back seat because of the door locks. They cannot reach the lock itself so they would be trapped. For myself to fix the door locks would cost more than three monthly payments on the vehicle and in the economy that is very high. I would prefer to have a safe vehicle with no concerns about the safety of my vehicle to have to worry about when traveling with my nephews. After doing some research I have discovered this is a wide spread issue with this make and model. Considering this I believe it is a problem that gm needs to address.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that the rear passenger side door could not be locked with the keyless entry system or manually. The dealer advised the contact that the door actuator needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance. No repairs were performed. The current mileage was 74,741 and the failure mileages were 70,000. The VIN was unavailable. Updated 04/25/12 *bf the consumer stated the passenger side door, was also beginning to display the same problem. Updated 04/30/12
Door lock actuator failed in rear, driver's side door.
After returning grocery shopping I could not get groceries into back seat, door would not unlock . This could have been going on for months as I always put groceries in front passenger seat and floor and never used rear doors . Approximately 1-2 weeks later other rear passenger door would not lock or unlock. I contacted dealer who stated gm might work with me to help a little but doubt it as my mileage was at 42000 miles. After checking online I found numerous complaints from malibu owners that this has happened to them at 40,000 - 50,000 miles after the warranty is over. This problem should be covered by gm as it shows a defect in the actuater in doors go bad, as well as a negligent safety hazard knowing many cars having this problem. Is it going toi take someone to die in rear seats due to this defect when an accident or fire occurs. This is a huge safety hazard as children in the back seat cannot open door if there was an accident or fire, as well as a policeman/fireman/rescuerer, cannot open either rear doors from the outside. You have to crawl over and sqeeze in between front seats and have entire body in back seats before you can reach the door locks to manually open them. This is going to cost me approx $400-$500.00 for rear doors and reading other customers this could eventually apply to all doors including front doors (another $400-$500.00). This is my first chevy I purchased brand new and will probably my last.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that the doors would not unlock when using the remote control or with manual the lock and unlock buttons. The contact stated that the only way to open the doors was to pull the knob to unlock it manually. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that the door lock actuator was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was no longer under warranty. The vehicle was repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 64,000.
Back in april I started having problems with my driver side lock. It would get stuck. Sometimes the door wouldn't even open. I would press the button to unlock the door, and that wouldn't work. I would have to use my key, ans sometimes that didn't work either. I am still having problems with the lock, and pretty much everyday I have to use my key to open the driver side door. I was told to use wd-40 and that sill didn't help. The most recent event with my car is this loud vibrating noise that has been occuring off and on for the past two months. I'v had several people check it out and they say they can't find anything wrong. My car makes the noise while sitting in park, sometimes while I'm driving, or sitting still at a light. About a 1-1 1/2 months ago my wheel wou;d move back and forth. I went to have it checked out and was told that there wasn't anything wrong. My wheel moves more and more. It moves sometimes when I first start my car, while sitting a light, and at various speeds while I am driving. When I turn my steering wheel back in a neutral position sometimes it would turn the other way. Today my wheel was moving while I was drivng and my car started moving in the same direction. It was hard to control and it was very scary because I was on the highway. I'm so fed up with this car, and I totally regret buying it. I am probably never going to buy a chevrolet again, even if chevrolet's are all that I have ever owned.
Nothing occurred prior to my passenger door lock not working, electronically. It does not lock/unlock when the car is placed in park, or using the key control or door panel control. We are having the dealer hopefully fix the problem tomorrow.
Power door locks do not work properly... The passenger side rear power door lock was repaired under warranty. The other three remaining power door locks do not function correctly and have to be locked manually. This is an inconvenience when exiting the vehicle and also a hazard in the event of an emergency...
The was nothing leading up to the event, the car was working fine. One day in may I put the car in park, and noticed that the front passenger door did not unlock as the rest of the doors did. I put the care back in drive, then back in park, still the door did not unlock, I tried the lock button, and the remote for the car and nothing happened. I went to the dealership, and since my warranty is up, I was told its $52 to diagnose the problem. Unfortunately my bumper-to-bumper warranty ended in dec 2010. I see that this is a known issue with one or more doors not working after approximately 37k miles.
Rear driver door will not unlock with power locks. It is very difficult to reach the manual door lock without crawling into the back seat and there is no keyhole on the exterior of the rear door. It would be extremely difficult to get my children out of the car if there were an emergency.
Driverside rear passenger door and front passenger door unlocks not working, or work intermittently. Have manually lock/unlock both doors.
2008 malibu - drivers door latch does not work. Often driver gets stuck in vehicle. In addition, there is a loud knock in the steering and it has had a ring gear replaced already, same problem 12,000 miles later.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that the rear driver side automatic door lock would not activate upon the engagement of the key fob or the interior door lock device. The vehicle had not been diagnosed. The failure mileage was 24,638.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet malibu ltz. The contact stated that the rear driver and passengers doors were unable to opened from the outside. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer and they advised him that they needed to replace the door lock actuators on the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 47,000.
The door lock motors have gone out on both the driver side door and the driver side passenger door. The back door went out first followed by the front door. The problem occurs all the time, the automatic door locks do not work at all. We have not repaired this issues simply because we cannot afford the extra expense.
I own a 2008 chevy malibu that was bought new off the lot. The door locks on both back doors and the passenger door started malfunctioning a few months ago, and now even the driver door lock is inoperable. I have changed the batteries in the fobs, to no avail. I had onstar also do the auto unlock, but this too in unsuccessful. I purchased all extended warranties the company had to offer, but unfortunately they only cover up to 36,000 miles. I am currently at 36,000 miles and unfortunately out of luck. The service center wants $90 just to diagnose the issue before they even tell me what the costs may be.
I own a 2008 malibu lt2. Shortly after the 36,000 mile warrant ran out the passenger front door lock would not unlock with the remote or by the unlock button. It has to be manually unlocked. About one month later the rear drivers door began doing the same thing. I took it to the dealership and they charged me $80 dollars to tell me it would cost $400 to replace both actuators on the locks. I see there have been many similar complaints on the door locks on 2008 malibu's. When it becomes a normal occurrence that parts on a car are going bad it should be the responsibility of the manufacturer to fix them. In reading the other complaints on the malibu I see a lot on the steering shaking and jerking. This is really scary as I drive over 400 miles to see my son at college. To think this might happen when I would be driving in the mountains of virginia is really scary. Chevy needs to step up and put out recalls on this problem before someone is killed in an accident.
Both rear door lock actuators are inoperable. The doors will not lock automatically or unlock automatically. Both doors will not lock or unlock when the power door lock button is actuated. Both doors will not lock when the car is placed into drive. The rear doors can be opened when the car is moving. Both doors will not lock or unlock using the remote keyless entry. Because the vehicle is out of warranty, gm will not cover the repairs.
My 2008 chevy malibu 1lt has several problems, let me explain. First the problem was a slight clicking, popping in the steering column when turning the wheel, then it starting doing it every time I slightly turn the wheel you can feel it through the steering column, nothing bad but its annoying, then suddenly within a couple months of that my power locks suddenly started going up and down by themselves periodically whether it's parked or being driven, locked me out two times, I was late for work because I had to call door unlocking service, also the manual locks on the door used to lock and unlock won't work at all, you have to manually use your hand, then to beat it all my seatbelt wont lock I tried to click it but it wont even go down hardly at all, this is only the seatbelt in the drivers side. This is a real bad safety issue and the law in ky (click it or ticket) so far that's all I can say is going on for now. I do know this for a fact I will never buy a chevrolet.
I have automatic locks on my car and I have already had to take the car in twice to have the locks repaired or replaced and now the locks are giving me problems again. The car is still under the warranty period, but this is the third time that I'm going to have to take the car in for the same type of problem.
Bought a used 2008 malibu with 36k, by the time I hit 43k the driver side rear door lock would not work electronically. By the time I hit 45k the driver door is not working properly. I looked into the issue and there are many others out there with the same problem. Chevy dealers then charge over $1000 to fix the lock motors, even though it seems to be a factory defect.
2008 chevy malibu automatic door locks fail to operate properly. Began with passenger rear door and moved to all doors. When car reaches 15 MPH the doors are supposed to auto lock. They do not. Keyless entry and starter do not work. Battery was replaced in the key fob with no change. Took car to dealership for repair. Cost would be 250 dollars per door to repair. Car was taken in to dealership prior to 3 yr 36000 mile warranty had expired with intermittent door locks on rear door working and was told there was nothing wrong. Door locks completely failed after 36000 mile warranty had expired.
My car locks on all 4 doors has to be manually locked, when they are electrical. And when I use the remote to unlock the doors, and I open a door, the alarm sounds. The locks on my doors has not been working for a long time, and of course I am out of the warranty time. I think there should be a recall on that. It really gets tiring. The warning light for the air bags and tire pressure monitor has been coming on since forever, again, I think a recall should be called for these cars.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet malibu. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the steering wheel pulled to the left and then to the right. The contact had to slow down and grip the wheel tight in order to gain control of the vehicle. The failure occurred intermittently but had become progressively worse over time. She also noticed that the door locks had malfunctioned. The wheel bearing was replaced but the doors locks were not repaired when the complaint was filed. The vehicle had not been inspected for the steering failure. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000. The current mileage was approximately 72,000.
I have a 2008 chevy malibu that has some steering issues. The steering wheel will jerk back and forth while driving or while sitting still, steering wheel makes a popping noise when turning. 2 of the 4 door locks completely quit working electronically. So many more problems, this car is a lemon and gm and the government should be ashamed for making this vehicle car of the year.
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