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03, 04 Malibu ?
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Re: 03, 04 Malibu ? -
05-25-2005
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On Mon, 23 May 2005 02:01:41 GMT, "Henry Kolesnik" kolesnik (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote: I'm retired and looking at getting one of these cars and I'd like to know how the reliability of the 4 and 6 cylnder compare. I'm looking for the lowest maintenace cost. Also I like to know if buying the GM extended warranty is worthwhile. Will either of these cars go 200,000 miles with normal maintenance or are there bir problems at some milestone like transmission or other big cost item? If you want reliabiliy, avoid the V6 like the plague. |
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"Henry Kolesnik" <kolesnik (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote in message news:9Qake.196$TJ2.78 (AT) newssvr11 (DOT) news.prodigy.com... I'm retired and looking at getting one of these cars and I'd like to know how the reliability of the 4 and 6 cylnder compare. I'm looking for the lowest maintenace cost. Also I like to know if buying the GM extended warranty is worthwhile. Will either of these cars go 200,000 miles with normal maintenance or are there bir problems at some milestone like transmission or other big cost item? tnx -- 73 Hank WD5JFR Bought a 2003 Malibu LS brand new in September 2002. Dumped it 9-months later. Replaced it with a Chrysler Sebring...which going on 2-years now hasn't been in the shop yet for anything but oil changes and tire rotations...not a single warranty item so far. GM has some good cars. The Malibu just does not seem to be one of them. Perhaps the Pontiac G6 or the Buick LaCrosse would be better choices. Of course, one couldn't beat the old 80-vintage rear-drive Buick LeSabres. Those puppies would routinely go 200K-300K miles easily! |
reversed lemon, from all I hear i am grateful. Is your warranty
covering your repairs? (i hope)
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Interesting that so many people complain about the 3.1 in the Malibu, but I hardly see any gripes about the same engine in the multitude of other vehicles that GM dropped it in. Perception? Reality? Hard to believe that the pistons only slap and the manifolds only leak when it gets into a Malibu According to the resident expert in alt.autos.gm, piston slap affects |
The 3.4L V6 is deployed in a lot more vehicles than the 3.1 is, and they
also suffer from intake manifold gasket leaks.
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whoa! like I said I haven’t had a problem maybe I truly got the reversed lemon, from all I hear i am grateful. Is your warranty covering your repairs? (i hope) -- |
1-2 weeks in the shop for repairs during those 9-months. Compared to the
Sebring I have now that has spent ")" days in the shop in 2-years. The
biggest problem is that the car's body seals weren't sealed at the
factory...it leaked like a sieve when it rained. And the car was one of the
noisier cars I've ever owned...maybe had something to do with the sealing of
the seams as well. The car was simply not very well put together. It was
the worst car I had ever purchased (and that goes back 30+ years!) I
personally wouldn't buy another Malibu.
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