Door Latch Problems of Chevrolet Malibu

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. While attempting to open and close the front driver and passenger side doors, the latches failed to connect. As a result, the doors remained open and there were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 140,000.

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The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that all the door latches were defective, which resulted in the door locks having to be locked and unlocked manually. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the door actuator malfunctioned and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was aware of the failure, but did not consider it a safety issue. The failure mileage was approximately 82,000.

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The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that the driver side door latch failed. The contact was unable to unlatch the door from the inside or the outside. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the driver side door latch failed due to defective material. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 57,040.

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The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that there was an electrical failure, which caused multiple failures with the headlights, the dimmer switch, the console lights, the brake lights, and the turn signals. The contact also stated that the front passenger side bulb failed several times and was replaced, but the failure recurred. In addition, the harness was replaced due to corrosion, but the repair failed to remedy the failure. The dealer further inspected the vehicle and found that the headlight assembly wires needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. Additionally, there was a loose pin on one of the body control module connectors. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who replaced the bulbs, but the failure recurred. The dealer then replaced the body control module. In addition, the contact stated that the steering wheel shook excessively and the front passenger and driver side doors were inoperable. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the power steering motor and both the driver and passenger side door latches were replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was not available.

The chevy Malibu 2008 door latch on the passenger side does not work. It has to be opened and closed manually. When you buy anew car and pay that much money for it, you expect the doors to work properly for the life of the car, as I did for my other cars. This is wrong and it should be taken care of by the manufacturer, whether it's under warranty or not. This is just good business practice. Also, my front headlight leaks inside when it rains. This is totally uncalled for. I've driven almost 50 years and this has never happened to any of my cars. This also needs to be taken care of. . . Updated 12/11/12.

2004 Chevrolet Malibu maxx. Consumer writes in regards to solenoid/lock failure and poor attitude of customer service agent. The consumer stated the hatch would not open, using the remote. The same part failed twice.

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The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu maxx. While driving 60 mph, the contact's five and seven year old children opened the rear door. The contact stated that his vehicle has no child safety locks on the rear doors. He also stated that the door locks are too long. The dealer and manufacturer were notified and stated that nothing could be done. The VIN was unknown. The current mileage was 36,000 and failure mileage was 2,000.

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The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu. The vehicle is not equipped with child safety locks. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was manufactured without the child safety locks. The manufacturer offered her a voucher towards the purchase of another vehicle since that was not disclosed at the time of purchase. There are no failures at this time. The current mileage was 62000.

Driving down the roadway and my child who is 4 in the backseat opened the passenger side door. There is no rear child safety lock on the 2004 and 2005 chevy Malibu's. Yet 02 had them.

The contact's child opened the rear passenger door while in motion. By the time she pulled vehicle over the child was still in car seat hanging out of the door. The contact complained several times to dealership that the car did not have child safety locks on it. The dealer told her that it was not possible to install the child locks at this point.

Doors on my 2005 Malibu will not shut in freezing or close to freezing weather. Door will actually fly open when car is in motion. Very dangerous!.

2005 Chevrolet Malibu. Door stop mechanism does not work. Doors swing closed with little or no resistance causing leg injuries and fall risk. Dealer and manufacturer have no solutions. Problem is continuous since we have had the car.

There has been a continuous grinding noise when turning the wheel of my car even if turning only slightly. My girlfriend has the same car and has had to bring her vehicle to the manufacture three times in the past 5 months to be fixed. The problem is that it is wearing down the brakes. My car is only 6 months old and the brakes are already squeeking. Also the rear door latch gets stuck and will not allow the door to close until a screwdriver is taken to it. This is for a 2005 chevy Malibu.

At approx 5 mph, and our back seat passenger rested his arm against the rear drivers side door, the door swung open (latch failure). The door would not re-latch despite approximately 50 attempts to close the door. We rotated the latch assembly trying to see what was wrong and it would still not latch. If this was a child or if I was traveling at a higher speed this could have been catastrophic and could have resulted in injury or death. Finally we were able to get the door to stick closed halfway, the whole drive home it rattled and door ajar was listed. It was 9 degrees f according to the onboard computer at the time. The next morning, at 22 degrees,we opened it and it latched properly on the first attempt. On Jan 21, also at 9 degrees, I opened the rear door and attempted to close it. This would not latch at all, and after 30 minutes of trying, I drove 5 miles to the dealership with my hand extended to the back seat, holding the door closed manually so that it would not swing out and cause an accident or property damage. The service manager looked at this, and duplicated the problem for approx 5 minutes, at which time the car was warmed up slightly due to it being indoors, and it closed properly. The dealer asked if I had any children and when I said no, they released the vehicle to me and said they'd be in contact with gm about this and my suspension issue and call me Monday.

Driver side rear door did not latch properly when closed. No door ajar light was indicated and door swung open upon turning a corner even with doors locked. We were experiencing a cold snap at the time but this has happened another time when there was cold weather. No one was injured but an unbuckled child or passenger could have been thrown from the vehicle. I am not sure if this is a defect with the latch mechanism. I took the vehicle to the dealer and they advised that it was caused by a frozen lock. They treated it with silicon spray and lube. Hopefully this will solve the problem but I am now worried the door will open again. This is a 2005 car with only 700 miles.

As a former gm development engineer I would like to identify a door latch wet freeze condition that under certain conditions jeopardizes customer safety. The issue occurs on some vehicles using the delphi version of the gm global door latch, and there have been several customer complaints in us and canada. The failure mode occurs when the vehicle has been washed, or exposed to water, and the vehicle is frozen afterwards. When water enters the latch, and ice forms the door latch becomes inoperative, the door can be opened and but the latch will not relatch. There have been instances reported in canada in which the customer had experienced this condition and the a passenger almost fell out of a moving vehicle due to the door not relatching. This condition happens primarily on rear doors and effect the following vehicles (Chevrolet Malibu, cobalt, Buick lucerne, Buick lacrosse, Chevrolet equinox, Cadillac srx, Cadillac cts). The issue initially surface in December 2004, and remediation plans to resolve this issue we proven ineffective, yet management continued to believe the problem was solved. Once the winter season was over, the problem was long forgotten. The next winter, winter 2005 the problem resurfaced. To the best of my knowledge there is one full model year of vehicles in excess of 1 million vehicles in the field that when exposed to water and frozen become an occupant hazard. The condition can be easily replicated by washing one of the vehicles and putting it in a cold cell , and then operating the door. I urge NHTSA to look into this issue before any injuries occur.

While traveling and without any indication rear passenger's door becomes unlocked. Please provide further information.

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Consumer attempted to open driver's side door with the car keys. After the key, was inserted and turned, the door didn't opened. The dealership indicated that they will have to replace a part in the door(part unknown). Consumer was involved in a crash where vehicle was lifted in the air, when repairs were made to the vehicle it was not corrected. There are problems with the transmission, brakes and doors.

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