Chev Malibu - electrical/starting problem

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bhavin66@gmail.com - 09 Oct 2006 20:59 GMT

I have owned 2001 LS and i have this starting problem.
It happened just after about 3 yr ( I had 5 yrs Ex Warr) and got to a
dealer and they said they had to change some parts which fixed it. Last
yr just about 1 month short of 5 yrs it happened again and the dealer
ended up replacing a bunch more stuff, this time about $700 ( i just
paid $250 for towing and some parts not covered and oil change etc) and
it still persisted and finally the techie told me there was a loose
connection under carriage which fixed the problem after going back and
forth for a week.
I have a countless posts by lots of peple referring to GM vehicles and
having similar issues and similar remedies ( like keep the keys in the
ignition ON for 10 mins and the cars starts ). I wonder if this is a
bug in the software which GM intentionally ignores or is too busy
working on new features or just left there for the aftersales revenue ?
Would like GM to comment and provide a solution. Personally I like my
Malibu and some other GM vehicles i have tried (rented) over the years.

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bhavin66@gmail.com - 16 Oct 2006 15:15 GMT

Over the past week or so it has become more frequest and the only thing
i could link or i think is the problem is the cruise control.

I noticed today morning that it was completely dead and my criuse
control light was ON

I had bought a Jumpstarter and charged it full just for safety and I
had to use it today morning and first crank it came ON after jumpstart.

Does that mean that criuse control does drain the battery overnight ?!

Any ideas please.

> I have owned 2001 LS and i have this starting problem.
> It happened just after about 3 yr ( I had 5 yrs Ex Warr) and got to a
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> Would like GM to comment and provide a solution. Personally I like my
> Malibu and some other GM vehicles i have tried (rented) over the years.

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ace - 16 Oct 2006 22:13 GMT

Cruise control shouldn't drain the battery. I don't know what the
porblem could be though.

> Over the past week or so it has become more frequest and the only thing
> i could link or i think is the problem is the cruise control.
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> > Would like GM to comment and provide a solution. Personally I like my
> > Malibu and some other GM vehicles i have tried (rented) over the years.

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