2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC Problems & Recalls
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Common Problems
MY FUEL LEVEL GAUGE IS MALFUNCTIONING. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD THE ENTIRE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY REPLACED AND THE IN DASH GAUGES CHECKED, IT WILL NOT REGISTER PAST 1/4 TANK. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 150 MILES THE GAUGE WILL SUDDENLY DROP, THE LOW FUEL LIGHT WILL COME ON. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ...
ANTI THEFT SYSTEM KEEPS ON COMING ON AND WILL NOT LET YOUR CAR START !!! THEY EVEN REPLACED THE KEY HOLES WITH FILLERS IN IT. YOU HAVE TO TURN THE KEY AND WAIT 15 TO 20 MIN. BEFORE IT WILL START OR SOMETIME IT WILL NOT WORK!!!! HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT AND THAT STILL DOES NOT FIX THE IGNITION SWITCH ...
Mileage: 85,000
BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. ALL THE LINES(4) RUN VERY CLOSE TOGETHER UNDERNEETH THE AIR FILTER BOX. BY RUNNING THE LINES THIS CLOSE TOGETHER IT ALLOWS MOISTURES TO BE HELD IN THE TINY GAPS BETWEEN THE LINES, THERBY CUASING ACCELERATED RUSTING AND CORROSION. BRAKE LINE...
Mileage: 114,000
I HAD TAKEN MY SON TO THE DR. AND THE CAR HAD BEEN TURNED OFF FOR LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. WHEN WE CAME BACK OUT, THE CAR WOULDN'T START. IT WOULD TURN OVER BUT WOULDN'T FIRE UP. AFTER SITTING IN THE BLAZING SUN WITH MY SICK CHILD FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES, A FRIEND CAME TO ASSIST US. THE FUEL PUMP W...
THIS VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS WITH ITS STARTER. I'M NOT SURE OF THE FIRST DATE IT WAS NOTICED. INITIALLY THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION, IT WOULD TAKE UP TO 1/2 HR OR MORE FOR THE KEY TO COME OUT, THEN LONGER, THEN DAYS IN WHICH THE BATTERY WOULD HAVE TO BE RECHARGED. IT ALSO ON OCCASION WOULD ...
2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, REPLACED IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER AND SWITCH*CW
THE PRESCRIBED/PROPOSED FIX BY GM OVER THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES IS THE MOST LAME EXCUSE FOR A FIX I HAVE EVER HEARD OF. JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD SAYING THIS. *TR
Mileage: 106,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, THE KEY REMAINED STUCK IN THE ACCESSORY, ON OR OFF MODE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH TUMBLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ...
Mileage: 144,000
TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, THE KEY FAILED TO RELEASE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE KEY WOULD REMAIN STUCK IN THE OFF, ACCESSORY, AND/OR ON MODE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT T...
IGNITION KEY CAN BE REMOVED/FALLS OUT WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. WE HAVE HAD SIX INCIDENTS WHERE WE PARKED CAR AND REMOVED KEY AND THEN CAR STARTED ROLLING. IN TWO INCIDENTS AN OPEN DOOR OF THE ROLLING CAR CAUGHT PERSON KNOCKING THEM DOWN, ONE INCIDENT JUST MISSED ROLLING OVER FOOT. IN EACH ...
Mileage: 160,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SECURITY SENSOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT A BRIEF MOMENT FOR THE SECURITY SYSTEM TO DISABLE IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEH...
WE STOP AND WAITING FOR RED LIGHT, WHEN THE LIGHT TURN TO GREEN, PUSH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE CAR NOT HAVE ANY REACTION. I TURN OFF THE CAR, AND START AGAIN THEN THE CAR CAN MOVE. *TR
Mileage: 94,650
WE STOP AND WAITING FOR RED LIGHT, WHEN THE LIGHT TURN TO GREEN, PUSH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE CAR NOT HAVE ANY REACTION. I TURN OFF THE CAR, AND START AGAIN THEN THE CAR CAN MOVE. *TR
Mileage: 94,650
2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCHES PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION, AND THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK. *JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND PUSHED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS OPERABLE DURING THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO S...
Mileage: 118,500
FOR TWO YEARS NOW MY DOORS WILL LOCK AUTOMATICALLY WHEN I TURN THE CAR OF AND GET OUT. ALSO THE HORN WILL BLOW FOR NO REASON LIKE I HAVE LOCKED THE DOORS. I CAN'T LEAVE MY KEYS IN THE CAR BECAUSE IT HAS LOCKED WITH KEYS IN THE IGNITION. RECENTLY WHEN I GO TO START THE CAR I HAVE TO JIGGLE THE KEY ...
CAME TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR JUST STALLED OUT... REPLACED THE BATTERY AFTER DRAINING IT FROM TRYING TO RESTART IT. AFTER READING ABOUT THE ANTI-THEFT PROBLEMS THESE MODELS HAVE HAD AND HOW TO RESET IT, IT STARTED BUT THEN IT DOES IT STILL OCCASIONALLY AND I HAVE TO REPEAT THE PROCEDUR...
Mileage: 130,000
CAME TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR JUST STALLED OUT... REPLACED THE BATTERY AFTER DRAINING IT FROM TRYING TO RESTART IT. AFTER READING ABOUT THE ANTI-THEFT PROBLEMS THESE MODELS HAVE HAD AND HOW TO RESET IT, IT STARTED BUT THEN IT DOES IT STILL OCCASIONALLY AND I HAVE TO REPEAT THE PROCEDUR...
Mileage: 130,000
MY 2004 CHEVY CLASSIC WILL NOT START. SUSPECTING THE THEFT SYSTEM. I'VE DEALT WITH THE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT BEFORE, BUT THIS TIME IT HAS BEEN ON SOLID OR NOT ON AT ALL. I'VE TRIED THE 10 MINUTE RESTART TWICE WITH NO LUCK. I TRIED A VARIATION OF THE 10 MINUTE RESET THAT HAD ME DO IT 3 TIMES BACK TO BA...
Mileage: 130,000
THE "THEFT SYSTEM" LIGHT WILL COME ON RANDOMLY AND MY CAR WILL NOT START. THE ONLY CURE IS TO TURN THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION FOR 10 MINUTES UNTIL THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT ON THE DASH GOES OUT. THEN TURN THE KEY TO OFF AND THE WILL THEN START. *TR
Mileage: 63,385
THE "THEFT SYSTEM" LIGHT WILL COME ON RANDOMLY AND MY CAR WILL NOT START. THE ONLY CURE IS TO TURN THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION FOR 10 MINUTES UNTIL THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT ON THE DASH GOES OUT. THEN TURN THE KEY TO OFF AND THE WILL THEN START. *TR
Mileage: 63,385
THE VEHICLES ANTI THEFT SYSTEM TURNED THE FUEL OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED 6 TIMES AND RESULTED IN MULTIPLE TOWING AND MECHANICS BILLS. HAS ALSO ENDANGERED OUR SAFETY BY LEAVING US STRANDED ALONG THE ROAD. HAD REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND FILTERS AND LINES, ETC. BEFORE I DETERMINED PROBLEM TO BE SECURITY SY...
Mileage: 143,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO WAS CURRENTLY INSPECTING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Mileage: 100,000
SECURITY FEATURE ON A 2004 CHEVY CLASSIC MALFUNCTIONS DISABLING THE ABILITY TO START THE VEHICLE. THE THEFT PROTECTION DEVICE FAILS TO READ THE KEY PROPERLY WHICH THEN DOES NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO START. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MANY CHEVY MALIBU AND CLASSICS WITH NO SUPPORT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. ...
Mileage: 89,000
OCCASIONALLY, AT THE MOST INOPPORTUNE TIMES, THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO START MY VEHICLE. THE ONLY CURE IS TO TURN THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION FOR 10 MINUTES UNTIL THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT ON THE DASH GOES OUT. THIS IS GETTING TO BE A MAJOR PAIN IN THE NECK, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I AM HAND...
Mileage: 65,000
2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE ANTI-THEFT FEATURE. THE CAR WILL ENTER 'ANTI-THEFT' MODE AND WON'T START FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THIS HAS LEFT MY DAUGHTER STRANDED MULTIPLE TIMES, AND HER ONLY RECOURSE IS TO SIT WITH THE KEY TURNED ON FOR 10 MINUTES UNTIL THE SYSTEM RESETS.
Mileage: 132,000
MY 2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC'S PASSLOCK SYSTEM IS FAULTY. THE "THEFT SYSTEM" LIGHT WILL COME ON RANDOMLY AND MY CAR WILL NOT START. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE VERY DANGEROUS AS I LIVE IN A DESERT AND RIGHT NOW THE DAY TIME TEMPERATURES CAN REACH UP TO 120 DEGREES. THE 1ST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN...
Mileage: 75,000
MY 2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC'S PASSLOCK SYSTEM IS FAULTY. THE "THEFT SYSTEM" LIGHT WILL COME ON RANDOMLY AND MY CAR WILL NOT START. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE VERY DANGEROUS AS I LIVE IN A DESERT AND RIGHT NOW THE DAY TIME TEMPERATURES CAN REACH UP TO 120 DEGREES. THE 1ST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN...
Mileage: 75,000
MY 2004 CHEVY CLASSIC'S PASSLOCK THEFT SYSTEM HAS MALFUNCTIONED THREE TIMES IN LESS THAN A MONTH. FORTUNATELY I NOTICED THE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT BLINKING AND FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. AFTERWARDS I DID RESEARCH ON THE WEB ABOUT THIS AND DISCOVERED THAT IT IS SOMETHING COMMON...
Mileage: 72,400
2004 CHEVY CLASSIC - SOMETIMES THE THEFT DETERRENT ACCORDING TO CHEVROLET, THE FIX IS SUPPOSED TO BE LEAVING THE KEY TURNED. TURN THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION, RIGHT BEFORE IT CRANKS WHEN THE LIGHTS AND RADIO TURN ON. LEAVE IT THERE FOR TEN MINUTES UNTIL THE ANTI THEFT LIGHT TURNS OFF. THEN TURN THE K...
Mileage: 98,000
2004 CHEVY CLASSIC - SOMETIMES THE THEFT DETERRENT ACCORDING TO CHEVROLET, THE FIX IS SUPPOSED TO BE LEAVING THE KEY TURNED. TURN THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION, RIGHT BEFORE IT CRANKS WHEN THE LIGHTS AND RADIO TURN ON. LEAVE IT THERE FOR TEN MINUTES UNTIL THE ANTI THEFT LIGHT TURNS OFF. THEN TURN THE K...
Mileage: 98,000
2005 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVY CLASSIC ANTI THEFT SYSTEM. SYSTEM WILL ARBITRARILY NOT ALLOW CAR TO START. HAVE BEEN TO REPAIR SHOP (NOT DEALER) TO FIND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. ANTI THEFT LIGHT WILL COME ON DURING DRIVE AT WHICH TIME I IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER SO AS NOT RISK CAR SHUTTING DOWN. TURN KEY TO ...
Mileage: 70,000
I OWN A 2004 CHEVY MALIBU CLASSIC, THE "UNKNOWN CAR". UNKNOWN FOR ANYTHING WORTHWHILE THAT IS. ANYWAYS THIS CARS THEFT SYSTEM FROM WHAT I CAN TELL IS TOTALLY FAULTY AND RANDOMLY MAKES YOU HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES SO YOUR CAR WILL START. RESETTING THE THEFT SYSTEM IS THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMS TO FIX T...
Mileage: 90,000
MY HUSBAND WAS TAKING OUR FOUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN TO SCHOOL OCT. 18, 2005, TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-45 IN THE HOUSTON AREA IN OUR 2004 MALIBU CLASSIC WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES ON IT. WITNESSES SAID HE SWERVED AROUND SEVERAL CARS AND WAS GOING 80+ MPH. HE PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER, PASSED AND CL...
Mileage: 40,000
MY HUSBAND WAS TAKING OUR FOUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN TO SCHOOL OCT. 18, 2005, TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-45 IN THE HOUSTON AREA IN OUR 2004 MALIBU CLASSIC WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES ON IT. WITNESSES SAID HE SWERVED AROUND SEVERAL CARS AND WAS GOING 80+ MPH. HE PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER, PASSED AND CL...
Mileage: 40,000
MY HUSBAND WAS TAKING OUR FOUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN TO SCHOOL OCT. 18, 2005, TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-45 IN THE HOUSTON AREA IN OUR 2004 MALIBU CLASSIC WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES ON IT. WITNESSES SAID HE SWERVED AROUND SEVERAL CARS AND WAS GOING 80+ MPH. HE PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER, PASSED AND CL...
Mileage: 40,000
MY HUSBAND WAS TAKING OUR FOUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN TO SCHOOL OCT. 18, 2005, TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-45 IN THE HOUSTON AREA IN OUR 2004 MALIBU CLASSIC WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES ON IT. WITNESSES SAID HE SWERVED AROUND SEVERAL CARS AND WAS GOING 80+ MPH. HE PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER, PASSED AND CL...
Mileage: 40,000
2004 CHEVY CLASSIC ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM ENGAGES EVERY TIME THE ENGINE FAILS TO START ON THE FIRST SPARK. IT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ONCE (TILL I FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM) AND SINCE HAS OCCURRED ABOUT 8 TIMES A WEEK. ENGINE COLD OR HOT DOES NOT MATTER. THE TEN MINUTES IS CERTAINLY INCONVENIENT AND AT TIM...
Mileage: 103,000
TURN SIGNALS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS ARE INOPERATIVE, THE DRIVER CANNOT USE THEM TO SIGNAL INTENT TO TURN THAT COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. *TR
Mileage: 78,000
I SIMPLY TRIED TO TURN ON MY CAR AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK AND THE "SECURITY" SYSTEM WONT ALLOW THE CAR TO TURN ON. *TR
Mileage: 54,000
CHEVY CLASSIC 2004 WOULD NOT START. FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. OUT OF WARRANTY. NOTICED ANTI-THEFT LIGHT ON A FEW TIMES, FOR A FEW MINUTES, 3 OR 4 TIMES IN LAST MONTH. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, BATT, STARTER, ALTERNATOR FINE. LOTS OF FUEL. STARTS IN NEUTRAL FOR 2-3 SECONDS THEN DIES. PASSLOCK ASS...
Mileage: 94,112
IN THE EARLY PART OF 2008 MY FLASHER BEGAN WORKING INTERMITTENTLY ON MY VEHICLE AND I WAS FORCED TO GET THE SYSTEM REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP. SOMETIMES THE TURN SIGNAL WOULD WORK, OTHER TIMES IT WOULD STOP FLASHING PRIOR TO THE PHYSICAL TURN. IN SOME INSTANCES IT WOULD NOT INITIATE AT ALL. AFTER GE...
Mileage: 55,000
I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC. FOR THE PAST YEAR OR MORE I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING MY CAR AND THE ONLY RESOLUTION IS TO WAIT 10MIN. WITH THE IGNITION IN THE ON POSITION UNTIL THE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT GOES OFF. I FIGURED THIS OUT BY READING THE OWNERS MANUAL BUT I FEEL SORRY FOR THE MA...
Mileage: 95,000
I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC. FOR THE PAST YEAR OR MORE I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING MY CAR AND THE ONLY RESOLUTION IS TO WAIT 10MIN. WITH THE IGNITION IN THE ON POSITION UNTIL THE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT GOES OFF. I FIGURED THIS OUT BY READING THE OWNERS MANUAL BUT I FEEL SORRY FOR THE MA...
Mileage: 95,000
CAR WOULD NOT START. REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. NOT THE PROBLEM. FOUND OUT THAT THE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT WAS THE PROBLEM AFTER MY BROTHER IN LAW CALLED A FRIEND OF HIS THAT WORKED AT GM. THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT THE CAR WILL NOT START AND I HAVE TO LEAVE KEYS ...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFOGGER HAS STOPPED WORKING. WHEN TRYING TO CLEAR THE INTERIOR WINDSHIELD GLASS, THE EXTERIOR WINDSHIELD FOGS UP VERY QUICKLY. THE FAILURE OCCURS DURING DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE FRO...
Mileage: 49,000
I HAD PURCHASED MY CHEVY IN FEB 05'.IT WAS CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE WITH ONLY 15,000 MILES. ON 2-25-07 I HEARD A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY CAR. I BROUGHT IT TO TWO MECHANICS AND TO MY SURPRISE BOTH OF MY WHEEL BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, ONE WAS FALLING OFF. BOTH MECHANICS TOLD M...
Mileage: 57,106
I PURCHASED MY CAR LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AS A CERTIFIED USED CAR, AND THE BRAKES ARE BECOMING A VERY BIG PROBLEM. I HAVE RESEARCHED RECALLS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY VEHICLE AND NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL CONCERNING THE BRAKES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY, IF MY CAR WAS ...
Mileage: 38,000
I PURCHASED MY CAR LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AS A CERTIFIED USED CAR, AND THE BRAKES ARE BECOMING A VERY BIG PROBLEM. I HAVE RESEARCHED RECALLS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY VEHICLE AND NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL CONCERNING THE BRAKES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY, IF MY CAR WAS ...
Mileage: 38,000
DT: THE CONSUMER STATES SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED IN MARCH 2005. THE TRANSMISSION WAS JUMPING REAL BADLY. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENED. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER IT WAS ALRIGHT, SHE THEN HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY ANOTHER MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. . IT HAPPENS WHEN THE VEH...
Mileage: 37,000