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Transmission Went Out
2009 Chevrolet Malibu
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Chevrolet dealer.
8.8
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $2,870
- Average Mileage:
- 85,100 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 16 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace transmission (10 reports)
- not sure (4 reports)
- installed new wavy plate, input housing, etc (2 reports)
transmission problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I have a 2009 Malibu LTZ with a 3.6L VVT, V6, and the 6 speed automatic transmission.
One day I'm heading to work. I notice a little chug when I put the car into reverse, I also notice that the RPM's are hanging just a little too long before shifting. I continue to work, and then head home at the end of the day with the same problem. Fortunately my car has a Dip Stick on the front of the tranny. I check the fluid and notice its low, so I add. If you have ever seen the dip stick location, its not user friendly. Its hard to get a true reading because you don't have room to re-install the dip stick without rubbing the sides of the reservoir . I decide F-it and take it to a shop and have the tranny fluid and filter changed for piece of mind at a cost of, $180 bucks. I drive it home, seems to be no problems. I'm thinking, sweet it worked.
I get into the car the next day and drive about 80 miles to a buddies house. I get their and put the car into reverse to back up.... Nothing.. Its like the car is in neutral. Its pouring rain so I leave it sit for a few hours. I get back in, and it works as it should, but with the chugging again. Its at this point I realize that I have a bigger problem than the fluid. I drive the car home and never have any problems on the highway. I get home and put it into reverse again and nothing again. flash forward a few days, I drive it to the grocery store in town. I notice its now slipping while driving and the reverse problem showed up again. (I figured it would happen again, but was hoping a time out would show the car I mean business) I was told that it most likely has bad wave plates. The cost to fix was about $2500.00, but that might not fix the problem. A complete transmission replacement was about $4500.00.
I bought the car with 96,000 miles and it time of death is 108,149 miles. We have a Impala that just rolled 260,000, a Satillac (Saturn SL). that died with 300,000+, a GMC Jimmy that died with 250,000+. So for this car to have a transmission fail at 108,149 really ticked me off. I contacted Chevy and got the run around. They said that there were no recalls for the transmission, and according to Cris, they never had any. After reading posts in this site I realize GM knows about the problem and it turning their head. That makes me angry.
- Brian H., De Forest, WI, US