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3.63 out of 5 stars

Love it or hate it

carlover1996, 07/15/2012
2010 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
12 of 14 people found this review helpful

We bought our Malibu in April of 2010. In the beginning we absolutely loved our Malibu. After a few months of owning it problems/things we dislike began to appear. First, the 4 cyl is not enough for this car. It has devoloped a hesitation when hitting the gas (delayed for 1-2 seconds sometimes and is dangerous when trying to get out of the way!). Second, the seats are hard and uncomfortable for more than a half hour. They hardly have ANY padding and the backseat had no center armrest. Third is visability, its not horrible, but if you are around 5 feet tall you will have trouble or cannot use your mirrors. Other than these issues the car is a good overall car, but we are about to trade it in.

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3.75 out of 5 stars

Passenger Airbag Problems

foresterjoe, 08/26/2013
2010 Chevrolet Malibu LS 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful

My wife and I bought this car two years ago with only 21k on it. Drove it and loved it initially, then the car started to have issues. Since we have owned it (now over 2 years), we have had it in the shop 6 times; 5 of those dealing with the passenger air bag system and 1 to replace the final drive in the transmission. 3 out of the 5 times have been for the wiring harness/connectors. We just had it in last month for the airbag and guess what, yesterday we had the light come back on. Poor design that GM won't recognize as being a major problem. Thank goodness for extended warranty, but still costs us $100 a pop for deductible. Won't buy another GM car again. That's for sure!

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5 out of 5 stars

130K Miles and still running strong

Chepnih, 01/04/2017
2010 Chevrolet Malibu LS 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
7 of 8 people found this review helpful

So far so good. I have owned this car for 6 years. Regular maintenance is all it needs. Engine and Transmission still in great shape. A lot more reliable than accord that I used to own. My only issue is with the headlights. You need to spend an hour of labor to change just the bulb. But after watching a few youtube videos, I changed the last one myself.

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5 out of 5 stars

Elegant and reliable

Azury Florio, 05/27/2016
2010 Chevrolet Malibu LT1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful

The best design among Malibus

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3.88 out of 5 stars

pretty good car.

shotgun1496, 07/26/2012
2010 Chevrolet Malibu LS 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful

have had tons of issues but thats from tons of driving every day. car wasn't running good lately but then it hit a truck tire on the freeway, tore the crap out of the bottom of the car, got it fixed for $4000, but this car has never ran so great, i love it now rides smooth and quietly, runs good but to small of an engine for the car.

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