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After a few days the dealership informed us that the timing chain jumped a tooth and bent all the intake valves, This would cost her $2800 plus to fix. I tried to start the car and it sounded like the vehicle was out of time so we had it towed to the dealership. She just finished her shift at work on the morning of ant tried to start her car and in her words it just made funny noises. My daughter has a 2011 Malibu with 60K miles and a 2.4 Ecotec engine in it. Every dealer that says they can fix the engine is complicit. Chevy should have recalled this Engine that they made and sold Millions of. I have since learned that EVERY Ecotec 2.4l timing chain will fail regardless of oil changes, maintenance, etc. The mechanic said that engine could not have been fixed. Mechanic showed my all the filters and screens in the engine. I did my research and went for a new engine elsewhere. They diagnosed a Timing Chain, acted like they had seen only 1 other ever and quoted me $3400 for replacement. It was a real noise and since she had to go to work I said drive today then Monday we'll take it to the dealer. On Sat she started the Malibu and I listened to the click with the hood up. On Weds after work she said she heard a clicking noise upon start up. My wife had always meticulously changed oil at dealer or shop and always insisted on the Dexos per manual.
This is ridiculous, as oil changes were super often and in fact always changed when oil life was at 40%. But after this, will be using the car for a few more months then sell it off. We were lucky to not endure super high costs. Parts to replace all this ended up costing us $150 for a new chain and $250 for a used 120k mile engine head cylinders. Our mechanic takes a deep look into the engine and concludes the timing chain and the engine cylinder valves will need replacing. We get the car towed and take it to our mechanic. I do so and thankfully am able to pullover next to the exit we were going to take home.Īfter that, we tried starting the engine, and it was lost. My girlfriend freaks out and says to pull over quickly. 15 seconds later, "ENGINE SHUT DOWN" and I have lost all acceleration power. I find that I've still got some power to slowdown how much speed I am losing as I am coasting. I suddenly can no longer accelerate and I am coasting. First message given to me is "ENGINE POWER REDUCED". Suddenly, warning sounds and lights go on. But I wonder why it felt like it shifted on a flat road going at a constant speed. My girlfriend asks me "What was that?" and I reply "must be shifting hard". When suddenly something felt like a very hard shift/jerking motion.
We were driving at a steady 70MPH on the freeway.
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