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I bought my malibu 02/18/11. It runs and drives great. The a/c never blew cold so I put freon in and I could barely hear a hissing leaking sound, it blew cold for a day, then got warm again, all freon leaked out. So I figured id go without... 2 weeks later my check engine light came on, and stayed on. Then it started sqealing like a bad belt. So I replaced the belt and idler pulley. It still sqealed after that. But the car still run fine the whole time. So I tryed to ignore it. a week later my starter went bad, so I replaced it with a brand new one. Last saturday I had to take a 3 hour drive. I put some freon in it just to have some ac for the trip, I knew it would eventually leak out. it drove great the whole time until I was 1 hr from home on the way back. All of a sudden (check engine lights still on) the battery dash light came on and the dash lights started dimming and the temp. needle went up just a little. So I stopped the ac, that didn't change anything, so I kept driving. 10 minutes later the ABS light came on and stayed on, 5 minutes later the airbag light started flashing, so I exited the interstate and went to pull in at a store and right when I pulled in, the gages dropped to zero, the steering got tight, and the car completly died. So I had a friend come jump me off and I got 1 mile down the road and the same thing happened again. good thing is I broke down at advance auto parts. So I had them do a diagnostics and they said my alternator AND battery was "fried". So I put a brand new alternator on and I bought a USED battery. I cranked the car up and the belt sqeal was just horrible and the belt was spinning slower than usual and even stopped spinning a couple times. So an advance guy looked and says my tensioner pulley is bad. So I replaced the tensioner pulley assembly. After that the belt still sqealed, still seemed to spin slower, but didn't stop. I sprayed belt dressing, that didn't help. So I decided to try to drive it home, meanwhile there is no dash lights on (check engine, abs, battery, etc.) I get 10 miles, the battery light comes on. 5 miles later the abs light comes on. So I decided to stop. And again right when i pull in, steering gets tight, and the car dies. So I left it, came back the next day. The car crunk right up. No dash lights. So I try to drive it. Get 5 miles, and it dies again, remarkably at another advance auto parts. They test my alternator and battery. alternator is good, battery is bad. So I put a brand new battery in. everything seemed ok, so i tryed to drive it. I had 40 minutes to go. It did ok, I made it home. BUT during the drive the battery light came on and stayed on the whole time, and the temperature rose very slowly the whole drive to almost 3/4 of the way up. but no other dash lights came on. Then last night i was working on it before I had to go to work. With it cranked up just sitting in my yard not driving it, it does fine and the sqeal isn't as loud. But as soon as I try to drive it the dash lights right away were dimmer, the sqeal was very loud, a mile down the road the battery and ABS light came on, so I hurried home. Parked in my yard, shut it off, crunk right back up with no dash lights and seemed to run just fine. it seems to only happen when i drive it..... Its a regular model malibu, nothing special, also, when i bought it the odometer never worked so I dont know how many miles are on the car. Hopefully everything you need to know is here, and I would gladly give out my phone #, to make this easier lol. Thank you in advance fire your help, i hope we can figure this out
I bought my malibu 02/18/11. It runs and drives great. The a/c never blew cold so I put freon in and I could barely hear a hissing leaking sound, it blew cold for a day, then got warm again, all freon leaked out. So I figured id go without... 2 weeks later my check engine light came on, and stayed on. Then it started sqealing like a bad belt. So I replaced the belt and idler pulley. It still sqealed after that. But the car still run fine the whole time. So I tryed to ignore it. a week later my starter went bad, so I replaced it with a brand new one. Last saturday I had to take a 3 hour drive. I put some freon in it just to have some ac for the trip, I knew it would eventually leak out. it drove great the whole time until I was 1 hr from home on the way back. All of a sudden (check engine lights still on) the battery dash light came on and the dash lights started dimming and the temp. needle went up just a little. So I stopped the ac, that didn't change anything, so I kept driving. 10 minutes later the ABS light came on and stayed on, 5 minutes later the airbag light started flashing, so I exited the interstate and went to pull in at a store and right when I pulled in, the gages dropped to zero, the steering got tight, and the car completly died. So I had a friend come jump me off and I got 1 mile down the road and the same thing happened again. good thing is I broke down at advance auto parts. So I had them do a diagnostics and they said my alternator AND battery was "fried". So I put a brand new alternator on and I bought a USED battery. I cranked the car up and the belt sqeal was just horrible and the belt was spinning slower than usual and even stopped spinning a couple times. So an advance guy looked and says my tensioner pulley is bad. So I replaced the tensioner pulley assembly. After that the belt still sqealed, still seemed to spin slower, but didn't stop. I sprayed belt dressing, that didn't help. So I decided to try to drive it home, meanwhile there is no dash lights on (check engine, abs, battery, etc.) I get 10 miles, the battery light comes on. 5 miles later the abs light comes on. So I decided to stop. And again right when i pull in, steering gets tight, and the car dies. So I left it, came back the next day. The car crunk right up. No dash lights. So I try to drive it. Get 5 miles, and it dies again, remarkably at another advance auto parts. They test my alternator and battery. alternator is good, battery is bad. So I put a brand new battery in. everything seemed ok, so i tryed to drive it. I had 40 minutes to go. It did ok, I made it home. BUT during the drive the battery light came on and stayed on the whole time, and the temperature rose very slowly the whole drive to almost 3/4 of the way up. but no other dash lights came on. Then last night i was working on it before I had to go to work. With it cranked up just sitting in my yard not driving it, it does fine and the sqeal isn't as loud. But as soon as I try to drive it the dash lights right away were dimmer, the sqeal was very loud, a mile down the road the battery and ABS light came on, so I hurried home. Parked in my yard, shut it off, crunk right back up with no dash lights and seemed to run just fine. it seems to only happen when i drive it..... Its a regular model malibu, nothing special, also, when i bought it the odometer never worked so I dont know how many miles are on the car. Hopefully everything you need to know is here, and I would gladly give out my phone #, to make this easier lol. Thank you in advance fire your help, i hope we can figure this out
