Timing chain snapped inside the engine while accelerating. This caused the pistons to smack all of the valves, effectively killing compression in all 4 cylinders. Rebuilding the engine would be more expensive than switching to another engine, so I had the engine replaced with a 61,000 mile unit from a junkyard. The new engine ran fine for 2 days then started throwing P0010, P0013 and P0014 codes. I found out the timing chain guides had snapped on the new engine and the shop replaced the chain and guides with newer updated models. Overall, I spent $2250 on the new engine.

The timing chain tensioner broke off and caused all of the oil to leak out and shut the engine off. There was no real warning prior to this the engine oil light never went on. My wife said she thought it sounded weird.

I was driving my grandson home and lucky for me I was not on the expressway - I might have got killed.

I understand that GM knows about this problem and of course there is no help for the problem from them. So I have a blown engine and had to spend a lot of money. I am not too happy. Plus, I had to rent a car so am out an additional $300.00.

I am 65 years old and on a fixed income - this was a big hit for me. I cannot afford a new car or insurance on it.

The mechanic told me he gets the Arcadia, Equinox and Malibu, Cruise, Trax, Traverse all with the same problem.

There is a class action law suit, but it doesn't help me. I rented a Toyota Camry and I wished I never bought this GM car. What really angers me is we taxpayers bailed out these people and that should not have happened. This company needed to be restructured.

I bought this car in 2014, & it had 17,000 miles on it when I bought it. My check engine light comes on & off randomly. I've had to replace sensors on it. One when it was freezing ass cold out, and it just died. Front cam sensor. It started acting like it as going to die one day while leaving town. It was the timing sensors that time. They were all gunked up with what looked like pieces of the oil filter. Maintenance was done either at the dealer , or if we couldn't get it in, we would do it ourselves. And no, it was done by the dealer that time. Had oil changed, and by the time it was due for a new one, I had added 3 quarts of oil to it in between times. Then I started getting a rattling noise in the engine compartment. Checked oil, was fine. Listened, and sounded like it was coming from the one side. Went to McDonalds one night and as I was pulling out of the parking lot, it kind of fell on it's face and then came out of it. Drove it the rest of the way home, which was only about 10 block and parked it in the drive way. Got in it the next morning to go to work and it didn't want to start. Finally got it started, and that's when I did the real damage. It jumped a tooth in time, because the timing chain guide had busted(rattle), and the proceeded to bend my valves, busted my rockers, and more or less ruined my motor. And you know what? It only has 36,032 miles on it, and GM won't do anything about it. It's 8 yrs old, but still has a brand new, original motor in it, and nothing. Piece of sh*t. Will never buy another Chevy product.

Just getting ready to pay the last $1000 I owe on the new transmission that was replaced at Christmas time. Now the engine self destructs. Still in the shop. Don't know if old engine is repairable or if it needs to be replaced. Timing chain broke on startup so it may be "only" a $1200 job after spending $4420 on the tranny last month. Have had 3 Malibus now, a 2002 with the famous water ingestion problem from a cracked gasket, a 2005, with the timing chain breaking and the engine self destructed, and now this 2010 with above mentioned issues. Toyota for me next time. Been Chevy fan and ford fan for 40 yrs. no more. Govt should have let them fail. Not only did we bail them out now we are punished for purchasing their products. Bought this car used 4 yrs ago with 30k mi on it. Can't trade it as we still owe $5k on the damn thing.