This 2011 Chevy Malibu has been to 4 other shops, including the DEALER for this intermittent stalling issue. The logical diagnostic approach leads to an unexpected find... TS100 CORDLESS SOLDERING IRON: www.amazon.com... Enjoy! Ivan
I had the same exact problem on a 2010 malibu 2.2l. Even had the same codes. I chased it for a year and found the same pink wire in the same location bad! My pink wire had a 90 degree bend before the connector causing the copper to be compromised. I don't have soldering skills so I bypassed the connector with a red heat shrink butt connector, just on the pink wire. That was 6 months ago and the repair is holding up fine. I did not have any more drama after that. Excited to see your next video on this car! Thanks for your content!
Ivan, your customer misunderstood the dealer. He didn’t say to fix the brakes( devices to stop the car). He said to fix the BREAKS, the breaks(interruption of continuity) in the wire.
I think too that the customer misunderstood, but conversation went along this line: Dealer were telling his lazy staff to stop *their* break, or *they'll* all be replaced.
Ah yes, the Malibu. I bought a 2002 new. Between 40k and 70k, replaced: front wheel bearing, tie rod ends, ball joint, fuel pump, steering rack. The head gasket also began leaking around 70k. The best day of ownership was around 75k when it was totaled. I bought a Camry and never looked back.
You must be my brother from another mother. GM and Ford cured me to Toyota. I just got my 4th Toyota...2020 Tundra. Hope it is as good as the previous 3. The 13 Tacoma was near flawless as is my wife's RAV 4.
@@ec8107 Our 97 Taurus needed 2 engines and would have needed a 3rd transmission if i kept driving it. It was class A crap.Now, i have a 2 week old Tundra...see how good it is. Very nice truck overall.
Not surprised that the wires in that harness would fatigue break as GM just left it hanging loose bouncing around not even clamped down. I'm sure that connector vibrates and bounces around all the time. Bad design along with GM's cheap wire quality. All my older GM products never had a spontaneously broken wire ever. By the way just bought a Launch x-431 Diagun V. Neat scanner. Fixed an issue with a relatives Mercedes already. Lots of Low voltage codes.. Just a weak battery. Saved a lot already not bringing it to a dealer..
Nice work , yea anything newer than circa 2011 , especially euro luxury beasts are voltage sensitive & weak batteries can cause a plethora of problems.
Typical GM preyduct.... Inferrior harness materials, construction and design including location and access; This is a Safety Issue and a Recall in my book. What a Lethal Joke.... also does anyone know anything about failing knock sensor and oil sensor wiring/connectors in older GM preyducts, due to engine "movement/vibrations/heat"? Thanks!!!
The owner stated it tended to happen when the a/c was on. Knowing the problem and where it was, the a/c being on somewhat lowered the rpms and put more strain on the engine causing more vibration. It was a passive relationship.
Early Saturns had these same harness issues, I was already disappointed in GM at that point, but it really put me over the edge you'd expect them to rethink the compromised quality against money saved but they left out coustumers lost, I went with Japanese engineering and manufacturing in 87 and I'm not going back, I work too hard for my money to waste it on an inferior product
Excellent video Ivan! I am no expert on circuits for sure... but, can you tell me how you knew to chase intermittent power and not intermittent ground?
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics So, ground side switched circuits ... One day I will begin to understand why the engineers design some things power side and others ground side ... Thanks for the response!
I have seen this on a 09 saturn aura (same car) and it was at the dealer a week prior for this and another tech threw a pcm at it. supposibly you had to knock on the pcm to get the car to start? maybe a separate issue, it came back as a no start, i got it. found i had no injector pulse, no ignition feed. upon close inspection found that wire broken another one next to it wasn't in good shape either. We have a box full of junkyard wiring harnesses and a bunch of trays with terminals for these older vehicles. I usually go for the junkyard harness, grabbed a few leads and spliced them in place.
Wow, Ivan. Replacing the brakes when the engine issue is??? Really? Wow! Nice job fix and verification!! Nice sort bonus footage, that last bit was cut short Sudden!! Did you lose the footage??
These 2011 or 2012 Chevrolet Malibu's with the 2.4 L four-cylinder engine could be a decent first vehicle for a new driver of any age. Just make sure you do your re-search prior to checking out the vehicle. It is the similar story to other used vehicles, as well. Thanks.
It's been fun watching your troubleshooting skills increase over the years Ivan. You are an awesome diagnostician! You've also been honing your cliffhanger skills as well! LOL
The US lost 11 billion on the GM bailout of 50 billion. This company was killed a long time ago by bad union deals. When you by a GM you are trying to supporting the GM retired worker for the rest of his life and buy the car.
@Josh Smith And the list goes on and on...I still have a garage kept 89 buick mint and the plastic crap they put today is a joke on the uneducated buyer. There's no way they will last beyond 10 years. ICE engines are in the last years of production and they have made them not to last. Lets put on timing belt on interference engines, the suckers will buy it. I guess they think buyers will give them another chance with electric. But electric will do away with so many longevity problems and they will last. Compare a crap engine and trans today to 2 motors easily replaced. Companies will rebuild batteries and there will be a huge aftermarket for that. If you want plastic headlights, plastic engine parts, good luck, don't plan on buying a used one or keeping for any length.
Ivan there never seems to be an ending. I will never stop your videos till the very very end Lol. Good fix Ivan. You and wife stay well. Another family member has been exposed and is now in quarantine. We hen will it end. Stay safe Artie.👍👍👍
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A big connector like that one only hanging by its cable is highly failure prone. Copper will workharden from micro vibrations (as you mention briefly) and eventually the strands fail one by one over years. It often happens exactly as that, near the biggest free-hanging weight with the isolation perfectly intact.
I was thinking the same thing, you got a major wiring connection just dangling there in the breeze. Constantly jiggling around, it's amazing it didn't fail sooner.
My hated shop would just change plugs and wires and send me away xD Alternator doesn't charge because of worn brushes at the voltage regulator? No problem, just put new plugs and wires, literally xD
I have a 2012 Buick Verano with this 2.4 liter engine / LEA Ecotec. At 45000 miles it was using a quart of oil every 1000 miles. At 50000 miles the dealership service department installed new pistons, rings and the front O2 sensor. Now I’m wondering when I’m going to experience catalytic converter issues from all the oil that was burned. I’m at 63000 now with now issues but, i’m not holding my breath.
Will the solder fix hold up? Usually those repairs are brittle. If there was a previous issue with wire fatigue or vibration the solder fix will actually make it worse. Time will tell.
Great video as always Ivan. You know you're business as does Eric O of South Main Auto. Wonder why the Malibu has No crank, no Start? Guess I'll have to tune in and see.
Thanks for referring me to this one. I'll def have to check around on this 2012 Chevy Equinox for some bad connectors. I don't seem to be noticing a worse condition related to having the AC on but the issue is definitely intermittent. It has gotten worse since the problem popped up about a month ago. I wish I had a scope to help pinpoint the issue.
One day on my 2010 Altima (best car is the free car, even with the CVT) I lost HVAC, park release solenoid, speed sensor for the power steering/cruise and outside temp. I looked at the FSM and everything listed up there is controlled by the BCM and a common ground, M42. I swapped BCMs, it was a bad one with the steering lock problem (Nissan did a recall on them), so I swapped it back. I did check all of my fuses twice a couple of nights before, but I apparently missed one or my multimeter bridged because I swapped every fuse relating to the BCM as a hail marry, started the car, and put my hand with leverage n the shifter not expecting it to work, the parking solenoid released like it should, and the car stalled since it just started. Never have been happier to see it do that. Everything is working now, except for remote start, which I found out was after market :( . I did notice a torn wire in the harness, so I repaired it and still nothing (that wire might be for DRL (American FSM says that wire is blank), which for some God forsaken reason, a pretty well optioned car for 2010 doesn't have standard). The remote start works on the fob for the after market unit, but it can't lock or unlock the doors nor does pressing lock 3 times on the OEM fob work like it did before. It was working for a bit after I swapped all the fuses. Moral of the story is, check your freaking fuses and actually pull out the ones you are really concerned with. I only recently got a basic scanner, and after this whole ordeal with the BCM circuit, it kinda pushed me to get a scanner along with a test light. The scanner helped me fix TPMS and some initial problems with the remote start unit getting into a pissing match with NATS and only cycling key positions instead of starting the car remotely. Love the channel Ivan, and it takes a good mechanic to say that he messed up, and reflect on it. Keep up the good work!
Well done ivan :-D Lack of tie downs allow it to jiggle about way too much lol. The wires that bridge the doors do the same, but they have more strands to break before the door wires fail. And it failed again for another fault, no peace for you ivan lol.
This was one of those, 'Could you fix this without a scope' type video. Great analysis, and elimination of the circuits involved. I wonder who else in RU-vid land would of been able to do what Ivan did! Freakin fantastic.
And if you can troubleshoot and have what? $1,500 worth of scan tools? You can fix it too! But hey, nice work, very professional.( LOGICAL) A good mechanic of any kind of equipment, knows how to use his tools and troubleshoot. Not GUESS, TROUBLESHOOT! So everyone at those 4 different shops Doesn't know HOW to troubleshoot or they're too lazy to troubleshoot. They're NOT mechanics.
My moms Gmc Terrain did the same thing 2 weeks ago. Found that it was the coils were bad. Same thing happened to my sister Chevy Equinox. All three of these cars has one thing in common which is an EcoTech engine. Run far from them as possible
This is happening to my vehicle. It will suddenly die. I initially thought it was the battery. I had it checked and said it was bad (1.5 years old). Got a new battery and it was good for a week but then suddenly died. Checked battery and alternator and autozone and was shown both were good. I searched and saw change Camshaft sensor. Did that and it died again (better mileage though). Battery checked to be good. When it died all times, I put a bigger battery and started right up. I know it's not the battery, alternator or camshaft sensor. I will be changing the mass air flow sensor then the fuse relays (will check all relays). The whole time I did not get a check engine light.
Yeah dealer flowchart would be useless for something like that. Few pointless tests with a DMM then fire the parts cannon. Is kinda weird they recommended brakes though. The flowcharts normally say to replace the PCM.
I watched your entire video. You understand electricity very well. You are logic to follow the trace and in understanding schematic. Normally it's the black beast of mechanics. I think your first job is an electrical engineer. Am I right ? Any way you are very good ! Thank for your video ! :)
There should be more people out there like you Ivan. Straight into finding a problem an not saying 'replace your brakes'! Lol. Ever want your vehicles fixed, always guarantee on Pine Hollow Diagnostics or Eric O at South Main Auto! Love both of the content from both. Keep up the fantastic work Ivan!
Been chasing this fuckin problem for months. after a shop changed the fuse box and computer i still had the problem with thousands of dollars down the drain. i stumbled upon this video and had the same exact problem!.!.! thanks for all your help.
I have a 2015 Chev Malibu with 177000 km and it shows code 0089 and code 0016. Code 0089 says it's the fuel pressure regulator and the 0016 says it's the
I have a 2015 Chev Malibu with 177000 km and it shows code 0089 and code 0016. Code 0089 says it's the fuel pressure regulator and the 0016 says it's the bank 1 camshaft position sensor. I called the dealership for the price of the FPR and they tell me they don't have one on the computer. A dummy like me believes him because I don't find any videos of anyone working on the 2015 which seems to be different than the others in the engine. Any information would be a appreciated as I have no clue where to find, even the line to fuel pressure test. Thanks
Great job on diagnosis however you are creating future problems by using that wire piercing probe. We have forbidden piercing insulation in our shop because eventually what ever you do to reseal it will eventually fail.
Amazing!! I saved my cousin’s car from going to dealership. 2017 Honda Civic EX. No power no crank, literally no power at all. I was nervous because I’m still learning. I looked at wiring diagram and studied the system. It took me less than 1 hour to find a problem. Main fuse was blown. (Fixed now) Thanks for your knowledge and confidence you give me. Can’t wait for no crank no start.
Pine Hollow Auto Diagnostics Good question. Jump start (that car did died and need a new battery) or autozone guy might shorted something. The funny part is that guy tried to fix it by putting paper clip around and said it fixed. He told owner that fuse was blown and didn’t said which. That car did had power and started randomly. Jump start that blown fuse, or fresh new battery, or the autzone guy or even backward who know 😟. That’s my only guess. If you want to know what fuse look like. Part number is 38231-TBA-A01. It have amp rating there. The 125, 30 and so on. 125a (battery) was blown. No continuity. That power whole bunch of stuff. Told my cousin that not let anybody touch electrical system again but me. It was the weird short case study.
I have the same problem with my 2011 malibu right now I had it fixed twice before now the mechanic is saying it'll be $1500 for a new timing belt and something else and it might fix it
For driveability issues, I like to keep the vehicle for 24 hours before I release it. Just in case it acts up again. Can save a tow bill, and other headaches. If the customer refuses, just let them know something can happen. But good work away always
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics get a company vehicle, write it off under tax purposes, use it for transport to customers, and loan while you keep their vehicle. Could charge them rental fees 🤑
IVAN!!!!!! A cliffhanger? Really??!! Great troubleshooting!! Hmmmm... now it’s a crank, no start? Brakes. Do the breaks. Wait.... no. Not the breaks. Probably the crank sensor. Bad gas? Cam sensor? MAP sensor? I’m going with a bad coolant sensor. 😂😂😂 IT’S A CLIFFHANGER. I HAVE NO IDEA!!! Where is part 2 Ivan? Great video. Thanks a lot!!
replace the relay or is that direct ignition switch fed, I forget lol although it's probably a bad wire at fuse box, ignition switch or other connector between (I really don't recall the layout of those) **BAH I missed that the fuse power was OK, looked like the graphs showed matching failures, maybe try not to use yellow and green together LOL
Amazing and almost simple fix. Great troubleshooting sir! Had exact issue on a 2011 malibu and 2 separate mechanics said the car had jumped timing? Thnx!
They put to small of a wire on cars, it's sickening for what you pay for a new car. Also that PUNY 2.4 is sad in a chevy malibu, the 3.6 if you want some power.
