Used Chevrolet Malibu for Sale in Milwaukee, WI

I bought this car used, six years old with 62,000 miles already on it. It was a comfortable car and I felt safe driving it in reasonable weather conditions. I installed snow tires in winter, as the car certainly didn't have the weight to handle the ice and snow of a Midwest winter without getting stuck. I really appreciated the full pass-through trunk and took advantage of it fairly often. Mileage came to about 22-25 mpg when city driving conscientiously, 25-28 freeway. It responded well enough on the freeway, but it didn't blow anyone out of the water. Within a year I paid 900 for repairs of an issue with oil leaking into the coolant reservoir, which would have been free for the previous owner to repair if he had been aware of the defect. The car ran fine for the next four years with regular oil changes until the battery needed replacing, the air conditioning and fan began to malfunction and the power steering began to intermittently fail. At twelve years old the car failed its emissions test and I chose to sell it.

We bought this car new in 2004. Within the first few months that we owned it, the steering column locked while driving and we had to have it towed. That repair was covered by a recall. It had two costly brake repairs, the trunk release stopped working and then the automatic locks kept going up and down, even when the car was not being driven. The air conditioning only worked correctly for one summer. We have had to do several repairs on the A/C. If you are driving 35 mph or over, do not put even one back window down most of the way. For some reason, I hear a persistent, loud thud noise every second that it is opened and it feels like my eardrums are being sucked out of my head until I close the window. Opening two rear windows would be even worse. Otherwise, the car has been very reliable and we love how the screen on the dash tells you when services are needed such as when an oil change is coming up and when the windshield wiper fluid is low, etc. It starts up every time.