2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU User Comment / Complaint

Antifreeze is going bad at low mileage (75,000 miles below life expectancy), becoming caustic, and causing intake manifold gaskets to dissolve causing a leak, also causing head gaskets to leak leading to major engine failure. this leads to an expensive repair at best and engine replacement at worst. the anti freeze is obviously a bad formulation and/or interacts with components to became caustic. this is a defect and repair should be covered by the manufacturer. it is all over the internet how prevalent this problem is. no notice to owners was ever sent to replace the antifreeze before it became caustic.