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I have a 1998 Malibu and in my experience, YES you want to replace the Oxygen sensor when it starts giving problems. The car will sputter especially when going up a steep incline and it has sputtered on me while pulling out into traffic. When it hesitates, it can easily cause you to be in an accident. I pulled out into traffic with plenty of room, but the car stuttered and I was almost hit by the car speeding towards me. It is very dangerous because you do not know before hand when it will stutter. It does not do it everytime. I recommend to definitely change it. If you look in the maintance book on the Malibu, you will see a check list of troubleshooting. Once you go through the list and check all of the items, the car should stop sputtering.

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