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really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 3 / 9
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 1 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 57,971 miles
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The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving at 30 mph, the contact avoided hitting a dog that was on the road, but the brakes failed and the vehicle crashed into a porch. None of the air bags deploy upon impact. The contact received medical attention after his head hit the steering wheel upon impact. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The contact replaced the CAM sensor, intake, radiator, and front end body, and on three separate occasions, the brakes were replaced. However, the failure recurred. Additionally, the accelerator pedal would go to the floorboard and the vehicle would stall. The Electronic Stability Control (ESC) warning light and a "Reduced Power" warning message were displayed. The dealer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that the VIN was not included in a recall. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 136,000.
- Morehead, KY, USA
car unexpectedly died on the way home with 2 children in car. Car would crank, but wouldn't start up, and sounded like a typical fuel pump problem. We had the car towed to a shop and they showed the fuel pump as working within the normal ranges and then started up the next day just fine, but paid 750 for work. A few days later the car died again, so we had it towed to the same shop, by the next day when the mechanic said it started up just fine so he wasn't able to diagnose the problem. He and i don't want to spend a 1000 every week putting parts in it that don't fix the problem while getting towed each week at 150 dollars. This is a safety concern and leaves the consumer hopeless. We want to get rid of the car, but don't want to sell it to a person for them to have the same issues and then in return blame us. GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I've read hundreds of forums of other people having the same problem with no actual fix.
- Cincinnati, OH, USA
Rear window brake light stays illuminated have to keep raising the brake pad up to get it to go off and in the daytime you arent able to see it. The alarm system is not allowing the car to start correctly. It is very frustrating to have to remove battery cables in many circumstances in order to operate the vehicle. These are all issues that occur many times for over a year. not just an isolated account.
- Auburn , KY, USA
Engine starts but stalls shortly after. 89,000 miles. Never had any problems like this before. Dash display states "Service ECM, " "service traction control, " "reduced engine power, " etc..A shop diagnosed it with a bad ECM, but that isn't the problem, as it didn't fix it. Based on the codes we're getting ready to swap out the APP (Accelerator pedal position sensor) This is a well known issue, that many other owners of various years have encountered, and reported. In fact, I just read that GM did a recall for newer Malibu's, for this exact same problem, (the APP causing "reduced engine power" and therefore not running) So I'm really not happy. They left out all the older vehicles with the exact same problem!
- Bunker Hill, IN, USA
Headlights keep going out and service airbag light keep coming
- Muskegon, MI, USA
The rear defrost stopped working. Had my auto mechanic review and Rear Fuse Box had melted fuses which was effecting rear defrost. The rear Fuse Box needs replacing per mechanic. ($400) My concern is what is cause of the electrical issue in my Malibu and if not corrected by Chevrolet will it occur again?
- Billerica, MA, USA
Power steering turned off. Lost all steering while driving.
- Westminster, CO, USA
The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, the air bag warning light was illuminated. The contact also stated that later in 2020, the electronic stability control (ESC) and low traction warning lights were illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic, where she was informed that both front rotating assemblies needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V019000 (Air Bags) and 14V252000 (Electrical System, Exterior Lighting, Vehicle Speed Control, Electronic Stability Control) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 88,000.
- Gary, IN, USA
I-??ve had dash warning lights since purchasing my vehicle since 2017. I have taken it to multiple places for diagnostic and repair. (Brake sensors, traction stability, throttle, and P010 and P011) my last repairs were over $2400 and after finally scraping money to complete the repairs was told the traction control warning light that had been coming on but coming on more often now was because I have one tire sensor that isn-??t reading and that after fixing the accentuators the computer would stop going so crazy and triggering so many lights. On my recent trip to Michigan, when using my cruise control a car pulled in front of me in heavy traffic. When I braked my cruise didn-??t disengage. I remembered this happening before but didn-??t realize it was my cruise control and thought don-??t tell me I have transmission problems!! Then when I was almost home during this same trip a car started honking at me and rolled his window down. He told me I had no brake lights. I then looked up recalls and found 13036, with all the problems my car has had except was told this was remedied/fixed on my car in 2017. I just now checked my car and I have brake lights. It appears the problem relates in conjunction to when the traction control lights are on and when there aren-??t warning lights the brake lights work. My car has 20,000 since the recall repair and has had this problem the majority of this time except I didn-??t understand. My car is not safe and I am very disappointed and concerned about GM product safety and remedies!
- Erlanger , KY, USA
Car had ABS light come on mentime them check engine light light come on then ABS light come
- Washington, DC, USA
Power seat weld and frame broke electrical problem check engine light comes on nothing wrong mirror power adjusting does not work
- Genoa, OH, USA
My vehicle has about 62,000 miles and the center rear brakes light just inside the rear window is not working. It seems very dim. Failed state safety inspection. Not an accident.
- Fairfax Station, VA, USA
All of a sudden my vehicle would not start it would crank but wouldn't start and then it wouldn't crank at all and I couldn't hear my fuel pump freaking as well. It started out as an intermittent starting problem and then it wouldn't ever start after that so I went to the fuel pump wiring in the trunk fuse box and separated the wiring foxes from the fuse panel and came across a burnt fuel pump wire it was a tan wire and it was scorched black from the end of the wire about 4 inches up the wire it was supposed to be brown wire and it was black I replaced it and now it's fine
- Bloomfield, NM, USA
Low beam headlights keeps going out!! headlight bracket melted! car forums reveal that this is a very common electrical issue. When anybody replaces headlight harness and headlights, they end up with the same issue a few weeks later. Very disappointing! please recall! car forum containing multiple cases of same issue https://www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-T32066_ds667897
- La Grande, OR, USA
My teenage son was driving in the rain when his Malibu gave engine power reduced, service traction, service ESC, and ESC off warnings. Car was barely drivable. This is a safety issue since it happens suddenly and increase the chances of a collision with other vehicles. Code reader showed the P2138 dtc. The headliner above the driver side door was also wet. This appears to be coming from the sun roof. I believe that this leakage is causing electrical connection issues somewhere else in the car that is causing the above mentioned warnings and performance issues. According the the Chevy website, there are no recalls applicable to this car based on its VIN.
- Waverly, OH, USA
The head lights in my vehicle do not work at all. I have to use the brights to see anything at night. The heat works when it wants too and when I bump into a small lump on the street it turns off. The wheel barrier is bad on my right tire.
- Chicago, IL, USA
I bought my first car from a small dealership and within the last 35 days the alternator, battery, shocks, fuel pump and now the engine light is on....when you are driving it seems like the car don't want to go into gear. And when it finally goes into gear it jerks you. Also the electrical and temperature gage, the lights on dash board go in and out you can hear a faint noise coming from the dome light. Temperature gage stayed at cold when driving the vehicle around. Took car for a ride the next day and right away when driving it went about a quarter above cold"?"
- Oregon, WI, USA
Passenger side low beam head light keeps going out ever other month
- Hope Mills, NC, USA
Got a 2011 Chevy Malibu from my father in law. Car only has 44500 miles on it. So of course it's out of warranty. Notice that the rear defroster was not working, so did some research online and found multiple accounts of people with same issue with melted fuses in fuse box in truck and fuse box melting also. Why is Chevy not telling people about or offering a fix or recall. It's a fire hazard.
- Chilhowie, VA, USA
- Winter Park , FL, USA