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really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 3 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 2 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 27,546 miles
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Second time in less then a year I have to take my car into the repair shop for this issue. I will put my car in park, turn off the car and a notification comes on the screen that states 'shift to park' I have to repeatedly start my car, shift to reverse then back to park and then shut off my car until the message doesn't appear. This seems to be a very common issue yet a recall has not been announced.
- Rives Junction, MI, USA
Getting an error ( shift to park) when putting the car in park after attempting to go from drive to park to turn vehicle off. I start vehicle on again and shift to drive and back to park and it then goes away and slows me to turn vehicle off.
- San Antonio, TX, USA
I put the car in park turn off but I get the message shift into park. Some times I do this several times before I can lock the doors. I looked up recalls there is a recall listed for this. But it says my car isn't listed. There is definitely a problem.
- Many, LA, USA
Vehicle has vibration and makes a humming noise at all speeds. When hard braking the vehicle pulls to the right. Took vehicle to a local dobb's tire and auto center and then diagnosed vehicle with excessive right, front movement at the transmission. Possibly an internal stub axle? repair shop advised that there was a technical service bulletin from October 2019 stating the same issue. Repair shop also had another 2016 Malibu in for an oil change and upon their multi-point inspection they also found excessive movement with the right, front axle at the transmission.
- Waterloo, IL, USA
The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph, the engine power reduced warning light illuminated, the vehicle decelerated and came to a complete stop. The vehicle was turned off and restarted but failed to accelerate above 30-35 mph. The contact also stated that the check engine warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the viva Chevrolet located at 5915 Montana ave, el paso, tx 79925, where the technician diagnosed an unknown computer failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 75,000.
- El Paso, TX, USA
Problem has huge accident potential. *driving on the freeway in moderately heavy traffic. *traveling at a 65-70 mph to keep up with the flow of traffic, I began receiving "engine power is reduced" message on my info screen. * the engine light comes on (and I immediately start counting how much time and money this will cost me). * there is a slight jerk/pull of the car where it immediately starts a drastic reduction in speed down to 20-30 mph. * I've had to pull to the side of the road to stop the car (I pray I am able to do this safely). *eventually, I found that by shutting the engine off completely for several minutes, the car somehow "resets" and drives normally. * occasionally, the engine light would go away immediately upon re-ignition. Other times the engine light went off after a couple day. * this happened several times during within a (1) hour commute to work.
- Victorville, CA, USA
The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that after stopping the vehicle and shifting the gear shifter to the park position, the instrument panel displayed the transmission not in park message. Additionally, on several occasions the contact was unable to turn the vehicle off. The contact stated that on several occasions the doors failed to remain securely locked. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 71,000.
- Auburn, GA, USA
Shift to park issue is well known by Chevrolet service dept and I have checked other forums. When you shift car to park and try to turn off the car, it tells you to shift to park. The car won't shut off. I had to shift back and forth quite a few times for it to finally work. Service replaced the "harness" for roughly $100 which worked temporarily but started in again. So new shifter has been ordered at cost of approx $350. I don't understand why there hasn't been a recall with all the problems they have had. Mine is a 2016 with very low miles. They have lots of problems with '16, '17 and some '18. I hate fixing again and have it happen in another 20K miles..... recall please"!"!
- Blue Springs, MO, USA
The gear shift is stuck in the park position. It's not moving and stuck in park.
- Chicago, IL, USA
Car will not shut off as it does not register that the vehicle is in park when shifted to the park position.
- Mentor, OH, USA
When I place the car in park and hit the button to turn the car off it keeps telling me the shift to park when the car is off. I will have to turn it off and on multiple times to get the message to stop showing up. I will have to shift it to drive and park multiple times as well to get the message to go away. This has been happening for some time now.
- Bonne Terre, MO, USA
When I put the vehicle in park and try to shut off the engine, the engine will not shut off. It keeps running. It appears that the vehicle does not know it is in park. The vehicle is stationary but keeps on running.
- Rosedale, MD, USA
Shift to park cable went out one time within first couple months. Now its bad again. Engine light always on. Roof leaked from third brake light. Reduced power message on dash.
- Macon, GA, USA
Component power train:automatic transmission
- Englewood, CO, USA
This is the second time that this has happened with this vehicle. After arriving at my destination, I parked my car and shifted to park. Upon turning the car off, an error message appears directing me to "shift to park." The car only has 56000 miles. This has been fixed previously (car had almost 40000 miles at the first occurence) and now it is happening again. Very frustrating. The car will not allow you to fully turn the car off with this error message and if you get out and shut the door, the car acts as if it is still running by honking and not allowing you to lock your vehicle.
- Memphis, TN, USA
The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that the vehicle was shifted to park, then the message shift to park appeared on the instrument panel. The vehicle was driven to rydell Chevrolet located at (18600 devonshire St, northridge, ca 91324), to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the shifter cable needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 53,000.
- Reseda, CA, USA
The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving 40 mph, the engine reduced message displayed on the instrument panel and the vehicle independently decelerated. The contact was able to guide the vehicle off of the roadway safely. The contact stated that after approximately 15 minutes the vehicle was restarted and operated as designed. George matick Chevrolet (14001 telegraph rd, redford charter twp, mi 48239) was contacted by phone and informed of the failure. The contact was informed that since the warning light was no longer illuminated, the technician would be unable to retrieve a fault code or duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The failure was intermittent. The manufacture was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 29,959.
- Detroit, MI, USA
When stopping the vehicle the shifter control module does not recognize when the vehicle is in the park position. When this happens the vehicle display's a message and a warning bell sounds when you open the car door. The interior lights, dash and radio of the vehicle will not turn off until the vehicle believes it's properly put into park. No error code is stored in the cars memory. GM has a fix for this but the problem keeps recurring. My vehicle's shifter module was replace under the original warranty. That fix failed 2 years later. The most recent fix was to replace a harness in the shifter module. The dealer would not fix this under the existing cpo warranty even though it was a recurring issue and there have been multiple service bulletins concerning this issue and originally repaired under the original warranty. This most recent fix has failed again after 6 weeks of being replaced. If the vehicle does not recognize what gear it is in I believe this could be a safety issue. As it is when the vehicle does not recognize that the vehicle (shifter module) is in the park position the vehicle stays active and drains the battery until the error is corrected. You also cannot lock the vehicle. The car has to be restarted and moved and if you are lucky when the vehicle is shut down it will finally recognize that the vehicle is in park. As this happens intermittently if the vehicle is taken to the dealership they will not address the issue if they do not see the error message on the vehicles driver information screen when the vehicle is brought in for service.
- New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA
After putting my car in park I get a warning that the car is not in park. When this happens the car will not lock plus the lights and the radio will not turn off. My concern is that the car is really not in park plus my security with the doors not locking. Have had it to the dealer twice now they want me to replace the shifter assembly at my cost since it is over 3 yrs old but still under 30,000 miles.
- Bloomington, IL, USA
- Lexington, MI, USA