The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving 45 mph, the vehicle started to lose motive power. The vehicle failed to exceed 25 mph. The contact stated that the check engine and engine power reduced warning lights were illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer nor an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 59,099.

- Polo, IL, USA

Car suddenly lost power slowing to 20mph on highway slowing to the point I was an obstacle in the lane so had to abruptly drive on to shoulder and out of traffic to prevent a collision from behind me as I had a close call. Car showed reduced engine power message. I wait until late at night when there was no traffic to drive the car home safely. The next day I had code read and it was a P2138. From what I have now learned online this is a wide spread problem that GM is very aware of.

- Springfield, MO, USA

The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving 55 mph, the vehicle lost motive power and failed to accelerate. The contact pulled over to the side of the roadway and had the vehicle towed to a local dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the failure was with the accelerator pedal. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted. The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the engine failure was related to the turbocharger, and several gaskets and seals. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted. The dealer was then unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 70,200,

- Cohoes, NY, USA

The first incident happen on 2/27/2019. I was existing the highway on highway 75 in Kennesaw, Georgia going north bound and coming off on Barrett Parkway. As I exited the highway my brakes was stuck and my brakes wouldn't press. I panicked because I was going at least 60 mph trying to slow down to get on the exit with semi trucks in the front and in the back, because I was a little skilled with cars I down shifted my car and stepped on my emergency brakes and ran the car off the road into the grass. I towed the car to my mechanic in Hiram, GA. (Donnie's Automotive) to have him work on the issue as I wasn't sure what was going on. I got my car back on 3/1/2019. Now the next incident happen on 8/16/21 my engine decreased and my car wouldn't accelerate more than 40 mph. Took it to my mechanic again and it was the throttle sensor. Now the most recent incident happen 6/12/21 where my brakes failed to pressed again and bc I was aware of this incident happening in 2019 I did the same thing and ran my car off the road. My kids were scared. Now all these issues have been a issue with Chevy and they even had a class action lawsuit against them for the throttle sensor issue. My car wasn't part of the recall but my car has suffered the same issues they've know about for years. I called Thornton Road chevy and they told me it's nothing they can do. I've also emailed the CEO and all others for CHEVY. I want chevy to repair my car before this car KILLS ME OR MY KIDS.

- Austell, GA, USA

Okay so I-??ve been getting this -??engine power reduced-?? sign on my dash off and on for the past half year. I take it to the shops to get fix. They do some temporary fix and it-??s good for a month or two then the problem persists. I-??ve dodged very close attempts at death due to this. Driving on the highway or interstate (at respected speed) and then suddenly the car just slows down abruptly. Scared me half to death due to the fact that I-??m on busy roadways. I-??ve managed to get over on the shoulder or nearest exit without collision. One time is happened on a turnpike and I came like inches away from hitting the wall. For all of those times I was able to cut the engine off for a bit and then worked good enough to get home or to a shop. For this last time though was the worst. I was in the turning lane of busy intersection and the car like pulled as I was making the turn and then it just cut off. Causing cars to have to swerve around me which could-??ve caused other incidents. I turned the car on and off many times but I still could not regain normal speed. It wouldn-??t pass 18 then 27 and finally 36. I had to ride with the hazards on and what was supposed to be a 20 minute drive ended up being a 60 minute drive (after sitting in a parking lot for hours). I have lost one job due to the fact that I had to call off so many days. I have lost privileges at other jobs that effects how I-??m able to provide for my family. So this is really hitting me hard. Most mechanics seem to know what the problem is but no one has actually fixed it directly. I hope GM does something about this please. This is my first and only car and I-??m proud of it, but far as the performance. It-??s a death trap. That-??s why I don-??t allow anyone to ride with me or drive it, because I just never know. I would rather be in the car when something bad happens than someone else. It-??s feels like a stick shift/like a sticky clutch or something of that nature when I drive.I don-??t know much about cars but that-??s not right

- Bedford, TX, USA

Every month my car will randomly say engine power reduced and will go no higher than 30mph. Which has happened on the highway and is super dangerous! I have seen many reports of the same problem but nothing being done about it. I took it to the dealership I got it from and I paid $100 dollars for diagnostics and the mechanic said the car computer needed updated...alright, the next day the message came back up and car couldn-??t go higher than 30. I haven-??t had this car for a year, and the shocks have popping noises, and whenever I put the car in park a message will appear saying shift car to park. And I have to literally roughly giggle the lever for it to read it-??s in park or my car won-??t turn off. I truly love this car but it has to many issues that shouldn-??t be happening.

- Wilmington , OH, USA

A power reduced engine light came on and slowed the car down to 20 miles per hour very abruptly, it was very dangerous. It keeps doing this, the engine light turns off so it can't be detected, and now we can't take it into a dealership because its out of warranty.

- Albuquerque, NM, USA

The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving 40 mph, the vehicle overheated. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed with the head gasket needing to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA to file a complaint. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

- Moreno Valley, CA, USA

We got a check engine light on. Checked for codes and P2097 came up. Vehicle has some hesitation when accelerating.

- Dallas, TX, USA

Reduce engine power light appears while driving on highway. The car slowed down lights flashed then it stated something about 25 mph. It flashed so fast

- Jamaica, NY, USA

I was driving down the road at 55mph - 2-lane road (4 days ago) when a warning came across my dash that stated "reducing engine power". it slowed my vehicle down a mininum of 20mph and wouldn't pick up speed. The check engine light came on. I pulled over and turned off my vehicle. I restarted it and the check engine light stayed on. I was able to make it to an auto shop and they hooked it up. It read a P2138 code. If I had been on the highway, this could've caused a devistating crash. I found where GM extended the warranty and this fix should not cost me anything - I will see when I take it in tomorrow.

- Kingston, OH, USA

Engine light is on. Involved in a collision

- Minneapolis, MN, USA

As I accelerated from a stop, the vehicle lost power and the reduced power warning came on along with my engine light. I could not go over 30mph until I pulled over and restarted the vehicle. I was then able to proceed home at normal speed the check gnome light is still on.

- Guthrie Center, IA, USA

I was driving on a secondary road going about 45 mph when all of a sudden my car decelerated to 20 mph in a matter of seconds. The dash showed me an "engine power is reduced" message and my check engine light came on. I was able to safely pull off the road and was able to get home safely. I turned the car off for about 10 minutes and restarted it and it seemingly is fine now but this is terribly unsafe. To my knowledge there is no recall or any word on this from GM.

- Kinde, MI, USA

I was coming to a stop at a traffic light. I received an alert on my dash "reduced engine power" and my check engine light came on. My car became much less responsive to pressing on the accelerator and seemed to be having trouble going more than ~30 mph. An inspection of the problem gave the error code P2138 as the source of the issue.

- Bordentown, NJ, USA

When I was driving home from work tonight. I was taking the ramp to get on to the highway and my car gave me a warning that the engine power was reduced and my check engine light came on and my car was immediately reserved to only going 20 mph. This is very unsafe as I was trying to merge onto the highway.

- St Clairsville, OH, USA

While riding on the highway at 70mph I experienced a total loss of power. The car warned me and the engine light came on. I could not accelerate beyond 30 mph. When I had it checked with a code sensor it told me there was an issue with the throttle position sensor. The code was P2138. This created a very dangerous situation on a quick moving highway.

- Caldwell, NJ, USA

While driving on the highway at accelerated speed dash will say reduce engine speed it will drop to 30mph and will not increase, mind you I'm on the highway with other cars and 18 wheelers. Fortunately I was able to pull over and sit this has happened more than once, and reading the complaints I'm not the only one. Thankfully this was not resulting in a accident/ death. My concern is why haven't this been recalled! someone needs to look into this matter. Due to the fact that next time someone may not be as fortunate as the rest of us. Chevy needs to address this issue before it turns tragic. They have multiple complaints.

- Omaha, NE, USA

I was driving on the parkway and my car suddenly made a clunking noise with a notice that popped up saying reduced engine power and dropped down to 20 mph. I was able to safely pull over, but this was extremely dangerous and I almost got hit on a 4 lane road high speed road. I was not able to accelerate my car past 20mph. The check engine light remained on even after pulling over and restarting my car after 30 minutes. My car is out of warranty and will not be covered.

- Forked River, NJ, USA

While driving at a high rate of speed, my engine reduced light came on and would not allow me to drive over 32 mph. This could have caused an accident with severe injury considering where I was driving. I have seen many others complain about this, why hasn't it been recalled, when will it be recalled?

- Aurora, IN, USA