10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
35,335 miles

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problem #128

Jan 052022

Malibu

  • miles
Yesterday I was driving down the freeway at 70 mph when the car slowed down to 30 miles a hour and the message engine power is reduced comes on. Had to exit the freeway and turn off the car. Then it was fine.

- Clinton , MI, USA

problem #127

Nov 052021

Malibu

  • miles
Loss of engine power; vehicle not shifting/idling; shift to park issue

- College Station, TX, USA

problem #126

Oct 022021

Malibu

  • miles
The morning I started my trip. My back up camera stayed on. I stopped turned the car off and back on. It was still on. Turned it off again. This time the camera went off. I was going up the cajon pass. No warning light or anything. Was coming up to my exit. Tried to slow down to exit. Couldn't press my brakes. They were rock hard to press. Took my foot off gas. Slowed down enough to get to the shoulder of the road. Once I was able to stop. My brakes were hard to press they made a clunk noise. I noticed the check engine light was on. I could of been killed had someone been in front of me and stopped. Or I could of killed someone. This is not the first time these brakes have done this. They did it earlier this year I wasn't able to press my brakes as and when I was it made the same noise. I had it towed to dealer to be fixed. They said they fixed it. This could of killed me or someone else as I was traveling on the freeway at faster speeds than the streets

- Fontana, CA, USA

problem #125

Jul 262021

Malibu

  • miles
CHMSL water leaking inside the vehicle from rear roof stop light, it-€™s a speacial coverage from GM. My vehicle has odor smell & inside water damage & mold Starling Chevrolet Orlando is non cooperative & giving me false information & run around between dealership &

- Orlando, FL, USA

problem #124

Jun 262021

Malibu

  • miles
While I was pulling into a parking spot, my 2016 Chevrolet Malibu suddenly accelerated without any prior warning. The sudden unintended acceleration caused the vehicle to somehow jump the curb, hit a sign, and go airborne landing on two park cars which, resulted in damage to the front end and passenger side fender, front grill, left tire and other parts. The car was leaning to one side and I had to pry open the driver side door to get out. One of the other cars was totaled and the other had hood damage. It took two tow trucks to remove the car off of the other cars, it was towed to a repair shop and repaired by my insurance company but I no longer have possession of it. I was too terrified of it to keep it. It is still unknown what caused the vehicle to malfunction.

- Sacramento, CA, USA

problem #123

Jun 022021

Malibu

  • miles
My vehicle, a 2016 Chevy Malibu, has started receiving the *known* GM "Shift to Park" error message. This error message occurs when the vehicle is in park, but the driver information center (in the dashboard) alerts to "Shift to Park" before you can shut off the vehicle. If you try to exit the vehicle with the error message, all electronic systems (screen, lights, dash, etc) will stay on, draining down the car battery, putting me at risk of being stranded due to a known issue in my car and/or me having to leave my car running, putting my car at risk of being broken into, stolen, or worse. I have wasted countless hours already, in the very short time the error has occurred, having to shift out of park, reverse, drive, back into park, and keep trying over and over and over and over and over and over and over, until it finally might register. One evening, it took over two hours for this to work. This is a HUGE risk to me, especially in the city I live in, as a single woman. Furthermore, the fact that GM and NHTSA have a service bulletin on this, and it is a *known* issue in my year, make, and model, on top of the thousands and thousands of online forums reporting this same issue, tells me that this is much, much larger than anyone (especially GM) would like to admit, and that my car needs to be included in the recall for this.

- Washington, DC, USA

problem #122

May 212021

Malibu

  • miles
Transmission problems

- Glenwood, IL, USA

problem #121

Apr 292021

Malibu

  • 54,000 miles
I was driving in the rain on a street heading towards the highway at 40 mph and suddenly engine reduced power notification came up and I was unable to drive faster than 20 mph.

- Milwaukee, WI, USA

problem #120

Apr 042021

Malibu

  • 51,000 miles
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

problem #119

Mar 012021

Malibu

  • 125,000 miles
The vehicle runs fine other than when the problems start acting up. It is a BCM issue involving the stabilitrak and ABS. Every few weeks or so, I'll get 3 service light ups in my dash stating 'service vehicle soon, service stabilitrak, service brake assist, reduced power steering drive with care' after coming to a stop. When I go to take off the car will rev up and down then those messages pop up as I cannot speed up or drive. Once the vehicle comes to a stop it shuts off and won't turn back on until about 10 minutes later. I've put $700 in it replacing speed sensors, vacuum pump and vacuum sensor and the problem still occurs. If it were to happen on the highway this could be very dangerous as it already occurred at an intersection stoplight in columbus Ohio

- London, OH, USA

problem #118

Mar 012021

Malibu

  • miles
"service park assist system" always comes back no matter how many times I've taken it to a Chevy dealer! no known fix - straight from GM there isn't any known fix. They thought it's when you use remote start... well I didn't use the remote start after Chevy "reprogrammed" the car and the message came back and I cannot use the park assist system plus why have a feature that cannot be used. Car is below 50,000 miles and very lightly driven - the average speed according to the car's computer is 38 mph. Also service transmission comes up with some solenoid trouble code and displays "service transmission" at first intermittently, but now every time the vehicle is started. It bangs into when shifting from 1 to 2 when driven. The body panel on the door between the doors is flaking. I've gotten a "shift to park" message when the vehicle was already in park which drains the battery.

- Nashville, TN, USA

problem #117

Jan 012021

Malibu

  • 52,500 miles
Most times, when I'm done driving and shift my car to park a warning comes up my dash saying 'shift to park' even when the car is in park. I then have to restart my car, change the gears and hope it doesn't give me that message again. I often have to repeat this process 2-3 times after I'm done driving and attempting to park and shut off my car. It does not happen every time that I shift my car to park and try and shut my car off, but it happens a lot of the time. It's very frustrating and time consuming. This has been happening on and off for a few months now. My sister also has a 2016 Malibu and hers is doing the same exact thing.

- Charlotte, MI, USA

problem #116

Jan 312021

Malibu

  • 470,000 miles
Driving 65mph on highway check engine light and stabilatrack lights flash and loss of power starts happening and car wont go over 20mph... Chevy claims its normal and dont find a.reason why it happened. Ive had the car at Chevy 6 times for issue after issue and now this loss of power on a highway nearly killed me as I could barely get car to a.safe location...

- Jamestown, NY, USA

problem #115

Jan 022021

Malibu

  • 170,500 miles
16' Chevy Malibu, 170K miles. Rear popping noise, back left. Heard a pop noise from back left of car after letting off the brakes from a stopped position. Took the left rear (lr) tire off and found lr brake caliper piston to have failed and would not reseed into caliper causing popping noise. Took car to porter Chevrolet in newark, de on 1/20/21 for caliper replacement and they informed me that the part was on national back order due to many cars being affected by the same issue. I had part ordered and picked up my car until the caliper comes in. Will bring car back to porter when part comes in for replacement and hopefully recall credit in near future. Do not let dealerships/ repair shops tell you that it is the rear shock! it is the brake caliper that is making the popping noise.

- Newark, DE, USA

problem #114

Jan 202021

Malibu

  • 72,000 miles
Was driving on highway at 60 mph and dashboard lit up with warning engine power reduced mode and car went into low speed. Tried accelerating car would not go beyond 20 mph

- Milwaukee, WI, USA

problem #113

Jan 012019

Malibu

  • 65,000 miles
My vehicle has a loud knocking sound coming from under the backseat sounds like the muffler hitting up against the backseat. We as consumers shouldn't be responsible for something that was Chevrolet fault from the start

- Washington, DC, USA

problem #112

Dec 232020

Malibu

  • 98,000 miles
When the car goes into the auto stop mode it completely dies and the light. No dash lights, no dome light, no hazard lights, literally nothing works. This has happened 3 times so far, and all three times I was in the middle of traffic. I'm not happy, I have had trouble out of this car with other issues sense I gotten it back in July of 2020

- Bossier City, LA, USA

problem #111

Dec 222020

Malibu

  • 48,000 miles
Often, when I shift my car to park, a warning comes up and indicates shift into park. It already is in park. I have to play around until it recognizes it. Happens randomly. Annoying.

- Arlington Heights, IL, USA

problem #110

Dec 222020

Malibu

  • 44,690 miles
Driving the car you smell a burning smell upon parking it turned out the heat shield on car was burning and disintegrating. I have photo but won't load, ,,

- Jamestown, NY, USA

problem #109

Dec 252020

Malibu

  • miles
I noticed a wet spot by the 3 break light inside headliner

- Somerton, AZ, USA

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