10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 1 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 33,523 miles
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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
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
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
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
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
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
I noticed a wet spot by the 3 break light inside headliner
- Somerton, AZ, USA
When vehicle comes to a stop and auto start happens, my radio shuts off. Battery sometimes does not hold charge. Could be the alternator or some kind of electrical misfire or contact. Doesn't happen every time vehicle is started.
- Kissimmee, FL, USA
The paint is faying on it as if the paint is going down to the metal.
- Hartshorne, OK, USA
When I place the car in park it does not register that it is park and a 'shift into park' error comes up. Everything stays on in the car and the battery drains if it's not corrected. It can take several attempts to get it to recognize it is in park. Must keep turning the car in and off until it senses it's in park. It has taken up to 10 times until it finally senses it.
- Aurora, IL, USA
While driving everything is fine, as soon as I stop and put my car in park it will show an indication to (put the car in park). I can literally spend 30 minutes jiggling the shifter back and forth until that notification goes away. If I don't make it go away, all the lights stay on and my car will beep at me once I close the doors, the doors will also not lock due to this. So spending 30 minutes to make it go away so it doesn't kill the battery after a 12hour work shift is all I can do.
- Redding, CA, USA
I was driving down the highway today when I heard a loud pop and my sunroof spontaneously exploded. It was after the explosion that small shards of glass started to rain down on us. When I looked up the entire sunroof was shattered. I was able to get the inside sun shade closed before anyone was injured. I looked to see if there was any evidence of anything hitting the car, however there was none. The sunroof was in the closed position when it exploded.
- Elkhorn, WI, USA
On the both back side, where the seat belts are next to small windowand top part of roof waterbis leaking in when I wash my car and maybe even when it rains. There probably mildew, and rust. Also when I park my car the warning light says put car in park, but its in park.
- Hayward, CA, USA
I own a 2016 Chevy Malibu premier I bout it on the same year with 3 thousand miles in it ever since I been having problems with the car in 2017 the car had over 10 thousand miles in it N water was getting inside the vehicle so I took it to dealership N they sed it was a weather strip of the back window second time same year it was an electrical problem of the seats 3rd problem it was suspension now this is 2020 November 27 N now the car has 74 thousand miles in it N the car shakes wile on drive mode just on drive mode N the weirdes thing is that there's no check engine light nothing everything sims to be wrong I need help I do think it's factory made
- Anaheim, CA, USA
When driving, hitting a bump, going over an uneven road, or even pulling into a drive way my car makes a creeping, thumping sound in the rear. Even while in park if someone pushes down on the trunk it makes the noise. I took it to the dealership and was told that it was the rear shock absorbers. I had both replaced and the noise has gotten worse. Also, each time it rains there is water underneath my spare tire and my floor gets wet on the back row.
- Meridian, MS, USA
The main rear window didn't have a proper seal. On both sides in the corners of the rear window of the vehicle, there is a leakage. Every time it rains, you can see water damage. You can also see the after effects of the ceiling being stained. Realized this after it rained while I was driving.
- Perrysburg, OH, USA
The vehicle is driving normal and suddenly shuts down for no apparent reason. Upon parking, you try to start the car, and it won't. wait for approx. 30 mins and the car starts but a bit rough first and then drives.
- Carlsbad, CA, USA
After I put the car in park and push the button to turn it off, it says to shift to park. I have to restart the car and put it in reverse and drive again. Sometimes this works, but it is getting more difficult to get the car to shut off. The car beeps at me and won't shut the radio off when I push the button to turn the car off. I can't lock the doors because the car doesn't recognize that I have shifted to park. This started happening in July, 2020. At first this only happened occasionally. Now it is happening every time I turn the car off.
- Mendota, IL, USA
My shift to park indicator displays on the dash when my car is already in park. The car can't be turned off until the indicator goes off. I usually change gears and put back in park or push it harder while it is already in park. I had this repaired on 9/14/18. The Chevy dealership replaced the transmission control shift level selector. It is now doing it again. It started that shift to park again on 8/7/2020.
- North Little Rock, AR, USA
- Jamestown, NY, USA