Issue with Chevrolet Malibu 2017 with 60K miles. I am right around the time where my warranty would be over, and I have having issues with a car that I drive on the highway for 90-95% of the vehicles life. My car is cutting the power to the engine at random times. This has happened on the highway around the same percentage of times that I've driven the car in total. I've had to move over to the breakdown lane, and shut the car down. It would power back up, and typically I would be ok, but this is highly dangerous. The engine light would stay on until the car sits for a while, and then go away. Then I would drive seemingly fine, then boom, on the highway going 65-70, and the engine is reducing power, and I'm scrambling to get over. I am taking the car to the dealership, which has been the only mechanic to look at my vehicle. I did receive new tires from another place, but all other scheduled maintenance has been with my dealership. I am afraid I will have to pay for this and this is a joke because this seems to be a known issue. There are many threads explaining what could be the issue and I would like a follow up on how my experience with my dealership went. When I called my dealership's service location, they seemed to be extremely familiar with the issue I was having. It was strange that I couldn't get a straight answer either way, and I don't feel I should pay for something that is clearly a manufacturers defect of some kind. Not only that, I've been put in dangerous situations while on the highway in bad weather trying to manage, as quickly and safely as I can, a way to get over to the breakdown lane(shoulder). When I press my accelerator and nothing happens when everyone around me is going at a very high rate is speed is an issue needless to say. There should be no reason a recall isn't announced for this issue and Chevrolet held responsible.

- Chicago, IL, USA

When I was pulling out of my driveway, my car stalled. The check engine light came on. I went to get it diagnosed at autozone and the code P2097 came up.

- Dunn, NC, USA

I purchased a 2017 Chevy Malibu last week. I was looking over the data on the Chevy website. Chevy is listing two different hp ratings for this car. One area states 163hp & 184 lb-ft torque. The other says 160hp & 184 lb-ft torque. The main issue I have is with the transmission. GM says the car comes with a 6T45 transmission. That transmission is rated at 215hp & 232 lb-ft torque. Enough for the rated engine. The transmission in the car is a 6T40. Rated at 180hp & 177 lb-ft torque. The torque on the motor is 184 lb-ft at 2500 RPM to 3000 RPM. I work and live in phoenix, AZ. 95% of driving is city driving. I am past the max of the transmission most of the time. This transmission will fail very fast in this heat. Plus the epa fuel rating I'm sure was calculated with the transmission advertised by GM not in the car. I own a car that is not at all what I thought it was.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA

After much research I have found out that the transmission that is in the 2017 Malibu, which is the 6T40, is not rated to be in this vehicle. The 6T40 is rated at 177lb-ft torque, the Malibu has 184lb-ft. Gmauthority.com/blog/GM/GM-transmissions/MH8/ this link is the page for the 6T40. However, the 6T45 is what should be in the car, gmauthority.com/blog/GM/GM-transmissions/MH7/ this is the link for that one, as you can see the max torque is 232lb-ft. media.Chevrolet.com/media/us/en/Chevrolet/vehicles/Malibu/2016.tab1.html their website also says that the car should have the 6T45 transmission in it. The car is brand new so the only thing I have noticed is hard shifting, but in the future I feel as if this could become a problem. I have talked to GM and they said they are the same, but as you see they are not the same. If this post needs to go somewhere else please let me know, I just want to stop this before it starts.

- Kennesaw, GA, USA