10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
22,906 miles

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problem #38

Oct 012019

Malibu

  • 11,000 miles
Shift to park error when parking vehicle. Vehicle is placed in park and information center indicates it is not in park. Then I am unable to set vehicle security system and also car doors will not lock. This has happened numerous times.. I have to restart vehicle and jiggle shift handle to get it to clear shift to park error... then I am able to park and lock the car.

- North Bellmore, NY, USA

problem #37

Sep 232019

Malibu

  • miles
Car stalls while operating, car shuts down while driving and fails to reboot without warning. I experience this problem several time within the last month. Car will also shut down when the vehicle is not in motion ie stop signs, traffic lights, stop & go traffic...etc. Most recent issue vehicle prompt "steering assist is reduced drive with care" or servic stablitrak

- Vestavia Hills, AL, USA

problem #36

Sep 262019

Malibu

  • 21,200 miles
Vehicle does not register that it has been shifted to park. When you stop and shift it to park and then turn the vehicle off, it will come up with a warning to "shift to park". if you ignore the warning, and try to open the doors, it starts to honk at you. It takes several attempts of turning the vehicle back on and shifting out of park and back into park before it registers that it is in park.

- Dekalb, IL, USA

problem #35

Sep 022019

Malibu

  • 40,814 miles
The car intermittently does not recognize when the vehicle is shifted into park. I will place the car into park, try to turn off the car, and the monitor will display "shift car into park". this hinders me from turning the vehicle off and I'll spend time having to shift the car into different gears to get it to recognize that it's in park.

- Southfield, MI, USA

problem #34

Sep 262019

Malibu

  • miles
The car on a irregular but basis but at inconvenient times will not start with push button start. Error message is "no remote detected" the internet tells me the a tsb 197955 was issued but I can get access to the tsb..

- North Merrick, NY, USA

problem #33

Aug 152019

Malibu

  • miles
The volt shift to park issue. Does not recognize park (if it is in park??) to turn the vehicle off, which would make it a safety issue.

- Laveen, AZ, USA

problem #32

Sep 182019

Malibu

  • miles
My brake boosters went out and I paid $700 now something odd is happening to my brakes with the air or pressure. Should this whole car be recalled" my electrics blinked out the day I got the car and the salesman said ' it happens sometimes now I have to replace a battery for$290 on a car I have less than 2 years?" it was mentioned the auto start affects my battery!! I need to speak to someone about reimbursement and covering my battery. Let's take auto start off totally it's a nuisance not a solution and the tow truck driver said he has taken in 4 GMC/Chevrolet this week and 2 were Malibu's. my car is at the dealers right now!

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

problem #31

Aug 012019

Malibu

  • 55,000 miles
Steering assistant! when economic stop happens I'm alerted and car turns off and electric wipes out N comes back on!! my car stopped this time. Every other one of your cars have this recalls. I am in my car now stranded!

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

problem #30

Sep 182019

Malibu

  • 59,211 miles
The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu. While the vehicle was at a stop light, it attempted to restart independently and the power steering assist warning indicator illuminated. The instrument panel started to blink and the vehicle stalled. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle, but it failed to restart. The contact called moritz Chevrolet (9101 camp bowie, dr. West ste. # 1, fort worth, tx 76116, (817) 696-2000) and scheduled an appointment. The contact stated that the vehicle was in the process of being towed to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 59,211.

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

problem #29

Aug 302019

Malibu

  • miles
When parking and turning car off it show a message " shift to park" and car is parked, due to this the music keeps playing unless we manually turn off and when we step out of the car it will beep as if car isn't off.

- Lindsay, CA, USA

problem #28

Jul 082019

Malibu

  • miles
1. once the car is shifted to park, sometimes the car will not power down due to an error message "shift to park." 2. mpg is supposed to be about 30 miles per gallon however I am only getting about 20mpg.

- Lithonia, GA, USA

problem #27

Aug 012019

Malibu

  • 0 miles
Indicator light repeatedly comes and says, please shift vehicle into park. When the vehicle is already in park. I will have been pulled in my driveway already in park mode, I will have to keep starting and stopping the vehicle to get the vehicle to recognize it is already shifted gears into the park position. This has happened more than 6 times since I have had this vehicle in the last 2 years

- Garfield Heights, OH, USA

problem #26

Jul 222019

Malibu

  • 64,000 miles
Car shuts off completely while driving-the car goes dead de-energized completely. All controls would not work just locked up on me. I had to have the unit towed twice, we switched the battery in the key fob and the car ended up starting, however 2 weeks later it died again while driving, I nearly had an accident again!! 3 times the car has been in motion going straight and completely shuts down. The dealership was not able to find anything with their diagnostic testing!! this has to be some sort of mal-function or recall regarding this issue.

- Hemet, CA, USA

problem #25

Jul 242019

Malibu

  • 12,000 miles
While driving in the left most lane of a tollway in stop and go traffic, the car was at a stop and suddenly lost all electrical power. The car completely shut down with no warning or warning lights. Nothing worked including hazard lights. Attempts to jump start the car were unsuccessful and the car had to be towed to a safe place. After that the car started again as if nothing had happened. No error lights or any visible signs that something was ever wrong. Battery was less than a year old and fuel was 1/3 tank.

- Prosper, TX, USA

problem #24

Jun 082019

Malibu

  • 20,000 miles
I am getting a message 'shift to park'. the message is intermittent. It's been going on for weeks. It's not registering the car is in park. I have to re-start car to get it in park

- Roselle Park, NJ, USA

problem #23

May 012019

Malibu

  • 23,904 miles
Driving on a major highway with a customer and the engine light comes on, power is reduced to a crawl, and then "power reduce" light comes on. At that point no acceleration occurs and car cuts off ( I was able to glide to the side) and will not start back up. After an hour, ( and me having to call another car to pick up my customer) car cuts back on. Take it to dealership, was advised that a bulletin was issued regarding this problem 18 months ago, 1 month before I purchased car. Said I needed my cylinders replaced (the engine) but once I took it in, they replaced the fuel injections (23,000 miles). 60 days later, the same exact issue has occurred, again on a major highway, this time I had just dropped off a passenger. Waited 30 minutes, and was able to drive home. Since it was the holiday weekend, I was not able to get into the dealership for immediate repairs again. Called today 7/8/19 to speak to my advisor, he has not called me back. I will have to have the car towed in or drive on the back roads at a crawl.

- Pflugerville, TX, USA

problem #22

Jul 082019

Malibu

  • 25,000 miles
Warning message says 'shift into park' & even though engine shuts off, the radio (& I'm assuming battery) doesn't. car won't lock because of it. Has required turning car back on & off as many as 8 times, and/or moving forward or backwards numerous times. Chevy dealer's service advisor told me "yeah, we've had lots of problems with that. We usually have to replace the shifter control box".

- New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA

problem #21

May 152019

Malibu

  • 66,000 miles
Car will advise to "shift to park" when vehicle is already in park. Vehicle will not shut off. Shifter assembly issues and needs to be replaced. Thousands of customers have been affected according to Chevrolet forums and youtube videos

- Lithonia, GA, USA

problem #20

Apr 102019

Malibu

  • 37,938 miles
2017 Malibu lost power while on the freeway on 4/10/2019! dropped from 65 down to 45 while in the 3rd lane. This has to do with some electrical connection around the drive pedal! there are many complaints of ppl losing power while on the freeway. Just google it! this is a known issue that is going to get someone killed! as a former qe in the auto industry, this would have already resulted in recall efforts because of the safety risk! so NHTSA, I hope you take this complaint very seriously and not wait for someone to die or get seriously hurt! such as the takata airbag, Firestone tires which almost killed a family member!

- Saint Louis Park, MN, USA

problem #19

Mar 162019

Malibu

  • 20,210 miles
Well coming to a stop at a red light the vehicle shuts off with no power. This happened to me multiple time with the car having no power that I can't even put my emergency lights on. Prior to this my vehicle noted "service stability" on dash board and that went away. After that issue popped up another issue occurred. My dashboard noted "shift to park" when my gear was in park. My dealership replaced it in which that's when the car started to shut off more.

- San Jose, CA, USA

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