10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
3 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
27,047 miles

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problem #3

Jan 072019

Malibu

  • 5,670 miles
Car was not accelerating would not go past 20mphtook to dealer ship took 2 months to figure out it was the knock sensor and also the ECM were out mind you my car had less than 6K miles I'm the first and only owner of it! I bought this car from don ringler with 4 miles. My car was on the high way when this happen.

- Killeen, TX, USA

problem #2

Dec 012018

Malibu

  • miles
Bought this car brand new in August 2018. When I drive it sometimes it looses power when I'm driving from a stop or while picking up speed and it doesn't matter if it's on the freeway or on the street. The only way I can describe it is it's like the transmission gets stuck in a high gear and slowly builds speed up. It is very dangerous to drive it like this.

- San Bernardino, CA, USA

problem #1

Sep 282018

Malibu

  • 5 miles
I bought this car brand new 9/28/2018 with 2 miles on it. Every once in a while the car will stick at 3400 RPM's, making almost no power, while trying to accelerate. The car will do this from a stop or trying to pass a car. Brought to dealer for 4 days, they couldn't duplicate the issue as it doesn't happen all the time(eye roll) it is a major safety concern as it will give you a false sense of security when moving into or around traffic and is very dangerous. Monitoring the car thru the obdii port I personally found it not building boost from the turbo when it's having this problem, unfortunately the dealers can't see this problem...

- Fort Wayne, IN, USA