Chevrolet Malibu Complaints (2022)

92 consumer complaints on file.

#11638218January 24, 2025
POWER TRAIN
The contact owns a 2022 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while parking the vehicle, the gear shifter was shifted into park(P); however, the “Shift to Park” message was displayed. The contact shifted the gear shifter back and forth and then shifted into park(P) before the proper gear was recognized. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the warranty had expired. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11637914January 23, 2025
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
The contact owns a 2022 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while operating the vehicle, there was a whining sound coming from the transmission. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who replaced the transmission. Later while operating the vehicle, the message "Engine Overheating" was displayed, and the vehicle was taken back to the dealer who diagnosed that the turbocharger was faulty and needed to be replaced. The turbocharger was replaced, and the vehicle was repaired. Recently, while driving, the message "Shift to Park" was displayed and the vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the gear shifter was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 38,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11636680January 18, 2025
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Car will not turn off. Message of “Shift to Park” will appear even if shift is in Park. This is a safety issue. I just bought my car 2 days ago and it keeps happening. The car is only at approximately 44,000 miles.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11624695November 12, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Started showing shift to park, while vehicle is in park and turned off
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11624537November 11, 2024
POWER TRAIN, WHEELS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Was going about 30 car felt like it was sliding and not getting traction
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11624534November 11, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Parked the car put in Park , alerted me shift to park. Car would not completely shut off. Happened several times
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11617289September 30, 2024
POWER TRAIN
The contact owns a 2022 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that upon moving the gear shifter to the park(P), the message "Shift to Park" was displayed. The contact stated that after restarting the vehicle, the vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular occurrence. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer nor an independent mechanic to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 38,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11614999September 17, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
The contact owns a 2022 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to exceed 20 MPH while driving. Additionally, the contact stated while his mother was driving approximately 40 MPH and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle failed to respond, and the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The contact's mother was able to pull to the side of the road and allowed the vehicle to roll to a stop. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where the failure was related to the vehicle tracker. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred several times while driving. The contact stated that the RPMs dropped to zero. The traction control and the check engine warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer however, the failure could not be replicated. Additionally, the dealer replaced the gear shifter, the harness, and the jumper; however, the contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the transmission made an abnormal grinding sound and the vehicle jerked while shifting into gear. Additionally, the brakes engaged unintendedly nearly causing the vehicle to come to a stop. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer sent a field investigator who later informed the contact's mother that the dealer had determined that the failure was related to the rims. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 29,901.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11611995September 1, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
The car is telling me to shift to park when it's in park and just turned it off. I have to start the car again and move the gear shift from park to drive and back to try to clear it. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11610457August 23, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I noticed that as I was parking my 2022 Chevrolet Malibu and placed the vehicle's shifter in the park position, I was trapped in my vehicle because I keep getting an error message on my dashboard that reads "Shift to Park." even after the shifter was placed in park. This happened during one of the hottest days of the year. The vehicle failed to shift to the park position preventing people from leaving their vehicles out of fear that the vehicle may roll if not properly parked. Also, when this happens, I am unable to leave my vehicle unattended. I had to turn on and off the car several times until the problem resolved. this is an intermittent problem. GM has known about this problem for over 6 years now and they continue to manufacture these defective parts even after GM sent out Technical Service (TSBPIT5616A).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11608258August 13, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
This vehicle is equipped with blue tooth which should allow me to drive hands free, focusing on the road and cars around me while GPS provides directions from my car speakers. Every day my phone looses connection to the blue tooth which stops GPS from going through my speakers which cause me to take my eyes off the road to see what the problem is. I have seen numerous websites which document this is an on going and huge issue with all GM vehicles. I live in a state in which distracted driving is enough of an offense to warrant police to pull you over. Manufacturers should not be allowed to push out vehicles that do not function as they are marketed that they do work when in reality this is a piece of shit that will cause accidents.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11607788August 11, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Engine reduce power power keeps coming on been to 5 dealers they say 200 hundred and 1 to 2 days on it but can't pay that to them on fixed income. Had two strokes been to dealer to gets parts .and also parts stores still the same part from different places still engine reduce power keeps coming on. On 8/10. Had throttle body taken of and cleaned l am at wit end Had to with this car oh l mean lemon
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11603516July 20, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Vehicle does not register has parked while In park. Car will not power off and causes safety problems because vehicle may roll away if park is not engaged.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11603467July 19, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I put my car into valet mode today, and I set the code to 0000. I confirmed the code 0000. When I went to take it out of valet mode 0000 doesn't work, it says that I've entered the wrong code. I know exactly what code I put in, now I have to pay $100 or more just to have the ECM reprogrammed. No I can no longer view maps on my screen, which is a safety issue because now I have to look at my phone.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11603464July 19, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Often, when I'm actually in park, my car displays a shift to park message on the dash. I see that this is an issue with the 2022 Chevrolet Malibu however they do not have a recall out for it as of yet.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11600262July 8, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
When shifting into park and turning the car off, the dashboard shows ‘shift car into park’ and doesn’t turn off. The car continues to stay in auxiliary mode
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11590039May 21, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
It grinds ,steering wheel make noise when backing out wobbling in front when on highway it feels like the back end of being pushed and stalls sometimes
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11589605May 20, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Shift to Park; my vehicle does not recognize when I have parked and I have been receiving this signal continuously for the last couple of days.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11588114May 10, 2024
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Chevy, and many GM vehicles love to illuminate the white “reverse” lights when parked. This is a fundamental departure from what it means when these *white* lights are illuminated, i.e., the car is in reverse and pedestrians and other vehicles should prepare for the vehicle to back up. However, with the above auto manufacturers, that rule is broken and now there are tens of thousands, or millions of vehicles on the road, and myriad parking lots/garages where these fundamental tenets for the expectation of a potential vehicle behavior has been broken. The notion that this is a “safety” feature to illuminate the area around the vehicle is inherently flawed. Other automobile manufacturers have seemed to fare just fine without this departure of what white lights mean on the back of a vehicle. When something has a long-standing specific meaning (i.e., I might go in reverse), and then that rule is changed, or augmented in ways that are non-uniform across automobile manufacturers, it renders the original intended purpose to be futile. At what point will somebody become severely injured and/or die because the white lights of a Chevy were ignored, and a car, did in fact, go in reverse. Going in reverse is now the exception when white lights illuminate on these cars, not the rule, and this is a terrible “feature” for alerting others about the intended behavior of the vehicle. The NHTSA should clarify the intended purpose of when white (reverse) rights are allowed to illuminate before the meaning of these lights becomes even more degraded.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11585684April 28, 2024
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS
Hit an animal on the roadway and the airbag didn’t deploy and my car is destroyed engine light is on I could have been hurt
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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