Chevrolet Malibu Complaints

293 consumer complaints on file.

#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
#11596537June 25, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Parked car and it was dinging. Looked at dash and had shift to park warning. Car has 15000 miles. Had to hit shifter to get dash to turn off.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11596171June 24, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
My car randomly shuts off when but still says it’s on at a stop light which causes a lot of problems because I have to push the start button to turn off and turn on again. Something is wrong with the wiring, in order for me to turn my car off I have to unplug my battery otherwise my car safety alarm will activate and hazard lights will go off and trunk will open. Which also cause my horn to go out. Everytime I turn my car on it says service ESC which I have no clue what that means and have asked multiple people . My air bag service light is on and it has no reason to be on as my car has not had any problems with my airbags. My car automatically brake while on the highway going 75 when a car swerved into my lane ahead of me and the hard activated the abs which caused my car to swerve uncontrollably and almost caused my car to flip.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11594654June 16, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
The computer was not recognizing my car being in the correct gear shift. It did this for a few days until finally, I couldn't drive it. The car would not recognize any part of the gear being in the correct position. The car would not move forward or reverse, resulting in a tow. The mechanic at Reed Lallier Chevrolet in Fayetteville NC was even able to guess my car make and model from the symptoms I reported (which was later discovered, in my case, the gear shift link had loosened), and confirmed that if this happened while in motion, it would have been very dangerous. He also said they had 3 other cars that SAME DAY that had different causes but the same exact faulty gear recognition, with all of them being recent-year Malibu Chevrolet models AND the following day when I was doing my follow-up call concerning my car, 2 more were brought in with the faulty gear recognition issue.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11592979June 7, 2024
ENGINE, STEERING
The contact owns a 2021 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled. During the failure, the power steering became inoperable, with a grinding sound present and unknown warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local mechanic who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. After retrieving the vehicle, the failure persisted. The manufacturer and local dealer were not yet notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 68,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11592750June 5, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
While the car is in park after the button is pushed to shut the car off, I get a warning on my dash stating that the car is not in park and it is beeping to let me know that there is an issue. Even though the car is in park and it says it is in park.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11590830May 26, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
When I put my car in park, the park light comes on. I’ve had to forced the car in park AND the gear button get stuck. The park warning light is still on. It takes about 5 minutes or more before the light goes off After I’ve forced it in park several times. I can’t leave the light on because my battery will die.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11590074May 22, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The contact owns a 2023 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated the vehicle failed to start when the Push-to-Start button was pressed. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer, but the diagnosis was not available. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 31,000.
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
#11589906May 21, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The vehicle says shift to park. Even though the vehicle is in park. It then causes the vehicle power to remain on and kill the battery. I’ve seen multiple instances of this same problem on the same vehicle as mine and many other GM models. My warranty ran out in January (of course) and now the issue is occurring. I’ve been stranded with a dead battery 3 times already due to this. It’s literally a microswitch not functioning correctly to tell the computer that the vehicle is in park.
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
#11589336May 17, 2024
STEERING
When you shift the car into park and you get a "Shift to Park" alert on your dashboard. It makes it very hard to shut off the vehicle.
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
#11585982April 29, 2024
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
Had the car for less than a year and it started jerking badly on the highway almost caused an accident. Took it to the Chevy dealer and was told I need a new transmission on a 2021 vehicle because of a STRETCHED DRIVE CHAIN CAUSING WEAK DRIVE AND CAUSED METAL DEBRIS TO GET SENT THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION SETTING DTC'S .
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
#11583570April 17, 2024
POWER TRAIN
Warning light appears on dash "Shift to Park". Car is in park. Engine will turn off, but ignition stays in accessory mode and will run down battery if ignored. Have to wiggle shifter back and forth repeatedly to get the warning light to go away and the ignition to completely shut off. Started as a once in a while occurrence 3 months ago. Now doing this almost every time. Car is a 2021, has 100k miles, so out of warranty. No active recall. There was a recall for 2016-2019 models, and a class action lawsuit but no recall on 2021 model.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11582217April 10, 2024
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The car had multiple components fail, mostly electrical. But the main malfunction is the “Oil Pump” as stated by the dealership service team. Yes it is currently available for inspection upon request. The oil pump failure is the main concern since it is a key component to the vehicle’s engine and performance, this put my safety at risk since it caused several electrical malfunctions causing the car to decrease its engine power while driving on the highway, not only putting the drivers safety at risk but also those around, potentially causing a collision since engine could experience catastrophic failure due to this issue. The problem has been addressed and confirmed by a dealer and manufacturer, but it has not been solved and it has been well over a month now to which they have found no solution since the part was “discontinued.” There were not symptoms or warning signs before hand, except the car engine revving up at stops prior to the to the failure and check engine light coming on the day it was taken to service at the dealership.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11580735April 2, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I placed the gearshift in park and I hat a warning to place the car in park. And it would not let me turn the engine off.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11576730March 11, 2024
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS
My safety restraint system keeps failing out and says it’s a seatbelt tensioner problem. Gm has repaired many times and still fails out.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11575718March 6, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
When trying to park shift disappears . Parking feature unavailable. Have to try several times to or wait until parking shift appears. System glitch trying to park. Afraid car will run off by itself and hit other cars and crash. Family of four very concerned for our safety. It has been a known issue on several Chevrolet Malibu since 2015 This should have been on a recall since 2015. Why haven’t there been any recalls on this vehicle for this problem. This problem needs to get resolved and if we have to pay out of pocket money reimbursed for everyone. Fear for our safety using this car now.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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