2014 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING, THE GEAR SELECTOR FLASHED, AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND STALLED. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO COX CHEVROLET (2900 CORTEX RD W, BRADENTON, FL 34207) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000. *BF*JB*JB

THIS CAR HAS THE AUTO STOP FEATURE WHICH CANNOT BE DISABLED. WHEN I'M STOPPED AND THE AUTO STOP ENGAGES, THE CAR WILL NO LONGER AUTOMATICALLY RESTART. I HAVE TO PUT IT IN PARK, WAIT UP TO A MINUTE OR TWO, SOMETIMES MORE AND THEN IT WILL START. HAVE TALKED TO CHEVY DEALER SERVICE, GOT NO HELP. WENT TO 3 INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS, RAN CODES BUT NOTHING SHOWED UP. ONE TIME I DID GET A CHECK BATTERY CHARGE SYSTEM WARNING. BATTERY IS FAIRLY NEW AND CHECKS OUT FINE. A CODE CAME UP TO REPLACE THE VALVE TIMING SOLENOID WHICH WE DID BUT STILL THIS AUTOSTOP PROBLEM PERSISTS. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE I COULD GET REAR ENDED IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, I GET TEMPORARILY STRANDED AT INTERSECTIONS AND PEOPLE BEHIND ME ARE NOT ALWAYS UNDERSTANDING. . CALLED GM HEADQUARTERS TODAY- WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP. I CALLED A CHEVY DEALERSHIP, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT COULD BE WRONG. I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP TAKING IT IN TO SHOPS AND GET NO ANSWERS. ONE SHOP SAID THEY'VE SEEN SEVERAL CARS WITH THIS ISSUE, THEY COULDN'T DIAGNOSE IT. THE CAR IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT STALLS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED A MINUTE BEFORE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT HESITATED TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND CONTROL VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

THIS CAR IS STALLING AND SURGING. YOU GO TO LEAVE THE STOPPED POSITION IT HESITATE OR STALLS. DIES LIKE IT'S STARVED OF FUEL. RPM RAISES UP WITH DOING ANYTHING LIKE A LOSS OF POWER. CODES P0010 P0011 P0002

THE AUTOSTOP FEATURE HAS A MALFUNCTION WHEN THE CAR COMES TO A STOP ON DOWN SIDE OF A HILL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SHUT COMPLETELY OFF FOR UP TO 15 TO 20 MINUTES BEFORE IT CRANKS BACK UP AGAIN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND THE CAR IS ABLE TO SWITCH GEARS AND LIGHTS COME ON INT HE DASH AS NORMAL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS WHILE ITS IN THIS DEAD STATE AND ONCE IT CRANKS UP AS NORMAL THE LIGHT GOES OFF. LOCAL DEALERSHIPS ARENT ABLE TO PINPOINT THE EXACT ISSUE AND THE CAR DOESNT KEEP A RECORD OF THE CHECK ENGINE CODE. A NEW BATTERY WAS GIVEN ONCE BUT THAT DISNT LAST LONG BEFORE THE AUTO STOP FEATURE MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN

FOUND LOOSE INTAKE MANIFOLD BOLTS. CAUSING INTERMITTENT CODE P0171 FUEL TRIM LEAN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AUTONATION (7769 GRAPEVINE HIGHWAY, FORT WORTH, TX 76180, (817) 485-0400) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT FROM PARK INTO DRIVE WHILE ON AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONSTANTLY WAIT TO ENSURE THAT THE GEAR PROPERLY CHANGED OVER. BOB BELL CHEVROLET (1 KANE ST, BALTIMORE, MD 21224, (443) 407-1778) INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY AND THERE WAS A PROGRESSING FALSE START FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO COX CHEVROLET (2900 CORTEZ RD W, BRADENTON, FL 34207, (941) 749-2699) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEING DRIVEN FREQUENTLY DUE TO THE RISK OF THE GEAR NOT SHIFTING AND THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

CAR HAS PROBLEM WITH AUTO STOP. STALLS AND HARD TO RESTART. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND GETS CODE WITH BRAKE ASSIST. CALLED CHEVY AND THEY STATED MY CAR HAD A RECALL WITH THIS EXACT ISSUE BUT STATES IS CLOSED HOWEVER THEY COULD NOT GET ANY INFO ON WHEN FIXED AND WHERE. CALLED DEALER WHERE BOUGHT CAR AND THEY STATE NO RECALL ON CAR EVER AND NEVER EVEN HARD OF THIS RECALL. CALLED BACK OTHER DEALER AND THEY WILL LOOK AT CAR BUT CANT FOR DAYS AND WONT GIVE A LOANER. WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH CAR IS WHT THE RECALL IS. DEALER THAT WILL LOOK AT CAR THINKS IT IS VERY STARNGE THAT COMES UP WITH THIS RECALL BUT CLOSED WITH NO OTHER INFO. CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AS STALLS AND HARD TO RESTART AND HAVING BRAKE ASSIST ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FAILED TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY AND FROSTED THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED UP TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,378.