2017 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

AS I EXITED THE FREEWAY AND WAS SLOWING DOWN MY CAR JERKED AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" MESSAGE CAME ON. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY OR BUILD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO SHIFT AS IT SHOULD. VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. I STARTED DRIVING DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP ON THE HWY. EVENTUALLY THE CAR BUILT ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO SHIFT OUT OF 2ND. CAR DROVE BETWEEN 20-35 MPH. TOOK A LONG TIME TO BUILD UP SPEED AFTER STOPPING AT RED LIGHTS. (ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPLACED) DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ME AND THE VEHICLES AROUND ME.

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE FREEWAY I SLOWED DOWN AS APPROACHING SLIGHT CONGESTION OF CARS. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AS WELL AS "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" MESSAGE APPEARED. VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. FELT AS IF IT WERE STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. VEHICLE WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE TO APPROX 20-30 MPH AND WAS VERY SLOW TO BUILD ANY MOMENTUM. I EXITED THE FREEWAY, CALLED ONSTAR, FOUND A PARKING LOT AND PARKED THE VEHICLE. DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPLACED FOR THE 2ND TIME. VEHICLE 37,735 MILES

DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD OR INTERSTATE AND IT LOSES POWER AND WONT LET YOU DRIVE OVER 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE ALSO WOULD NOT START. HAD TO LET THE CAR SIT FOR 15 SECONDS THEN TRY TO START IT AGAIN FOR IT TO START. THEN IT WOULD CUT OFF WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. GIVES A MESSAGE SAYING ENGINE POWER REDUCING

AFTER TRIP OF A FEW MILES AND AFTER TURNING OFF THE START/STOP(KEYLESS) SWITCH, THE SCREEN MESSAGED THAT THE REMOTE KEY WAS NOT DETECTED, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL IN THE CAR. NEITHER REMOTE KEYS WOULD NOT PERFORM ANY FUNCTION NOR WOULD MANUALLY PUSHING DOOR LOCKS OR SWITCH. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES REMOTE KEY OPERATION RETURNED.THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER. THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS WILL STOP THE ENGINE IN A CRITICAL SITUATION.

WHEN DRIVING THE ENGINE LOSE POWER AND THE TRACTION LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THE CAR TELL YOU THAT THE ENGINE IS LOSING POWER. THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. I ALSO HAVE BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON.

DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD AND IT LOSES POWER AND WONT LET YOU DRIVE OVER 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE ALSO WOULD NOT START. HAD TO LET THE CAR SIT FOR 15 SECONDS THEN TRY TO START IT AGAIN FOR IT TO START. THEN IT WOULD CUT OFF WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. DEALERSHIP FIXED THE PISTONS AND ADDED A NEW BATTERY STILL HAD A PROBLEM AND NOW THEY REPLACED ACCEL PEDAL SENSOR. AND NOW DRIVES A LITTLE FUNNY.

VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" ERROR DISPLAYED AND WILL SUDDENLY STALL ANYWHERE IN TRAFFIC CAUSING DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. PEOPLE WHO NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS. WILL HAVE TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND EXIT THE VEHICLE TO CHECK WHAT IS WRONG AND RISK POSSIBLY BEEING HIT AND KILLEOTHER D BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS FEATURE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON ANY VEHICLE. IT CAUSES ENDAGERMEMT FOR DRIVERS AND OTHER TRAFFIC. IT IS A NEEDLESS FEATURE. IF ANY SENSOR IS BAD IT ALREADY GETS DISPLAYED BY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO ON TOP OF IT STALL THE VEHICLE CAUSING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS FOR THE DRIVER AND OTHER TRAFFIC.

I'VE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2017 AND THE ACCELLARATOR PETAL HAS GONE OUT. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CANS ON AND AS I WAS DRIVING, IS GAVE A MESSAGE SAYING ENGINE POWER REDUCING. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE JIM ELLIS DEALER TO DIAGNOSE AND THEY ADVISED ME IT WAS THE ACCELLORATOR PETAL FAULT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO SEVERAL MALIBU'S FIE SOME YEARS NOW AND THIS ISSUE NEEDS A MASSIVE RECALL. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO REPAIR A VEHICLE WITHIN A YEAR OF PURCHASING. MIND YOU MY WARRANTY IS NOT IN EFFECT, IT'S EXPIRED. I'VE DONE RESEARCH AND SEVERAL MALIBU'S SINCE 2008 HAS THIS SAME ISSUE. ONCE THE REDUCE SPEED TOOK PLACE, IT WOULD NOT ALLOW MY VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 60 MILES PER HOUR WHILE ON THE FREEWAY.

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER 2017 AND AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE 2018, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD TURN ON AND I'D GET A MESSAGE READING "ENGINE POWER REDUCED". THE TURBO WOULD BE SHUT OFF. I TOOK IT BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT 5 TIMES BEFORE THEY FINALLY REPLACED THE TURBO VALVE. NOTHING HAPPENED AND ALL WAS FINE UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. MY PARTNER AND I TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A COMPUTER CODE RESET ISSUE. THEY SAID THEY RESET IT AND IT SHOULD BE FINE. WITHIN ONE WEEK, IT WAS BACK ON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT SINCE EACH TIME I TAKE IT IN, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SEES THE ISSUE BUT THEY CONTINUALLY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE LIGHT COMES ON BOTH WHILE IN MOTION AND STATIONARY, IN MY GARAGE, IN A PARKING LOT, DRIVING ON SUBURBAN STREETS, ON THE HIGHWAY, WHENEVER. THERE'S NO SPECIFIC MOVEMENT THAT TRIGGERS THIS AND NO PAST OR CURRENT RECALLS REGARDING THIS ISSUE, THOUGH THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON COMPLAINT APPARENTLY FOR THE MALIBU VEHICLES, ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE DEALERSHIPS I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO.

BOUGHT VEHICLE NEW 12-5-17 AND ON 12-6-17 ENGINE LIGHT WHILE IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY CAME ON I WAS ADVICE BY SERVICE MEMBER AT DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS AN EMISSIONS PROBLEM AND IT WOULD FIX ITSELF. ENGINE LIGHT WENT AWAY AND THEN 10-11-18 IN WHILE IN MOTION ON STREET ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR DECELERATED IN SPEED GIVING MESSAGE ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED. WAS GOING TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT AWAY AGAIN BEFORE THAT TIME. TODAY 11-22-18 ENGINE LIGHT BACK ON,WHILE IN MOTION ON STREET SPEED REDUCED, SAME MESSAGE SAYING ENGINE POWERED REDUCED. THOSE TIMES THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SPEED WOULD NOT GO OVER 30 MILES PER HOUR