2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints
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2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU- STERLING, CO
NOTICED SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHILE DRIVING. HAD ALIGNED 3 TIMES ONCE AT A DIFFERENT SHOP. HAS NEW TIRES. TIRES ARE NOW CUPPED AND WILL WEAR UNEVENLY. STEERING WHEEL STILL SHAKES AND CAR FEELS LIKE IT'S BEING PUSHED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. HEATER CORE IS NOW BAD AND IT'S NOT EVEN 3 YEARS OLD. ALL WINDOWS FOGGED UP INCLUDING FRONT WINDSHIELD AND CAN SMELL COOLANT WHEN THE HEAT IS ON. WINDOWS BEGIN TO FOG UP DRIVING IN TOWN AND THEN COMPLETELY FOG UP HIGHWAY DRIVING.
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2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU- LAWSON, MO
'TAMARA RECALL' I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND A WARNING SAID 'ENGINE POWER LOSS' AND MY CAR SLOWED DOWN TO 40MPH, I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, SPEED LIMIT OF 65, I ALSO GOT AND EMAIL SAYING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, I TOOK IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT,2 CODES PIPED UP SAYING P1101 WHICH IS THE THROTTLE BODY AND P2318 WHICH IS (APP) GAS PEDAL, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS TURNED OFF, IT DIDN'T COME BACK ON FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEN IT TURNED BACK ON, BY THE NEXT MORNING IT WENT OFF BY ITSELF! I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE RECALL
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2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU- MILWAUKEE, WI
WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE LOSES POWER AND THE CAR STOPS RIGHT WHERE IT IS.(IN TRAFFIC) THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIME RECENTLY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM ANDREW CHEV. MILWAUKEE WIS.
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2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU- BRAWLEY, CA
TAKATA RECALL" MY CAR HAS A PLOBLEMS WITH THE SHIFT PARKING, ONES I PUT IN PARKING AND TURN OFF THE CAR THE CAR SAID SHIFT PARKING AND THE KEY STAY OPEN. AND I CAN'T LOCK THE CAR, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT HAPPEN TO MY CAR I CHANGE IN 10/2017 THAT'S IMPOSIBLE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.
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2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU- EMPORIA, VA
WHEN PLACING THE CAR IN THE PARK POSITION AN ERROR MESSAGE APPEARS AFTER TURNING OFF THE IGNITION 'SHIFT TO PARK'. YOU WILL HAVE TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE JUST IN CASE IT ROLLS. THEN SHIFT THE CAR INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE IN TO SHIFT IT BACK TO THE PARK POSITION. THIS HAS TO BE DONE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THAT IT IS IN THE PARK POSITION.
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2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU- MURFREESBORO, TN
MY CAR STABILITRAK COMES ON EVERY OTHER 20 MINS WHEN DRIVING. IF I TRY TO ACCELERATE MY CARS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THEN SAY ENGINE POWER REDUCED ALMOST STOPPING MY VEHICLE ON THE INTERSTATE I CAN ONLY DRIVE IT IN TOWN UNDER 40 MPH. DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED NOTHING AND OF COURSE NO RECALLS BUT EVERY RECALL CHEVY HAS WITH THE MALIBU FITS MY MODEL. VERY DISAPPOINTING. IT HAS BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. TODAY I WAS HEADED TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER FROM DAYCARE AND MY BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY STIFF AND I COULD NOT STOP CAUSING ME TO ROLL THROUGH AN INTERSECTION THANKFULLY IT WAS A GREEN LIGHT AND LET THE CAR ROLL UNTIL IT STOPPED. I WAS TERRIFIED. I HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR LONG AND IT IS A HEADACHE.
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2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU- OCEANSIDE, CA
ENGINE LIGHT COME ON FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS APPEARS TO SENSOR ERRORS . STATE BACK DOOR UNLOCKED AND ALSO REDUCE POWER TO VEHICLE AS YOUR ARE DRIVING VERY UNSAFE. HAS HAD SENIOR REPLACED DUE TO ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND STATING BACK DOOR UNLOCKED. ALSO REPROGRAMMED 3C DUE TO ERROR CODES.
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2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU- JACKSONVILLE, FL
THIS VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS, WHILE RIDING ON THE HIGHWAY OR JUST DRIVING ALL TOGETHER THE ENGINE SPEED REDUCED LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE SPEED DROPS IF I'M ON THE HIGHWAY IT DROPS TO 40MPH IF IM DRIVING THE STREET IT DROPS TO 20MPH, MY KIDS AND I WERE ALMOST HIT BY OTHER DRIVERS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BECAUSE OF THIS, I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW THE PROBLEM, FOR THE PAST WEEK IT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE AND HAPPENS AT LEAST 5 TIMES A DAY, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS AS ITS VERY DANGEROUS FOR MY FAMILY AND I
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2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU- TUCKER, GA
I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY I RECEIVED A DASH NOTICE OF REDUCED POWER. I WENT FROM 70 TO 20 IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 20 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT AND DRIVE TO MY DEALER SHIP STEVE RAYMOND CHEVROLET IN SMYRNA GA. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENOR UNIT THAT HAD FAILED. NOW I SEE THERE ARE COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND GM IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT, IT IS A $400 REPAIR. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS WELL. MAKE GM RECALL THIS PART!! THANKS
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2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU- MADISON HEIGHTS, MI
WHEN I WAS RESUMING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF AFTER A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME; I HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO AVOID FROM HITTING THE SEMI TRUCK. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55 MPH AT THE TIME THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED & IT HAS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES AFTER THAT INITIAL INCIDENT. THEN IT STOPPED WORKING AND I HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE & DID A RECALIBRATION ON THE FRONT CAMERA & LONG RANGE RADAR MODULES.
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