2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT & REDUCED POWER EXPERIENCES THREE TIMES WHILE DRIVING. POOR FUEL ECONOMY (SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE) AND LOSS OF ENGINE OIL (HOWEVER NOT VISABLE). MILES BETWEEN OIL CHANGES AND ISSUES WERE 5000 AND 3300 (SYNTHETIC OIL - SHOULD NOT BE LOW & DIRTY IN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME). IDLING IS VERY ROUGH AND COOLING FANS NOT SHUTTING OFF. 35 DAYS LATER - SAME ISSUE - REDUCED POWER, OIL LEVEL LOW, IDLING ROUGH. DEALER FOUND LOW COMPRESSION, BLOWN PISTON AND DEBRIS CAUSING DEEP SCORES IN BORE. ENGINE REPLACED. 60 DAYS LATER - SAME ISSUE - REDUCED POWER, IDLING ROUGH, COOLING FANS CONTINUE TO RUN. REPLACED ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR. BEFORE LEAVING DEALERSHIP, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, COOLING FAN CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER ENGINE TURNED OFF. REPLACED MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR.

TAKATA RECALL THIS IS THE 5TH TIME THE REDUCE ENGINE LIGHT HAS CAME ON DEALERSHIP SEEMS TO NOT KNOW WHAT'S THE PROBLEM ONE TIME 18 WHEELER WAS BEHIND ME AND MY SON ..VERY SCARY

PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR ACTIVATES EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO PASSENGER. RADIO SHORTS AND TURNS OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON.

FIRST TIME THIS HAPPEN I WAS ON THE FREEWAY GOING AROUND 70 MPH WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WHEN ON AND A MASSAGE SAYING ENGINE POWER IS REDUCE THE CAR BEGUN TO SHAKE AND SPEED WHEN DOWN TO AROUND 40 MPH FROM 70 MPH IN SECONDS, I KEEP ACCELERATING BUT THE CAR WAS NOT PICKING UP ANY SPEED EVEN THOUGH MY RPM WHEN UP TO 4 AND 5 MY CAR WASN'T GOING ANY FASTER. THIS HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. BUT THE ISSUE CONTINUE NOW AFTER SO MANY TIMES THEY FIGURE OUT THAT SOME SENSORS NEED TO BE REPLACE AND ALSO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS NOT WORKING. I REALLY HOPE THIS IS FIX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON WET AND SNOW COVERED PAVEMENT WITH THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BECAME UNSTABLE AND FISHTAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (RODENROTH CHEVROLET IN SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MI), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED MESSAGE POPPED UP WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING CAR DOWN THE ROAD. CAR ACCELERATION DID NOT WORK THERE WAS NO POWER AND WOULD NOT GO PAST 20 MPH. PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND WAS ALMOST RAN OVER BY ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM OF SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. WENT FROM WORKING PROPERLY TO BEING ABLE TO PUSH ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR WITH NO RESPONSE CARE WOULDN'T WORK. TOOK IMMEDIATELY TO DEALER AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY CAN REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM ALL THEY DID WAS CHANGE THE OIL. I TOOK A PHOTO WHEN I PULLED UP TO CHEVY SERVICE DEPT AT PETERS CHEVROLET IN LONGVIEW TEXAS SO WHY CAN'T THEY REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM OR WHY DIDN'T THEY HOOK IT UP AND CHECK IT INSTEAD OF OIL CHANGE FIRST? NOT HAPPY WITH THIS SAFETY HAZARD I'M NOW DRIVING MY CHILDREN IN.

INSIDE THE CAR IT SMELLS LIKE A MOLD(SMELLS LIKE DO DO). THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ITS SOMETHING DEALING WITH CADILLAC CONVERTER.

MY CAR IS CONSTANTLY SAYING ENGINE POWER HAS BEEN REDUCE. NO MECHANIC CAN FIND THE CORRECT PROBLEM.

"REDUCED ENGINE POWER" WARNING CAME AND POWER WAS SUDDENLY REDUCED AND VEHICLE SPEED REDUCED. THIS HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELLING 70MPH ON AN INTERSTATE ROAD. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SPEED DROPPED TO 40 MPH.

SEPTEMBER 2017 STABLITYTRACK WARNING CAME ON AFTER WEEKS CHEVY TOLD ME THEY WERE PUTTING A NEW ENGINE IN. WENT TO PICK UP CAR 10/4/2017 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON LEFT CAR, SERVICE SAID IT WAS A CRACKED CONNECTOR AND REPLACED. DEC 22 TODAY ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED ALERT COMES ON AND CAN'T GO OVER 20MPH WAS ON THE HIGHWAY.