2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN. THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED AS THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PUTNAM CHEVROLET CADILLAC (198 CALIFORNIA DR, BURLINGAME, CA), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

I DECIDED TO LEASE A 2016 MALIBU OF FEBRUARY 2016. THE CAR WAS GREAT UNTIL MONTHS LATER I STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS. I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL ON THE FREEWAY IN OCTOBER 2016, WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY WENT INTO REDUCE SPEED ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 TO 70 MPH. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE OF THE FREEWAY. AS I WAS DRIVING MY CAR DASHBOARD DISPLAY REDUCE SPEED ENGINE, THEN IMMEDIATELY MY CAR WENT FROM 70 MPH TO 30 MPH TO 20MPH. I MANAGE TO GET MY CAR TO THE EMERGENCY LANE OF THE FREEWAY. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED THAT FOLLOWING WEEK, WITH COMPLICATIONS OF TRYING TO GET A RENTAL CAR SO I CAN GO TO WORK AND SCHOOL. 2017 OCTOBER 31ST, I WAS DRIVING TO GO PICK UP MY SON FROM SCHOOL. I WAS ON A MAJOR STREET. MY CAR WENT INTO REDUCE SPEED ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING 35 MPH. MY CAR WENT FROM 35 TO 20 MPH'S AGAIN. I MANAGED TO PULL INTO A NEAR BANK. SHAKEN UP I PARKED MY CAR AND TURN IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON WITHIN FIVE MINUTES. THE LIGHT WAS STILL DISPLAY ON MY DASHBOARD. I DROVE TO MY SON SCHOOL. I COULDN'T DRIVE OVER 10 MPH. IT NORMALLY TAKE 10 MINUTES TO DRIVE TO MY SON SCHOOL IT 25. IT TOOK EVEN LONGER TO GET BACK HOME. NOVEMBER 30TH, SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN AGAIN. WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. ONCE AGAIN I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE DRIVING THE REDUCE SPEED ENGINE CAME ON. MY CAR SLOWED DOWN. I HAD CARS BEHIND ME HONKING THEIR HORNS AT ME NEARLY CAUSING A FEW ACCIDENTS. I MANAGE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY. I DID NOT WANT TO BE STUCK ON THE FREEWAY WHILE IT WAS DARK. I WAS STRANDED AT A NEARBY GAS STATION FOR CLOSE TO TWO HOURS. THE PROBLEMS I KEEP HAVING WITH THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS. I REFUSE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE ME OR MY SON OUR LIVES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BERGER CHEVROLET (2525 28TH ST SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49512), BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT IT WAS A WARRANTY ISSUE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN.

REAR WINDOW LEAKING WHILE RAINING OR CAR WASH. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS AS WELL

IN DASH GPS SYSTEM SOLD AS A SAFETY FACTOR TO WIFE WHEN VEHICLE PURCHASED. WE WERE TOLD AT TIME OF SALE THE UP GRADES WERE DO ON A REGULAR BASIC AT NO CHARGE. THE SYSTEM GOT INTO A COUPLE OF UN SAFE SITUATIONS (DIRECTED DOWN A INCOMPLETE ROAD WITH NO EXIT) THAT SHE REQUIRED ASSISTANCE VIA HER MOBILE PHONE. TO US, ALL SAFETY RELATED ITEMS THAT REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF UP GRADE SHOULD BE AT "NO COST" TO CONSUMER. GM DOESN'T PROVIDE UP GRADES TO SYSTEM WITHOUT A CHARGE OF $ 179.00 WHERE A GARMIN UNIT DOES AT NO CHARGE.

WHEN PARKING PROXIMITY SENSORS AND PARKING CAMERA FAILED, A CHANGE IN BCM MODULE WAS NEEDED, AFTER THAT AN ALERT ON TRANSMISSION SYSTEM APPEARED INCLUDING THE PARKING SYSTEM AGAIN. CAR HAS BEEN WITH DEALER 10 TIMES COUNTING ALMOST 3MONTHS WITHOUT IT AND WITHOUT AN ACCURATE REASON/SOLUTION.

I GOT IN MY VEHICLE AFTER A MONTH AND DROVE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND I NOTICE IT WAS NOT GETTING COOL. SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY CONDENSER AND A FOREIGN OBJECT HIT AND DAMAGED IT AN IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SO I CALLED GM CUSTOMERS I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS A NICKEL SIZE WHOLE IN THE CONDENSER. AND THEY WE'RE NOT GONNA COVER IT BUT THERE HAS BEEN OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND THERE REPAIRS. WAS COVERED AND THERE IS NO NICKEL SIZE HOLE IN MY CONDENSER AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE.

GO DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT SPEED LIMIT THEN LOSE POWER WITH CHECK ENGINE AND REDUCTION OF POWER LIGHTS COME ONE. WE CAN SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES. THEN TURN THE CAR BACK ON WITH NO PROBLEMS FOR UNDETERRED TIME FRAME BEFORE IT DOES IT AGAIN.

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2016 MALIBU LS (JULY 29, 2017). AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE IT HAS 2,100 MILES. IT CURRENTLY HAS APRROXIMATELY 4,600 MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY IT'S ORGINAL FACTORY EQUIPMENT AND HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY CRASH, COLLISION OR HAS HAD ANY BODY WORK DONE. THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ALLIGNED. I BELIEVE THE VEHICLE HAS INADEQATE ILLUMINATION, ESPECIALLY FOR SUCH A RECENT MODEL YEAR. THE LOW BEAMS AND THE HIGH BEAMS ARE NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH AND DO NOT ILLUMINATE THE ROADWAY FAR ENOUGH. IT IS ESPECIALLY NOTICABLE ON TURNS. I DO MOST OF MY DRIVING ON RURAL ROADS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, WHERE I HAVE A HOME. THERE IS NO SECONDARY LIGHTING (STREET LAMPS/ ROADWAY LIGHTING), JUST YOUR VEHICLES HEADLAMPS. THESE ROADS ARE ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION RURAL ROADS. I BELEIVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT SEE WILD LIFE, LIKE DEER AND BEAR ON THE SHOULDER OR THE ROADWAY EASILY IN THIS VEHICLE. THEY DO NOT LIGHT THE ROADWAY'S SHOULDER FAR ENOUGH TO SEE DEER ON THE SHOULDER OR CROSSIING THE ROADS UNTIL YOU ARE CLOSER TO THEM, THEN IN OTHER GM CARS I HAVE HAD AND THEN YOU HAVE TO STOP SHORT. MY PRIOR GM'S CARS, THE HIGH BEAMS AND LOW WERE BRIGHT ENOUGH TO REFLECT OFF THE ANIMALS EYES OR THEIR BODIES. IMPROVED ILLUMINATION WOULD MAKE A SUBSTANCIAL DIFFERENCE AND HELP TO ELIMINATE A SAFETY ISSUE AND OR A POSSIBLE CRASH OR COLLISION. CAN THESE BULBS BE CHANGED OR UPGRADED? I AM A LOYAL GM CUSTOMER AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL GM CARS, AN 1987 CENTURY, 1989 OLDS CIERA. BOTH OF WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE BETTER ILLUMINATION, EVEN BEING MORE THAN 25 YRS OLD. I ACTUALLY JUST REPLACED THE OLDSMOBILE WITH THE MALIBU. I ALSO DRIVE A 2003 SATURN ION WHICH HAS BETTER ILLUMINTION. AS WELL AS A 2016 BUICK VERANO. CAN THIS MATTER BE INVESTIGATED TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REMEDY THIS THIS, THANK YOU.

WHILE DRIVING ALERT ON PANEL SHOWED SERVICE POWER STEERING DRIVE CARE WHEN THIS HAPPENED CAR LOST TRACTION AND BRAKES NOT WORKED PROPERLY. 3 X MY CAR IS BEEN ON DAVIS MAUS SANFORD SERVICE LAST SERVICE AUGUST MY CAR WAS RETURNED 8/5/15 MANAGER ASSURED ME IT WAS FIXED AND SINCE 3 WEEKS AGO STARTED AGAIN NOW WHILE IS PARK AND TURNED OFF MESSAGE OF SWIFT TO PARK APPEARED AND ALL ELECTRONIC /RADIO ECT START ON AND ALARM ACTIVATION DOESN'T WORK.