2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER INITIAL START-UP AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED EIGHT TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE WEEKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, SHE SUFFERED A SEIZURE AND CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE BEFORE LANDING IN A CREEK. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE AND REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU WITH HORRIBLE SHIFTING - 1ST TO 2ND IS A HARD SHIFT AND 2ND - 3RD ISN'T A WHOLE LOT BETTER. WHEN IT DOWN SHIFTS WHILE COMING TO A STOP IT AGAIN SHIFTS HARD AND SOMETIMES ABRUPTLY. THE RPM GAUGE ALSO FLARES WHEN SHIFTING DOWN. I HAVE BEEN JUTTED OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN IT DECIDES TO SLIP SHIFT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR WITH MY FAMILY. THE WORST PART IS THAT THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND ANYTHING "WRONG" WITH IT OR TELL ME WHY IT DOES THIS BECAUSE THE POOR SHIFTING IS INTERMITTENT, NOT CONSTANT. NOT HAPPY! *TR

I WAS HEADING SOUTHBOUND COLERAIN.. AS I WAS GOING THROUGH A GREEN LIGHT THIS YOUNG LADY KEPT ON COMING AT ME AND I SLAMMED MY BRAKES ON AND MOVE MY STEERING WHEEL IN A HARD WAY TO AVOID HER HITTING ME AND ALSO LAST YEAR SLAMMING MY BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING A CAR INFRONT OF ME THAT THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT ON 75 SOUTH BOUND IN KENTUCKY MY STEERING WHEEL HAS SOME PLAY IN IT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING CAR HAVE NOTICED THAT IT SHIFTS HARD EITHER UP OR DOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. ALSO CAR FEELS LIKE IT IS TRYING TO STALL AND I CAN NOT ACCELERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ONCE ON A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION IN MY CITY. HAVE TAKEN CAR TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WAS PROBABLY BAD GAS AND TO PUT PREMIUM GAS IN. THIS DID NOT HELP EITHER. CAR CONTINUED TO HAVE SAME ISSUES. CALLED DEALER TO LET THEM KNOW. SAID NOTHING WRONG. I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND WORRY ABOUT OUR SAFETY EACH TIME I DRIVE THIS CAR. HOPING THAT GM DOES SOMETHING TO FIX THIS ISSUE SOON. LOOKS LIKE WE ARE NOT ALONE WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

ON 12/26/13 MYSELF AND TWO OTHER LADIES WERE HEADING HOME EARLY MORNING WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HWY. WITHOUT WARNING, LUCKILY NO TRAFFIC WAS COMING BECAUSE WE HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF THE HWY. AFTER IT SAT FOR AWHILE IT CRANKED BACK UP AND WE MANAGED TO GET IT HOME. I DROVE IT TO WORK 12/27/13 BUT IT DID THE SAME THING TWICE (ONCE BEFORE 8 A.M. WHEN I STOPPED AT A GAS STATION TO GET SOMETHING TO DRINK AND AGAIN AT 12:00 P.M. ON MY LUNCH BREAK) DURING MY LUNCH BREAK I WAS AT THE GAS STATION PUMPING GAS, I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE TO PAY FOR MY GAS. WHEN I RETURNED MY CAR WOULDN'T CRANK. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY CONNECTED ME TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE SERVICE MAN OFFERED TO COME TOW MY VEHICLE, BUT AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES IT, OF COURSE, CRANKED. NONETHELESS I GAVE THEM THE ADDRESS OF MY EMPLOYMENT AND TOLD THEM TO COME PICK IT UP SO THEY COULD FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. THAT SAME DAY THE SERVICE MAN REPLACED THE RELAY SWITCH AND SAID THE PROBLEM WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND I COULD PICK UP MY CAR. I PICKED UP MY CAR ON 12/30/13. ON MY WAY HOME ON THIS SAME DAY (12/30/13) MY VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AT THE RED LIGHT WITH TRAFFIC BACKED UP BEHIND ME. I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THEM AND THEY KEPT IT ALMOST 2 WEEKS AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT BUT OFFERED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK, HOPING THIS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I CALLED THEM ON 3/24/14 BECAUSE MY VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AGAIN ON 3/23/14, NO ONE HAS RETURNED MY CALL. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

ON MAY 30, 2013, I NOTICED THAT THE ON LIGHT FOR THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER AIRBAG WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN I SAT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF OUR 2012 CHEVROLET MALLIBU. I AM 66 INCHES TALL AND WEIGH OVER 100 POUNDS. I AM AN OLDER ADULT - NOT A CHILD. MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK THE MALIBU TO HENDRICK CHEVROLET IN MERRIAM, KANSAS WHERE WE HAD PURCHASED THE CAR AND COMPLAINED THAT THE AIRBAG ON LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN I WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE SERVICE ADVISOR INFORMED MY HUSBAND THAT WE SHOULD TURN THE AIRBAG ON. I WASN'T PRESENT AT THE SERVICE DESK TO EXPLAIN THAT THE AIRBAG WOULD NOT COME ON NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I PUSHED THE ON AND OFF BUTTON WHILE SITTING IN THE CAR. SOME TIME LATER, I WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND MY HUSBAND HANDED ME OUR 17 POUND DOG. INSTANTLY THE AIRBAG ON LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WE RETURNED TO HENDRICK CHEVROLET ON NOVEMBER 6, AND EXPLAINED THAT THE ONLY TIME THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN I WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS WHEN I WAS HOLDING THE 17 POUND DOG. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE AIRBAG WAS CONTROLLED BY A SENSOR THAT COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED. THE REPAIR REPORT STATED, "CUST STATES THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE HIS WIFE SITTING IN SEAT TO ENGAGE AIRBAG - SHE WEIGHS 100 LBS. SCANNED SYSTEM. NO CODES PRESENT, CK FOR PROGRAMMING UPDATES. CURRENT. NO REPAIRS MADE OR ATTEMPTED. THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO DISABLE PASSENGER AIR BAG OPERATION OF (SIC) OCCUPANT IS LIGHTER THAN PRE DETERMINED LIMIT WITH IN THE CONTROL MODULE. OPERATING AS INTENDED AT THIS TIME." WE HAND DELVERED A LETTER TO THE HENDRICK SERVICE MANAGER STATING WE WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE SERVICE. WE WANTED A WORKING PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG. WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.

VEHICLE HAS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND REDUCED POWER KICKS IN WITH NO WARNING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN AT SPEED ON HIGHWAYS WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND AUTOMATICALLY SLOWS TO 40 MPH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND REPAIRS MADE THE FIRST 2 TIMES, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK 3 MORE TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE, NO CODES SHOWING IN THE COMPUTER. ISSUE ALSO REPORTED THAT IF AT A STOP, VEHICLE HAS NO RESPONSE WHEN YOU STEP ON THE GAS. THE DEALERSHIP IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO REPORT THIS AS A DIFFERENT ISSUE SO THEY CAN AVOID DEALING WITH THE LEMON LAW IN THE STATE. *TR

07/2013 SERVICE ESC MSG AND SYMBOL CAME ON , DEALER UNABLE TO FIND 01/07/2014 SAME 01/15/2014 AGAIN, GM PAID HALF OF THE REPAIR, BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN AND WAS NOTICE BY DEALER, I BELIEVE GM SHOULD PAID THE WHOLE COST, AS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE , EFFECTS STEERING AND STABILIZATION OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDOWS AND THE DASHBOARD BECAME FROZEN ON THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THE CONTACT ALLOWED EXCESSIVE WATER MOISTURE TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED THE WINDOWS AND DASHBOARD TO FREEZE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,176. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000.