2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU HYBRID Complaints

CAR REFUSED TO GO ABOVE 30 MPH WHEN ACCELERATING FROM LIGHT ON RIVER ROAD EVEN WHEN APPLYING FULL THROTTLE. WENT ABOUT HALF MILE UNTIL I SMELLED FRICTION MATERIAL. PULLED CAR OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. WALKED FROM WHEEL TO WHEEL TO SEE HOW HOT THEY WERE. LEFT FRONT WHEEL WAS EXCEEDINGLY HOT AS WAS RIGHT REAR WHEEL. LEFT REAR WHEEL & RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WERE COOL ENOUGH TO TOUCH. CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 5 MINUTES IN URBAN TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED. WHEN CAR WAS RESTARTED, THE BRAKES RELEASED & NO FURTHER TROUBLE ENCOUNTERED. TWO DAYS EARLY, CAR HAD INTERMITTENT MILD, LOW-FREQUENCY JERKING WHILE DRIVING WHICH WENT AWAY AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES. AGAIN, THIS HAPPENED IN URBAN DRIVING ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER STARTING. BOTH DAYS CLEAR WEATHER. NO DASH TROUBLE MESSAGES DISPLAYED. CAR HAD BEEN IN FOR REPROGRAMMING OF ESC MODULE ABOUT A MONTH EARLIER AFTER THREE DIFFERENT ESC TROUBLE MESSAGES APPEARED ON DASH - TRACTION CONTROL, ESC AND HILL START. *TR

ON 4/29/10, I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER BECAUSE OF NOT ACCELERATING OVER 45. ON 6/18/10, I WAS TRYING MERGE ONTO A INTERSTATE AT RUSH HOUR, BUT THE CAR HAD NO POWER. I ALMOST WAS HIT BECAUSE OF THIS. IMMEDIATELY THE SERVICE HYBRID LIGHT CAME ON SO TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY FOUND A LEAKING BATTERY AND BAD SENSOR. CAR REPAIRED AND BEGAN TO DRIVE HOME. AFTER STOPPED AT A LIGHT, I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. THE CAR STARTED TO GO BUT THEN STARTED TO CHUG LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ANY MORE THAN AROUND 5 MPH. KEPT CHUGGING FOR ABOUT 100 FEET WHILE I TRIED TO PULL OFF ROAD. RIGHT BEFORE I DID THAT, THE CAR STARTED OPERATING NORMALLY. I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO DEALER. I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH SLUGGISHNESS OR CHUGGING PRIOR TO THE 45 MPH ISSUE OR THE HYBRID LIGHT COMING ON. EVER SINCE THE CAR WILL RANDOMLY AND DANGEROUSLY HAVE NO POWER FOR ACCELERATION. THE DEALER HAS WORKED WITH GM ON THE ISSUE, BUT TOLD IT IS NORMAL OPERATION. I OWNED THIS CAR FOR ALMOST ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BATTERY REPLACEMENT AND NO ISSUES LIKE THIS, SO NOT NORMAL OPERATION. IT IS SCARY TO DRIVE THE CAR ON BUSY ROADS WHEN MERGING OR ACCELERATING BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW IF THE CAR WILL MOVE. IN AUGUST MY WIFE HAD TO DRIVE MY CAR WHERE IT WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE UP A HILL FOR HER. I SAY TRYING BECAUSE THE CAR DID NOT WANT TO GO UP THE HILL. SINCE THE BATTERY ISSUE I HAVE RANDOMLY EXPERIENCED THIS ALSO. ON 10/11/10 I WAS DRIVING NEAR MY OFFICE IN A DOWNTOWN AREA. AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A LIGHT I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR STARTED CHUGGING AND NOT ACCELERATING LIKE IT HAD DONE WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK FROM THE SERVICE HYBRID PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP TO ADVISE HIM. ON 10/13/10 I TRIED TO TAKE A LEFT TURN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION WHILE HEADING TO WORK, TRIED TO ACCELERATE, AND THE CAR BOGGED DOWN SEVERELY. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR. UPDATED 10/21/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/16/10 *TR

2009 MALIBU WITH 8000 MILES HAS DEVELOPED MELDEW IN THE AIR VENTS. THE ODOR THAT COMES THROUGH THE VENTS NOT ONLY SMELLS BAD BUT IS CAUSING MYSELF AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO BECOME SICK WITH ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CONDITIONS. THIS CAN NOT BE HEALTHY. THE ODOR IS SO STRONG AT TIMES, IT EMBEDS INTO YOUR CLOTHING AND MAKES YOUR EYES BURN AND WATER. I TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR OF THE PROBLEM, WHICH TELLS ME IT IS A COMMON COMPLAINT. THEY DEODORIZED THE VENTS WITH SPRAY AND SAID THEY DRILLED A DRAINAGE HOLE FOR THE AIRCONDITIONING CONDENSER CONDENSATION TO DRAIN IN THE FUTURE. SINCE THEY DID NOT REMOVE THIS MELDEW/MOLD I'M NOT SURE THEY HAVE FULLY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. ONE DAY AFTER THE ODOR IS STILL HANGING IN THERE. NOT SURE WHO I SHOULD FILE MY COMPLAINT WITH BESIDES GM AND THE OOD. THIS CAR HAS BEEN PROBLEMS FROM DAY ONE. *TR

THERE IS A RECALL OF MY VEHICLES BATTERY HYBRID PACK. I BROUGHT IN THE CAR 2 WEEKS AGO B/C THE ENGINE CEASES AND RESTARTS BY ITSELF AND JERKS FORWARD AT EVERY STOP SIGN AND RED LIGHT. THE DEALER SAID TODAY THAT THE PARTS WONT BE IN FOR ANOTHER 2 WEEKS. THE CAR IS HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE AND THEY WONT GIVE ME A LOANER. *TR