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The 2019 Chevrolet Malibu is a sedan that hopes to capture the nostalgia of the brand from years ago. The automaker claims that the Malibu lineup “totally measures up,” but owners disagree. This vehicle struggles with a faulty electrical system, defective engine, malfunctioning powertrain and shoddy structure.
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NHTSA Complaints for the 2019 Chevrolet Malibu
| Complaint Category | Number of Complaints |
|---|---|
| Electrical System | |
| Engine | |
| Power Train | |
| Fuel/propulsion System | |
| Service Brakes | |
| Unknown Or Other | |
| Vehicle Speed Control | |
| Air Bags | |
| Power Train:automatic Transmission:lever And Linkage:floor Shift | |
| Exterior Lighting |
Problems with the Electrical System
To enjoy the open road, customers need access to high-end tech features and safety equipment. But what happens when the basic electrical system functions don’t even work right?
One owner talks about that in this NHTSA review. “After car is turned off and in Park, the dash light states to ‘Put in Park’ even though the car is in Park, the light won’t go away until the shifter is wiggled back and forth, and sideways way too many times, I am afraid the battery will run down if left like that, with the light still being on.”
Not surprisingly, the automaker is aware of countless electrical system problems. Even Service Bulletin #PIT5195F discusses customers’ concerns about an inaccurate speedometer. For the most part, Chevy tells customers that it is normal for the speedometer to be off slightly. Wonder if the police officer will accept that explanation when an owner gets pulled over for speeding?
Problems with the Engine
The engine of a vehicle can make or break it. Classic Malibus are known for their powerful and potent engines, but this model falls short.
One NHTSA review states, “At 7473 miles, reduced engine power light came on while driving the car. Diagnostic code: P0013. Car was towed 50 miles to a dealer for repair and replacement of exhaust camshaft position actuator. Car was driven 4 times before the reduced engine power light came on again. Mileage under 8000. Diagnostic code P0013. In both cases, the car still ran but it misses and cuts out.”
Again, Chevy isn’t shy about discussing engine problems. Service Bulletin #PIP5598C talks about trouble where the car exhibits a no start or extended cranking situation. It appears this is caused by the exhaust cam reluctor going out of position. This isn’t something that most owners want to deal with and shouldn’t be occurring if the vehicle “totally measures up.” What does it measure up to – a jalopy?
Problems with the Transmission
The powertrain is just as important as the engine; it consists of everything transmitting power from the engine to the wheels, including the transmission.
One NHTSA review discusses further problems. “At 10,000 miles my 2019 Chevrolet Malibu started to sputter and lose power. Taking off at a green light, driving on highways, turning at intersections, or turning against traffic has all become dangerous because the car will not gather enough power to go, leaving my car stuck on roads and in the middle of intersections. We were placed in a rental 2019 Chevrolet Malibu with 11,000 miles that also had power problems and left us stuck in a running car being approached by oncoming traffic. The dealership diagnostic came up as transmission failure, in multiple brand new 2019 Chevrolet Malibus. Me, my family, and hundreds of thousands of motorists are in danger by driving this car, or even being on the road with these cars.”
Again, it’s clear that GM isn’t hiding any of these defects from people. Service Bulletin #19NA200 tells technicians to replace the transmission auxiliary pump to correct trouble with the start/stop system. The Malibu was once considered a muscle car, but now it doesn’t have enough strength to accomplish daily driving requirements.
Problems with the Build Quality
The way a vehicle is built can say a lot about the quality. Looking at the Malibu, it’s clear that Chevy doesn’t take a lot of care building vehicles.
One Edmunds review states, “Bought a 2019 Malibu LT in October of 2019, felt like I got a good deal. got very good MPG 38 on hwy. In February 2020 got to noticing a musty smell & windows would fog up on inside while driving. Opened trunk to find items in trunk had mold on them, carpet was extremely wet. looked where spare tire was only to find 1″ of water in wheel well. took back to dealer, they said they fixed it, it rained a few days later and found more water in trunk. I called dealer where I got car from and worked out a deal to buy a new 2020 Malibu. Went to pick it up, looked in trunk and found water there. Evidently Chevy has a serious problem with the Malibu.”
Aside from flooding occurring with the Malibu, Service Bulletin #PI0281H discusses how customers have been complaining about underbody component corrosion. Of course, Chevy wants to pawn these defects off as normal characteristics, but no one is buying it. Especially when you can find Malibu models from decades ago without these issues, but not one from just a couple of years ago. They don’t make them like they once did.
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Complaint Data
| Category | Electrical System, Power Train |
| Date | Mar 18, 2023 |
| State | NM |
| Description | 2nd time putting car in shop to fix the parking sensor. When you place the vehicle in park get a alert to place vehicle in park. Had it repaired once and problem is back. Have to shift to park several times before it will work properly. Already paid once to repair it and the dealer said it's a common problem. I think a recall is needed. I called the dealer and the service advisor said a new support bracket is needed. I called gm to complain and they said they issued a service alert to it's dealers on how to fix it. But refuse to cover the cost of repair. I feel a recall is a fair solution. I can not safely park the car with out worrying if it truly is in park. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Mar 15, 2023 |
| State | MI |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that after shifting to the park position the massage "shift to park" had displayed and the vehicle could not be turn completely off. Also and the doors could not be locked and the vehicle would roll. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 18,700. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Feb 26, 2023 |
| State | MN |
| Description | Gear shift does not register the vehicle is in park. Intermittent “shift to park†warning displays - the car will not shut off. It drains the battery. Jiggling the shift knob and button can help to get the car to register it is in park, but this is unreliable. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Feb 24, 2023 |
| State | FL |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated while parking the vehicle and shifting into park(p), the shift into park warning light illuminated. The contact stated she exited the vehicle but was unable to lock the doors. The contact stated she restarted the vehicle and continued to shift the gear shifter to park until the transmission and gear shift indicator properly recognized that the vehicle was in park. The contact stated she had experienced the failure several times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 6,012. |
| Category | Engine, Fuel/propulsion System, Power Train |
| Date | Feb 20, 2023 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Vehicle lost power while driving without warning which could have caused an accident. Dealer says the ecm failed. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Feb 16, 2023 |
| State | NC |
| Description | Put car in park but message center says shift to park. Also engine tuns off but car switch is still on. Contacted chevy but advisors basically said sorry. Only 28500 miles on vehicle and one owner |
| Category | Air Bags, Engine |
| Date | Feb 08, 2023 |
| State | MS |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle was stalling. The contact stated that she needed to restart the vehicle after taking off from a stop light. The air bag, check engine, and abs warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic however, the failure could not be duplicated. The contact stated that she received messages from the mobile app informing her to check the air bags. The vehicle was then taken to a local dealer however, the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Jan 30, 2023 |
| State | FL |
| Description | The contact's daughter owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while the vehicle was in park(p), the shift to park warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 71,000. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Jan 26, 2023 |
| State | FL |
| Description | All gauges shut off and turn back on while driving tire says it is flat and it is not car shuts off completely, resets, and turns back on while driving braking system not working code steering wheel jerks off to the side aggressively on its own while foot is on brake car hesitates to start up and hesitates to accelerate sometimes there are warning messages sometimes no warning steer assist turns off and shows message and jerks my wheel sideways ac control board only works half the time entertainment and gps system blacks out randomly and doesn't turn back on the unpredictability is dangerous. The performance of this vehicle is unacceptable. Having not one chevy service center properly repair this issue poses a extreme safety risk as the car's power toggles randomly and has to be restarted multiple chevy service centers have not given me definitive diagnostic. No one has fixed the issues. They only get worse daily. The service centers charge me money to "grease wires" and send me home every time. |
| Category | Engine, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jan 10, 2023 |
| State | GA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated while driving 35 mph, the “engine power reduced†message was displayed. The contact attempted to depress the brake pedal, but the brake pedal was firm and hard to depress, causing the vehicle not to stop as needed. The vehicle eventually came to a stop and lost motive power and stalled. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle but the vehicle would not restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and the mechanic stated that the brake vacuum pump and the engine needed to be replaced. The brake vacuum pump was replaced but the engine was not repaired or replaced. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the vehicle needed to be diagnosed by a dealer. The failure mileage was 87,370. |
| Category | Air Bags, Electrical System, Seat Belts |
| Date | Dec 12, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | I bought the car from variety auto in abingdon va, and then I had the accident on may 3rd 2022 I took it to the collision center and then after they repaired the body they noticed the airbag lights and the restraint system lights came on also, and when ramey's started doing the work for the air, module and wiring harness and air bag they noticed that the wiring harness was not working properly and the air bag was cut completely out they put diodes in the wiring to keep the lights off, they sold me the car saying that there was no airbag deployed but we later found out that it was, and also when I had the accident it didn't deploy and that's why is because there wasn't a airbag in it to start with, if you need anything else we have all the proof of deception by someone and if you need anything else here is my phone number [xxx] you can call me anytime, thank you!!! I tried to up load all the pages and everything but it would only let me do the first paige, so if need these let me know and I can probably get them faxed to you, thank you!!! Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6). |
| Category | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Date | Dec 07, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 mph and slowing for a traffic signal, the brake pedal was stiff and could not be depressed. The contact stated he heard a grinding noise coming from the front tires. The contact stated that he was able to slow the vehicle by shifting to low(l) and using the parking brake. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The contact had an independent mechanic diagnose the vehicle. The mechanic retrieved dtc: p0556 (brake booster pressure sensor) failure. The mechanic also determined that the brake vacuum booster pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 84,697. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Dec 02, 2022 |
| State | AL |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while using the auto start/stop feature, the vehicle would sputter before accelerating as needed. The contact stated that the failure only occurred during hot weather conditions with the vehicle on an incline. The contact had taken the vehicle to the dealer who stated that the battery and the battery terminal had failed. The contact stated that the battery was replaced; however, the contact was unaware if the battery terminal had been replaced. The failure had increased in frequency despite road or weather conditions. The contact stated that occasionally while driving, the vehicle shuddered and lost motive power and stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and continue driving. The vehicle also displayed a driving assist reduced power message. The contact had returned the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle had not been repaired a second time. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 1,500. |
| Category | Electrical System, Power Train |
| Date | Nov 24, 2022 |
| State | LA |
| Description | The electrical system was refusing to acknowledge that my car was in park & kept giving me a “shift to park†message on my dashboard. Took 3 or 4 tries of starting & shutting off the car for it to go away. Took the car to the dealer & turns out that a faulty shifter was the problem. The gear shifter had to be replaced, but not the shifter harness underneath the shifter. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Nov 12, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | When you park the car and shift the car into park a message appears on the dashboard stating "shift to park" the car does not think it is in park and is telling you to put it into the park gear to turn off the car. You can not shut off the car as long as this message is displayed on the dashboard. Sometimes turning the car on and off 5+ times may get the message to go away but as time has gone on it has been harder to get the message to go away. At times we have been stuck in the car for over 10 minutes trying to shut off the car. |
| Category | Electrical System, Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Nov 11, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I have no brake lights when applying the brakes and cruise control no longer works due to service esc message on display. I was advised by replacing the battery this would clear the esc but it did not. I believe the service esc message is tied into the brake lights and cruise control not working. |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Nov 02, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | Car is running rough, cel is on throwing camshaft codes. Code - p0014 description - no information returned for trouble code - p0014 code - p0017 description - no information returned for trouble code - p0017 code - p1101 description - no information returned for trouble code - p1101 code - p257f description - no information returned for trouble code - p257f exhaust cam phaser required to continue diag. There is a tsb for the issue at hand, requires a new camshaft and a lot of special order parts from dealer, tsb will need to be performed to continue diag. Will need to go to dealer tech found a tsb that needs to be addressed before we can replace vct. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Oct 27, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | On september 28th I was driving along the highway, went to take an exit, and the brake pedal was locked. I experienced a loss of braking, hard brake pedal and increased stopping distance. In order to get the car to stop, I had to put the car in neutral and coast into a ditch/grass. Before the brake failure there was no instrument cluster malfunction lights illuminated or any warning of imminent failure of the vehicles braking system. A mechanic has informed me that the vehicles brake vacuum pump is to blame and that it needs to be repaired immediately. This part suddenly failing with no warning caused a complete brake failure within the car and posed a risk of injury or death to me and others. |
| Category | Engine, Service Brakes |
| Date | Oct 24, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | Before my car gave out I was having braking issues and my car wouldn't accelerate when I pressed the gas. Then later that night I was driving home with my mother and fiancée when my car illuminated “engine power reduced†and my check engine light came on. When I tried pulling over I noticed that my brakes were very hard. So I had to roll from the speed of 45 mph until my car eventually stopped. I was not able to stop at the stop sign so I just had to blow my horn to alert other drivers. Whenever I took it to the dealership they told me my brake vacuum pump exploded and blew shards into my camshaft. The repair was 1700 for the replacement of the brake vacuum pump and the camshaft. I talked to the mechanic afterwards and he said that this problem has a good chance of happening again because the part itself is defective and there are no other aftermarket parts to replace it. Then I go to pick up my car three weeks later, and was told that my engine should be replaced because a cylinder had no compression. The price of that was around 5000. |
| Category | Power Train, Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Date | Sep 29, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would intermittently fail to accelerate above 55 mph as the "engine power reduced" message would appear on the instrument panel. The contact also stated that an abnormal grinding noise would emit from the vehicle upon depression of the brake pedal. The contact called the dealer and was informed that she could not be given an appointment for another month. She then contacted an independent mechanic and was informed that unless the failure was persistent, they would not be able to diagnose the failure. The contact attempted to reach the manufacturer but was unable to reach a representative. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 95,000. |
| Category | Electrical System, Service Brakes, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Sep 28, 2022 |
| State | LA |
| Description | This car is displaying a shift to park on the dashboard. I have read several complaints and even lawsuits filed about this matter on the internet. Why hasn't this been recalled to fix on these vehicles it drains the battery and you aren't able to put the vehicle in park or lock the doors or anything |
| Category | Structure |
| Date | Sep 26, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that water was leaking inside the trunk of the vehicle. The contact stated that he noticed water leaking on both sides of the trunk. The contact stated that the failure reoccurred whenever it rained. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that water was leaking through the rear window. The dealer removed the rear window and headliner and the dealer cleaned the water. The dealer then reinstalled and resealed the rear window on the vehicle. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 29,000. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Sep 16, 2022 |
| State | MD |
| Description | After shifting into park and turning off the car, a warning message to shift into park comes up. Pressing on the button on the shifter several times eventually gets it to stop. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine, Fuel/propulsion System |
| Date | Sep 15, 2022 |
| State | MO |
| Description | Numerous times while driving my car both my son and I have experienced the same issues. Trying to get on the highway and pressing the gas pedal the car isn't responding appropriately to the level of which the gas is being pressed. It isn't accelerating appropriately. Than at stoplights or just trying to make a left hand turn from a stop position. You take your foot off brake and press the gas to go and it rolls a bit and you're pressing the gas to go and the car isn't responding. It's just sitting there. Like paused. Then all of a sudden the car engages and takes off. It is very dangerous to not have the car respond to pressing the gas. And I don't want to get into an accident because I'm trying to make a turn and get hit cause I'm just sitting there. Rather than it going when I'm pressing the gas. I am not getting any codes popping up on the dash. So the dealership has nothing to look at other than me saying this is happening to me and my son. I'm finding issues similar to this on previous models. But nothing on the 2019 that I can find. And with no error codes registering. But the issues occurring is highly concerning to me. There isn't just one date this has occurred. This has happened now many times over the last 6mos. |
| Category | Engine, Power Train |
| Date | Sep 15, 2022 |
| State | MD |
| Description | I purchased a 2019 chevy malibu on april 9th 2022. Car seemed to be fine at first drove car for two month experienced frequent shift to park issues as car would not recognize itself in park until multiple attempts at parking. I was arrested on june 4th 2022 and came home on september 5th and attempted to start my car. Car cranked multiple times before starting stalling and cutting itself off while display engine power reduced and check engine light. I used obd computer and car codes p0014 p0017 p0556. Vehicle was taken to hertrich chevy of salisbury maryland. The technician informed me that I needed a engine replaced due to nature of damage upon diagnostic chevy discovered vehicle had little to no oil (which is still puzzling oil life sensor in car is still reading at 22% and check oil light never came on not once for it to be a cause of no oil in vehicle. Was asked to present receipts for service and oil change of a vehicle I drove for maybe 2 months max prior to my incarceration and no one had driven my car during this time as the key was in my possession during incarceration. Problem occurred at 59,898. I purchased the vehicle at 54054 miles on the vehicle starts and has and extended crank and codes p0014 p0017 p0556. Most vehicles require an oil change at 7000 miles and still had a good amout of time before reaching that mark. Vehicle states that it is still under powertrain warranty until 60000 miles. However it's states that it is not covered if improper fuel or lubricant levels (oil) are the cause which is puzzling also because this is apparently a known problem with chevy vehicles as they have provided a bulletin on nhtsa website as to how to diagnose and fix the issue. Service bulletin #pip5598c or google the pdf bulletin. Chevy is sticking me with a known problem their engine does with the cost and replacement of a new engine. As well as losing the 7000 dollars I put down on my newer used vehicle. As well as it being a safety hazard and stalling randomly. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Sep 13, 2022 |
| State | NM |
| Description | When I shift the car into park the computer does not register it is in park. Still says place vehicle in park when you open a door. Have to shift it several times before it will read in park. I took it to the dealer and was told it is a common issue. They bent a bracket forward and got it to read for now. The tech said its a poor design flaw and gm should be replacing the sensor bracket but refuse to issue a recall on it. |
| Category | Electrical System, Power Train, Service Brakes |
| Date | Sep 07, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | Vehicle goes into near stall instrument panel goes as if you were starting the vehicle gauges go up down then back gas gauge said no gas on full tank , brakes felt as if was gone abs system not responding , engine rough , road had minor to moderate pot holes "rawsonville road" when stopped vehicle while running gave msg put in park to shift . , vehicle was in drive once put in park it would not come out of park or realize it was in park . The issue I have been able to determine so far is on the vehicle fuse panel under hood it is connected to the main service disconnect for the entire wire harness "pin connectors male and female over 30 pins , it is held by 2 locking handles all with plastic tabs for the latching , this is failing under driving conditions and coming loose enough to separate contact from 1 or more pins normally on the drivers side . To fix the issues I had to disconnect the service disconnect and reconnect it while securely fastening the handles verified correct and happened again on testing down a dirt road service appointment is thursday -9-7-2022 at mark chevrolet in wayne michigan , I contacted gm and they said it had to be fully tested through a dealer I informed gm this is a major issue and not something I will be paying for it is likely a recallable issue I have seen alot of issues with malibu 2019-2022 having similar issues and are likely caused by the same issue if using this same service disconnect and fuse box likely nullifying the tsa's used for shift to park etc as others have stated and documented those issues repeat . The vehicles modules lose communication with the vehicle via intermittent service disconnect on the wiring harness . "network errors " support this via obd code reader as well as the powertrain hard fault code and the various pending fault codes prior to having to physically disconnect and reconnect the service disconnect fully to restore vehicle function and bring to safe location instead of on side of busy road |
| Category | Power Train:automatic Transmission:lever And Linkage:floor Shift |
| Date | Aug 11, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that after shifting the gear shifter to park(p), the vehicle was unable to turn off with the "shift to park" message displayed. The contact spent the night in her vehicle due to the failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the vin. The failure mileage was approximately 25,700. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Aug 10, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | Car ignition will not turn off. The dash displays car not in park when it is. |
| Category | Electrical System, Fuel/propulsion System, Power Train |
| Date | Aug 01, 2022 |
| State | IN |
| Description | The car stalls out an sometimes deads an say no key fab. The ecm has been reprogram even before the car was sold to me back in 2019. |
| Category | Power Train:automatic Transmission:lever And Linkage:floor Shift |
| Date | Jul 25, 2022 |
| State | NV |
| Description | I get a warning saying that the car is not in park when it is in park, when I am driving or stopped at a stop sign or red light the engine will shut completely off as if the car was in park. When I take my foot off the break it will start back up as if the car had just been started by pushing the engine start/ stop button. It's really scary when I have my kids I. The car with me |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine |
| Date | Jul 17, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Throttle body hose comes lose causing car to stall or shut off while driving, engine light come on saying engine power reduction issues |
| Category | Power Train:automatic Transmission:lever And Linkage:floor Shift |
| Date | Jul 14, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | I can't get car to go into park, I continuously get a “shift to park†error.. This seems dangerous and from what I read online this is a chronic problem with this year malibu |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine, Fuel/propulsion System |
| Date | Jul 13, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | Https://autoforums. Carjunky. Com/automotive_repair_c1/general_discussions_f5/2019_chevy_mailbu_ls_constantly_changing_spark_plugs_p209221/ that's the mechanic forum I posted with my issues. It's gotten so bad the vehicle is stalling out while driving and in busy roads and the highway. Here is the service bulletin: https://www. Tsbsearch. Com/chevrolet/pip5598#:~:text=summary%3a,cranks%20but%20does%20not%20run%22 |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Jul 12, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Control modules are malfunctioning |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jun 29, 2022 |
| State | LA |
| Description | Driving along the interstate the car suddenly lost power. I was able to pull over and restart car and drive like nothing ever happened. Then once I parked the car at my destination the car would not start 10 minutes later leaving me stranded in an unfamiliar city. When trying to start the car it would click and the dic would display batter saver active following ems following power steering. No check engine light was on in the vehicle before this incident. I was stranded in an unfamiliar city with no one around to help. After asking a random stranger for a jump the car started and allowed me to get home. No dealership can convey the problem with the car, everyone says there's nothing wrong with it. I have had the vehicle for about one year now with no problem up to now. The car often backfires and even completely cuts off at red lights (not from the auto stop feature). This is dangerous. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Jun 01, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Vehicles stuck in park. Unable to move vehicle. Waiting for dealer to call me back for repair. No info center messages. The white piece for the gear selector keeps coming loose. This is the second occurrence in two weeks since I've owned the vehicle. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | May 22, 2022 |
| State | PA |
| Description | Numerous accumulated problems, all have complaints already on nhtsa site here. First, start/stop malfunction, when it is active when stopped vehicle will stall when it tries to restart when you take your foot off brake and it's troublesome to restart at times, when that happens lights on dash all come on (warning lights) and radio/entertainment resets as well. Second, the traction control light on dash is on. The warning displays to have traction control system serviced, cruise control is disabled as a result, it's been to the dealer for both above problems the start/stop problem they say they can't get car to duplicate although it happens to us almost daily if not numerous times per day. This morning driving home from work the intake charge tube that attaches to intake keeps popping off and engine goes to reduced power mode on highway or wherever driving not safe at all. Saw a voluntary recall from gm going to contact dealer about tomorrow when open. Stereo resets often, completely shuts off and resets while driving at random. I also get the rushing/sloshing water noise other people have reported as complaints when coming to a stop, I read in forums that it's something to do with low coolant but not low enough to turn on low coolant warning light. Gm really needs to address this stop/start and traction control needing service light problems as I read all over the internet of owner's complaints of same problems I have. Dealerships don't want to do anything with the cars unles the issue a recall because it comes out of their pockets. So many complaints I read owners keep reporting that dealer “cannot reproduce identical problems†because they don't want repairs coming out of their pockets only out of gm. I'm going to start filing formal complaints with gm until they get tired of hearing from me and fix some of this stuff or deem it a lemon and get rid of it finally. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | May 08, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | Purchased my 2019 malibu lt in september. About 3 months ago the shift to park message started appearing. It sometimes takes about 1o minutes to finally get t his cleared. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Apr 27, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | When car is shifted in to park it is not registering that the car is in park and a message comes up that says to “shift to park†even though the car is already shifted in park |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Apr 25, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | “shift to park†message appears on dash information screen and prohibits the vehicle from fully powering off and can cause battery to fully discharge. This appears to be a known problem, as referenced in gm tsb 19-na-206. |
| Category | Electronic Stability Control, Engine, Power Train |
| Date | Apr 05, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 mph and accelerating, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled in the middle of the roadway. The esc, traction control, check engine, and powertrain malfunction control warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The engine was replaced; however, the failure reoccurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 52,000 |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Mar 27, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Unable to leave vehicle because the car thinks the gear shift is not in park. The car is actually in park . I've tried wiggling the gear shift, turning the car back on several times and putting into gear and back in park. Nothing seems to work and it goes off whenever it decides to go off. This is causing a safety issue for me personally since I can't leave the car. This started about 2months ago. |
| Category | Electrical System, Fuel/propulsion System |
| Date | Mar 25, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | The throttle body charge pipe popped off there was a recall that on this car says it's fixed. We replaced o ring and clip on charge pipe drove car. When we sped up to pass a car the charge pipe popped off car shut off. We had to push the car out of traffic. The car would not start. Error code check engine and engine power loss. Three hours under a houston tx bridge got a tow. Only to be told that the gasket and clip needed to be replaced. Replaced again gm parts, car still can't go up hills or sped up. Charge pipe will pop off. The throttle body was checked and the lip on throttle body is still good. But there is too much oil build up on throttle body it appears and the charge pipe can't stay on. Causing engine failure. This almost got us killed on the highway. Very unsafe please help. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Mar 20, 2022 |
| State | MD |
| Description | Vehicle has 38,000 miles and I keep getting the “shift to park†error message. The dealer said it is an “ongoing problem†with these vehicles as the “electronic sensor†is not registering that the car is in “parkâ€. Problem is all features (parking lights, dash message, alarm “bong-bong sound†and radio stay on and drain the battery. I am getting it replaced but if this is a “known problem†why don't they do a recall and fix it? |
| Category | Engine, Fuel/propulsion System |
| Date | Mar 07, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | The turbo charge pipe keeps popping off while driving and the car loses power. |
| Category | Power Train:automatic Transmission:gear Position Indication (prndl) |
| Date | Feb 07, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while the gear shifter was placed in park, the "shift to park" warning message was displayed while turning off the vehicle with the push to start/stop button. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed that the sensor and gear shifter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that she had to pay out of pocket for the repair. The failure mileage was approximately 48,000. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Jan 03, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Front driver low beam front passenger side marker back passenger break light all won't turn back on. Dealership cannot find a reason why lights won't turn on. |
| Category | Structure, Visibility |
| Date | Dec 27, 2021 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that there was an unknown substance that leaked through the windshield and the trunk of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 21,000. The vin was unavailable. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Dec 08, 2021 |
| State | MD |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated while driving 65 mph, the check engine warning light was illuminated, and the fuel gauge reflected empty even though the tank was full. Additionally, the speed gauge was not operating correctly, and the temperature gauge was not functioning. The contact also stated she depressed the brake pedal to the floor but failed to stop. The contact stated she used the parking brake to stop the vehicle before it seized. The contact stated when shifting gears to park, she heard an abnormal noise and the vehicle began to hesitate. The contact stated it took 2 hours to properly turn off the vehicle. The contact left the vehicle overnight at that location and stated the following morning she was able to restart the vehicle and drove to her work. The vehicle was not drivable. The contact stated an independent mechanic came to the work parking lot and was informed it was an electrical system failure and was referred to the local dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact towed the vehicle to the local dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated she continued to experience the failure. The contact called the local dealers autonation chevrolet laurel (500 washington blvd, laurel, md 20707: (240) 339-3932) & sport chevrolet (3101 automobile blvd, silver spring, md 20904: (240) 293-0442) and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired but was pending repairs. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 45,000. |
| Category | Electrical System, Fuel/propulsion System, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Oct 31, 2021 |
| State | IN |
| Description | Unknown car shutdown without warning an will haste when given it fuel. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine |
| Date | Oct 17, 2021 |
| State | MD |
| Description | While sitting at stop lights the car has shut itself completely off and restarted itself. This has happened atleast 6 times in the past 24 hours. The first time it happened, a message was on the dash screen that said "corrupt ......" with an explanation mark. I was unable to catch the full message. No message has displayed since that I believe. The vehicle shows no history/issue in the mychevy app. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Sep 27, 2021 |
| State | TX |
| Description | I bought this 2019 chevy malibu with 40,000 miles on it the second day I had it the transmission completely lost power and would not accelerate it barley moves ford it takes about 5 whole seconds for it to get power and move this has happend pretty much every day when I drive this vehicle it has put me and my family's life in danger so many times it's ridicules I have took it to the dealership and they said that they can not find a problem on the tcm/ transmission control module so I told them to take it for a test drive and right when they pulled out of the dealership they almost got hit because the car would not accelerate they said there is defiantly a problem with the cvt transmission in the car but sadly there is nothing they can do until chevrolet puts out a recall they said I am not the first one to bring back a 2019 chevy malibu with this issue this needs to be fixed immediately it's putting peoples life's in danger |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Sep 20, 2021 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact states that the auto stop/start feature that caused the vehicle to turn off while idling however, the vehicle would fail to immediately start-up. The contact stated that the instrument panel would independently reset, and the vehicle would jolt forward before restarting. The contact had taken the vehicle to the dealer however, the vehicle was not yet repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 39,737. |
| Category | Air Bags, Engine, Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Aug 19, 2021 |
| State | GA |
| Description | While I was getting on the highway during acceleration there was a loud popping sound which was immediately followed by the check engine light turning on the airbag system warning light turning on and a reduction in engine power. I had to pull off to the side of the highway and pop my hood in which at that point I observed the air intake hose had popped off of the throttle body. I put it back on and attempted to continue to drive but it popped off again which caused me to take it very slow ride to the closest dealership. Once I arrived I had it checked out by a service technician and was advised that my throttle body needed to be replaced and so does my airbag clock spring which controls the airbag system, it's deployment, the horn and all of the steering wheel controls. Without this being operational I cannot blow my horn and the airbags may not deploy or malfunction in the event of a crash. I looked online and found out that this was an existing problem with previous models of the chevy malibu specifically 2016 to 2018 models. |
| Category | Engine, Power Train, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Aug 16, 2021 |
| State | OH |
| Description | While driving on the highway my car started loosing power. A warning light came on stating engine power is reduced. I could not excelerate had to pull over on side of road. This is the first time this has happened to me but I just purchased this vehicle on 7/15/21 with 51,000 miles. |
| Category | Engine, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jul 21, 2021 |
| State | OH |
| Description | The contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated while driving 10 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The accelerator pedal was depressed however, the vehicle was slow to respond. The local dealer was contacted however, the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 53,713. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Jul 15, 2021 |
| State | MO |
| Description | Get “shift to park†message when car is placed in park and turn off ignition. This seems to be a common error reported widely on 2016 through 2020 chevrolet vehicles. I have even seen service bulletins mentioned. Why has chevrolet not recalled this since it seems to be a weak switch used? This is not covered under the bumper to bumper warranty since I have 54,000 miles on a two year old car. This shouldn't be failing after two years. Maybe after 10 years but not two! |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Apr 30, 2021 |
| State | MO |
| Description | Car has engine light on. It shows engine power reduced. Its not going over than 30miles an hour. Car has only 41k miles. |
| Category | Power Train, Unknown Or Other, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Apr 03, 2021 |
| State | TN |
| Description | I'm not sure what's wrong, but when I stop and start my vehicle back up with the auto start I can hear something like water flushing or running through my dashboard. Most of the time my vehicle will stall out when I press the gas, is driving or turning most of the time it don't won't to go. I almost got hit on several occasions because I would try to turn and the car will stall barley going. This has cause a lot of frustrations. I have had my car since august of 2020 and it has been doing this since 2-3 weeks after purchasing it. I have not had time to take it to the dealership for inspection because I have lupus and I'm tried and have random flares. |
| Category | Exterior Lighting, Fuel/propulsion System, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 25, 2021 |
| State | OH |
| Description | When trying to accelerate on the highway and merging if I get close to 3 rpm to get up to 60-65 mph m engine light appears on the dash as well as my traction sensor light and my car will no longer allow me to accelerate. Also after this happens it will not allow me to use my cruise control. This has happened multiple times over the last few months. I took it to my dealership to have it fixed twice the first time they could not figure out what was wrong the second time they discovered 3 of my fuel injectors were broken. I still experience this issue and it is very scary not being able to accelerate on the highway with big semis and other vehicles coming behind me. |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Mar 15, 2021 |
| State | IN |
| Description | When the vehicle is stopped at a light, then you begin to ouch on the gas as the light turns green, the car will slow accelerate when pushing on the gas. The crazy part is when I tell chevrolet about this no one knows what I'm talking about, which is frustrating because it's happening more frequently and it's freaking me out! Also no indications on the dashboard come on either |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Jan 28, 2021 |
| State | VA |
| Description | Tl* the contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 to 35 mph, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle began to lose power and jerked. The contact managed to coast the vehicle to the shoulder of the road, turn the vehicle off and back on which resumed normal operation however, while the accelerator pedal was depressed going uphill, the vehicle hesitated. The vehicle was taken to hall chevrolet chesapeake (3412 western branch blvd, chesapeake, va 23321, (877)475-0719) where it was diagnosed that all 4 cylinders had misfired and that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was diagnosed three additional times. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was taken to another dealer and test driven however, the technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and deemed the contact ineligible for any repairs. The failure mileage was approximately 51,448. |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Jan 16, 2021 |
| State | NM |
| Description | I was driving home from work on the highway going 63 mph. I started to feel my car shaking as though it was going to stall out. My car has a little over 17k miles on it. On my display saying service esc with a cresent wrench on the side, my traction control light was on (car with the swervy road) and my transmission light flashing. I started to pull over on the side of the road the the lights and display went back to normal. I called my dealership and spoke to service manager. My dealership had me bring in my car where they changed the spark plugs and relubricated the ignition coils due to misfiring. I questioned is that normal? He said no, then stated there is no recalls listed. |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Nov 21, 2020 |
| State | KY |
| Description | Driving the car, on a highway at approx. 75 mph, check engine light comes on and dashboard states "engine power restricted". Now the car has little power and takes 18 seconds to get from 0-60 making it a road hazard. The vehicle only has 42,000 miles on it. |
| Category | Engine, Power Train |
| Date | Nov 05, 2020 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Tl* the contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while driving approximately 75 mph, the vehicle decelerated to 15 mph with the power reduced message displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to chapmen chevrolet located at 1717 e baseline rd, tempe, az 85283 to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the turbo intake was defective. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 22,000. |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Oct 20, 2020 |
| State | OH |
| Description | As with other years of this vehicle , I also have has my engine shut off while going down the highway. More than ten times in the last week. |
| Category | Air Bags |
| Date | Sep 29, 2020 |
| State | MS |
| Description | The service safety restraint system keeps going off for warning |
| Category | Electrical System, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Sep 26, 2020 |
| State | AL |
| Description | After car is turned off and in park, the dash light states to "put in park" even though the car is in park, the light won't go away until the shifter is wiggled back and forth, and sideways way too many times, I am afraid the battery will run down if left like that, with the light still being on. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Sep 20, 2020 |
| State | PA |
| Description | When vehicle is stopped at a red light vehicle displayed message 'steering assist reduced drive with care' this has done this multiple times. Vehicle is a 2019 brought it brand new this should not be happening. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Aug 26, 2020 |
| State | IL |
| Description | While stopped at a red light the auto start will engage. When the light turns green and you release the break the car won't move. The car needs to be placed in park turned completely off in the middle of traffic. No warning lights are on, dearler ship cant find whats wrong. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Aug 13, 2020 |
| State | GA |
| Description | At 10,000 miles my 2019 chevrolet malibu started to sputter and lose power. Taking off at a green light, driving on highways, turning at intersections, or turning against traffic has all become dangerous because the car will not gather enough power to go, leaving my car stuck on roads and in the middle of intersections. We were placed in a rental 2019 chevrolet malibu with 11,000 miles that also had power problems and left us stuck in a running car being approached by oncoming traffic.. The dealership diagnostic came up as transmission failure, in multiple brand new 2019 chevrolet malibu's. Me, my family, and hundreds of thousands of motorists are in danger by driving this car, or even being on the road with these cars. |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Jun 10, 2020 |
| State | OH |
| Description | Tl* the contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu hybrid. The contact stated that the fuel line under the hood detached, causing fuel to spill inside of the engine compartment. The vehicle stalled with the check engine warning light illuminated and the engine power reduced message displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken spitzer autoworld lordstown, llc (10535 mahoning ave, north jackson, oh 44451), but was not diagnosed nor repaired. The vehicle was previously taken to two unknown dealers where the vehicle was diagnosed and the contact was informed that the throttle body gasket needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 16,000. The vin was not available. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Jun 05, 2020 |
| State | NC |
| Description | When I stop at a stop sign or red light, it seems like my car cuts off and then back on when I hit the gas. I can hear it. There is also a sound in my brakes when this happens, that sounds air. *tr |
| Category | Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 04, 2020 |
| State | MI |
| Description | Some days when I am driving my car it seems as if I'm pushing my foot down all the way onto the pedal and that's not normal it did it today 6/4/2020i just got that car october 2019, it did it 3 times so far like I was at a stop light and it seem as if the car took a very long time for me too push down on the pedal, and also while turning a corner it took a while for the acceleration too catch up and as I did some reach search some lower year cars like mine has recalls for fuel injectors relating too engine stalling or pedal sensors. *tr |
| Category | Engine, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jun 02, 2020 |
| State | MS |
| Description | I was stationary at a red light on highway 49 with my foot on the breaks, and when the light turned green I let my foot up off the breaks and the car just shut off. I tried to turn the car back on, but still nothing. I waited a few seconds and the car started back up, so I put it in drive and started driving, but when I tried to slow down the breaks were very tight. For an hour and a half, I sat there and tried to figure out what was wrong with the car. I found nothing, so I got back into the car and cranked it and the check engine light came on. I got the car to star chevrolet and they diagnosed the problem as the brake vacuum pump. *tr |
| Category | Service Brakes, Steering, Wheels |
| Date | May 13, 2020 |
| State | NM |
| Description | When driving on the freeway the wheels feel like there are pushing one way. When slowing down the steering wheel shakes. Pressing the on brakes the steering wheel also shakes. Couple days ago we had to tighten the lug nuts on the car front tires. Its was good a couple days and now again doing the same thing.. *tr |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Apr 30, 2020 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Bought "certified" with warranty from dealer, has 13,000 miles on it. Second time we ever drove (3 blocks from house) engine died while turning into parking lot at work. Took to eagleson's dealership they put on diagnostic, chief mechanic told us "I don't know what the problem could be" backed it out and sent us on our way. |
| Category | Engine, Fuel/propulsion System |
| Date | Apr 17, 2020 |
| State | CA |
| Description | At 7473 miles, reduced engine power light came on while driving the car. Diagnostic code: p0013. Car was towed 50 miles to a dealer for repair and replacement of exhaust camshaft position actuator. Car was driven 4 times before the reduced engine power light came on again. Mileage under 8000. Diagnostic code: p0013. In both cases, the car still ran but it misses and cuts out. *tr |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Mar 20, 2020 |
| State | NV |
| Description | The 2019 malibu own which is an lt with a sunroof and heated front seats, has had an issue with the battery connection where as the car was brand new out from the shop. And then a week or two later I got into my car to look for my headphones, then I just wanted to sit inside my brand new car for a moment. And then I turned the radio on to look at the time, and then the gauge cluster came up with a message saying battery voltage low. So then later we got an email from chevy talking about the issue and how chevy would like to fix it for us. So they fixed it. But I would like for other people to know about this. Also! I had a problem with my sunroof which isn't a safety concern but it's worth noting. So as we got the car. We didn't know why the sunroof wouldn't open while we were driving or anything. And so when we got home we tried figuring it out and at the time it would only open up if you have your foot on the brake, in drive without moving. Got it fixed after trying to get them to fix it. And then they messed up the headliner in the car and had to get that replaced and then they want to try and charge us for using their loaner cars when they messed up the headliner. Like wtf. |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Feb 07, 2020 |
| State | MO |
| Description | With under 10k miles on this car, we drove an hour to a baseball game, then found when we started it back up, it was on reduced power. Turned out to be the throttle body that had to be replaced. Today, with under 17k miles, my wife was picking the children up from school, and it lost power and said "reduced engine power" again. If this would have happened on the highway, it could have caused an accident. |
| Category | Electrical System, Exterior Lighting |
| Date | Feb 06, 2020 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Tl* the contact owns a 2019 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked with the ignition in the off position, the interior lights remained illuminated. The contact also mentioned that when the vehicle was in park and the ignition was turned to the off position, the radio was still operational. The push to start button was depressed and the radio turned off. The contact informed an unnamed dealer of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 14,359. |
| Category | Engine, Fuel/propulsion System |
| Date | Sep 16, 2019 |
| State | PA |
| Description | New car. 500 miles on motor. Check engine light came on. P2097. Noticed decreased engine power when pressing gas peddle. Car stalled on start. Felt slight shimmy from motor while sitting idle. |
| Category | Electrical System, Fuel/propulsion System |
| Date | Jul 08, 2019 |
| State | MD |
| Description | Faulty fuel pump communication system and key kob reader |
| Category | Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Jun 25, 2019 |
| State | OH |
| Description | Takata recall. After driving my malibu for more than a quick drive around the block I noticed that my left eye was getting blurry and I seemed a little nauseous. The symptoms started every time I drive the vehicle. I noticed a distortion of the left side of the windshield that is causing the nausea. When looking through the windshield at oncoming traffic my view is distorted. The same as when I look the very right of the windshield. I took the car back to the dealership and drove another brand new malibu for a day and had the same problem. At this point every time I drive the vehicle I get nauseated and have a small headache. Gm then decided to replace my windshield. I received a loner equinox to drive and had no issues. I drove a silverado for a few days with no problem. I traded in my old 2016 malibu that had no issues. I have had countless friends drive my new malibu and they all see the distortion. I have tried moving my seat, cleaning my windshield, putting a towel on my dashboard to remove glare and now another brand new windshield. I can't drive this car anymore. I drive twenty minutes to work and takes my brain another five minutes to readjust after I get out. I want my old car back. The distortion is a constant whether driving on highways, around the block, sunny or rainy days. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Jun 17, 2019 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The spring steel c-clip holding the cvt fluid cooling line in place at the radiator fell off while the vehicle was in motion on interstate 5. The transmission fluid drained out onto the roadway resulting in complete loss of power to the wheels. The engine light came on but the engine ran fine. |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Apr 15, 2019 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Start/stop on powertrain / motor control. Motor stops on brake pedal pressure and starts upon ? ? Decrease in pedal prssure ? Motor started and rpm accelerated bu itself while brake pedal applied, vehicle "surged" and hit post. Motor accelerates rpm / works by itself. Problem is intermittent. Delay in "start / stop" causing surge. Software programming problem ? |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Feb 20, 2019 |
| State | NH |
| Description | The engine "auto stop" feature can have enough of a delay to allow the accelerator to be pressed as the engine starts causing it to lurch forward rather than accelerate smoothly. It also can cause a delay when pulling out into heavy traffic. There is currently no way to temporarily or permanently defeat the system on this gm model according to gm service department. Though I am sure it is operating as designed for certain owner driving styles and traffic conditions this can be a serious hazard. Car makers should be required to either disable the feature permanently by owner request or have a method for the owner to bypass the system. With less than 250 miles I have experienced 2 incidents of almost hitting the car in front of me from a stop and 1 of almost being hit pulling into heavy traffic from a stop. I see many other similar complaints and hope this can be addressed before someone is hurt or worse due to it. |
| Category | Equipment:mechanical:accessory Scissor/screw/bottle Jack/lift |
| Date | Oct 26, 2018 |
| State | NM |
| Description | I could have been killed or maimed by a defective tire jack that was included in the tire changing equipment that came with a new impala I rented from enterprise car rental. The jack bent in two when I tried to crank the jack high enough to change a flat tire. I have a photo of the chinese-made part #13592351/2017. I have notified both enterprise and general motors. In discussing the issue, it seems that neither company includes a safety check of the tire jack. My concern is that 40-50 thousand impalas were sold in 2018. Car rental companies purchased them as did dealerships. Thousands of unused, I. E. New tire jacks may be sitting in the trunks of impalas throughout the us, canada, etc. And some could be defective. The gm executive office rep said they were going to contact enterprise regarding the safety issue. To me this is short sighted on gm's part. They don't seem to be interested in finding the root cause of the defective jack. Are they more likely to change their tune, if consumers die as a result of using the general motors provided defective jacks? Stay tuned. |
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I’ve bought a 2019 Malibu last year, preowned.
Buying preowned was one of my regrets. the dealership said that it has been in no accidents and has a clean title. 6 months later I noticed a clunking noise in the back, before it was minimal, but now it’s worse. took it to them, they said nothing was wrong, then took to another place. they mentioned the vehicle has been in some accident to cause the trunk to move.
One year in, I start having mechanical issues. Had my check engine light pop on at 4 am, completely wrecked my drive home. the vehicle kept engaging auto breaking, disabling TC, saying I have low fuel, and later that same night the whole dash turned off. vehicle was still on, I was at a red light, but nothing worked. could still drive normally though
Today 1/3/23, same issues came back, except it only provided low gas icon and the problem with park shifter. the park shift was a new one to me, glad it’s nothing new according to this site
My 2019 Malibu has various issues. Hesitate to accelerate after stopping, front window defroster fogs at odd times, seems to want to cut off after stops, twice yes and replaced battery, shifter states put in park at times. I have not taken my car to the dealer.
Just like Susan E, our 2019 Malibu “surges” they say this is just how the CVT transmission works. Sometimes it jerks so hard it is like a truck with a failing driveshaft U-joint that you step on the gas and bam you get the crap jerked oit of you. Sometimes the car wont start, it had 14 codes showing in the computer but here is the kicker!.. Some of the codes were fairly serious and yet no check engine light! I only knew of the codes causeI have an advanced scan tool and the car wasnt starting and had errors come up in the dash yet they didnt stay and every code showing on the car said (trigger engine illumination light – NO / something like that bit a little different). So they purposely (Im sure) are putting cars out there that used to show and check engine (or ABS, Trans etc) light if there were any codes that jad no corrected themselves or wasnt an issue anymore after a “drive cycle” now unless its certain codes they have many codes set to NOT illuminate any lights to alert you of a problem. Why? That is obvious, so we jeeo driving until our warranty is out and don’t keeo coming back to get the lemons worked on. I say worked on amd not fixed cause they seem to rarely “fix” anything these days. My mother used a lemon law attorney once and she was happy aje did, she got the manufacturer to take the vehicle back, oay the legal fees and pay her all the money she had paid out as car payments. We bought a used vehicle with that money and it has lasted many years.
hi everyone i have problem my car malibu 2019 i cant open doors with remote control but all light open when i lock/unlock and also inside car doors not open when i click buttons lock/unlock
2019 malabu Chevrolet check engine light won’t stay off and car misses bad and just about dies when at a stop sigh or going slow. I can’t even get my car inspected because of this problem with the check engine light
I have a 2019 Malibu I bought it in 2019 no miles wheel started shaking when driving dealership did nothing now engine light keeps coming on p1101 code mass airflow sensor been changed and it won’t go out and keeps coming back on I’m
Over this car
Problem with transmission should be a recall.
I bought 2019 Malibu RS and after the fist day driving to work it had a vibration. Took it to the dealership and they force balanced the tires and gave it back to me. I then drive to work and still had a vibration 65 mph and up so I took it back again and they force balanced the tires again. Still having the same issue and a driveability issue do to a bad injector, took it back to them again. Received my car back with the vibration still and was told it was within specks per gm peco scanner. Called gm complaint line and was given a case, again was told today that there’s nothing they can do, it’s within spec’s. Called my case worker twice so far no answer back. Love my car but didn’t want something broken. What’s my next move?
I bought a 2019 Chevy Malibu & the transmission failed at around 2,700 miles. There was metal in my transmission fluid & the car made a terrible noise. The dealership replaced the transmission, but I have taken it back 3 times for what I refer to as surging. Sometimes my car just won’t go! The dealership said there is nothing wrong it is just how the transmission works in this car. Scary stuff! Now I have less than 15,000 miles on this car and it won’t recognize it is shifted into park. Tells me to shift my car in park over & over.