2010 Chevrolet Malibu: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Aug 8, 2024 · FL

The front doors on the car lock and unlock them selves and often you have to climb into the backseat from the front seat to exit the car. This is a serious danger if you were in an accident or the car was on fire. Hi I am [XXX] and it’s almost impossible for me to climb over the seats the way the cockpit is made. When the car locks itself it’s impossible to unlock the car using the door locks inside by pulling them up or using the key in the drivers door nothing works. The car can be completely locked and hours later maybe the next day the drivers door will be open on its own. This is happened several times in the rain soaking the driver seat. The only way to unlock the doors if they lock on their own it’s to play with a key fob pressing lock unlock maybe 100 times and you might get lucky and it unlocks. I spent three days once before I could enter my car using the key fob as I explained earlier. The door came open one time while the car was going forward and luckily I was in a Walmart parking lot or there’s no telling what would’ve happened. When the car was shifted into drive the door locks clicked down but that still did not stop the door from opening. I purchased the car two months ago for $7000 and the dealer is going to do nothing they stressed as is. I have read online there are thousands of these complaints for the same thing and GM has not acknowledged the problem to date. Complaints I have read also stated they have done different repairs to the doors which are quite costly but they were to no avail. This seems like a very serious and dangerous problem being trapped inside a car especially in Florida where I live and the temperatures in a car can reach 140 degrees. If the car is running you can’t even exit the back doors once you crawl over the seats it has to be shut off. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed Sep 15, 2017 · Seats · MN · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the driver's side seat heater caught fire. The fire extinguished itself. There were no injuries sustained. A fire report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer was it was diagnosed, but the contact didn't know what needed to be replaced or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance. The VIN and failure mileage were not available.

Filed Mar 31, 2017 · Engine · LA

Car caught on fire,computer shut down locking me in the car

Filed Dec 1, 2016 · Electrical · TX · fire

Driving to drop off kids at school had a odor of plastic and wire burning as soon as my child got of the vehicle drove off car shut off feet away from school when the odor and smoke started getting really nothing worked all power was off .got off right away notice the smoke coming from trunk could not open trunk with remote or button . Once we got the trunk open inspected trunk area a fuse block and fuses were all melted and burnt.

Filed Jun 10, 2015 · Electrical · 69,700 miles · DE · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While driving at 60 MPH, burning fumes emitted into the vehicle. The contact was in the process of pulling off the highway when the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and pull over safely. While parked, a police officer noticed smoke coming from the trunk of the vehicle. The fire department was notified. The trunk was manually opened by the firemen and they noticed the smoke was coming from the fuse panel. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, but was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 69,700.

Filed Apr 20, 2015 · Seats · 52,000 miles · LA · fire

My wife had turned on the seat heater. After a period of time she felt the back of the seat getting very hot and then smelled something burning and saw smoke inside the car.. She leaned forward and then turned off the switch to the seat heater. I examined the seat and discovered a dime sized burn through hole in the seat. The burn trough is approximately shoulder high on the seat.

Filed Aug 15, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 67,000 miles · DE · fire

Vehicle was parked and caught on fire when it was not running. The vehicle was in use earlier in the day. The fire started under the hood and burned the entire front of the car and caused some interior damage as well.

Filed Jun 17, 2014 · Airbags, Electrical · SC

Multiple error messages appearing in dashboard electrical burning smell with dash computer giving out random error messages stating service airbag and service engine soon burned out my battery. Gear shift makes loud booming noise when putting in gear while driving car jolts and hesitates to shift gears. Chevrolet dealership refuses to check the car diagnostic without charging per module.

Filed Mar 2, 2010 · Electrical · 1,500 miles · CA · fire

I bought a 2010 chevy malibu in november of 2010 and the car engine caught on fire in january of 2010. The vehicle was parked in my driveway while I was sleeping. At approximately 9 p.m. My neighbors awake me to notify me that my car was on fire. They had called 911 and the fire department had shown up shortly afterward. The fire came from the engine compartment. I notified american chevrolet in modesto, ca, where I had purchased the vehicle and they towed it to there dealership. Since then I have not been given a definitive answer as to what the root cause of the fire was, and what is being done to replace my vehicle or reimburse me for my cost. I haven't been compensated either for my loss of transportation. My insurance first said that the problem lied with general motors, but due to the prolong period of time are now getting involved in paying the car, where I will come out loosing all my investment. Fortunately, the car was parked outside, not inside my garage where the car would have gotten my new home on fires. I work graveyard and was asleep when the fire occurred. The fire department ruled that it look to be a defect. I don't understand why it would take a large corporation would take so long to resolve a serious problem such as this.