My car currently has the engine light on and will suddenly slow down and shake violently. The reading on the dash says low traction ecs off and then flashed engine power reduced. I have taken my car to several mechanics and they can not figure out what the problem is. I am currently spending money to fix several different things and none of them are working. I have read many forums where chevy owners are having the same problem but yet there is no recall. This is a major safety issue when driving on a highway and then all of a sudden your car slows down suddenly and significantly. My car has slowed while I was idle, driving on the street, and driving on the highway.
2010 Chevrolet Malibu engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While driving 40 MPH, the steering column required excessive effort to operate the vehicle normally. In addition, the vehicle experienced a lack of engine power and would not accelerate past 40 MPH. The contact stated that the ESC, power steering, and engine power reduced warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the throttle control sensor and the power steering assembly were defective and needed to be replaced. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While driving at an unknown speed, the reduce power, check engine, and ESC service traction indicators illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an unknown independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the throttle box, idle control sensor, module control sensor, throttle position sensor, oxygen control sensor, and the transmission control module needed to be repaired. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 173,000.
The seat belt keeps dinging like the seatbelt is not connected to the seatbelt latch and it is. The engine light comes on and off. I have taken it to the dealership the light goes off so they can never figure out what's wrong with it. Except once which it came back to it being the solenoid sensor. They fixed it. But, engine light still comes on. The seatbelt dings doing the whole ride or if your siting still. The engine light comes on off and on. Just bought the car 9/23/2017.
Engine power reduced while I was driving into my daughters school.
Engine power drops suddenly on highway or in traffic after 45mins of driving, reduced engine power, service engine, service airbag messages come on also ESC message then engine stalls and moves at about 10mph from driving at anywhere between 30mph to 70mph. Recurring for the last two months can't be fixed after several chevy dealer workshop visits and costs
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. Howard pontiac of amhurst, illinois was made aware of the failure and performed a fuel pump relay and seat belt recalls on the vehicle, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The federal safety agency campaign numbers were unknown. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While attempting to back out of the driveway, the gear was placed in reverse and the traction control and power steering indicators illuminated. The steering wheel became difficult to maneuver and the engine stalled. The contact called a local dealer (lou bachrodt chevrolet pompano beach, fl 33069 at (954) 971-3000), but failed to speak with anyone. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 141,000.
This has happened a few times to me now. I was heading home on the highway with the cruise control set on about 67 MPH and all of the sudden the engine lost power and the car starts coasting. "engine power reduced" came across the computer display. Like I said, this has happened before. I could pull over to a stop, shut off the car and it would reset, and the car would be fine for me to make it home. But this last time, the car would not restart at all. I got the car towed home, checked the battery, the cables, and even replaced the starter , and it still does the same thing.... Starter will not engage to turn the motor over to start.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While driving 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning and would not accelerate or reverse when prompted. The contact was able to coast the vehicle to the right side of the road. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 90,017.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled when it approached a traffic light. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact coasted the vehicle to the shoulder. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was at the shop awaiting diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact also stated that the vehicle stalled two other times within the last month. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.
Car caught on fire,computer shut down locking me in the car
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that there was a recall regarding the throttle body reduced power mode, but the VIN was not included the contact stated that the vehicle was experiencing the same issue listed in the recall. The manufacturer was not notified. The federal safety agency campaign number was unknown. The failure mileage was 50,200. Updated 05/03/17*lj
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. When the vehicle was started, the contact heard an abnormal noise shortly afterward. The vehicle vibrated excessively with a strong shudder, the engine power reduced, ESC off, and traction control off warning indicators illuminated. The contact turned the vehicle off and back on, but the warning indicators continued and the service engine indicator remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and a dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in a recall. The failure mileage was not available.
My car only has 95897 miles on it and theirs somethi g wrong with the engin transmission ... Cars been well taken car of and when you climb hills it looses power and has a hard time climbing the hill.
I was driving and then came to a stop to pull on a major highway. When I turned on the high way my malibu wouldn't accelerate and acted as if it was in neutral, as a semi pulled up behind me I had to put it almost in a ditch so I wouldn't get hit. My mechanic says its the 3,5,r wave plate and that he looked at all the malibu forums online and found out that many people have had this happen. I contacted gm and they told me there was nothing they could do. Never buying a chevy again.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While driving 20 MPH, the vehicle vibrated abnormally and the check engine indicator illuminated. The reduced engine power warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle decelerated independently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 109,575.
I was driving on the highway, going 60mph. The car suddenly slowed down to about 5mph and started violently shaking, and I had to quickly pull to the shoulder lane, "reduced engine speed" appeared on the dashboard, along with "ESC traction control". Restarted my car and the light went off. About 15 mins later, it did the same thing. This is extremely dangerous for myself and other people around me.
One of my new tires continually deflate. After taking to tire co. 6of8wks to get air, I was told I have a cracked wheel and will pay $500 for a used wheel or up to $1000 for authorized dealer to replace it. I pay $50 extra f/platinum warranty and had to pay for airbag svc'ing to get inspection--and $100 deductible from warranty company. In 2yrs, I've paid $1200 f/warranty plus $150 deductible@authorized service ctr-pinkerton chev in lynchburg, va-and it took 3 weeks that I had to bum a ride to work or pay a cab. Now, I'm riding on a "donut" and my gas mileage is <8mpg........w/a $389 car note and $200 car insurance note.
While the vehicle is at idle (stop light), the engine surges and sputters and the service traction control / ecs lights appear on the dashboard and the check engine light illuminates. The car will then accelerate very slowly only up to about 20 MPH. I had the car fixed at a gm dealer about a year ago for a vehicle recall on the main body wiring connector to bcm. Note: the gm fix is to "clean" the connector and add dielectric grease to prevent corrosion. The car was fine after that until now. I've seen many of the same complaints on the internet regarding this issue and I believe the "fix" is only temporary.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 55 MPH, when the vehicle's timing chain began to make a rattling noise and jumped causing the vehicle to stall. The vehicle was towed and taken to the dealer. The dealer diagnosed that the timing chain needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 79,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. When the weather was below 50 degrees, the vehicle failed to accelerate. When the failure occurred, the reduce engine power and traction control indicators illuminated. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 98,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While idling, the engine hesitated and the RPM's randomly increased and decreased. Also, the service traction, ESC, and check engine indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure could not be duplicated. The mmanufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 55,000.
I had to have over $2500 worth of work done to my car, which had something to do with some torque sensor and other parts - I see that there was a recall on other chevy malibu's in previous model years. I am wondering how long this recall will take, my year is 2010 and not currently on the recall list. Prior to that, I had just paid $2000 for other work needed on this vehicle that was out of warranty. I've had so many issues w/this car. I have receipts but they are currently in storage - I am unable to upload them right now.
1 year ago my car flashed ESC service traction control reduce engine power and reduced my spend to 40mph on a busy interstate! Called gm stated what happen and I knew they had a recall but of course my cars VIN was not included in the recall. Brought the car to a local gm dealer ship to put on machine to see if any codes would show up nothing came up!!! I was told the message would have to be showing to service vehicle. Well here we are a year later with the car in the shop because my car reduces engine power without warning stalls and my ESC service traction reduce engine power came on message board but did not stay after I turned key of course because it shut the car off after 2-5 minutes. I have video of it reading ESC traction service but that does not help! Car now needs a new timing chain and has metal in the oil! Mind you of I wouldve been able to service the ESC traction control could this all have been avoided? My car was in the shop maybe 6 months ago and was put on the machine to get codes minor codes came up and not the ESC traction control reduce engine power. Called gm today and was told my milage played part in this but I doubt that only because at 68000 it flashed ESC and shut off on me without warning so now they will contact the shop. They need to recall these vehicles it is a hazard to be on the road! We can not afford a new vehicle car this car was brand new but has been problem after problem ! Headlights go out all the time airbag light stays on even after being fixed 3 times trunk does not open defroster thats a joke I could go on and on
Takata recall-my air bag light has been on since shortly after I purchased the vehicle in aug. 2011. I am terrified if I am in an accident they won't deploy and myself or a passenger may be seriously injured. My son and I were coming back home from denver and my car started acting strange like it was going to die and it sure did while we were almost out of eisenhower tunnel on the west end, we were almost rear ended by an 18 wheeler! Thank god he made it around us safely and no accident occurred. I am sure I reported this already shortly after it happened and never received a response in any shape or form. I was able to get the car started after about ten minutes and drove home without any further problems, was shaking like a leaf all the way....my son too. I have also had problems with the car shimmering when I apply the brake at 55-60 MPH and it isn't just a little its sever and doesn't stop until I get back under that speed, I am afraid of loosing control. I do want to say I am very disappointed in the car, I bought it because I believed it would be a great vehicle to own and I was proud to drive it....the chevrolet emblem meant something to me. I doubt I would ever buy another one, I would be afraid to! It is so sad that the quality of products and the pride in the manufacturing of them has taken a back seat to profit.....the recalls in this country are ridiculous! Can't recall specifc date as to tunnel incident, its been a few years back, the other two problems have been happening since I purchased the vehicle in 2011
Vehicle was moving at about 35 MPH when the drivers information center indicated a electronic stability service, traction control service and ESC off messages. This happened multiple times over a two day period. Car was taken to dealer for diagnostics and they said that the computer had stored a p0300 code which is engine misfire. The engine runs fine however there is a slight vibration at idle while in park or neutral. Gm also sent out a letter to me stating that there was a problem with the throttle posistion sensor that may cause this to happen. The dealer did not attempt to diagnos the problem with the sensor and stated that the engine had a bad #2 cyclinder with compression at 100lbs. The p0300 code can be caused by the various electronic messages that have appeared and the engine is not the problem. They wanted to tear it down at a cost of $2300 to fix a problem that does not exist. This car only has 39000 miles on it. There are numerous reports of this same isssue with the federal safety agency and gm has not dealt with the problem. Another issue relating to this is the fact that the engine reduced power message comes on in some vehilcle and the car slows down and is very dangerous to drive on the higways. So far my car has not done that. I believe there should be some pressure exerted on gm to correct these multiple problems with their vehicle since the government bailed them out along with our taxpayer funds.
While driving at various speeds, the service ESC, traction control, and reduced engine power warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. Car also misfired. Taken to independent auto repair shop, throttle body replaced. Codes found at garage po300, p2135. Began 2/12/16 and randomly happened through 3/9/16
Whenever I press the gass and I let it go the car keeps going and when I try to stop the car takes longer to stop because the engine try to keep going so I have to press the break harder and when finally stops after like 5 minutes the car goes normal.
Driving on the highway surrounded by 18 wheelers. Suddenly my traction light and service engine light came on and the reduced power notification came on, the car slowed to about 10 miles an hour very suddenly and the car was shaking violently. Pulled to side of road, waited and restarted car, worked fine for about an hour. This problem has happened multiple times on highway and in city - very dangerous. Dealership has been no help to fix the problem. Replaced throttle body and two sensors and issue still remains
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