2011 Chevrolet Malibu: engine stalls while driving

Filed Mar 2, 2023 · Steering · 200,000 miles · GA

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle inadvertently stopped without depressing the brake pedal. Additionally, the contact stated that while making a sharp left or right turn, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The power steering assist warning light, the check engine warning light, the ESC warning light, and the traction control warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to Napa Auto Parts to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the power steering pump needed to be replaced. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.

Filed Jan 7, 2022 · Electrical · FL

I have had my Chevy Malibu since 2016. In the almost 7 years I have had this car I has had the same issue with both starting and stalling while driving. There has been many time it has completely shut off while on the expressway. I have had it looked at by an outside mechanic and the dealership. The back Fuse box has been completely replacement 3 times twice of which were in the past year. There is a shot with the fuel pump relay causing the issue. The dealership will not acknowledge this issue. Each time I have been told it was the fuse box going out however a fuse box does not go completely bad every few years and now few month. I have same many many videos and comments from other owners of Chevy Malibu 2011 with the exact same issue. I have been lucky that I have been able to pull to the side of the road without accident due to this issue. This issue should be recalled if the vast number of 2011 Chevy Malibu's having the same issue.

Filed Dec 6, 2021 · Brakes, Electrical · 136,000 miles · KY · crash · 1 injury

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving at 30 mph, the contact avoided hitting a dog that was on the road, but the brakes failed and the vehicle crashed into a porch. None of the air bags deploy upon impact. The contact received medical attention after his head hit the steering wheel upon impact. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The contact replaced the CAM sensor, intake, radiator, and front end body, and on three separate occasions, the brakes were replaced. However, the failure recurred. Additionally, the accelerator pedal would go to the floorboard and the vehicle would stall. The Electronic Stability Control (ESC) warning light and a "Reduced Power" warning message were displayed. The dealer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that the VIN was not included in a recall. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 136,000.

Filed Sep 25, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · IN

Engine starts but stalls shortly after. 89,000 miles. Never had any problems like this before. Dash display states "Service ECM," "service traction control," "reduced engine power," etc..A shop diagnosed it with a bad ECM, but that isn't the problem, as it didn't fix it. Based on the codes we're getting ready to swap out the APP (Accelerator pedal position sensor) This is a well known issue, that many other owners of various years have encountered, and reported. In fact, I just read that GM did a recall for newer Malibu's, for this exact same problem, (the APP causing "reduced engine power" and therefore not running) So I'm really not happy. They left out all the older vehicles with the exact same problem!

Filed Jan 19, 2021 · Transmission · 79,632 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while driving 30 MPH on a ramp and attempting to enter highway traffic, the vehicle stalled without warning. Additionally, the contact also wanted to state that previously the gear shifter failed to engage in reverse. The vehicle was towed to roy robinson chevrolet (6616 35th avenue ne, marysville, wa, 98271, (360) 659-6236) where the dealer performed a diagnostic test and informed the contact that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced or repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 79,632.

Filed Feb 28, 2020 · Engine · 151,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled with the engine disabled message displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 151,000.

Filed May 9, 2019 · Electrical · 82,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle stalled as the immobilizer indicator warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the tim lally chevrolet dealer (440‑359‑8781, 24999 miles rd, warrensville heights, oh 44128) where the vehicle was kept for observation. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 82,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed May 3, 2019 · Driver assistance, Lights · 180,000 miles · MS

Takata recall. I have recalls that chevrolet not picking up. All the recalls are happening to my car. When it rain the traction system light comes on, my lights bulbs constantly go out, my cigarette light starked fire. When turning a curve my car halts or stall and jerk. There are so many things going on with the car that I can explain. When it rain my car pulls or goes off road I have to drive really slow because I am afraid that I will loose control of the vehicle do the braking system etc.

Filed Feb 27, 2019 · 123,220 miles · IA

Driving car and the service ecs and service traction light came on. Then the engine light came on. Had car towed and repaired then 3 weeks later all the same lights came on along with engine power has been reduced. I was driving the car when this happened, once again got car to dealer. Repaired it, the a few days later the car stalled. Would start but would not stay running.

Filed Feb 16, 2019 · Transmission · 81,180 miles · TN

The vehicle started to have problems in 2016 and the check engine light would come on and off randomly and would not completely stay on to diagnose the vehicle correctly and when it would come on it kept saying it was different sensors. After replacing several sensors that were diagnosed to be incorrect and changing spark plugs and all filters and flushing several parts out the vehicle was still not running correctly. The vehicle did not have as much power as it did in the past and seemed to be shifting differently. The car progressively kept getting worse and loosing power and not shifting correctly. I had taken it to 3 mechanics in the nashville area and each of them could not figure out the problem also but all had experience with the issue and had relayed that they believed it was the timing chain from previous clients with similar issues. I then took it to the chevy dealer because it had gotten to the point that the vehicle seemed unsafe. The vehicle would not shift correctly and I would be sitting at a red light and when I went to take off the vehicle would idle until catching and it would sit there idling and almost stall out and then after 60-160 seconds the vehicle would finally catch and take off. This also happened while on the interstate when trying to get up to speed with the rest of the traffic. Anytime the vehicle really needed to shift it tended to just sit and idle until the chain caught exactly where it needed to which is what caused the safety issue. The chain was missing in certain spots so once it finally caught the correct spot it would take off but made it dangerous to drive as you never knew how long it would take to catch on and take off or if it was going to completely break at some point and just not move at all. The vehicle also did not want to start kept rolling over multiple times by the time I was able to get into chevy to fix it.

Filed Jul 8, 2018 · Engine · 52,000 miles · TX

Sometimes at stops (stationary) , car stalls, could cause an accident..it will start again when ignition is turned on again as if nothing was wrong.

Filed Apr 10, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 120,000 miles · IA

While driving, a notice of reduced power, service traction and the check engine light came on. Pulled the car off the side of the road and shut it off, upon restart the whole car started shaking. I then shut it off for a few minutes, this time when I restarted only the check engine light was one. There are several reports of this issue and no fix from gm. This is a major risk when a car stalls out on the highway with a small child on board.