2014 Chevrolet Malibu: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Sep 11, 2025 · Acceleration, Engine · NE

Received vehicle at roughly 181,000 miles. Operated fine for about 5,000 miles and then began to show problems. In most cases when pressing down hard on the accelerator pedal, transmission drops into a lower gear and revs up to 5k rpm, cancelling cruise control, and staying there until accelerator is relieved. This makes accelerating more difficult since too much pressure on the accelerator pedal causes the car to get stuck at 5k rpm and stay at the same speed it is already at. This makes passing cars more dangerous as the car gets stuck at 5k rpm and can't pass the other vehicle, increasing the risk of a head on collision. Service engine and ABS lights are on as well as a service Stabilitrak notification in the driver information center. In addition, the outside temperature thermometer is faulty and shows much lower temperatures, such as -14 degrees during an 80 degree day. Vehicle is up to maintenance as far as my knowledge goes. Car has been previously junked twice and has a rebuilt title. There are no fluid leaks, the engine works well when the problem is not encountered, but it gets stuck at 5k rpm under hard acceleration more than it doesn't.

Filed Feb 16, 2022 · Wheels · NY

I purchased said auto 2015 with 30,000 miles I have had to replace 6 axle bearing 2 because ABS tape came off of hub I have replaced camshaft accuaters and cam shaft solonoid,I was a mechanic and service manager for over 20 years .car, had the right 5-20 oil at oil changes. Car has 160,000miles now but about every 30,000 miles it needs anouther axle hub.I drove pontiacs for years I worked in a pontiac garage the last two had head gasket problems I replaced my self. I think gm should have had a recall on these cars for I am not the only one replacing these hubs

Filed Jun 16, 2021 · Body, Electrical · KS · fire

GOV vehicle was traveling north on the Baltimore Washington Parkway near Interstate 695. The steering and brakes failed, and the driver moved the vehicle safely to the shoulder and exited the vehicle. The vehicle began to smoke and caught fire. The Traction control , steering, brake and ABS warning lamps appeared.

Filed Feb 6, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · 53,079 miles · LA

When start stop was engaged at light the car shut off everything on the dash and radio went blank. It auto started and AC was no longer working. Afterwards I smelled a slight burning scent (in louisiana traffic, I was unsure it was me) but car ran fine. When start stop engaged there was a longer than normal pause before would auto start would engage. It would intermittently fail to crank on occasion for a few key turns. Engine light came on. Trunk would mysteriously pop open. Started displaying two key fobs programmed, ABS stable track, reduced engine power, low battery and another thing I can't remember at start up. I changed the battery and alternator with new ones and the next day the instrument panel flickered as well as head lights. And when I was to take it in to dealership it had complete electrical failure. The dealership said it was the engine fuse block and replaced it. Now the engine light is still on and has a pause before it start. Will not send diagnostics to my chevy app. Remote start is not working with eng light on. I told them I thought is was battery control module but he insisted that it was just the engine fuse block. I cannot explain the anxiety. And have told my family that if I die in that car to sue gm. There should be nothing wrong with this car at 6 years old. 53000 miles and is driven less than 50 miles a week.

Filed Oct 5, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · IN

The check engine light won't go off and there's only 78000 miles. The auto stop isn't working. The tracking light won't go of and the ABS light wont go off

Filed May 30, 2019 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 52,000 miles · MA

Just like every other complaint for this model year - ABS/brake sils come on w/routine driving @40 MPH off highway and then service warnings about stabilitrak and brake systemscome on; this happened in february where the dealership claimed it was a cracked wheel hub (owned less than 1 year and not covered) and said it needed replacing. Replaced at ~$600. Afterwards, brakes were real shaky (whole steering column shakes) when braking over 55mph - dealership said it couldn't possibly be related to replacing the wheel hub. Now, three months later, it's happening again - this time @30mph getting on highway on-ramp have to take car in, pay diagnostic and then repair costs. Chevrolet knows [xxx] well what's going wrong with their design flaw (speed ring wear/malfunction) and needs to be redesigning/replacing system components. Parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed May 27, 2019 · Wheels · 46,000 miles · IL

While driving ABS warning came on. Also showed brake assist warning and stability ram warning.

Filed May 13, 2019 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 75,000 miles · AZ

Service power steering light illuminated along with anti lock brakes (ABS) and service vehicle soon light illuminated. After all three lights illuminated and appeared on center dash console, the chevrolet malibu began to jerk and stall aggressively and violently. Then the power steering was disabled and no.power to the car. The car power shutoff and car came to a complete stop. Tried to restart car but car does not turn on but car was electrical power, radio turns on and other electrical devices work fine. 15 minutes later the car turns on normally but once put into drive the car jerks and stalls then powers off completely.

Filed Apr 25, 2019 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 70,000 miles · DE · crash

On march 30th, my ABS lights came on my vehicle. I took my car to the dealership. I was told not to drive the vehicle. My car was serviced for the wheel bearings and ABS brake system $1085. After picking up my vehicle, I received a diagnostic report from onstar stating that my vehicle still had brake and ABS problems. I picked up the car from the dealership. Two days later while driving 40 MPH my brakes went out completely out and I crashed into a van.

Filed Jan 16, 2019 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 62,000 miles · WV

On 1/2/2019 I was driving in my car and two warning messages suddenly popped up on my console warning about the stability control and ABS systems. There is a sensor that reads a "speed ring" on the rear of the wheel hubs. It seems chevy cars are known to have this ring crack and sections break off. When this happens the sensor can no longer read it and your stability control and ABS systems will immediately stop working. The only way to resolve this problem is to replace the entire hub. Not only is this a serious safety issue but a considerable design flaw. You should only ever have to replace a hub if the bearing wear out because it is a very expensive repair. The other rear hub on my car is showing cracks in this ring and will need to be replaced as well. Chevy is fully aware of this issue. I tried to contact chevy about this on jan 5 and got a call from them jan 14 from a very rude and condescending person who was more concerned that I didnt pay chevy to repair the problem instead of the seriousness of the safety issue. Chevy needs to cover the cost of these repairs for me and everyone affected and needs to do a recall.

Filed Jan 4, 2019 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 33,000 miles · RI

Stabilitrack, ABS, and braking assist deactivation and or reduction in function caused by premature failure of wheel hub assembly. Results in less control or loss of control in adverse weather conditions or under hard brake application or emergency maneuvers. Chevrolet has issued a service bulliten to direct their dealers in fixing this but only under warantee, showing they are aware of the problem yet took no action to assist consumers experiencing this issue.

Filed Dec 4, 2018 · Wheels · 70,000 miles · IA

Wheel bearing assembly. My car, as well as oh so many others, have an issue with the magnetic ring on the bearing assembly breaking. When this happens, it causes the ABS, traction control, stablitrak and brake assist to all shut down. These failures happen frequently and repeatedly. It's estimated to be a $400 fix...for each one. Considering not every owner can just run to a dealer on a moments notice to have one or multiple bearing replaced, it leaves us with no choice but to drive a car with all of these components disabled until the repair can be made. It might not be a problem in places like california or florida where they don't deal with snow and ice, but here in iowa, it's a safety concern to not have the ABS, traction control, brake assist and stablitrak functioning. The worse part is, I can fix one and have others go bad or fix them and they go bad again down the road.