When vehicle comes to a stop and auto start happens, my radio shuts off. Battery sometimes does not hold charge. Could be the alternator or some kind of electrical misfire or contact. Doesn't happen every time vehicle is started.
2016 Chevrolet Malibu electrical complaints
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Over the last 6 months we have had to replace the battery on two occasions. Each time the entire charging system was checked with no faults identified. Recently, last 3 months, on multiple occasions vehicle will stall while in motion. This has occurred at various speeds from accelerating from a stop to at highway speeds. When vehicle stalls ability to control the vehicle is dramatically reduced; especially hazardous when in heavy traffic. On other occasions all accessories AC, radio, wiper blades, etc will all turn off and not restart until the engine is turned off and restarted. Another frequently reoccurring issue is the sound you normally hear when a turn signal is engaged will stop - this usually precedes the engine stalling. On most of these occasions the engine will restart - twice it required a jump start. On numerous occasions we receive various fault lights/messages that too were unfounded. Most frequent referencing the stability tracking. Restart the engine and fault is cleared only to return at later time. All of these issues are extremely hazardous and places my family and I in danger each time we operate the vehicle. Although there are numerous write ups detailing this systemic problem with multiple years of the chevy malibu gmc and chevy will not acknowledge the problems and continue to levy charges and collect monies from owners for what probably should result in a recall in order to affect requisite repairs.
When placing my vehicle into the park position and trying to turn my engine off a message states to put the vehicle into the park position before the engine will shut off. The car stays on until it goes off by default which causes a draw on the battery. This issue has been happening consistently for the past two years and when I take it to the dealership I am told that they cannot duplicate the issue.
I get routine service to my car & my engine is clicking, loudly. The check engine light continuously goes on & off & I was told by chevrolet service department that they could not even run a diagnostics to see what the problem is because the check engine light was off when I got to the dealership. Sometimes 'service battery charging system' will illuminate but it too picks and chooses when to illuminate. Sometimes it shows 'battery saver activated' and this is the third battery I've purchased! The entire car will stall/shut off but the green light is illuminated to show the car is on but when I accelerate it won't budge! Dangerous considering my car could stall at anytime and cause a collision. I've nearly gotten t-boned twice coming out a gas station entering a road because my car stalled in the middle of the street while traffic was coming from both directions! A service man at the chevy dealership asked me was I experiencing issues with my auto start/stop when I told him what was happening. Yes! My car picks and chooses when it wants to do it. And when it does 'restart' the entire car reboots, the locks re-click, lights flicker, it'll be in drive and roll backwards until the ignition turns over! Chevy or at least the service techs are fully aware of an issue and won't fix it. Sometimes the car just won't start, all the power will go out. What happens when I'm out & the entire electrical system and engine won't start after at least starting 20 minutes prior! I've already got new pistons, a new alternator, 3 new batteries & get the routine maintenance. I have a mychevy account & every month my diagnostics report, shows an issue! If I'm in an accident & my child or I are injured, who is liable because my car decides to malfunction in the middle of a busy highway? Chevrolet for neglecting to service my car because the freaking check engine light isn't on!
My can says "shift to park" when the automobile is already in park. It will not allow me to lock the doors or turn off the driving lights.
When the vehicle comes to a stop at a light, the vehicle shuts off while in drive, however the lights & radio remain on in the car & the start button still shows the car as 'on'. The engine will not rev & the car will not move forward when in drive. When attempting to turn the car off then on again, the car will not restart without a jump. When attempting to cut the car on without a jump, the doors lock & unlock on their own and all of the lights in the car, along with the lights on the dash, flicker on & off and there is a clicking noise but the car doesn't cut on.
When I place the car in park it does not register that it is park and a 'shift into park' error comes up. Everything stays on in the car and the battery drains if it's not corrected. It can take several attempts to get it to recognize it is in park. Must keep turning the car in and off until it senses it's in park. It has taken up to 10 times until it finally senses it.
When I come to a stop and shift my 30k miles 2016 malibu into "park", I sometimes get a message on the dash: "shift to park". The "p" for "park" is lit near the gear shifter. The car is in park. But, my headlights stay on and I can't lock my car, because the vehicle computer thinks the car is not in "park". I lock the doors with the switch on the inside of the door, but the car unlocks immediately. Sometimes, the situation clears up by repeatedly starting/shifting/braking/turning off the car. The problem is intermittent, but getting worse.
While driving at various speeds, the brake pedal wade an abnormal grinding sound. The contact stated that extra effort was needed to depress the brake pedal. The contact also stated that the ABS system failed to operate as designed intermittently. The contact stated that on occasions the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle slid before coming to a stop. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign number: the approximate failure mileage was 80877
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that upon placing the gear shifter into park, the vehicle failed to recognize that the gear shifter was in the park position. The shift to park warning light was displayed on the instrument panel. The contact took the vehicle to napleton buick gmc crystal lake (6305 northwest hwy, crystal lake, il 60014) and the vehicle was diagnosed with a defective gear shifter. The vehicle was repaired out of pocket. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact was informed that there was no recall on the vehicle. Upon investigation, the contact linked the failure to the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v502000 (electrical system, power train). The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 34,000.
I have two problems with this vehicle, first is the engine power reduce thing which happened so many times with this car. Second is the shift to park problem that has been appearing in my dashboard for months now..
I came to a red light the car went into auto stop mode, the brakes started loosing pressure I let off of the brakes it continued to roll backwards almost hitting the car behind me then it finally kicked into gear and said service stabilitrak and and also said power assist reduced drive with care then had the codes p3055 and p3056 and the car has 100,000 miles and is serviced regularly
2016 chevy malibu ls.. At times my engine will not shut off. I have to keep starting and trying to turn off . An alert says please put in park, I do and hold it in park but difficult to turn off. This happens when I have stopped at the store , home or wherever iam going to leave the vehicle. This has happened many times , the worst was two days ago at home, tuesday , august 25, 2020
I bought this car & did not even have it a month and the sunroof would start to close and then would stop and open or get stuck half way open. When trying to get this to close the sunroof would close without putting being pressed. The wiring harness failed and was bad.
The vehicle is driving normal and suddenly shuts down for no apparent reason. Upon parking, you try to start the car, and it won't. Wait for approx. 30 mins and the car starts but a bit rough first and then drives.
My malibu only has 34k miles on it and is meticulously cared for. On august 10th, I went to start it. It would not start or turn on the lights. So I trickle charged it and 4 hours later when it finally turned on I had the battery checked. The battery is fine. However, the stabilitrac is not coming back on along with my cruise control and lane assist. The back up camera, back up camera lines, crash aversion sensors, and screen were not working properly for the majority of the 10th of august after the car came back on. The sreen has had issues in the past as well with not turning on along with showing the proper time, temperature, and more.
My shift to park indicator displays on the dash when my car is already in park. The car can't be turned off until the indicator goes off. I usually change gears and put back in park or push it harder while it is already in park. I had this repaired on 9/14/18. The chevy dealership replaced the transmission control shift level selector. It is now doing it again. It started that shift to park again on 8/7/2020.
Reduce engine power and the brakes just cut off going down road driving not safe
Vehicle transmission issue. Stabilitrak service warnings. Acceleration issues.
The cigarette lighter look to have caught on fire and burned the buttons above it the vehicle was parked no key in the ignition
The day before the car's dashboard said that the car's power assist was turning off. The next morning as I was going 75 miles per hour on the highway the car said that engine was reducing power and speed reduced to 45 MPH. The check engine light suddenly went on and it was a very dangerous situation that could have killed me.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was towed to autonation chevrolet south clearwater (15005 us hwy 19 n, clearwater, fl 33764, (727) 266-3920) and the contact was informed that the battery needed to be replaced. The battery was replaced however, the failure recurred 4 times. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000.
The main issue with my vehicle is that when the vehicle is parked and I turn the car off the front panel will say that the vehicle is not in the parked position and won't allow the car to turn off. I have to push the start button on and off multiple times and shift the car in and out of park before the sensor can gauge that the car is in the parked position and will allow the car to be turned off. This often takes 5-20 min. When this happens the radio won't turn off, the dash board won't turn off and car won't shut down. Also the car often gives me incorrect readings on the dash board.
Car will not shut off as it does not register that the vehicle is in park when shifted to the park position.
When I place the car in park and hit the button to turn the car off it keeps telling me the shift to park when the car is off. I will have to turn it off and on multiple times to get the message to stop showing up. I will have to shift it to drive and park multiple times as well to get the message to go away. This has been happening for some time now.
It's amazing me reading all the complaints about this issue and gm hasn't issues a recall. However, I purchased a 2016 chevy malibu used about a year ago. Within the year, I've had my acceleration pedal be faulty, my car speed will drastically reduce from 60-70mph to 20-25mph which as I'm sure everyone knows is a safety hazard. Then less than 2 weeks later, the same thing happened but this time it was the alternator. Now not even 2 months later, my stop/start is malfunctioning. If I brake and the car turns off, my 'start' function does not start! I have to shift the car to park, turn the car on, then shift back to drive. All of which is dangerous! Obviously, these complaints are not being read or are not being taken serious because I just read multiple complaints similar to this. On top of it all, because of everything I don't feel safe driving a car I paid for! And none of these issues are not my doing yet I'm the one in the dealership paying for it.
Shift to park cable went out one time within first couple months. Now its bad again. Engine light always on. Roof leaked from third brake light. Reduced power message on dash.
When stopping and auto stop kicks on the car shuts down and the check engine light comes on. Then it has to be put in to park and restarted. Turn signals and radio have no sound working and sometimes there is a steering assist warning message appears. I changed my battery several months ago and this has happened to me several times and I've also had the alternator checked and it's fine as well. After turning the vehicle off and restarting the blinker has sound and the radio works. I'm also unable.to use bluetooth services when all the above happens.
Car will not shut off. Even after I put the car in parking position - there is an error that comes up when I try to turn the car off using the on/off button. The error message is 'shift to park' even when the car is in park. This happens every time when I turn off the car. I would shift the gear multiple times back and forth till I can get it to turn off but now its getting worse.
When I press the gas it hesitate to move forward and also my battery sensory has gone out. My car is only 4 years old I believe it has something to do with it being an eco which has caused major issues to my transmission and other parts of my car.
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