Takata recall, check engine light comes on and a reduce power indicator said reduce engine power, the car goes from 70mph to 40 MPH on the interstate putting you and your family in grave danger
2016 Chevrolet Malibu fuel system complaints
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When starting to progress from a stop, the malibu will not accelerate for several seconds, and then when it does go it, surges forward. It occurs intermittently, but increases over time. This all occurs with no check engine light. We have taken it to the dealer several times were they have kept it for a combined total of well over a month, but claim that without a check engine light, there is nothing that they can do. It appears to happen predominately during the spring/summer months, and is less frequent during the much colder fall/winter months. We are being told that there is nothing that can be done from the manufacturer and the dealer. My wife is refusing to drive the car for fear that her or our children will be involved in an accident if the car will not proceed once in a busy intersection.
I was driving vehicle and "check engine" light came on and message said engine power reduced. The car rapidly slowed down and would not speed up even though I pressed down hard on the gas pedal. I pulled over and parked, shut down and restarted the engine. It worked fine. As I drove to go back home, the car could barely go the speed limit. I parked the car for more than 24 hrs. When I started the car, the engine light had gone out so I drove off. While driving the engine light came back on and the car's speed suddenly dropped down to a very slow pace. The speed limit was 40 MPH. I pushed the gas pedal to the floor but the car would only go about 10-20 MPH. Speed control was a definite problem. The dealership was not far so I drove it there. I explained the problem and the service attendant told me what the problem was before he checked the vehicle. Ironically, there was another customer there with the same problem. We both had the same year and make and model with approximately the same amount of mileage. The service attendant addressed both of us together since we both had the same issue. We needed a app pedal sensor. They didn't have the part. It was on back order. This tells me this is a common problem with this car. Had I been on the highway and this happened, I or someone else could have been killed. This is a serious safety hazard and chevrolet needs to recall and fix it quickly. While checking the web for information about this issue, I noticed there are numerous online complaints regarding this problem from other consumers.
'tamara recall' I was driving to work when my check engine light came on and a warning said 'engine power loss' and my car slowed down to 40mph, I was on the highway, speed limit of 65, I also got and email saying there was a problem with my engine and transmission system, I took it in to be looked at,2 codes piped up saying p1101 which is the throttle body and p2318 which is (app) gas pedal, my check engine light was turned off, it didn't come back on for a couple of days, then it turned back on, by the next morning it went off by itself! I believe this should be recall
My car stabilitrak comes on every other 20 mins when driving. If I try to accelerate my cars check engine light will come on and then say engine power reduced almost stopping my vehicle on the interstate I can only drive it in town under 40 MPH. Diagnostic showed nothing and of course no recalls but every recall chevy has with the malibu fits my model. Very disappointing. It has become very dangerous. Today I was headed to pick up my daughter from daycare and my brake pedal became very stiff and I could not stop causing me to roll through an intersection thankfully it was a green light and let the car roll until it stopped. I was terrified. I have not had the car long and it is a headache.
Throttle position sensor has gone bad on my 2016 malibu it has to be a known problem because there are thousands of videos of people showing how to fix the problem and installing a new tps and pedal.
The listed 2016 chevy malibu has been having 'reduce engine' issue for the past 3 months no explanation for why it happens. It occures randomly, on highways, local roads, high and low speed. The check engine light comes on, but turn off after a couple of minutes, though the issue persist.
Driving my vehicle, out of no where reduced engine power mode came across my dashboard information center. The car immediately reduced its speed and allowed me to drive about 20mph (I was so thankful I was not on the highway and/or had passengers in the vehicle). It has been at the dealership now, with the explanation that the accelerator circuit board needs to be replaced; however it is on back order and they are not certain when the part will become available. So I am not even sure how to plan moving forward on a vehicle that has a car-note but I cannot repair because the part is not available. From reading the complaints this part is on a national backorder.
Driving down major highway, cel came on, vehicle went into reduced engine power mode. Scanned cel and found code for app sensor failure. Brought to chevy dealer near where car broke down and they said they would charge me to diagnose it and then charge for parts and labor. The only issue being is that the gas pedal and sensor are on a national backorder. Which means that since this is not a warranty issue with the thousand of gm vehicles affected by this issue I would have to pay for the repairs and the cost of the rental car through the dealer. There is no eta on when the part will be in (if ever) since gm has not been producing these parts for aftermarket repairs. This issue started on 12/21/18 and the dealer said it may take up to two weeks or longer to get the part, the part has still not been issued to the dealer which has several cars with this issue. I have owned several gm vehicles, my grandfather worked for gm, and I service many heavy duty gm engines through my job, but this will be the last gm vehicle I believe I will be purchasing. The quality of gm is gone immensely down and they are not worth the headache of owning one anymore.
Check engine light is on and cause is due to fuel filler pipe being faulty. The below VIN's are additional vehicles in our fleet with the same issue. 1g1ze5st1hf(xxx) 1g1ze5st0hf(xxx) 1g1ze5st7hf(xxx) 1g1ze5st8hf(xxx) 1g1ze5st2hf(xxx) information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Vehicle continues to have check engine light code issues that are related to sensors and computing issues. Oxygen sensors, booster sensors as well as constant recoding.
Inside the car it smells like a mold(smells like do do). The engine light came on its something dealing with cadillac converter.
Engine malfunction power down critical issue 5mph. Lack of response from general motors to correct safety issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet malibu. While driving various speeds, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The issue occurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times, but the diagnosis was unknown. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to an auto parts store where a diagnostic test produced code p2097 (post catalyst fuel trim system too rich bank 1). The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 5,000.
In april 2016 I was driving and the vehicle randomly shutdown at a stoplight, it was able to make it to chevy dealership but speed would not go past 20 miles per hour and kept stopping. They called it an " electrical issue" at bill estes chevrolet.
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