2016 Chevrolet Malibu: complete transmission failure

Filed Aug 10, 2020 · Electrical · 30,298 miles · AR

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.

Filed Aug 12, 2019 · Electrical · 27,000 miles · IL

Upon stopping and shifting the transmission into park, the instrument display gives a "shift to park" warning and when the "stop / start" button is pushed to shut off the engine, the engine stops, but the electrical system remains energized. The problem is intermittent and it often takes several attempts to remedy by re-starting the engine, shifting into gear, shifting back to park, then hitting the "stop / start" button again before it works correctly. Based on feedback from this and other sites, this appears to be a common problem and my local dealer has quoted me approximately $500 to replace the transmission control assembly. Gm has also issued a technical service bulletin, no. 18-na-297, which recognizes this problem. The car has 27,000 miles on it and is 3 months out of warranty. This is unacceptable from a 100 year old car company that the government bailed out just 10 years ago.

Filed Mar 21, 2019 · Electrical, Transmission · 26,437 miles · MN

While parking the vehicle and placing the shifter to park the car gives an error message "shift to park" after turning off the engine. Headlights will not turn off and I imagine other electrical systems still run during this error. Since the message never went away while I was at a non-gm auto repair shop in for routine oil change and brake check, they needed to replace the transmission control unit so that the car could turn off completely. They also found a tsb (attached) on this issue that informed them on how to fix the "shift to park" error. Since the repair was not at a gm dealer the cost was out of pocket. Have contacted gm and so far they are saying since there is no recall there is nothing they can do in terms of reimbursement.

Filed Jun 22, 2018 · Brakes, Lights · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet malibu. Within five months of owning the vehicle, the contact took it to more than one dealer because the vehicle jerked and made an abnormal noise. Integrity chevrolet of chattanooga (2110 chapman rd, chattanooga, tn, 423‑535‑9455) and mountain view chevrolet (310 e 20th st, chattanooga, tn, 423‑266‑0181) were contacted and the transmission was replaced within six months of owning the vehicle; however, the transmission continued to make an abnormal noise. The cause of the failure could not be determined. In addition, the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard without warning. When it released, the brake pedal seized and caused the contact to drive through a red light, which almost caused a crash. The contact had to apply extreme force to the brake pedal to stop the vehicle. A passerby alerted the contact that the brake lights failed to illuminate. The manufacturer was notified and opened a case. The vehicle was not repaired and the failures continued. The contact was waiting for a response from the manufacturer. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Apr 13, 2018 · Acceleration, Brakes · 28,950 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet malibu. While operating the vehicle, the messages "critical engine", "transmission failure", and an antilock braking message appeared. In addition, the vehicle experienced frequent stalling and reduction of speed at random. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (sale automall, 1053 hwy 258 n, kinston, nc) where it was diagnosed that the accelerator pedal assembly was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and did not assist. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 28,950. *tt