While driving on a main road, the car flashed 'reduced engine power' and stopped working. I did not lose electrical power, but the gas pedal and gear shift failed to work. I shut the car off and still nothing happened. Some good samaritans helped pushed me into the middle lane while I called a tow truck. After a few minutes, my car restarted with a check engine light. I drove a few miles to the nearest dealership. They have not been able to determine a definite fix, instead they said there's some corrosion around the battery. According to this site, this has happened to hundreds of other 2017 malibu's. There needs to be a recall.
2017 Chevrolet Malibu electrical complaints
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Car stalls while operating, car shuts down while driving and fails to restart without warning. "service stability" 'battery save mode' 'shift to park' all blink when this happens. I have experienced this problem several times over the past year. Car will also shut down when the vehicle is not in motion ie stop signs, traffic lights, stop & go traffic...etc. The car having no power that I can't even put my emergency lights on. This happens for the last time on 6/11/2020 cars brakes became tough to push could barely stop the car, once stopped the car lost all power shut off in the middle of a busy intersection I was almost rear ended. Car would not restart and had to be towed once again. All the same warning lights. My car is currently broke down and not starting at all. Also I have 2' of water in wheel well car leaks water into spare tire well. Car is molding due to this issue. This car model should be recalled. This could cause some horrible accident because of a malfunction/ defective part that was installed. This has happened to many many people. Please look into this. People are spending lots of money for repairs and rental cars. Im a single mother of 3 children, this car is suppose to be safe to drive. It's by far from that. The money I'm spending on a rental car so that I can go back and forth to work is not cheap.
When putting gear shift into park a message states the car is not in park and will not shut off. Have to play with shift lever to get it to respond this is a safety issue lots of posts on forums of this problem this has been happening for several months 2 -3 times a week.
Recently while driving and stopped at a light or stop sign, when I lift my foot off the brake car shuts off. This has happened four times, three within the last week. I can start to again, also loose all volume to turn signals and radio.
Intermittently when the car has been shifted into park and turned off a message on the driver control screen states to shift to park and will leave the car battery on and will beep the doors are open. Happens 70 percent of the time. Typically to get the message to go away I have to turn the car on and shift out of park, shift back into park and turn off again sometimes I have to do this several times.
When I push the button to turn off the vehicle while having my foot on the brake it displays a message saying 'shift to park'. It will not let you turn off the car. I have to push the button to 'restart the engine' then slam it into park. It typically takes 3 repeats of this before the car finally allows me to shut it off. It's frustrating, time consuming and noisy as if you do not see the message and go to open the door, it beeps noisily notifying you that the car is not off. Apparently quite a few drivers have this issue, as I have read the complaints listed. My local dealership quoted me at repair costs of over $700 to fix this. This seems unfair since clearly it is a manufacturer issue.
Everyt I put my car in park I get an error stating shift to park and the car will not turn off. The car is in park when I'm trying to turn the car off. Took my car to chevy and there is some faulty paper work . I signed off on one contract then I was called in and was told some of my signature didnt do through and now its showing I canceled the extended warranty which I never did. I still have the original paperwork. They revised my original contract with going over the new contract. Now im stuck with an expensive bill for repair because I assumed I was signing the same contract. This issue needs to be added to the recall list for repair. Ithis is not a user issue this is a gm issue.
In august of 2019 my car wouldn't shift out of park. I had to have my car towed to a local chevrolet dealership at night where it was there for a week this visit was for the gear shift to be replaced. October 2019 my car start stop feature made my car shut off in the middle of rush hour morning traffic this trip was said to be the charging system and the battery. In january 2020 I started to have the same issue with the car just stopping this time it was the electrical module I also had the oil changed and a all wheel alignment and I picked up my car and 10 days later my engine light came on so back to the chevy dealership 2 days they say we fixed it. 48 hours later the engine light is back on. I was told that we just cleared the engine light in hope's that would just fix the problem so now 2 and half weeks later they still have my car. They have no clue of what's happening.
The car keeps saying shift to park, had to put in reverse several times before it doesn't say this. Took it to dealer jeff smitt. They did diagnostic and said it was shift harness. Cost 237.94 two days later car continues to say shift to park. Took back to dealer, they now say whole harness needs replaced. $312. I have not paid it. Doing research looked on internet and see several others are having the exact issue with the malibu. It should be a recall on this. I worked for general motors for 14 years. This is a problem gm should be responsible for, not the people who give them business. It needs to be a recall asap
The radio panel screen went out just blank but the radio still works just yesterday my girlfriend got in the car and it would not start so we tried to jump it it went dead. So I had to tow it home where it sits
Side sensor detection system is not working. A warning light comes on each time the car is turned on.
At less than 32k miles I"ve had issue with the shift to park indicator, the radio random on and off regardless if car is running or parked and off and now multiple indicators for an emission issue car will suddenly loose power or stop. I have taken care for service on regular basis and have had service repairs done twice to supposedly fix computer board. Unfortunately, service either says they have rest it or can't find issues I describe. I will park the car and let gm have it before I get killed in traffic!!!!
The car will not start sometimes. Yesterday the lights and radio came on randomly while sitting in the garage with the fob in the house. Randomly shuts down while driving. The last time it was half way through an busy intersection. Had to push the car off the road.
Engine power reduced. Engine power reduced. At first it seemed to happen when it was raining, but on dry days no problems. The engine light comes on, and disappears a few hours later. The dealership acts as if they can't tell you anything once the warning and engine light turn off. Lately it's been happening more frequently, so I was finally able to get it read. Error codes p2138 and p2127, both referencing throttle/pedal position sensor. Seems to be the only complaint I see on here. I also have read about law suits being filed regarding this as well.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that the vehicle would shut off while driving various speeds. In addition, the park assist and check engine warning indicators illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to stivers chevrolet (111 newland rd, columbia, sc 29229, (803) 254-1431) where they were initially unable to diagnose the defect. After multiple failures, the contact brought the vehicle back to the dealer where they diagnosed the vehicle with a faulty sensor. The part was replaced, but the failure continued. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and did not assist. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 3,000.
My car will randomly go into engine reduced power mode causing my car to drop from whatever speed I'm at to 30-40mph, almost causing an accident. It's happened on multiple occasions.
The electrical blinks out . Engine reduced speed is a problem and is very damgerous I was almost hit on the freeway. This car is a dud and most models like it have the same problem.
During the cold the car will not turn on, will show a stabilitrak problem and the transmission light turns on. When it is on and you drive it, it will automatically turn off and stay off at a red light or whenever you press the brake. I have two other friends who own the same car and it does the same , which makes me assume a manufacturer problem of cars not turning on in the cold/ sensor issue.
The vehicles brakes keeps popping where it makes it very hard to stop. Also the car is dying when the car does come to a stop so that you have to put it in park and start it again. The back glass is leaking. Check engine light is on and shows it being the turbo but have had it in the dealership and the continued to say it is this sensor or that sensor or a sensor is dirty but never fixed the problem. The antenna was replaced to fix the back glass from leaking. Now that the vehicle is out of warranty it comes that the problem is the most expensive issues that never was seen before on the car. I have bought several of new vehicles and the is by far the worst car. I have bought my family a death trap waiting to happen.
On nov 12,2019 I was driving in glen burnie maryland in a street , coming to a stop light I stop and the car turned off, I turn it on again and got on the hwy I-97 north came off ramp. Where I stop on red light the car turned off again. But this time. I lost all power it would not turn on nor any lights , completely dead. Not even emergency blinkers, at this time I called a tow truck , police asistes me , after giving the car a boost cable. It turned on , battery is new as of 3 months ago , took car to garage. They can not find no problems with anything ,
While driving my car says "steering assist reduced. Drive with care". It has started out of no where
Engine light on continually and never went off; I drove to dealer who said the gas cap area of fuel line was leaking; needs to be replaced they said and tried to order it from gm but they do not have the part; they ordered the part and cannot tell me when it is coming. They could not advise me on the safety of this condition. I know someone who had a similar problem with their model car. Can I drive this or should the dealer give me a loaner? I am still under the 3 year bumper to bumper warranty. We have always had problems filling the car and it is never completely full. We have brought it to dealer several times about this with no advise. They did recalibrate one time. They said it was an issue with the dash board reporting less gas than is in the tank. Please let me know about this as we continue to drive the car.
For three weeks I have been getting a "shift to park" error when I place car in park. It prevents me from fully turning car off and will not allow doors to lock. I have to play with the shifter to get the warning to come off. Last week it was in the shop at basil chevrolet in depew, ny and they replaced the shift relay and it is still doing it. Today while driving down the highway my car suddenly showed the check engine light, the traction control light, slowed down to approximately 10-15 miles per hour and showed "reduced engine power" warning on the dashboard. I was in the middle of rush hour traffic. I was able to get into a parking lot but the car would not shut off and the "shift to park" warning showed. Finally got that error to go off and shut off car. Car was able to restart with only the engine light on. Stayed on for the next 35 miles. Just went back out at lunch time and now no lights and it was driving fine until I tried shutting off and the "shift to park" wouldn't go off no matter how much I tried to wiggle the handle. Car going back to dealer at 5pm.
When I put the car in park and turn the car off a message pops up saying shift to park....I turn it back on put in drive and push the gear hard in park and it work ...I shouldn't have to do that every time. It just recently started.2017 chevy malibu ls
Shift to park error when parking vehicle. Vehicle is placed in park and information center indicates it is not in park. Then I am unable to set vehicle security system and also car doors will not lock. This has happened numerous times.. I have to restart vehicle and jiggle shift handle to get it to clear shift to park error... Then I am able to park and lock the car.
Car stalls while operating, car shuts down while driving and fails to reboot without warning. I experience this problem several time within the last month. Car will also shut down when the vehicle is not in motion ie stop signs, traffic lights, stop & go traffic...etc. Most recent issue vehicle prompt "steering assist is reduced drive with care" or servic stablitrak
Vehicle does not register that it has been shifted to park. When you stop and shift it to park and then turn the vehicle off, it will come up with a warning to "shift to park". If you ignore the warning, and try to open the doors, it starts to honk at you. It takes several attempts of turning the vehicle back on and shifting out of park and back into park before it registers that it is in park.
The car intermittently does not recognize when the vehicle is shifted into park. I will place the car into park, try to turn off the car, and the monitor will display "shift car into park". This hinders me from turning the vehicle off and I'll spend time having to shift the car into different gears to get it to recognize that it's in park.
The car on a irregular but basis but at inconvenient times will not start with push button start. Error message is "no remote detected" the internet tells me the a tsb 197955 was issued but I can get access to the tsb..
The volt shift to park issue. Does not recognize park (if it is in park??) to turn the vehicle off, which would make it a safety issue.
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