I purchase a 2018 chevy malibu in september of 2019 and not even a month after having it, my vehicle began to give me issues. At unannounced times while the vehicle is in motion, a message that reads 'engine power is reduced' displays on the dash and the speed of the vehicle will immediately drop to 20mph. The first time this happened I was on a city street with a steep incline going 40mph in rush hour traffic and almost caused a collision with the sudden speed change and I could not go over 20mph. I had to turn my emergency flashers on and try to make it up the hill safely. The second time this happened I was on the highway driving 70mph in the fast lane and the speed dropped without warning to 20mph and would have put me in a bad collision if I didn't think quick and turn the emergency flashers on and pull over the shoulder on my left had side. This issue is a very serious and dangerous matter and could result in major injury or death. The code that is related to the problem I am speaking of reads p2138.
2018 Chevrolet Malibu acceleration complaints
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In motion on highway at 60 MPH, my car acceration shut down and I started losing speed even though I was pressing acellerator. At this time my car started to down shift and the more I stepped on the accellerator nothing happened. My car then turned off on the highway. I immediately shifted to park and started the vehicle again because I was in fear of getting rear ended. We have taken the car to the dealership 4 times for them to fix it and the last time, they said there was nothing wrong with it. We still have exceleration issues with this vehicle. We got a recall notice of software from chevrolet but the dealer ship is unaware of the repair and I do not believe they can correct this problem. We bought this car new and it has been in the shop 4 times for this recall. We wish to receive a new car for safety reasons. We are taking the car to the dealership again today but I am afraid to drive the vehicle.
This issue happened twice in one day...the first time I was going 55 MPH down the road when my car lost all power from the gas petal. I coasted off the road and was able to shift between reverse and then back to drive to get the gas pedal to work again. A couple of hours later that day I was going down the road about 40 MPH when I lost power from the gas petal. On that occasion, I was able to pull over into a gas station but before I could get completely stopped the car stalled out. I called onstar to do a diagnostic report on the vehicle, it came back with a p0137 code that says the emissions system is not performing as expected. After doing more research on the problem I found that there is a the federal safety agency recall number 19v642 that is the true issue. This recall status is showing incomplete, remedy not yet available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 chevrolet malibu. While driving approximately 45-50 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle hesitated. Additionally, the vehicle vibrated abnormally while driving on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to petro chevrolet (4012 14th st, pascagoula, ms 39567, (228)813-0262) to be diagnosed, but the mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code or duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 20.
I was driving in the city, heavy traffic, when with no warning the engine light and traction light came on, and message reduction in power also came on. I could not move faster than 20 miles an hour. I obstructed traffic trying to get off the street, and drivers honked and yelled trying to avoid hitting me. I parked and turned off car and restarted twice. It drove normally but check engine light still remained on. I will see dealer but no warnings or error messages are on now. I am terrified to take passengers or drive on the freeway, or at night.
I was driving down the highway at 75 MPH, when an error message came up saying 'reduced engine power' and something about traction control. Then my speed was reduced and I could not accelerate. I had to quickly pull off to the shoulder so I would avoid being hit by oncoming 18 wheelers. I turned the car off and back on. The engine light has remained on, but speed was ok. I ready that this could be due to the throttle body or throttle positioning sensor. What can I do????
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 chevrolet malibu. While attempting to merge onto the highway, the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to accelerate. After a few minutes, the vehicle accelerated. The contact stated that the failure occurred ever since the vehicle was purchased three months ago. The vehicle was taken to chiswell chevrolet of thurmont (111 frederick rd, thurmont, md 21788) where it was determined that the vehicle was performing according to standards. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 4,000.
My car is lagging when I come from a complete stop. It sputters at times when I accelerate. My car is also making a vibration noise when I accelerate, slow down, turning, on highway, city streets and when I'm coasting. This start happening when my vehicle reached 13,000 miles. I almost got into four accidents due to this issue. There need to be a recall asap! I'm pretty sure that is not going to be one until someone dies because of it.
While driving my 2018 malibu with only 7500 miles on it, the car would not accelerate. I pushed the gas pedal to the floor and the car had no power and I almost was in a crash with another vehicle. A lot of lights came on the dashboard and the gauges went to zero. An error message displayed that said something like engine power reduced and the check engine light came on. The gas gauge and others acted like the car was shut off. This is very dangerous for me and my family as traffic in the northern virginia area is very heavy. I pulled to the side of the road and shut the car off. I tried to restart it and it would not restart for 10 minutes. When it did restart the check engine light was still on and the car still had very limited power. This needs fixed asap. It is currently at the dealer where I bought it from in november of 2018. I told them about the power problem when I had the first service oil change done and they said there was nothing they could do about it. I bought a new car so that I wouldn't have any problems and now I have to deal with this product that no one wants to fix. Please find a solution to this problem as it is life threatening.
My car was bought new in december 2018. Starting in april of 2018, with a little over 3000 miles on the car, I began to notice that when I drove the car with a cold start (mornings and after a full day of work) the car would not respond to me pressing on the gas pedal. I would push down, and it would take about 5-8 seconds for the car to actually accelerate at all. This has been happening almost every day for nearly a month. Multiple times, I have pulled out of a driveway and was almost hit by cross traffic because my car literally wouldn't go. We have taken it to the service center twice now, and they haven't been able to pull any codes or find any issues wrong with it. These needs to be resolved before someone is seriously injured. ## VIN passed ## chevrolet, malibu, 2018 ##
My vehicle often doesn't not accelerate as it should. Rpm will read between 3 and 4 RPM speed will not go above 5 to 10 MPH. This is a random occurrence but has became more frequent in the last two weeks. It's happening almost daily. Last occurrence was this morning about 8:30am. It happens when coming from a stop. I can push the gas pedal all the way to the floor and the car still will not go above 5 to 10 MPH. Rpms will still show normal range for acceleration. I took my vehicle to the dealer for the 5th time only for them to tell me it couldn't be repaired just yet because the accelerator sensor has not failed completely, although it is clear that it is defective. Dealer stated repair would be covered under warranty on my check engine light comes on, and car won't accelerate, indicating that the sensor has failed completely. This is very dangerous because I never know when my vehicle will accelerate at normal speed.
Car was not accelerating would not go past 20mphtook to dealer ship took 2 months to figure out it was the knock sensor and also the ECM were out mind you my car had less than 6k miles I'm the first and only owner of it! I bought this car from don ringler with 4 miles. My car was on the high way when this happen.
Bought this car brand new in august 2018. When I drive it sometimes it looses power when I'm driving from a stop or while picking up speed and it doesn't matter if it's on the freeway or on the street. The only way I can describe it is it's like the transmission gets stuck in a high gear and slowly builds speed up. It is very dangerous to drive it like this.
I bought this car brand new 9/28/2018 with 2 miles on it. Every once in a while the car will stick at 3400 RPM's, making almost no power, while trying to accelerate. The car will do this from a stop or trying to pass a car. Brought to dealer for 4 days, they couldn't duplicate the issue as it doesn't happen all the time(eye roll) it is a major safety concern as it will give you a false sense of security when moving into or around traffic and is very dangerous. Monitoring the car thru the obdii port I personally found it not building boost from the turbo when it's having this problem, unfortunately the dealers can't see this problem...
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