Two problems related to transmission gear indicator have been reported for the 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Chevrolet Malibu based on all problems reported for the 2009 Malibu.
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. While attempting to shift into the park position, the gear indicator light would only display reverse and the vehicle would only operate in reverse. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. No further information was available. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000.
Safety incident:transmission gear shift indicator setting: parked in tom thumb grocery store parking lot. Nose to nose with another vehicle (with no parking curb between). Incident: I started the car and the car began to creep forward, while still in park. I immediately turned off the ignition. I restarted car. The same thing happened again. I turned off the ignition. I started car a third time, this time with left foot firmly on brake, and my right foot ready to use gas pedal. I put car into reverse and the car still inched forward. I turned off ignition and put on emergency brake. By now, there was very little room left between my car and the one parked across from it. So I gave up and called for a ride. Several hours later, a friend drove my husband to the car. There was no longer any car parked across from ours, so he felt it was safe to try starting it again. This time, the car started up normally. This incident is intermittent. We drove the car to the dealership and they looked it over and said they could not duplicate the issue. Since recall #09077a: f/cmvss was performed on the car, they would do nothing. They would not redo the recall again. Gm would not allow them to do anything unless they recreate the incident again. They said gm has tied their hands and they would not do anything because of liability issues and fears. We contacted gm and they created a case stating that we had a very good case and that this was a safety issue. After a few days we were contacted by gm and that, since it cannot be duplicated, they will not do anything until it happens again. I expressed our safety concerns. The gm representative said, if it happens again, I suggest that you have the car towed in. I completely understand your concern, but gm will do nothing until it happens again. ¿ what if it happens again and someone gets hurt, either the driver or a pedestrian? what if the car gets damaged or another vehicle when it occurs again?.