Nine problems related to radio/tape cd player have been reported for the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu based on all problems reported for the 2016 Malibu.
After I put the car in park and push the button to turn it off, it says to shift to park. I have to restart the car and put it in reverse and drive again. Sometimes this works, but it is getting more difficult to get the car to shut off. The car beeps at me and won't shut the radio off when I push the button to turn the car off. I can't lock the doors because the car doesn't recognize that I have shifted to park. This started happening in July, 2020. At first this only happened occasionally. Now it is happening every time I turn the car off.
When vehicle comes to a stop and auto start happens, my radio shuts off. Battery sometimes does not hold charge. Could be the alternator or some kind of electrical misfire or contact. Doesn't happen every time vehicle is started.
While driving my radio turned off several times, engine light came on. A message saying low engine power came on several times and started to go slow while in motion.
Within the last month my car has completely shut off while driving three separate times. First time I was driving and at a stop light on a hill the car completely shut down. I tried starting it multiple times . At first all the lights and radio will turn on and then minutes later that car started back up. Second time I was at another stop light and the car completely shut off again. Same thing started back up after about 2-3 min of re trying. Third time was yesterday I pulled into a parking lot and turned the car off and then went to re start it and nothing. After about five minutes it started back up again. Called the dealership and they said it can take hours to days to figure out the problem. They told me they would have to wait for the problem to happen again. I dont even want to drive my car anymore considering I could harm myself and potentially other people with this problem. They said there is no recall or bulletins on the problem. Doing research online looks like a good amount of people are having the same problem.
When I turn off my car. The message shift to park pops up and I have to keep turning on and off the car until the message " shift to park" disappears. If I leave it like that the radio turns on really loud. My car is not even 3 years old. This started about a month ago and it went away for a few days and it came back again.
When I come to a complete stop, put the car into park and kill the motor it is not recognizing that the car is in park. The radio keeps playing and the information board reads "shift to park". This has to be done repeatedly. It has done this before but stopped. It started doing it again 6/20/2019.
I bought my 2016 Malibu March 8, 2019 at 40,177 miles and the radio does not come on. As well as any safety chimes and the onstar feature does not come on. A week after getting my car I was driving on a city road when my car reduced speed drastically and a message popped up saying engine speed reduced and the engine light came on. After I cut the car off and back on it seems fine and eventually the engine light goes off. This has happened several times since then. I think something could be wrong with the transmission because my car does not pick up speed in first and second gear very well. I know that there were recalls for these vehicles with the same issues but my car doesn't show any recalls.
The radio has no sound and is a common problem since the 2010 model. Gm or chevy is doing nothing to help customers fix the issue or train their service teams to fix the problem. I have had my 2016 for almost 9 months with 3 of those months in radio silence, no answer, and no compensation.
While driving alert on panel showed service power steering drive care when this happened car lost traction and brakes not worked properly. 3 x my car is been on davis maus sanford service last service August my car was returned 8/5/15 manager assured me it was fixed and since 3 weeks ago started again now while is park and turned off message of swift to park appeared and all electronic /radio ect start on and alarm activation doesn't work.
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