Five problems related to brake sensor have been reported for the 2017 Chevrolet Malibu. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Chevrolet Malibu based on all problems reported for the 2017 Malibu.
Our car began showing an error message "shift to park" when the shifter was correctly in the ''park' position and you attempt to turn of the iginition. Essentially the car is not recognizing that it is in 'park' and as such would not turn off or lock correctly. This would happen repeatedly whenever we attempted to park the car. The dealer told us that this is a frequent problem and (if not corrected) would eventually lead to not being able to turn off the ignition as the sensor is telling the car that it is not parked. I think this is a very dangerous problem, and obviously well known by the manufacturer. This needs to be corrected so no one is injured in a roll-away type accident.
Coming home from florida to athens alabama we stopped at a rest stop and I noticed my brakes was really hard to push and made a awful noise. We looked at the brakes and thought the pads was bad. I managed to get it home luckily on major traffic jams on interstate 65. My husband put a code reader and it said brake booster sensor but my husband pulled the line from the vacuum pump and the vacuum pump wasn't pulling. Thank god we made it home. From what I've read on this website a recall should be done. Car is now parked in garage what til chevy dealership opens on Monday!!!.
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 Friday December 29, 2017 as we were driving home we almost re-ended another vehicle in a city street at the speed of 55 mph due to car brakes locking and hard to press down, luckily hard we were able fo brake by pushing hard enough. Also sensor have failed twice- three times in heavy traffic and will brake on their own without any car being directly in front of me which is scary and could cause a major accident on the highway. We contact GMC and filed a claim (83737025405) and also took it to the Chevrolet dealership in our hometown which is not doing much but charging us $1000+ for a change on a vacuum top and seal but don't understand that this is a safety issue for we have almost crashed over 4 times due to these issues.