general problems of the 2018 Chevrolet Malibu - part 2

I just went and picked up my car after having the recall cone. . VIN#[xxx]. The car stalled on me when trying to trying to accelerate I almost got hit because of this. . . This has happen way to many times. This repair was supposedly done on 07/07/2021. Also this car had the same issue and a recall was done back in 2019. This car is totally not safe. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

I brought my car back in June . I've been having problems and thinking it's only my battery back to back . I've been stopped in the middle of the street where my car would just come off . One time jso police had to give my car a jump in the middle of the street at a left turning light. My car have stopped on beach blvd which was early in the day in the middle of the street . It got to the point where I had to get a portable jump starter. I looked into it & got brand new parts for so many things and one day it just wouldn't crank anymore . The lights and radio and everything come on and everything but it's not cranking anymore . I called many Chevrolets and was informed by that many 2018 Chevrolet Malibu's were recalled and no dealership in my town is trying to help me . The gas goes out the car very fast and everything. The car has been doing this for months but now it's finally to the point where it won't come on again . I'm only 19 and was just 18 when I brought my car on my own in the first place and now I'm stuck without anything to do.

The car us under 60,000 miles three years old and already breaking down. The air flow sensor out of self-test range, turbocharge engine underboost problems and mass air flow sensor performance is also problematic, making the car stop instantly and sporadically creating a high imminent danger of crashing and serious injuries. Luckily the car behind me was far enough to stop before rear-ending me. Had it been a semi-truck I don't think I would have been so lucky. These issues need to be immediately recalled and corrected!!!.

When the left turning signal is on and foot on brakes the vehicle cuts off all lights on dashboard light up and when you put the vehicle in park and try to recrank a message stated no gasoline.

While driving engine power reduced message comes on and speed is cut to below 35 mph.

While driving the car will slow down and say slow engine power.

While driving my engine and traction light came on and a sensor popped up that read �engine power is reduced�. I was driving down the highway and my speed was reduced. I can't and could not speed up.

My 2018 Malibu has a feature that when the car stops the engine will shut down when you apply the brakes and engine will start back when you release the brake my car has shut completely down when I've come to a stop all power shuts down the heat the radio everything.

My car has a little over 62,000 miles at about 28,000 miles the warning was coming on reduced speed I'd be on the road and the car would start slowing down and even sometimes on the interstate and recently started coming on again I could feel a popping like in the gas pedal. Then the other day I was sitting in a parking lot and the shift to park message came on when I went to pull off it just jumped. There was no way to put the car in neutral to back it up I wasn't even able to turn the car off. I had to leave my car running in the parking lot for hours until it died. Then before this the car moved so slow it hardly took off. Other cars have to go around me. I have had this car for two years and just seems like issue after issue. Gm should be ashamed and reimburse people for these vehicles.

When driving the car it will lose propulsion and power. At one point it almost shut off while driving on the highway. I took the car for inspection to Chevrolet dealer but I was told they will take weeks to find the exact issue. It also has a safety recall which wasn't performed during my appointment. I was told to come back if I see engine light without it they can't do much. I use my car every day to get to work and now I feel unsafe while driving it. My Chevrolet Malibu is of the year 2018 with only 30k miles.

This is the 3rd time for he same issue. After a cold start the engine will start missing on a cyl which results in a huge decrease in power and running rough. This last time, engine light came on. Just like the other times, if you stop and restart the car, the issue goes way. Took to dealership and even though the engine light came on, no codes and they couldnt replicate the issue and nothing was done.

Two times my vehicle has displayed engine power is reduced while driving on the highway. When this occurred, my vehicle would not accelerate well and my vehicle speed was automatically reduce to about 20 mph almost causing a crash with the vehicle behind me. The engine light stayed on the entire day even after powering down my vehicle. Also there is a loud water noise when coming to a stop like water is running through the engine or transmission system. This water noise occurred with my 2013 Malibu as well and should be investigated. My vehicle is only 2 years old and should not be experiencing these types of issues.

While I was driving on the road, the vehicle has shut off completely as I approached a complete stop at a red light. I attempted to turn on the hazard lights but unable to start the vehicle, until it is jump started it will start, I was able to continue driving. Once I arrived at home and I parked the vehicle, it completely shut itself off and I was unable to restart the vehicle. After several attempts to start the vehicle it just started again. Which I was able to lock the vehicle with the remote. This has happened several times now on different dates.

Car went back to dealership Monday because of problem I had last year. Lights comes on in dashboard : stabiltrack, engine icon, reduced steering, low fuel. On my way to work Monday just made it out my driveway and started up the hill and the lights started flashing. Brakes had to be pushed ask the way to the floor for it to stop rolling back down the hill. I let it roll back to get the car out of street. The car wouldn't turn off when I pressed the start/stop button. Pressed the button again the car turns off but all lights are on in the dash. Press button again and lights go out but the start button is lit. Shift to park comes on dash. It's in park. Couldn't get engine to turn on. Couldn't move gear shift that has no lights on column or dash to tell what gear it's is in. Got car towed to greenway in tuscumbia, al. Had to find a ride to & from work because they didn't have a loner . Picked car up Tuesday(they said the battery needed to charged & there was a recall they fixed) made it home ok. Went to store, no problem. Got in car to go to work Wednesday and it starts acting up again. And when I got out of the car at work, there was smell like the brakes were really hot. Called dealership didn't get through to service but guy said he would get my number & have someone call, no one did. Got in car to leave work the lights started again but I was able to come home with no further incidents. The engine icon was still on though. I'm sick of this car! and I'm tired of going to the dearship every couple of days or every 2 weeks! buy this lemon back!.

In may of 2020 I took my vehicle to a Chevrolet dealership in woodbridge,va for a ecm recall on my vehicle. After waiting for them to do the recall they stated nothing was wrong with my vehicle. From October to current my vehicle has been doing everything that was stated in the recall which lead me to believe that they never changed the part. My vehicle has shut off on me in the middle of the road almost causing me a accident and most days now it won't even start. I got my battery checked out and my battery tested 100% so I know that wasn't the problem. I called the dealership and they said I would have to pay to get that part replaced. Why should I have to pay when it's only been a couple of months since the recall, something isn't right. Please address this issue. -thank you!.

I was driving in a neighborhood about 15 mph. My car began to shake, the engine light was blinking, stability track light was on, and an icon came up saying that the �service stablitrek. � I had little control over the steering and I felt no traction while trying to pull over. I also have a problem where the car prompts a shift to park, even though my car is in park.

The check engine has come on three times already since I have bought this vehicle. . . Everytime the code is for emissions system. We have replaces the valve and the canister for emissions and the engine light still comes on. . Also the shift to park issue.

Engine power is reduced wen you going at 50 to 60 in the freeway is dangerously ## #vpic# 1 - check digit (9th position) does not calculate properly #vpic#.

My car shuts off while I am driving (at a stop or idling) stationary.

The car stalls while driving. I have to pull over and shut the car off and turn it back on to fix the issue but it does it sometimes a few times a day.

On 4/5/2020, while driving on a side street, the car lost propulsion. It read engine power is reduced and stabilitrac had activated. This has occurred several times prior. My very first encounter was on a major highway (I-270) the car has been serviced (per recall) on two separate occasions. It has done the very exact thing at least three (3) times subsequent of the recall mandate. Every time I attempted to restart the car the motor will violently shake. I have made this complaint to general motors, prior to this latest event on 4/5/2020, my complaint had been dismissed. I am being forced to operate this vehicle; knowing it poses a serious risk of accident or death to me and other motorist. Luckily, I was on a side residential street a few blocks away from my residence. However, this was not the always the case and this is a continuous event. I live within a 3/4-mile radius of baltimore's sea-port, train & truck terminal as well as interstates I-895 & I-95's (harbor and fort mchenry tunnel). I travel the I-895 tunnel to work everyday. After several recall attempts to fix, this car is still doing the same thing. Whereas, without any warning signs, it loses engine power and stalls while in motion. Included are onstar onboard diagnosis reports and service records after the initial recall servicing of the car.

Engine power is reduced warning and check engine light anti skid warnings come on.

At a stop light, when light turned green, pressed accelerator, "engine power is reduced" messaged flashed, engine and traction lights came on. Unable to accelerate over 25mph, rpm would not go above 3. Recall maintenance for ecm was completed on 01/11/2020.

After my �recall� reprogramming update on the ecm. . . A month or 2 later, I started to have loss of power issues while driving. Got home it sat for a couple of mins, then went away. Happened again. Had my car scanned to see what the code was, an �apps� p2138 code, accelerator pedal position sensor issue. It happens while driving, when it happens cruse control turns off, and traction control light comes on plus the check engine light. This can be a safety issue while trying to merge onto highway traffic. . . This had happened to me several times. . . First time was after a long day driving, then a few days later after a very cold night. Then nothing, several hundred miles no issue. Then drove 120 miles and it happened again on 2-13-2020. And twice today 2-21-20202. It only happened twice during a turn.

Pulling into traffic car lost power, engine knocking big time, engine light on, stabitrak off. Almost rear ended. Pulled over in traffic restarted. Car has had software done. Filling out at dealership. Thes cars should be recalled. What are you waiting for.

Check engine light and reduced engine power vehicle won't accelerate on highway in traffic.

The car lost power while I was operating it. I had to put it in park and restart it. I was in the middle of parking it on a city street.

The ecm and battery sensor malfunctioned on Dec 9. I found out that GMC has known about this for sometime. September 6, 2019 is documented on your site. I was notified from onstar after I passed the mileage for GMC to have pay for this problem.

Tl- the contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 19v642000 (electrical system, fuel system, gasoline, engine). The vehicle was serviced for this recall at local dealer autonation Chevrolet waco located at 1625 n valley mills dr, waco, TX 76710, (254) 236-6415. The contact stated shortly after the vehicle was serviced, while driving 60 mph, the vehicle began to seize but was able to park on the side of the road. The contact stated he was able to restart the ignition but continued to experience the failure while driving to his destination. The contact stated check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact called local dealer and was informed he was needing to have the vehicle diagnosed. The vehicle has not been diagnosed or repaired of the failure. The manufacturer has been informed of failure. The failure mileage was 46,000. Dp.

I was told that my ecm maifunction repair recall fix was not was yet available by my dealership,garrett moters, co0lidge, az 85128. The recall 3 isn192221960. I am worried abot it becose I need to drive 30 miles round trip some on the I 10 about 2 to 3 times a week for doctor appts and shopping for groceries. Which can casuse a rare case of engine stall at speed.

I started the car and reversed out of a parking space. After shutting the car in drive, I pressed the gas and the car barely moved. I pulled off to the edge of the parking lot and put the car in park, turned it off, waited a minute or 2, and restarted the engine. I put the car in drive and it went forward. I had to stop and slightly reverse because a car was coming toward me on the street I was turning onto. I put it back in drive and tried to turn out of the parking lot. Again the engine was running but the car barely coasted. It acted like it was not changing gears. I pulled across the street because a car was coming into another parking lot. We were almost hit because the car would not go. I parked the car turned it off. Waited a few minutes and restarted it. I got out and the engine sounded slightly off . . . It was clicking almost like there was a timing issue. I got back in the car reversed out of the parking spot and went forward. The car started forward and I turned back on to the road. Suddenly the rpm shot up to over 400 and the car lurched forward without applying additional gas. I applied the brakes and kept driving. The rpm ran higher than normal on the way back to kokomo. It was not driving correctly and still acted like it was not shifting gears correctly. I drove it to the nearest dealership in kokomo, in. Erik's Chevrolet and they could not find any issues. When pressed they tried to say it was overdue for an oil change which is not true. The indicator just came on right before this happened. It has ~7200 miles but it has fully synthetic oil. Then they tried to say it was low on oil and the oil life was zero and that caused the issue. Again not true because it was at 4% and I checked it periodically as stated in the manual. There is a recall related to an ecm malfunction. I am concerned this is related and the fix may not complete.

Vehicle stalls, won't accelerate. This happens on a daily basis. I will completely stop or slow down then try to accelerate and the car won't move. It takes a couple minutes to get going faster than 5-10mph. Extremely dangerous and scary. This has happened on the highway, streets, and everywhere else I've driven. It does it when I turn, or just go forward. I've had multiple situations where I could've been in accidents. I bought this car brand new in December and it's happened every day since.

Taking off from a stop sign trying to accelerate into traffic at which point the car shifted through a couple of years with no acceleration or power behind it I was maybe going 12mph as it shifted through to 3rd gear about a 8-10 second delay. I had plenty of time to make it if I would've been in any other vehicle. I was almost t-boned. I just bought this car 2 days ago.

Had a car accident on September 17, 2019 my car stalled while making left turn had this problem since I purchased this car also my tires continued to go on flat.

23000 miles on a used vehicle. Acceleration/low power, the vehicle does not receive any power until 4000 rpms, gas pedal can be pushed down and still takes it time to accelerate. Mpg is currently averaging 18 mpg advertised as 27-37 mpg.