general problems of the 2019 Chevrolet Malibu - part 2

The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while parking the vehicle and shifting into park(p), the shift into park warning light illuminated. The contact stated she exited the vehicle but was unable to lock the doors. The contact stated she restarted the vehicle and continued to shift the gear shifter to park until the transmission and gear shift indicator properly recognized that the vehicle was in park. The contact stated she had experienced the failure several times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 6,012.

The contact's daughter owns a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while the vehicle was in park(p), the shift to park warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 71,000.

The electrical system was refusing to acknowledge that my car was in park & kept giving me a “shift to park” message on my dashboard. Took 3 or 4 tries of starting & shutting off the car for it to go away. Took the car to the dealer & turns out that a faulty shifter was the problem. The gear shifter had to be replaced, but not the shifter harness underneath the shifter.

I purchased a 2019 chevy Malibu on April 9th 2022. Car seemed to be fine at first drove car for two month experienced frequent shift to park issues as car would not recognize itself in park until multiple attempts at parking. I was arrested on June 4th 2022 and came home on September 5th and attempted to start my car. Car cranked multiple times before starting stalling and cutting itself off while display engine power reduced and check engine light. I used obd computer and car codes p0014 p0017 p0556. Vehicle was taken to hertrich chevy of salisbury maryland. The technician informed me that I needed a engine replaced due to nature of damage upon diagnostic chevy discovered vehicle had little to no oil (which is still puzzling oil life sensor in car is still reading at 22% and check oil light never came on not once for it to be a cause of no oil in vehicle. Was asked to present receipts for service and oil change of a vehicle I drove for maybe 2 months max prior to my incarceration and no one had driven my car during this time as the key was in my possession during incarceration. Problem occurred at 59,898. I purchased the vehicle at 54054 miles on the vehicle starts and has and extended crank and codes p0014 p0017 p0556. Most vehicles require an oil change at 7000 miles and still had a good amout of time before reaching that mark. Vehicle states that it is still under powertrain warranty until 60000 miles. However it's states that it is not covered if improper fuel or lubricant levels (oil) are the cause which is puzzling also because this is apparently a known problem with chevy vehicles as they have provided a bulletin on NHTSA website as to how to diagnose and fix the issue. Service bulletin #pip5598c or google the pdf bulletin. Chevy is sticking me with a known problem their engine does with the cost and replacement of a new engine. As well as losing the 7000 dollars I put down on my newer used vehicle. As well as it being a safety hazard and stalling randomly.

Vehicle goes into near stall instrument panel goes as if you were starting the vehicle gauges go up down then back gas gauge said no gas on full tank , brakes felt as if was gone abs system not responding , engine rough , road had minor to moderate pot holes "rawsonville road" when stopped vehicle while running gave msg put in park to shift . , vehicle was in drive once put in park it would not come out of park or realize it was in park . The issue I have been able to determine so far is on the vehicle fuse panel under hood it is connected to the main service disconnect for the entire wire harness "pin connectors male and female over 30 pins , it is held by 2 locking handles all with plastic tabs for the latching , this is failing under driving conditions and coming loose enough to separate contact from 1 or more pins normally on the drivers side . To fix the issues I had to disconnect the service disconnect and reconnect it while securely fastening the handles verified correct and happened again on testing down a dirt road service appointment is Thursday -9-7-2022 at mark Chevrolet in wayne michigan , I contacted gm and they said it had to be fully tested through a dealer I informed gm this is a major issue and not something I will be paying for it is likely a recallable issue I have seen alot of issues with Malibu 2019-2022 having similar issues and are likely caused by the same issue if using this same service disconnect and fuse box likely nullifying the tsa's used for shift to park etc as others have stated and documented those issues repeat . The vehicles modules lose communication with the vehicle via intermittent service disconnect on the wiring harness . "network errors " support this via obd code reader as well as the powertrain hard fault code and the various pending fault codes prior to having to physically disconnect and reconnect the service disconnect fully to restore vehicle function and bring to safe location instead of on side of busy road.

The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would intermittently fail to accelerate above 55 mph as the "engine power is reduced" warning message would appear on the instrument panel. The contact also stated that an abnormal, grinding noise would emit from the vehicle upon depression of the brake pedal. The contact called the dealer and was informed that she could not be given an appointment for another month. She then contacted an independent mechanic and was informed that unless the failure was persistent, they would not be able to diagnose the failure. The contact attempted to reach the manufacturer but was unable to reach a representative. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 95,000.

Car ignition will not turn off. The dash displays car not in park when it is.

The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that after shifting the gear shifter to park(p), the vehicle was unable to turn off with the "shift to park" message displayed. The contact spent the night in her vehicle due to the failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The failure mileage was approximately 25,700.

Shift to park issue - car would not go into park and message kept coming up on dash display. This happens intermittently and more often now. Dont know if vehicle is in park or not. Battery was drained and replaced. Gm car dealer mike savioe and gm both say bulletin 19-na-206 will not be honored because 2019 Malibu is now out of warranty. Gm knew this issue on 5/21 and will not help out on correcting this issue.

The car stalls out an sometimes deads an say no key fab. The ecm has been reprogram even before the car was sold to me back in 2019.

Control modules are malfunctioning.

Vehicles stuck in park. Unable to move vehicle. Waiting for dealer to call me back for repair. No info center messages. The white piece for the gear selector keeps coming loose. This is the second occurrence in two weeks since I’ve owned the vehicle.

Gear shift does not register the vehicle is in park. Intermittent “shift to park” warning displays - the car will not shut off. It drains the battery. Jiggling the shift knob and button can help to get the car to register it is in park, but this is unreliable.

Currently have 109,330 miles on my 2019 Malibu lt it’s very obvious that the transmissions in these cars are no good. My car accelerates slowly whenever it feels like it and entering the highway or any road to be honest, is like jumping off of a plane with no parachute, praying you don’t hit the bottom and die. Its scary! it jerks horribly at times while accelerating (along with slow acceleration). If I push the gas pedal more, the car’s rpms revs high and the car shoots off like rocket then starts to accelerate slowly seconds after the hard take off. Someone is going to die at the hands of gm because the problem is being ignored! please help us! check the vehicles! see what the issue is! it’s not just “something simple”. Yet y’all are constantly rolling these cars out to customers. Feels like robbery!.

I bought this 2019 chevy Malibu with 40,000 miles on it the second day I had it the transmission completely lost power and would not accelerate it barley moves Ford it takes about 5 whole seconds for it to get power and move this has happend pretty much every day when I drive this vehicle it has put me and my family’s life in danger so many times it’s ridicules I have took it to the dealership and they said that they can not find a problem on the tcm/ transmission control module so I told them to take it for a test drive and right when they pulled out of the dealership they almost got hit because the car would not accelerate they said there is defiantly a problem with the cvt transmission in the car but sadly there is nothing they can do until Chevrolet puts out a recall they said I am not the first one to bring back a 2019 chevy Malibu with this issue this needs to be fixed immediately it’s putting peoples life’s in danger.

The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact states that the auto stop/start feature that caused the vehicle to turn off while idling however, the vehicle would fail to immediately start-up. The contact stated that the instrument panel would independently reset, and the vehicle would jolt forward before restarting. The contact had taken the vehicle to the dealer however, the vehicle was not yet repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 39,737.

While driving on the highway my car started loosing power. A warning light came on stating engine power is reduced. I could not excelerate had to pull over on side of road. This is the first time this has happened to me but I just purchased this vehicle on 7/15/21 with 51,000 miles.

I'm not sure what's wrong, but when I stop and start my vehicle back up with the auto start I can hear something like water flushing or running through my dashboard. Most of the time my vehicle will stall out when I press the gas, is driving or turning most of the time it don't won't to go. I almost got hit on several occasions because I would try to turn and the car will stall barley going. This has cause a lot of frustrations. I have had my car since August of 2020 and it has been doing this since 2-3 weeks after purchasing it. I have not had time to take it to the dealership for inspection because I have lupus and I'm tried and have random flares.

The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving approximately 75 mph, the vehicle decelerated to 15 mph with the power reduced message displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to chapmen Chevrolet located at 1717 e baseline rd, tempe, az 85283 to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the turbo intake was defective. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 22,000.

When I stop at a stop sign or red light, it seems like my car cuts off and then back on when I hit the gas. I can hear it. There is also a sound in my brakes when this happens, that sounds air.

The engine "auto stop" feature can have enough of a delay to allow the accelerator to be pressed as the engine starts causing it to lurch forward rather than accelerate smoothly. It also can cause a delay when pulling out into heavy traffic. There is currently no way to temporarily or permanently defeat the system on this gm model according to gm service department. Though I am sure it is operating as designed for certain owner driving styles and traffic conditions this can be a serious hazard. Car makers should be required to either disable the feature permanently by owner request or have a method for the owner to bypass the system. With less than 250 miles I have experienced 2 incidents of almost hitting the car in front of me from a stop and 1 of almost being hit pulling into heavy traffic from a stop. I see many other similar complaints and hope this can be addressed before someone is hurt or worse due to it.