Check Engine Light On Problems of Chevrolet Malibu - part 1

My vehicle acts as if it doesnt want to start after being at a red light or stop sign when my feet is released off the break it takes a few seconds to start back up. Also I have issues with check engine light coming on took it to auto zone and they received a code dealing with the wiring on the battery not the actual battery needing to be replaced.

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Speed reduced on freeway to 20mph, speed reduced warning with check engine light on.

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As we were going 75mph down the highway the vehicle started deaccelerating with the check engine light with the following message appearing on the screen �engine power reduced� we had to quickly pull over to the side of the road to avoid having a wreck. After shutting the car off for a little bit the message disappeared. After looking into this there a multiple people with the same car and same issues, but no recall or investigation has been started.

We got a check engine light on. Checked for codes and p2097 came up. Vehicle has some hesitation when accelerating.

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While operating my vehicle at approximately 50 mph on a busy highway I received a check engine light, traction control light and a warning that the engine power has been reduced. After all of those warnings my vehicle immediately slowed to 20 mph and would not speed up.

I was driving down the road at 55mph - 2-lane road (4 days ago) when a warning came across my dash that stated "reducing engine power". It slowed my vehicle down a mininum of 20mph and wouldn't pick up speed. The check engine light came on. I pulled over and turned off my vehicle. I restarted it and the check engine light stayed on. I was able to make it to an auto shop and they hooked it up. It read a p2138 code. If I had been on the highway, this could've caused a devistating crash. I found where gm extended the warranty and this fix should not cost me anything - I will see when I take it in tomorrow.

I was driving on a secondary road going about 45 mph when all of a sudden my car decelerated to 20 mph in a matter of seconds. The dash showed me an "engine power is reduced" message and my check engine light came on. I was able to safely pull off the road and was able to get home safely. I turned the car off for about 10 minutes and restarted it and it seemingly is fine now but this is terribly unsafe. To my knowledge there is no recall or any word on this from gm.

I was coming to a stop at a traffic light. I received an alert on my dash "reduced engine power" and my check engine light came on. My car became much less responsive to pressing on the accelerator and seemed to be having trouble going more than ~30 mph. An inspection of the problem gave the error code p2138 as the source of the issue.

When I was driving home from work tonight. I was taking the ramp to get on to the highway and my car gave me a warning that the engine power was reduced and my check engine light came on and my car was immediately reserved to only going 20 mph. This is very unsafe as I was trying to merge onto the highway.

I purchased the vehicle in 2018 with 20,000 miles on it. My check engine light has been on more than 7 times in the past 2 years. I had to have the fuel injector worked on, sometimes it won't shift completely into park, I had it decrease in speed from 70 on the highway to no more than 20 mph with over $400 in repairs just that time. I do not drive fast or deprive my car of regular maintenance. I have never had issues like this with any other vehicle.

On 03/10/21, I was driving north on a busy highway. I approached the stop light and reduced speed. I came to a full stop and the car shut off completely. The check engine light came on briefly, then lost all electrical power. I had no hazard lights, no radio, no dashboard, nothing. After being stranded for 5 min like that at a very dangerous left lane stop, the car finally restarted. Called onstar immediately to scan the car for codes - they found none. The issue of the car intermittently shutting down like that has happened multiple times since October of 2020. Taken the car to Chevrolet dealership multiple times and was told they cannot find anything wrong. I currently have it at the dealership and am being told they can find nothing wrong despite four different people in my car witnessing it happen to me more than once and my providing a log of every time it's happened.

Check engine light came on and power reduction light came on and car slowed down with no power. This also happened 2 weeks ago. Local mechanic said it was a recall item, but I havent seen any.

After pulling out of a convenient store, onto a main road for about a half a mile my car immediately lost speed and a display appeared in my dash engine power reduced , check engine light and traction control light appeared. I couldn't drive no more than 20 miles per hour . . Scary moment, so glad nothing was coming behind me. Car in shop! this need to be fix it's a many people having the same problem with this year kind of car somebody is going to get killed fix the problem for free GMC.

I started to accelerate and the check engine light came on and reduced engine power was on my information display and my car would not go over 30 mph. Just happened out of the blue. I have approximately 64,000 miles on my Malibu. This happened on a city street and not in heavy traffic, but could have been very dangerous, if I was on a highway. Then after I limped the car home I turned it off and turned it back on and it seemed normal, but check engine light is still on. I am getting rid of this car has had 5 recalls of various problems so far. On one occasion the dealership had my car for 2 weeks. . . Trying to fix a problem with the accelerator.

Car died in the middle of a busy intersection and wouldn't restart for approximately 2 minutes. Check engine light came on and reduced engine power on dash cluster was visible when it restarted. Dealership placed new battery & it went away for about a week then returned while driving in the 45 mph range, reduced engine power, then slow acceleration from a stop sign. Seems there have been multiple class action lawsuits for this issue with no recall in place at this time.

My check engine light came on starting at 30,000 miles has continued to do so more frequently as I hit 65,000in taking it to my mechanic he stated there was nothing wrong with my car I commute everyday to work and every day imy car says check engine reduce speed when I'm on the highway and drops to 20mph I work in bordentown 295 to rt1 and my car reduced engine speed in a 55mph zone to 20.

Check engine light, tracking light, steering wheel locks up , low engine and can't exceed 45 ~ 50 mph all happens when in motion.

On numerous occasions, vehicle has shut completely off. Because it is an eco engine, I assumed it was simply idling down, while stationary a traffic light or stop sign, as usual but that was not the case. The first couple of times the vehicle shutoff was at traffic lights, and drive through lanes. And then the vehicle shutoff while on the interstate at 70 miles per hour. Shortly after that incident, the check engine light came on. I replaced the battery but the car has still had to be jumped off three times since the replacement. And when I had those codes repaired, now the vehicle drives as if it isn't getting gas and then all of sudden it will jerk and accelerate quickly. Lastly, when the brakes are used on several occasions, the pedal will suddenly go all the way to the floorboard, then come and tighten to point I can barely press the brakes. I have replaced the brakes on three separate occasions and the mechanics do not understand what is causing that issue to occur.

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My car randomly displayed a message on the dashboard that said "engine power reduced" traction light and check engine light appeared and it brought my speed limit to around 20 while I was on a busy street. I turned the car off and got the power back but has done it 3 more time in 2 days. Very scary with 2 babies in the car.

I just experienced the check engine light on and reduced power alert on christmas eve: 12/24/20 this was so scary on highway and had to drive on the reduced power with my flashers on and terrified as car's wizzed past me! I was worried that I would breakdown and couldn't get home. I did make it home and was shaken by the experience. I have a 2016 chevy Malibu and the dealership quoted $350 to fix it. It is still there as didn't have funds to fix it. Dealership said it is an issue with gas pedal not reading in system correctly. This is a huge safety risk because it happened while driving on highway going 60 mph, and it dropped speed to 35 mph! this is so dangerous! especially because it happened at night in a secluded area. This is super scary for a woman driver thinking I was going to breakdown at any moment. I have been driving uber since covid and no work available in my regular job. Since I don't have my car, I can't drive to make any money to fix it. I was unable to work on uber's biggest night of the year on new year's eve, losing out of a $500 night. Gm should pay to get this fixed and for lost revenue due to unable to work.

The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 to 35 mph, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle began to lose power and jerked. The contact managed to coast the vehicle to the shoulder of the road, turn the vehicle off and back on which resumed normal operation however, while the accelerator pedal was depressed going uphill, the vehicle hesitated. The vehicle was taken to hall Chevrolet chesapeake (3412 western branch blvd, chesapeake, va 23321, (877)475-0719) where it was diagnosed that all 4 cylinders had misfired and that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was diagnosed three additional times. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was taken to another dealer and test driven however, the technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and deemed the contact ineligible for any repairs. The failure mileage was approximately 51,448.

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While driving, vehicle with randomly display error code saying �engine power reduced�. When this happens, the car's speed reduces to ~25 mph and it's incredibly hard to accelerate past that. This reduced engine power warning comes on frequently, and without warning. Sometimes it will go weeks without doing it, and sometimes it will do it multiple times a trip. Every time it happens, the engine light & traction control light comes on. The only thing that temporarily fixes the car is pulling over, turning the entire car off, then turning it back on. This obviously is very dangerous while driving with any traffic around you. Once I turn my car back on, the check engine light remains on (traction light turns off), and then eventually turns off by itself (granted it doesn't happen again soon after). After speaking to other chevy owners, I've learned this is very common & I've even been able to find posts on online forums regarding this issue.

Driving the car, on a highway at approx. 75 mph, check engine light comes on and dashboard states "engine power restricted". Now the car has little power and takes 18 seconds to get from 0-60 making it a road hazard. The vehicle only has 42,000 miles on it.

This has happened twice now, once for my wife and the second time I was driving. Both incidents happened while in motion on the highway and the vehicle display showed reduced engine power and the vehicle DE-rated and slowed automatically on the highway. The check engine light displayed and after connecting a code reader to the obd and code p2138 was logged which is potentially a faulty throttle position sensor/ foot gas pedal. I replaced the throttle position sensor cleared the stored code and a couple weeks later the vehicle again went into limp mode and DE-rated on highway. The check engine light came on and the same code p2138 was logged indicating voltage difference between app sensor 1 and app sensor 2 of the throttle positioning sensor. After further research on line I found that a gm service bulletin was issued for potential moisture intrusion of the connectors from the throttle position sensor to the ecm. (see attached) it seems like my vehicle is experiencing moisture in the connectors as both incidents happened within minutes of taking the vehicle through an automatic car wash. In my opinion this is a safety concern for this model vehicle to DE-rate and slow down suddenly at highway speeds with cars following behind and has been a known issue by gm and should have a recall issued.

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While driving check engine light came on , display said diminished engine power , no throttle response.

Check engine light keeps needing to be reset by dealer.

Ii bought my 2017 Chevrolet Malibu LS in August of 2017, in January of 2018 my first engine light warning came on with message "shift to park" came on when the car was already in park. I moved to denver, CO in June of 2018 , during my long while driving through the rockies the check engine light came on showing "stability track issues. In November 2018 while my family was driving home in a snow storm yet another engine light showing "engine powewr reduced" the car went from a 45 mph drive on the freeway because of heavy snow to almost 20 mph too slow for freeway speeds even in snow. I took it to the chevy dealership they said it was a dirty speed sensor. While driving on the highway at 70 mph I was reaching the end of the freeway when the car completely shut off, I reacted by hitting my brakes but the pedal was hard as a rock, I looked up and I was fastly approaching an intersection so I used the emergency brake got on the riight dirt shoulder, and was able to slow it down to about 35 mph before reaching the intersection where I took a sharp right turn to avoid hitiing cars in front of me and spun out. The car ishowed a message "no remote detected: it would crank but not start . Being that the car warrenty was already expired I had it towed to a local mechanics shop where they discovered a code reading "brake booster sensor" they discovered a shattered vacuum pump. I got it replaced with a new one as well as the brake sensor. I still haven't been able to start it. Because of covid-19 and my financial situation I have not taken it to a dealership. I am saving to have it towed there and hopefully repairing it but I'm sure it's not going to be wallet friendly. We were excited when we bought our first new car it didn't last long. Now hopefully a recall and some justice for us hard working people that want only a reliable car with no hidden repair surprises.

I own a 2016 chevy Malibu premier I bout it on the same year with 3 thousand miles in it ever since I been having problems with the car in 2017 the car had over 10 thousand miles in it n water was getting inside the vehicle so I took it to dealership n they sed it was a weather strip of the back window second time same year it was an electrical problem of the seats 3rd problem it was suspension now this is 2020 November 27 n now the car has 74 thousand miles in it n the car shakes wile on drive mode just on drive mode n the weirdes thing is that there's no check engine light nothing everything sims to be wrong I need help I do think it's factory made.

While driving on a main road, the car flashed �reduced engine power� and stopped working. I did not lose electrical power, but the gas pedal and gear shift failed to work. I shut the car off and still nothing happened. Some good samaritans helped pushed me into the middle lane while I called a tow truck. After a few minutes, my car restarted with a check engine light. I drove a few miles to the nearest dealership. They have not been able to determine a definite fix, instead they said there's some corrosion around the battery. According to this site, this has happened to hundreds of other 2017 Malibu�s. There needs to be a recall.

The car stalls while I'm driving on highways regular streets turning no check engine light car full tank proper oil levels etc.

When I stop at a stop sign or red light, my car go into auto stop. When I press on the gas to go, the car shut off. After months of this I just understood what was really going on. No check engine light is on. This is hard to detect. Not even the dealership found this out. My auto sound guy explained this to me now I can explain this to the dealership . This should be a recall . This is dangerous. Why did Chevrolet put this option in cars.

The day before the car's dashboard said that the car's power assist was turning off. The next morning as I was going 75 miles per hour on the highway the car said that engine was reducing power and speed reduced to 45 mph. The check engine light suddenly went on and it was a very dangerous situation that could have killed me.

The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 mph, the vehicle stalled and was unable to be restarted. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to mountain view Chevrolet, inc. (1079 w foothill blvd upland, CA 91786, (909) 353-7103) where it was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

I was driving the vehicle and all of a sudden the check engine light came on and the display read engine power reduced. I wasn't sure what that meant so I pulled over. I tried to pull off and I had no brakes. Apparently something in the braking system broke and my engine was destroyed. I talked with gm and they told me that it has happened before with this model car.

I get routine service to my car & my engine is clicking, loudly. The check engine light continuously goes on & off & I was told by Chevrolet service department that they could not even run a diagnostics to see what the problem is because the check engine light was off when I got to the dealership. Sometimes �service battery charging system� will illuminate but it too picks and chooses when to illuminate. Sometimes it shows �battery saver activated� and this is the third battery I've purchased! the entire car will stall/shut off but the green light is illuminated to show the car is on but when I accelerate it won't budge! dangerous considering my car could stall at anytime and cause a collision. I've nearly gotten t-boned twice coming out a gas station entering a road because my car stalled in the middle of the street while traffic was coming from both directions! a service man at the chevy dealership asked me was I experiencing issues with my auto start/stop when I told him what was happening. Yes! my car picks and chooses when it wants to do it. And when it does �restart� the entire car reboots, the locks re-click, lights flicker, it'll be in drive and roll backwards until the ignition turns over! chevy or at least the service techs are fully aware of an issue and won't fix it. Sometimes the car just won't start, all the power will go out. What happens when I'm out & the entire electrical system and engine won't start after at least starting 20 minutes prior! I've already got new pistons, a new alternator, 3 new batteries & get the routine maintenance. I have a mychevy account & every month my diagnostics report, shows an issue! if I'm in an accident & my child or I are injured, who is liable because my car decides to malfunction in the middle of a busy highway? Chevrolet for neglecting to service my car because the freaking check engine light isn't on!.