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When turning my car off in park the key snapped off in the ignition. It got stuck in park and had to be towed home witch was hard since it could not be put into neutral. It broke off all the way up at the key fob.
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
My issue started a few days ago and has progressively gotten worse. I place the car in park, shut off the vehicle and a message appears to "shift to park" car is turned off and already in park and you cannot just get out of the vehicle for it to go away it just remains on the screen and the car remains on in an auxiliary type mode which I'm pretty sure if left alone would eventually drain the battery. It had gotten worse since I was having to turn the car off and on multiple times before it would register it was actually in park. The dealership currently has my car and has told me the shifter assembly needs replaced. I had sent them a screen shot of the service report from GM which you can find here https://static.NHTSA.gov/ODI/tsbs/2018/mc-10154985-999.pdf which states the problem multiple people are having. My car has 21K miles on it and I've only had it for two years. I'm going to be very upset if I end up having to pay this out of pocket even though the car is still technically under warranty from the date I purchased in 2017.
I have a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu with roughly 50,000 miles on it. For a little over a year now, it is no longer recognizing when the car is placed in park. I took the vehicle into my local Chevy dealer (where we have all oil changes/work done on the vehicle) and they stated the shifter assembly needs replacing. I am quite upset over this as there are thousands of complaints of this happening to individuals and GM is not taking responsibility for it. I should not have to replace a shifter assembly in this new of a car and especially a car that has been well taken care of. I have been quoted $1,000 to replace the shifter assembly. I have maintained my vehicle doing all the necessary work/oil changes and all recommended maintenance. Once the vehicle is in park and you go to shut the vehicle off, an alarm dings and displays a message saying "shift to park." The vehicle is in park, you can remove your foot from the brake and it does not roll. You can not walk away from the vehicle because the battery will then drain. Normally, vehicle has to be restarted and placed in drive then shift back to park in order for it to go off. This is happening consistently now. This could become even a greater issue than GM is realizing as if you do not pay attention to the message, your car can remain on and individuals could die from carbon monoxide. This is an issue that GM & Chevy needs to address sooner than later.
"takata recall" ihave a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu it has 23000 miles on it. I took it in to be looked at because it was no longer recognizing when I placed it in park. My 36,000mile warranty ended 2 months ago to the day I had it at the dealership. I was told I needed to replace the shifter assembly, I am quite upset because there's only 23,000 miles on this and I feel this should be covered by the drive train warranty or as a recall. I have seen several reports recently regarding this same issue in the 2016 Chevy Malibu's that are the same style as mine. Bottom line 23,000 miles on a Chevy Malibu should not have to replace a shifter assembly and cost 1300 dollars out of pocket to do so. I have maintained my vehicle doing all of the necessary work or oil changes and recommended maintenance. When parking the vehicle I have placed it in park and an alarm goes off saying place your vehicle in park, it's in park but you cannot walk away from the car because the battery will then drain or I will have bigger issues. I have to restart the car, shift into drive and slowly place my car in park to get the message to clear and it recognize that it is in park. This happens at work, in a parking lot, in my garage, at the store, and sometimes it happens several times in a row after restarting again and again.
- Apple Valley, MN, USA
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When the car is in a stationary position and attempting to turn off the car, I received an error on my dashboard display stating 'shift to park' however the car is showing in park. Car will not turn off completely. After restarting the car and shifting into drive/reverse, and attempting to turn off the car numerous times it may finally register in park and allow the car to be completely shut off.
There is times I will stop put car in park and shut engine off and the screen will read shift to park. So I will have to start it again pull ahead or back up and try it again. There is times I have to do it many times before it registers and sometimes only once. For the date of when it happened that was the last time it did it but has done it in the past
My 2016 Chevy Malibu has 93,000 miles on it. No issues until this day. Last week I was driving it in a neighborhood about 40 miles from my home. When I got to the neighborhood I had to apply my brakes. The brakes were locked at top of the pedal. I was unable to stop. Scared the [xxx] out of me! dropped the people off. Drove 3 blocks to a 7 11, scared to drive any further. Parked and the car died and would not start. Waiting 3 hours for the tow truck, finally got the Chevy Malibu and myself home a 5am. Had a mobile mechanic run a diagnostic on it. Multiple issues came up. Everything from multiple brake issues and even more engine issues. Had to towed to a Chevy dealership near by. Brake tech ran a diagnostic, said not brakes it's an engine issue. Engine tech says it 'maybe' timing or cam shaft. $2500 on a maybe, best they can tell from the diagnostic. From all the reviews I have read about this very same issue and the guessing game at owners expense. None of these have fixed the issues. While reading the reviews, I read 3 people have died from this very same issue. In addition GM has remove any and all warranty on this vehicle above the 36,000 miles. GM will not take any responsibility for the Chevy Malibu death trap which they are fully aware of. No recall, no repair support for the dealership that now is involved with this worthless product. My question for GM is how many people have to die before they will do anything about it? I say to the CEO of GM. I want one of your family members to have my car as there daily drive. But wait the engine will not even turn over. Nothing but a paperweight now. To all head honchos at GM I have large car parts the need to be placed were the sun don't shine. Take responsibility for your product!!! I will inform every website, social media and any forum possible about your products and your complete lack of ethics. Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
When I shift my vehicle to park and shut it off it will tell me on screen to shift to park and my vehicle is shut off. I have to start it again and pull ahead or back up and try it again. There is times it will doing like 6X before it actually reading that it's in park.
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.
Takata recall. The 2016 Chevy Malibu 2016 stopped working while in motion, the engine shut off and steering wheel locked. Leaving me hanging and in a dangerous situation. The car completely turned off and I was unable to move the steering wheel. This happened while driving. No prior issues until this. I was completely in motion while it happened on my neighborhood street.
The accelerator pedal or sensor appears to be defective on these vehicles. I've had to replace mine twice within the past 16 months. Also, after researching several auto forums, this issue is affecting a large number of people. This defect causes the engine to reduce power, which then does not allow you to drive over 25mph. This can be extremely dangerous, especially if you are driving on an expressway when it occurs, like I was the first time the pedal went out. The 1st episode occurred 1/18, with the most recent event occurring today.
2016 Chevy Malibu check engine light has been turning on. It states reduce engine speed. This has happened to me when I am on the freeway and I am unable to accelerate. I can only go 30-40mpg. This has happened to me a couple times now. The latest was today. They had already replaced the throttle but it keeps happening.
When starting to progress from a stop, the Malibu will not accelerate for several seconds, and then when it does go it, surges forward. It occurs intermittently, but increases over time. This all occurs with no check engine light. We have taken it to the dealer several times were they have kept it for a combined total of well over a month, but claim that without a check engine light, there is nothing that they can do. It appears to happen predominately during the spring/summer months, and is less frequent during the much colder fall/winter months. We are being told that there is nothing that can be done from the manufacturer and the dealer. My wife is refusing to drive the car for fear that her or our children will be involved in an accident if the car will not proceed once in a busy intersection.
Takata recall when shifting into park it will not go into park and you have to mess with it for a few minutes to get into park. When into a forum and it seem to be a common issue
Vehicle stalled on highway while driving at speed on two different occasions despite servicing after the first incident. Both times, pop up alert says "shift to park" and then "engine has reduced power" after which the gas pedal no longer works. After pulling to the side of the road, there was a low battery alert.
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
For the past two years I have been experiencing a loud popping noise in the rear of my vehicle while operating it. I have taken it in for maintenance at my local Chevrolet dealer however they continue to tell me that they cannot duplicate the noise. The noise sounds like it may be coming from my back axles and doesn't seem to be affected by a minimum or maximum speed. I have ensured all brackets are secured inside of my trunk as I thought there might have been something loose however, that is not the case.
When car is put in park and turned off a notification of 'shift park' displays while dinging in car. Car is stationary during this time. Also when driving sometimes my car slows down and a notification of engine power down while dinging sound goes off. Car will then eventually power down and come to a stop. Car has done this on the highway and while driving around the city. Both has happened on several on several occasions. The shift to park incident happens daily and the engine power down situation happens occassionaly last time it happened was 3/22/2019
Twice I have had the accelerated pedal replace, which cause the engine to lose power. I have take this in over 13 time for the engine light to come. I was driving on 495 at the speed of 60 mph in 2nd time almost was hit from behind.
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- Wonder Lake, IL, USA