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Shift to park. I am able to shift to park but then sometimes when I turn off my car, I receive a notification stating that my car is not in park. Most of the time i either have to jiggle the shift gear, turn off and on my car in order for the notification to go away.
Unknown. Anytime I go in reverse, then put it in drive, hit the breaks, let off the breaks and turn you can hear this popping noise coming from the rear. A lot of group forums for 2016-2019 Malibu-??s are complaining about this. I have 3 kids and was told this is a safety issue and should be a recall as there are a lot of them out there with same problems! Could possibly get in an accident from this. A lot of forums are saying ball joints, axles, rear arm bushings, suspension knuckles and other things. Chevrolet should really look into this and make it as a recall as someone-??s life could be in danger from these issues.
Shift to park error. Micro switch inside shifter not making contact. Dealership replaced shifter control assembly in June 2019 with 9,393 miles on vehicle, Issue repeating June 2021. Same part being replaced by dealership again with 15,000 miles on vehicle. Lots of online complaints. Why no recall?
While driving received recurring check engine light for p2127/p2138 code. Has been to Quirk Chevrolet twice previously for same issue, drives fine for a week or two and light comes back. Third service appointment scheduled for Monday 6/7/21. Recurring issue has made vehicle unusable while effected as car goes into limp mode while in motion limiting speeds to 25mph which was interesting to say the least as it happens while in motion.
OBD2 codes ran on vehicle show: P0138 ("O2 sensor circuit High voltage bank 1 sensor 2") P013E (unknown) P2138 ("Throttle/Pedal Position Sensor Switch D/E Voltage Correlation") Vehicle is getting poor fuel mileage and has a drastic delay in acceleration after pressing the gas pedal, putting driver in immediate danger in traffic.
- Jonesboro, AR, USA
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2017 Chevy Malibu shift to park notification message comes on after car is in park and turned off. Seems to be a common issue in this vehicle. My vehicle has 33, 304 miles and is a new used purchase. Issue began 4 days after purchase and seems to be ongoing issue with GM motors however no recall.
While parking, a "park to shift" warning comes on and will not turn off unless I jiggle the shifter or shift through several times. Lights and radio will not turn off until warning goes away.
This issue has happened twice. The first time it happened it was in motion on the highway and a message appeared on the dashboard, "engine power is reduced." It began deaccelerating from 75 mph to 20 mph. I had to quickly pull over the car to the side of the highway and I cut the car off. I truned the car back on and the message went away. The second time it occurred the vehicle was in motion on the highway again when the engine light came on in the dashboard with a message, "engine power is reduced." The car was going 80 mph when the message came on this time. I reached out to the Chevrolet dealership and they confirmed there was not a recall. I did some research on the issue and discovered that there have been other people with the same vehicle who have experienced the same issue.
Shift to park shown after car is in park. I had this happen 3 to for times a week, and I would have to restart car take out of park and put it into park several times till the message on dashboard would go away.. I had to replace sl-N-contol and N-harness.car only has 37,000 miles on it.
Reduced engine power warning 12/29/20 plus numerous occurrences in 2019 while driving on the highway; vehicle slows to 40mph without warning shift to park warning when vehicle already in park, can't shut off vehicle until it recognizes park, often taking upwards of 10 minutes of repeated shifting stabilitrack sensor warning and loss of cruise control, at highway speeds
When I shift my car to park and turn off the ignition, I receive a message stating "shift to park". it keeps my car in the accessory start position thereby running the battery down if I cannot get it to recognize that the car is in park and the engine is shut off. This has been an intermittent, ongoing problem for about 2 weeks. I contacted the local GM dealer about this but there is no recall.
When driving at auto stop, when beginning to accelerate, car acts like it shut off and says steering assist reduced drive with care. I noticed the battery voltage goes down to 11.0 V. also the radio screen flickers black. This has happened multiple times in multiple days.
Vehicle would indicate/notify to shift to park even though vehicle indeed in was in park not allowing you to complete turn car off. Car would remain in ancillary mode.
Driving down the interstate at 70 mph and car states reduced power mode. I could only go 20 mph and try to cross 4 lanes of a highway during rush hour. I almost killed several people including myself. I have read this is happening to other people and I want it fixed.
Shift to park error message. Cant turn off car. Shifter is in park but shift to park error message. Not sure if car is fully in park. Got repaired twice but car dealership said temporary fix, this will keep happening.
I just submitted a complaint about this issue, it has happened more times than I can count so I'm submitting again. I have told people at Chevy about this problem twice, when I went in for oil changes/maintenance. I have only gone to Chevy for any type of maintenance because I want my car to be taken care of by people that should know everything about it. That's why I'm extremely disappointed that I have purchased this car brand new, taken the best care of it, only taken it to Chevy even though it's obviously more expensive, but still no one has helped me with this problem or explained why it's happening. It's been over a year since I've reported the problem, and now I'm worried I may have too many miles for this problem to be taken care of. When I put my car in park, it doesn't always recognize it's in park. This means that my car will not turn off, and I can't leave my car until it recognizes it's in park. I've found that this problem will almost always happen if I try to turn off my car engine "too soon". I have to wait about a minute before I can turn off my engine, or I risk my car not recognizing it's in park. If this happens, sometimes I only have to press on my break. Other times I have to turn the engine back on, drive, and wait before trying to turn my engine off again. This can take multiple tries, multiple minutes worth of just trying to park my car and turn it off. I do commute about 70 miles round trip for work each day (Monday-Friday), so I use my car quite a bit, but like I mentioned I bought this car brand new and take the best care of it. I do not cut any corners because I do drive it a lot. I have never been in an accident, had a ticket, I drive very safely. There is no reason, my car should have any problems simply parking after having it for less than 2 years.
When I put my car in park, if I turn off my engine after a few seconds of sitting in park, sometimes my car doesn't recognize it's in park. My car will tell me to put it in park before I'm able to turn off my car. Sometimes I just have to step on my break again, and it will recognize it's in park. Sometimes I have to turn my engine back on and wait a minute or two. Sometimes I have to put my car in drive again before putting it in park, waiting a couple minutes, and then it finally recognizes it's in park. I have not figured out what works best, except for just waiting a little bit before trying to turn off my engine. If I can't get my car to recognize it's in park, I can't leave my car because the battery will not turn off until it recognizes it's in park. It can be very frustrating. When I brought my car in for an oil change at Chevy, I mentioned this problem to Chevy, thinking maybe something was loose. They said they've heard about this problem before, and said they could fix it. When I came back for my next oil change, I again needed to mention this problem, because the problem goes away for a little but comes back. Again, they said they could fix it, but it still happens. They are aware of this problem, it's happening to multiple Chevy customers, but no one has been able to tell me what the problem is or how to fix it.
It takes a while for the car to accelerate on highways or streets. With my foot to the floor of the accelerator, it gets to 20 mph in about 15-20 seconds which prevents any pickup. Only thing that helps the pickup is when I use octane booster in the tank and it'll drive as it should with pickup for a very short period (5 miles) otherwise the acceleration is extremely laggy with no pickup.
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- Volo, IL, USA