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My trunk was flooded for no reason. Plus when I shift to park it says shift to park when I already have. My sister just gave me this car with only 14,000 miles and two problems. The trunk mat is getting white mold. This car sat for 6 months.
Sometimes when I park, even though vehicle is clearly in park, I receive a message on the dash that I need to "shift to park". this is a known problem with many GM vehicles and if you leave the car like this, it will drain your battery. I have to repeatedly shift out of park and back in to get the message to go away. I don't know what I will do when this stops working. The date of "when did this happen?" is the most recent, but it has happened several times.
I bought the 2017 Malibu premeir with 5 miles on it in Sept 2017 and have had problems from the start. 2018 while riding on interstate my car just stopped went straight to dealer they said nothing was wrong after keeping car for 2 days. Went to leave dealer ship and car stopped in parking lot, sensors went out on front of car. Fixed 2019.next my car kept getting water in tire well and I went to dealer and they told me it was not a recall. So I kept bailing out water and parking in garages. Three months later recall.I was without car for 4 weeks as carpet, headliner and complete trunk carpet and molding had to be replaced because of mold,2020.my car tells me to shift to park when car is in park and I have to turn car off and on nd move from D to P to get it to work. Tells me when 'I'm driving no key found in vehicle or put key fob in pocket.,yesterday Sept 5.2020 went to get inspection sticker and attendent told me you have no backup lights. Never noticed it. So went to auto zone and bought light and went to mechanic shop to have put in. While sitting in car went to open sunroof, it wasn't working and it had been months since I remember opening it, so 'I'm reading owners manual and went to turn on map lights. No lights. So mechanic comes and says there is nothing wrong with your bulbs. Let me check fuses, usually when both light go out at same time its a fuse problem told him about sun roof and map light, he checked every fuse inside and out. There is nothing wrong with my fuses or the lights. They just wont come on. Neither will sunroof open. My car has 56000 miles on it and I've had problems since 25000 miles. I thought I would keep this car for at least ten years as it cost a pretty penny for the car
When shift car into park and go to turn car off a message pops up that car needs to be in park even though it shows it is in park. Doesn't happen all the time but happens and you have to turn car on and off and shift a few times before it will recognize it is in park.
A dashboard notice to 'shift to park' pops up after putting the car into park and attempting to turn it off. The car does not register that the car has already been stopped and switched to park.
- St. Charles, MO, USA
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The nuts used to fasten 3rd brake light are not locking nuts therefor loosen causing the 3rd break light to filter to loosen and break. This also causes flooding in the trunk of the vehicle. I had 2 inches of water in the spare tire compartment along with a soaked trunk which caused a terrible smell. You will see in the pictures I have tried to repair the broken plastic on the break light with an epoxy mix. Replacement would be better. I think breakage is caused because the nuts loosen.
When I get to a stop light the auto stop activates. When the car goes to turn back on it trips up and dies completely. The steering wheel locks and the car won't turn back on. I have to wait for about 15 minutes until the car will turn on again. It doesn't happen every time. It usually happens when I am at a red light for longer than 30 seconds.
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 top of the rear window near the third break light starting leaking. I reviewed online Chevrolet forums with common complaints and read the defect could be related to recent recalls with the vehicle. Also, the leak is cause damage to my vehicles interior panels.
My 2017 Chevy Malibu had the engine power reduced come on..it was the throttle position sensor..I got it fixed paid almost 400$..not even 2 weeks later it's doing it again
Vehicle stuck in reverse shift lock had an internal failure and was replaced by the Chevy dealership. Replaced shifter due to stuck lock. Pulled up to car wash put car in reverse shifter locked and was unable to move out of reverse. Toll truck came and driver was able to manually move cable under the hood so I could put car in neutral.
Intermittently when the car has been shifted into park and turned off a message on the driver control screen states to shift to park and will leave the car battery on and will beep the doors are open. Happens 70 percent of the time. Typically to get the message to go away I have to turn the car on and shift out of park, shift back into park and turn off again sometimes I have to do this several times.
When I push the button to turn off the vehicle while having my foot on the brake it displays a message saying 'shift to park'. it will not let you turn off the car. I have to push the button to 'restart the engine' then slam it into park. It typically takes 3 repeats of this before the car finally allows me to shut it off. It's frustrating, time consuming and noisy as if you do not see the message and go to open the door, it beeps noisily notifying you that the car is not off. Apparently quite a few drivers have this issue, as I have read the complaints listed. My local dealership quoted me at repair costs of over $700 to fix this. This seems unfair since clearly it is a manufacturer issue.
Lately when I stop at a light or intersection my vehicle auto stops but when I try to go the vehicle shuts off and will not start. I have to put on my flashers while in traffic and shut the vehicle on and off until it restarts. One of the warnings read stabil and another reads power shut off as well as battery saver active. I have taken it in but have been told they do not know what is wrong so they reset the system however, this dangerous issue remains. This started the beginning of March and has continued.
Everyt I put my car in park I get an error stating shift to park and the car will not turn off. The car is in park when I'm trying to turn the car off. Took my car to Chevy and there is some faulty paper work. I signed off on one contract then I was called in and was told some of my signature didnt do through and now its showing I canceled the extended warranty which I never did. I still have the original paperwork. They revised my original contract with going over the new contract. Now im stuck with an expensive bill for repair because I assumed I was signing the same contract. This issue needs to be added to the recall list for repair. Ithis is not a user issue this is a GM issue.
Reduced engine power started popping up on the dashboard and forcefully reduces speed to 20mph. Hundreds of Chevy owners are reporting this abnormalities recently and Chevrolet is concealing this manufacture defect.
I was driving in the mountains when engine power is reduced light came on and cars max speed topped out at 20-25 mph. Started the car an hour later and everything went off. Took it to the dealership to be told nothing is wrong. A month later same exact issue. This time I was driving in the city at 30mph when engine power is reduced light came on again and speed was affected again. Now the engine light is remaining on.
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- Woodridge, IL, USA