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The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Malibu. After the contact shifted the vehicle into park, the shift to park warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle was unable to be locked. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The contact stated that she never experienced the failure in the past. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 28,844.
Once the engine is shut off it'll say 'shift to park'but the car is already in park. It'll pop up as an error. I'll have to push up my shift gear further for the notification to go away.
Transmission system is not performing as expected. An issue has been detected in the ignition system which oversees the timing and spark necessary to ignite fuel into the engine. GM and Chevrolet dealerships are claiming there is no problem however engine light comes on and on-star reports problems and nothing is fixed. Brand new car with 8600 miles and less then a year old.
While driving my 2018 Malibu with only 7500 miles on it, the car would not accelerate. I pushed the gas pedal to the floor and the car had no power and I almost was in a crash with another vehicle. A lot of lights came on the dashboard and the gauges went to zero. An error message displayed that said something like engine power reduced and the check engine light came on. The gas gauge and others acted like the car was shut off. This is very dangerous for me and my family as traffic in the northern Virginia area is very heavy. I pulled to the side of the road and shut the car off. I tried to restart it and it would not restart for 10 minutes. When it did restart the check engine light was still on and the car still had very limited power. This needs fixed asap. It is currently at the dealer where I bought it from in November of 2018. I told them about the power problem when I had the first service oil change done and they said there was nothing they could do about it. I bought a new car so that I wouldn't have any problems and now I have to deal with this product that no one wants to fix. Please find a solution to this problem as it is life threatening.
My vehicle has an electrical issue with the power windows and the radio. The power windows will stop working if I try to adjust them to the perfect height for me, forcing me to have to press buttons on another window in order to be able to go back to the window that I would like to adjust. This problem is present in all four windows. The major problem is that the car has some sort of power issue that has been recognized by the Chevrolet dealerships that I have taken it to but it still has not been fixed. In the middle of driving the car loses power and will not move forward at a regular pace and begins to struggle to move forward while the RPM's build up bringing it close to redlining. At that point it will begin to move and jerk when it finally shifts into gear and will do it a second time immediately after the first jerk and begin to drive normal. It has nearly killed my pregnant wife and myself multiple times. It has nearly gotten my younger cousin and I killed on the expressway by struggling to drive while placing in the path of a oncoming semi. We brought the car in late December of 2018 and the problems started about a few days short of a week into the new year. This car is dangerous and from what I understand there are drivers of the Chevy Cruze experiencing some of the same issues.
- Miami, FL, USA
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I've had the car for about 54 days as of today and at 47 days into owning the car, it is starting to shut off completely in the middle of traffic while stationary when the auto-off shuts the engine off and I would have to wait at least 20 mins minimum until the car would start again. While trying to start the car, it would say battery needs recharge/service stabilitrak. Since having this issue the A/C also stopped working.
The first time the vehicle shut off was cruising out of a parking lot, it did so for a split second. The next time was at my house, I needed to go run to the store. I tried starting it. It said "shift to park" but I was in park. Then it said "service stabilitrack system", and then something along the lines of "power steering service required". I waited and tried for hours and then eventually called for a tow truck.
I was driving my 2018 Chevy Malibu ls that I haven't owned for more then 30 days and my check engine light came on in the driveway when I started it up to let it warm since it was winter so I took it to christenson Chevrolet in highland Indiana and the code U01B0 came up which is the battery sensor module and the dealer told me there is no fix for it and engineering is looking into it and the paperwork they gave me shows they have had this problem with the 2017 and 2018 models and no fix yet. They are selling cars with defects and I told them I wanted a different model or same model and they told me I had to talk to corporate which I did and corporate told me I had to talk to the dealer so now I am in the workings of filing a lawsuit for lemon law since they have no intention on fixing this problem since now the remote start won't work since this issue and corporate isn't doing anything which is fine because the courts will work this out Chevrolet use to be a good reliable company but not anymore
My right blinker and brake light keep shorting out. It will be fine for a few days and then stop working. Also, the interior carpet is too short and keep coming out of the trim in the front area S of the vehicle.
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- Washington, DC, USA