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My car keeps losing power. It starts with the radio flashing on and off. Then the steering locks up. The car sometimes shuts all the way off. It starts back up but it will shut off while driving. I purchased the car May 2019. It has happened several times. Most recently 9/16/2019. Driving the radio flashed the steering wheel tightened. It didnt shut down. But it when through that process like 5-6 times back to back. When researching the issue I see my car is not the only car having this problem. It appears to be a wide spread issue with the 2013 Chevy Malibu. It should be addressed.
Coming home from work on 8/6/2019 traveling down md-210 highway, with car motion, the radio cut off and then entire car shut off. We stopped at a red light, so my husband took the key out of the ignition restarted the car and we traveled home. This is not the first time, we had our car checked at our mechanic's shop but at the time he could not determine what the issue could be and could not duplicate the issue. This is not the first time, the radio cuts off, instrument dash lights, cuts off and the the power steering shuts down just for a couple of seconds, it happened when we traveled to work, my husband turned the steering wheel right to get on the highway, the radio went off for a few seconds then it came back home. This is very dangerous and god forbid if this happens while car in motion on a green light it could kill someone. Please recall this vehicle asap.
Takata recall when I'm in park or at a stop sign it red light the car will shutdown it keeps doing it no shops can find the problem they check engine light is not on its reading as if nothing is wrong with the car ! my friend has same vehicle and her is doing the same thing
Door locks engaging and disengaging randomly while driving, headlights turning off and on randomly while driving, car starting while parked in garage (no remote start). Dealership replaced BCM, could not guarantee this fixed the problem. Indicated they had never seen the issue before. Within 2 weeks, all issues repeated themselves. Returned to dealership. The dealership kept the car for 2 weeks and then called me and left a message to pick it up as they could not find the issue. When I called back, the dealership said "it was a good thing you haven't picked up the vehicle yet, it started on its own 3 times this morning". if I had picked this vehicle up, the issue would have happened again while I was at home. Case has been filed with Chevrolet customer car, and sufs (GM global safety). No action has been taken. No engineers have been sent down to look at the car from GM headquarters. After the car started on its own at the dealership, they changed out the ignition switch, but again, cannot guarantee the issues won't reoccur. Car was returned to the dealership for a third time on May 2nd after the headlights turned on and off 3 times on the way to work on May 1st. After having the vehicle until May 10th, I was informed that the dealership could not find an issue, and I should pick the car up as they could not diagnose the problem if they do not see it. The response from GM has been a joke. The car is not safe to drive. I cannot drive it at night, and cannot part it in my garage, as it could start and cause my entire family to die from carbon monoxide poisoning, or could overheat from running in park while we are sleeping and start a fire. I cannot in good conscience sell the car either. So, I am stuck with an unsafe vehicle that General Motors will not take responsibility for. My concern is that there may be other vehicles on the road with the same issue.
I received a message on my interior screen that air shut off due to engine overheating yesterday. Three weeks ago, my service engine light came on and I had autozone run a diagnostic test and it said to replace radiator. This car is a 2013 Chevy Malibu and I keep it in good condition. It has 75,701 miles. These warning messages occur when the car is moving on the highway.
- Lake Saint Louis, MO, USA
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The car will stall while pulling into traffic or at a red light or stop sign. After mmseveral stops it drains the battery completely. No problems when driving long distances on the interstate. Very dangerous. L
Driving to dealership to have oil changed, check engine light on, battery on an battery saver activated, dealer said battery was good, ,when starting car, put in gear, steering wheel won't move, turn off, start again, then moves, an car dies, an restarts by itself.while driving hesitation in accelerating. I called 1-800-521-7300, spoke to nash, ,I am told there is no recall on this.very upsetting to buy a car an have this happen, ,first an last Chevy I ever buy, ,,thought GM would taje care of their customers !!!!
Saturday I was parking my car and the car all of a sudden stopped. The wheel locked and then the car just shut off. I had no problem restarting it. Today I was on the highway and my vehicle did the same thing.
My 2013 Chevrolet Malibu lost power and shut off while driving on five different occasions to date. The first two times I had come to a complete stop and the key could not be removed from the ignition. I had to wait for 10 to 30 minutes before the power returned and could remove the key or restart the vehicle. On the third occasion, I was driving on the highway and the radio and air conditioning lost power and the car was threatening to shut off but regained power. The steering wheel briefly locked up during this event. I later turned off on the nearest exit making a complete stop at the light and the vehicle lost complete power and shut off in the middle of traffic.the steering wheel locked up, the radio and all lights went black and the air shut off for a few seconds and then came back on. I had to put the car in park and was then able to restart it. The same thing happened on a residential street with heavy traffic while slowing for a stop light.the next incident was in a parking lot while trying to back out with the car still in drive. There were also a few times where the radio went black and the steering wheel locked up briefly while making a turn but did not loose power. My daily commute to work requires me to take the highway. I am terrified of what may happen after the memorial day holiday when I am to return to work and travel the highway again.
I am having a problem with my speedometer jumping, and there is also an indicater light that keeps popping on saying that my car is losing power. I've taken to the landers dealership where I am purchasing my car from six time's now to be fixed, and yet it continues to happen.
While driving the car informed me that I had an accident and onstar called. This happened several times. In order to stop the flashers I would have to pull over and restart the car. I informed the dealer and they have been testing, calling GM, and repairing for 6weeks. They keep telling me it is fixed and I drive it and the same thing happens again. This has been going on for 6 weeks now and it's still at the dealer. They can not seem to find the issue. The last time I tried to drive the car in addition to to the other problems the car would stop all together. This seems like a major saftey issue to me.
My 2013 Chevy Malibu has been having power and/or electrical issues. I have took it to the dealership numerous of times, but the issue is still ongoing. When I steer left or right, my car powers down and the steering wheel locks. Some times the car radio screen and dashboard lights flashes on & off. The only way to make it stop is to turn the car off and back on. I can be driving down the road and the car will shut down and power off on its own. It is extremely dangerous, but that is the only transportation I have right now. I am not sure what is going on and I have seen numerous of complaints from people with the same issues. Please investigate.
Trunk release : the trunk randomly releases and pops open even while driving down the road. This has happened several times and last happened on 01/10/2018 while it was parked.
In the last year, I had to replace, at my own expense, 3 out of the 4 wheel bearing hub assemblies on my 2013 Chevrolet Malibu. There is also a terrible toxic smell coming from the air conditioning and heating vents attributed to the car's evaporator core. Chevrolet has acknowledged these problems, but refuses to make the repairs at their own expense. These issues have never occurred in any vehicle I have ever owned for the last 30 years. Chevrolet must be held responsible before someone is injured, sickened or killed.
Vehicle started stalling while idling at stop signs / lights. Now it completly stops running while in full speed. When using the cars air conditions you can count on it stalling in stationary motion and when moving.
Rear window blew out, was told something to do with the rear defrost possibly, still had to pay out of pocket for something out of my control, so far very unhappy with Chevy/GM, second car with an unvcovered issue
Heating inoperable without warning, defrost unable to operate, happened after receiving an oil change at a certified GM dealer. Worked fine as I entered the dealership.
We pd 3000 down on a Chevy Malibu from nimnicht Chevrolet 1550 cassatt ave jacksonville fla 32210 on July 5 it was parked for three days when we bought I because I became very sick. July 8 my husband went to go to the store he got to the store the engine light came on he took it right back to the dealership. They kept it a week said it was fixed we went to get it drove it home the check engine light came on again we took it right back asked for the manager told them we wanted our money back they said they couldn't we asked for another car they said they couldn't they promised it would be fixed so it stayed there again they called us again promised it was fixed like a new one.well this was Aug the 1st now they call us tell us its fixed for sure this time. We drove it home and the light came on again!!!!! this has been so stressful me and my husband are disabled he just had knee surgery. Its bout to make me have a nervous breakdown. The car nada is 8645. They charging us 22,000 we haven't even got to drive the car but home and back to the dealership I just want my $3000 I paid down back this car is a lemon and they knew it cause we wanted to buy a good used car and the salesman showed us that one said it was all they had. I looked on line a few nights ago on their sight they had 100S of used cars why he lied so we would buy that lemon please help us just to get our money back and the car is only worth 9000 and we having to pay 22,000 if the salesman would of shown us that we never would of bought it. We just got ripped off
While getting on the expressway the car cut off on the ramp while going 24mph. I was unable to turn on hazard lights, nothing at all would work. I could not immediately restart the car. I could not remove the key either. I had to wait approximately 3 mins for the car to light up and then I could restart the car. On the way home on the ramp on the expressway the car lost power steering and jerked to the left. The enigine did not stop this time. In this case fortunately there were no injuries.
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- Flint, MI, USA