2016 Chevrolet Malibu

SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW IN 2016 I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE VCM 4 TIMES. NOTHING SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE STOP/START NEVER WORKED RIGHT. THREE TIMES OVER THE LAST MONTH, AFTER VARIOUS REPAIRS AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE CAR HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THE DOORS UNLOCKED AND LOCKED, VEHICLE JUMPED 3 TIMES, ALL KINDS OF WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES ON THE DASH....THEN NOTHING BUT A DEAD CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ON A SUNNY DRY DAY. I COULD'VE BEEN THE CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS WHILE STOPPED IN THE ROADWAY AND MANY PEOPLE COULD'VE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE CAR WAS FIXED THE FOURTH TIME YESTERDAY AND THE MECHANIC TOOK IT OUT TO TEST BEFORE RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO ME. IT DIED ON HIM AGAIN AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE SERVICE CENTER. SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AND THE CERTIFIED GM TECHS CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG. P3055 AND P3056 ARE THE ERROR CODES THAT COME UP EVERY TIME. NEW BATTERY, NEW VCM, NEW WIRING HARNESS....EACH TIME THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE UNTIL IT COMPLETELY STOPPED RUNNING. NO RECALL AND THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY SO CHEVY IS NOT WILLING TO HELP AT ALL.

UPON STOPPING AND SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK, THE INSTRUMENT DISPLAY GIVES A "SHIFT TO PARK" WARNING AND WHEN THE "STOP / START" BUTTON IS PUSHED TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE STOPS, BUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM REMAINS ENERGIZED. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND IT OFTEN TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REMEDY BY RE-STARTING THE ENGINE, SHIFTING INTO GEAR, SHIFTING BACK TO PARK, THEN HITTING THE "STOP / START" BUTTON AGAIN BEFORE IT WORKS CORRECTLY. BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THIS AND OTHER SITES, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND MY LOCAL DEALER HAS QUOTED ME APPROXIMATELY $500 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL ASSEMBLY. GM HAS ALSO ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, NO. 18-NA-297, WHICH RECOGNIZES THIS PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS 27,000 MILES ON IT AND IS 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FROM A 100 YEAR OLD CAR COMPANY THAT THE GOVERNMENT BAILED OUT JUST 10 YEARS AGO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STABILITY CONTROL AND STEERING ASSIST REDUCED WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE THEN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

WHEN SHIFTER WAS PLACED INTO PARK IN A PUBLIC PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE DISPLAYED A "SHIFT TO PARK" ERROR AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE ISSUE CONTINUED DESPITE TWO DEALER REPAIR ATTEMPTS. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE IN MY GARAGE, IN MY DRIVEWAY, AND AT NUMEROUS PUBLIC PARKING LOTS. LATER, THE VEHICLE SMACKED THE BRAKES WITHOUT DRIVER INPUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND DISPLAYED A "STABILITRAK" ERROR. WHEN I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND SHIFTED TO PARK, IT AGAIN DISPLAYED THE "SHIFT TO PARK" ERROR AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. EVENTUALLY I WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, IT DISPLAYED "STABILITRAK" ERROR AND "POWER STEERING" ERROR. I DISABLED THE STABILITRAK SYSTEM IN ORDER TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD BECAUSE I WAS IN A REMOTE AREA WITH NO PLACE TO GET THE CAR FIXED. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD TURN THE STABILITRAK SYSTEM BACK ON AND SMACK THE BRAKES. A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING. THIS ISSUE CONTINUED TO REPEAT ITSELF WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR.

WHEN SHIFTER WAS PLACED INTO PARK IN A PUBLIC PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE DISPLAYED A "SHIFT TO PARK" ERROR AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE ISSUE CONTINUED DESPITE TWO DEALER REPAIR ATTEMPTS. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE IN MY GARAGE, IN MY DRIVEWAY, AND AT NUMEROUS PUBLIC PARKING LOTS. LATER, THE VEHICLE SMACKED THE BRAKES WITHOUT DRIVER INPUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND DISPLAYED A "STABILITRAK" ERROR. WHEN I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND SHIFTED TO PARK, IT AGAIN DISPLAYED THE "SHIFT TO PARK" ERROR AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. EVENTUALLY I WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, IT DISPLAYED "STABILITRAK" ERROR AND "POWER STEERING" ERROR. I DISABLED THE STABILITRAK SYSTEM IN ORDER TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD BECAUSE I WAS IN A REMOTE AREA WITH NO PLACE TO GET THE CAR FIXED. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD TURN THE STABILITRAK SYSTEM BACK ON AND SMACK THE BRAKES. A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING. THIS ISSUE CONTINUED TO REPEAT ITSELF WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINED DRIVEWAY. THE CAR WAS RAINED ON FOR 2 CONSTITUTIVE DAYS. THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY JUST ABOVE THE REAR LEAKED INTO THE ROOF OF THE CARE AND THE TRUNK. THE LEAK WAS EXTREMELY FAST AND CAUSED A POOL ABOUT 1/2 AN INCH DEEP TO BUILD UP IN THE SPARE TIRE STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF THE TRUNK. THE LEAK CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ROOF PANEL ON THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR WITH SIGNIFICANT WATER MARKS, AND COMPLETELY SOAKED THE TRUNK AS MENTIONED BEFORE WITH THE POOL OF WATER. THE CAR WAS PURCHASE NEW AND HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT OR COLLISION OF ANY TYPE. THE TECHNICIAN THAT REPAIRED THE LEAK SHOWED THE LEAK WAS CAUSED BY A LOOSE NUT ON THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY JUST ABOVE THE REAR WINDOW. I HAVE ATTACHED THE INVOICE FROM THE REPAIR SHOP THAT FIXED THE LEAK. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO SERVICE OR INVESTIGATE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE. THE CARE WAS STATIONARY AND PARKED UNDER A RAINSTORM WHEN THE DAMAGES WERE NOTICED. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL THERE IS NO ELECTRICAL DAMAGE HOWEVER THE PROXIMITY TO THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT WARRANTS THE REPORT OF ELECTRICAL DAMAGE. BODY DAMAGE IS DUE TO WATER DAMAGE TO THE FLOOR MATS OF THE TRUNK, HEADREST IN THE PASSENGER AREA OF THE CAR, AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON SATURDAY JULY 6TH, 2019. THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON TUESDAY JULY 9TH, 2019.

MY 2016 MALIBU HAS INTERMITTENTLY NOT TURNED OFF WHEN HITTING THE STOP BUTTON AND THE ERROR MESSAGE "SHIFT TO PARK" WAS COMING UP. THE CAR WAS IN PARK. I AM ABLE TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE WITH NO MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS INCREASED TO WHERE I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES AND EVENTUALLY IT ALLOWS THE CAR TO TURN OFF. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE SHIFTER WAS BAD. HE STATED THAT HE KNEW THAT WAS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS THE 8TH ONE THEY HAD REPLACED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I DO NOT LIVE IN A LARGE METRO AREA SO 8 IS A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER FOR THE POPULATION. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND NOTICED THAT MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FOR THE 2016-2017 MALIBU AND VOLTS OVER THE SAME ISSUE.

WHILE ON VACATION ROAD TRIP TO SEVERAL NORTHWESTERN STATES, WHILE TURNING AROUND IN A PARKING LOT, ABOUT TO EXIT, CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF - NO WARNING LIGHTS OR NOTHING, JUST SHUTS OFF, LOOKED UNDER HOOD, NOTHING UNUSUAL, WAITED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, CAR STARTED WITH STIIL NO WARNING LIGHTS . WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO TEXAS WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. CHECKED INTERNET AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS - HOWEVER THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER OCCURRENCES OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER MALIBUS. UPON RETURN HOME PHONED MY DEALERSHIP AND MADE THEM AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING, THEY ENCOURAGED ME TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AT THIS TIME DUE TO THEY HAVE NOTHING STATING THIS HAS HAPPENED.