What 921 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Hev

THE ABS AND SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHTS ARE ON. CANNOT BRAKE USING ABS NOR USE STABILITRAK.

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WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE GOING 70 MPH WHEN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT HAYWIRE. THE ENGINE ENGINE STALLED AND LOST POWER STEERING. VERY DANGEROUS!

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HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS. USED ABOUT 50000 MILES. I AM ON MY 3RD WHEEL HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY. THEY ARE LASTING ONE ABOUT A YEAR.

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I STARTED MY CAR THIS MORNING IT STARTED FUNNY THEN DIED BUT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP THEN THE SERVICE STIBILKL TRACK CAME ON . BUT AFTER A COUPLE MIN IT WENT AWAY SO I BACKED OUT OF MY GARAGE AND STARTED TO WORK WENT ABOUT TWO MILES NOTICED THAT THE FAN FOR THE HEATER WAS NOT WORKING THE THE POWER STEARING SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON KEPT DRIVING THE THE SERVICE BATTERY SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AFTER ABOUT 12 MILES THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT THE I COULD SMELL SOMETHING GETTING WARM THEN THE CAR ENGIN STOPED COSTED IN TO THE PARKING LOT GOT OUT THERE WAS NOTHING PUT THE CHARGERE ON THE BATTERTY IT STARTED BUT NOT SURE IF TO DRIVE IT HOME AFTER CHARGING OR NOT. I SEE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE MODUAL ON THAT YEAR OF CARS BUT MINE NEVER HAD GOT FIXED OR NOTHING. SO NOT SURE WHAT TO DO IT HAS RIGHT AT 100000 ON IT NOW SO NO WARENTY. I CALLED THE CHEVY GARAGE THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT COULD BE WRONG BUT IT JUST WORIES ME SMELLING SOMTHING GETTING HOT

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EXPRESSWAY.THE RADIO BLACKED OUT, STOPPED PLAYING AND THEN THE CAR STARTED SHUTTING DOWN-EVERYTHING!STEERING WENT OUT, RADIO, LIGHTS, BLINKERS, ETC.I TOOK IT AS SLOW AS I COULD ALL THE WAY HOME AND GOT ONTO BACK ROADS.THIS PROVED TO BE EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS-EVERY TIME I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL IT WOULD START TO SHUT DOWN AGAIN & AGAIN, ALL THE WAY HOME.I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER-FIXED BUT NOW HAPPENING AGAIN.SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS QUICKLY AND RECOVERS QUICKLY ENOUGH THAT THE ENGINE IS NOT INVOLVED.MY WARNING SIGN IS THAT THE RADIO CUTS OUT AND THE SCREEN GOES BLANK.THAT'S WHEN I KNOW TO PREPARE MYSELF. SOMETIMES THAT IS ALL THAT HAPPENS.OTHER TIMES IT'S MAJOR! I LOOK FOR AN ESCAPE ROUTE-CAN I GET OFF THE ROAD QUICKLY, ARE THERE OTHER CARS AROUND ME, BRACE BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL, SLOW MY SPEED AND PRAY.2/10/19, I WAS DRIVING 55+ MPH ON A 2 LANE ROAD.IT WAS A FAST RADIO OUT, FAST ENGINE WIND DOWN AND OUT OF POWER AND DOOR LOCKS WENT ON AND OFF.THERE WAS A DRIVEWAY FOR ME TO PULL IN TO AND ASSESS THE SITUATION.ENGINE THEN ENGAGED AND THINGS SEEMED BACK TO NORMAL.I CONTINUED HOME, HAD 2 ISSUES BUT I WAS GOING SLOWER AS I WAS AWARE THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN.I PULLED OVER AND CONTINUED EACH TIME.I HAD TO STOP AT THE STORE AND WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AND THE CAR WAS TRYING TO SHUT DOWN AND STEERING WENT OUT MORE THAN ONCE UNTIL I FINALLY GOT IN THE PARKING SPOT.DROVE HOME,PARKED.I WENT INTO THE HOUSE AN READ THE MANUAL.I DECIDED TO GO OUT AND CHECK MY FUSES.KEY FOB DID NOT WORK.DOORS WERE UNLOCKED, GOT IN CAR, PUT KEY IN THE IGNITION AND CAR WAS TOTALLY DEAD.KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION.MY HUSBAND CALLED TOW TRUCK IN THE AM TO JUMP.CAR WOULD NOT JUMP SO HE HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER WHERE IT IS AT THIS MOMENT.I AM AFRAID I'M GOING TO BE KILLED OR CAUSE SOMEONE ELSE HARM IF THEY END UP CRASHING INTO ME BECAUSE OF THE QUICK SHUT DOWN AND LOSS OF STEERING!!!

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROST SYSTEM WAS INOPERABLE AND THE INDICATOR WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD BE AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,934.

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HEAT INTERMITTENTLY DOES NOT BLOW THROUGH THE DEFROST CAUSING THE WINDOWS TO FOG AND DECREASE VISIBILITY.

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FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR HITS THE BACK RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BACK PASSENGER DOOR EXTERIOR MOLDINGS. FRONT DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK WHEN PUT ON, BLOWS ALOT OUT OF FRONT VENTS INSTEAD.

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2013 MALIBU, LOW ENGINE POWER/ SERVICE STABILITRAK. SMELLING LIKE MELTING BURNING RUBBER, WON'T PICK UP SPEED ON ACCELERATION, IT DIED AT THE STOPLIGHT. CONTINUED ON AS I ACCELERATED TO GO UP A HILL IT DIED, I WAS IN TOWN ON CITY STREET. THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS NOT A CAR COMING AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IN THE OTHER LANE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWO TIMES. THAT LAST TIME WHEN THE CAR ALMOST HIT ME I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO START AND MAKE IT HOME. IT'S BEEN IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR 2 WEEKS. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WANTS TO TURN OVER BUT IT WILL NOT START. AND EVERYTHING I'VE READ IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S CAUSED FROM THE GENERATOR CONTROL MODULE. THERE IS A RECALL, BUT FOR SOME REASON NOT FOR MY MALIBU ECO 2013 .

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND THE KEY FAILED TO RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE FREEWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY AND ALMOST CRASHED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BURIEN CHEVROLET (14400 1ST AVE S, BURIEN, WA 98168, (206) 243-5800) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,408. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED EVENAFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP. *JS

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PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR CAUSES ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS INSIDE VEHICLE TO BE DISABLED. HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING DO NOT FUNCTION AND TEMPORARY LOSS OF POWER OCCURS. THIS OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND WHILE STATIONARY.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROST FUNCTION FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY AND IMPACTED THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT DID NOT PROVIDE AN EXTENSIVE DIAGNOSIS TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

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13 MALIBU EVERY DAY AT LEAST TWICE THE RADIO WILL FLICKER OFF AND ON MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEN ONCE I HIT THE BRAKES AND MAKE A TURN THE BRAKE WILL GO SOLID AND THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS HARD ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND THEN ALL MY DASH LIGHTS STOP WORKING. THEN IT WILL ALL POWER ON AND WORK LIKE NEW A FEW SECONDS AFTER. BUT ONCE THE CAR IS PARKED AND CAR IS TURNED OFF IT WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO TAKE THE KEY OUT. AND THEN ONCE YOU TRY TO TURN THE KEY IN THERE IS NO POWER AT ALL. NO LIGHTS. NO CLICKS. NO RADIO. NO NOTHING. COMPLETELY DEAD CAR. BUT THEN IF YOU UNPLUG THE BATTERY FOR 10 MINS AND PLUG IT BACK IN... THEN THE KEY WILL COME OUT AND/OR WILL TURN ON AND THE CAR IS WORKING FINE AGAIN FOR MAYBE A TRIP OR TWO AND THEN IT DOES THIS AGAIN. EVERY SINGLE DAY! NO CODES SHOW ON THE DASH NO LIGHTS OF ANYTHING WRONG AT ALL. HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR ALMOST A MONTH NOW. I HAVE ALMOST HIT MULTIPLE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE!!! HELP!!! LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND ALSO A LOCAL BODY SHOP CANNOT FIND THE ISSUE. I HAVE A 5 YEAR OLD AND I'M TERRIFIED TO TAKE HER ANYWHERE WITH ME AND IT'S OUR ONLY CAR AND I OWE A LOT ON IT. ONLY HAD IT ALMOST 2 YEARS. I NEED HELP

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ORIGINALLY TAKEN IN FOR WATER PUMP REPLACEMENT. NOW STALLS AND DIES RANDOMLY AND GIVES CODES FOR VARIOUS WRONGS, MOST OFTEN FOR WATER IN FUEL LINE. THERE IS NO WATER IN THERE. THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT WHILE I WAS PARKED, WHEN I TRIED TO LEAVE, THAT'S WHEN IT DIED.

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WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 CHEVY MALIBU ON THE HIGHWAY & TURNPIKE, I WAS DRIVING APPROX 60-70 MILES AND HOUR AND THEN OUT OF NOWHERE THE VEHICLE DECREASED SPEED DOWN TO 30 MPH AND ALSO HAD ME CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WITH THE DRIVERS BEHIND ME. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN CAME ON AND A MESSAGE "ENGINE POWER HAS BEEN REDUCED". I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER; HOWEVER, THIS IS A DANGER AND SHOULD BE RESOLVED AS STILL THIS CONTINUES TO OCCUR SINCE I HAVE CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS AND ADVISED OF THE SAFETY ISSUE. STILL HAVE NOT SEEN A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE YET WHICH I WAS SHOCKED. I ASKED THE GENTLEMAN IF THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS AND HE STATED YES. SO I AM VERY SHOCKED THAT THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. MY VEHICLE NOW IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND STILL MECHANICS DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG AND CAN NOT FIX THIS ISSUE. I DO NOT FEEL THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR PARTS THAT THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT WHILE THEY TRY TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. LITERALLY THE MECHANIC AT DAY CHEVROLET DURING THE DIAGNOSTIC JUST SAID TO LETS START SOMEWHERE AND SEE IF THAT RESOLVES THE ISSUE. I DON'T BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR PARTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. SINCE THEN I NOW HAVE MORE LIGHTS POPPING UP REGARDING TRACTION STABILITY, PARKING BREAK (WHICH WAS REPLACED AND DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE) TRACK CONTROL, ETC HAVE COME UP AND SEEMS TO HAVE DISABLED MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. COULD SOMEONE PLEAS CONTACT ME IF THERE IS A SOLUTION FOR THIS IF SOMEONE IS AWARE OF WHAT PART OR PARTS WILL FIX THIS DEFECT.

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THE SUNROOF ELECTRICAL SWITCH MALFUNCTIONS. AFTER OPENING, THE ROOF DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND STAYS PARTIALLY OPENED.

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WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL WANTS TO STICK TO THE LEFT, THEN WILL BREAK FREE. I TOOK IT IN TO GET IT CHECKED OUT THOUGHT IT MIGHT NEED AN ALIGNMENT OR SOMETHING BUT THE SHOP SAID EVERYTHING WAS GOOD, ALIGNMENT AND TIRES WERE FINE, AND THEY HAD NO REASON AS TO WHY IT WOULD BE DOING THAT.

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MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE SINCE I'VE HAD IT IT HAS REDUCED ENGINE POWER ( STABILTRAK) ON ME WHILE DRIVING. JUST RECENTLY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH CODES READING FOR CAMSHAFT ACTUATORS FAILING AND PCM FAILING. THE CAR CHUGS WILL DRIVING AND HAS EVEN DIED WHILE OPERATING.

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BATTERY VOLTAGE INDICATOR CAME ON FIRST AND ENGINE LIGHT INDICATOR ON. REPLACED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR. CAR STALLS WHEN GAS PEDAL NOT APPLIED. CAR TURNS COMPLETELY OFF WHEN BRAKING TO STOP SIGNS, RED LIGHTS, SLOWING DOWN TO TURN. IT'S COMPLETELY UNSAFE. IT HAS TURNED OFF ON ME CROSSING MAJOR HIGHWAYS. MECHANIC REPLACED FUEL PUMP DUE TO P0300 CODE ETC. CAR STILL STALLS AND TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING, SLOWING DOWN TO STOP, TURNS OFF AT RED LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS AND WHEN BRAKING TO TURN. AT TIMES, I DO SMELL AS IF SOMETHING IS BURNING. THIS SMELL DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY, THE ALTERNATOR, AND THE FUEL PUMP. THE CAR STILL STALLS AND CUTS OFF. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST 2018, I HAVE HAD THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE OCTOBER 2018.

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WHEN DRIVING THE POWER STEERING QUITS WORKING AND YOU CAN'T STEER THE CAR. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN, DOES IT WITHOUT WARNING. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE. ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AND I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE FROM OTHER OWNERS BUT THIS VIN DOESN'T HAVE THE RECALL

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND "SERVICE AIR BAG SOON" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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I HAVE A 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU ECO AND WHEN I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT THE CAR JUST SHUT DOWN. THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BAD GAS AT FIRST BECAUSE THE CAR STARTED RIGHT UP. WELL NOT EVEN 15 MINUTES LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. THE CAR STARTED RIGHT BACK UP LIKE IT DID BEFORE AND DIDNT HAVE NO MORE ISSUES OUT OF IT. THE NEXT DAY HAD TO DO SOME RUNNING AROUND THE CAR DID FINE UNTIL THE WAY HOME. THE CAR CUT OFF ON ME THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.ONLY DOES IT WHEN I COME TO A STOP NO MATTER WHERE I'M AT. SOMEDAYS THE CAR DOES BETTER THEN OTHERS JUST HOPE IT DON'T CUT OFF ON ME WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ELECTRICAL AND POWER STEERING FUNCTIONALITY WAS LOST. ON SOME OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PALM CHEVROLET (LOCATED AT 2300 SW COLLEGE RD, OCALA, FL 34471, (352) 484-0733) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 9-4928351338. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000.

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CAR BEGAN MAKING A NOISE IN THE REAR AT SPEEDS ABOVE 30 MPH. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS WORN OUT REAR WHEEL HUBS. HAD TO BE REPLACED AT ONLY 61,000 MILES. THIS SEEMS TO BE PREMATURE AND COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED REGULARLY AND DRIVEN UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS.

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