What 786 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Chevrolet Impala Limited

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND WOULD NOT EXCEED 20 MPH. ALSO, THE FUEL SENSOR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SERRA CHEVROLET (28111 TELEGRAPH RD, SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034, (248) 354-6001) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,874.

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I OWN A 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU WITH 34K MILES. WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK I RECEIVE A MESAGE TO SHIFT TO PARK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. THE SHIFTER NEEDS TO BE SHIFTED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE MESSAGE GOES AWAY AND I ABLE TO TURN OFF THE CAR. THIS HAS BECAME A HAZARD BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WON'T FULLY TURN OFF. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION CONTROL. THE WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THIS DEFECTIVE AND I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. PLEASE HAVE GM ISSUE A RECALL.

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THE CAR STEEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP WHEN RELEASING THE BRAKE SOMETIMES. THE CAR STEERING WHEEL LOCKS DURING A TURN AND SAYS AUTO STEERING TURNED OFF WHILE BEING LOCKED UP. WHILE DRIVING MY CAR I CAN BE STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHEN I LET GO OF THE BRAKE THE STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK IN PLACE SOMETIMES TURNING THE VEHICLE.

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NOTICED SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHILE DRIVING. HAD ALIGNED 3 TIMES ONCE AT A DIFFERENT SHOP. HAS NEW TIRES. TIRES ARE NOW CUPPED AND WILL WEAR UNEVENLY. STEERING WHEEL STILL SHAKES AND CAR FEELS LIKE IT'S BEING PUSHED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. HEATER CORE IS NOW BAD AND IT'S NOT EVEN 3 YEARS OLD. ALL WINDOWS FOGGED UP INCLUDING FRONT WINDSHIELD AND CAN SMELL COOLANT WHEN THE HEAT IS ON. WINDOWS BEGIN TO FOG UP DRIVING IN TOWN AND THEN COMPLETELY FOG UP HIGHWAY DRIVING.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S TRUNK WAS FLOODED WITH RAIN WATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHEVROLET OF MONTEBELLO (LOCATED AT 310 W WHITTIER BLVD, MONTEBELLO, CA 90640, (323) 680-5933) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT REAR WINDSHIELD, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 95058953731. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,100.

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'TAMARA RECALL' I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND A WARNING SAID 'ENGINE POWER LOSS' AND MY CAR SLOWED DOWN TO 40MPH, I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, SPEED LIMIT OF 65, I ALSO GOT AND EMAIL SAYING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, I TOOK IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT,2 CODES PIPED UP SAYING P1101 WHICH IS THE THROTTLE BODY AND P2318 WHICH IS (APP) GAS PEDAL, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS TURNED OFF, IT DIDN'T COME BACK ON FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEN IT TURNED BACK ON, BY THE NEXT MORNING IT WENT OFF BY ITSELF! I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE RECALL

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WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE LOSES POWER AND THE CAR STOPS RIGHT WHERE IT IS.(IN TRAFFIC) THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIME RECENTLY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM ANDREW CHEV. MILWAUKEE WIS.

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THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A CRACKED PISTON AFTER APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES.

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MY CAR STABILITRAK COMES ON EVERY OTHER 20 MINS WHEN DRIVING. IF I TRY TO ACCELERATE MY CARS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THEN SAY ENGINE POWER REDUCED ALMOST STOPPING MY VEHICLE ON THE INTERSTATE I CAN ONLY DRIVE IT IN TOWN UNDER 40 MPH. DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED NOTHING AND OF COURSE NO RECALLS BUT EVERY RECALL CHEVY HAS WITH THE MALIBU FITS MY MODEL. VERY DISAPPOINTING. IT HAS BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. TODAY I WAS HEADED TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER FROM DAYCARE AND MY BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY STIFF AND I COULD NOT STOP CAUSING ME TO ROLL THROUGH AN INTERSECTION THANKFULLY IT WAS A GREEN LIGHT AND LET THE CAR ROLL UNTIL IT STOPPED. I WAS TERRIFIED. I HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR LONG AND IT IS A HEADACHE.

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ENGINE LIGHT COME ON FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS APPEARS TO SENSOR ERRORS . STATE BACK DOOR UNLOCKED AND ALSO REDUCE POWER TO VEHICLE AS YOUR ARE DRIVING VERY UNSAFE. HAS HAD SENIOR REPLACED DUE TO ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND STATING BACK DOOR UNLOCKED. ALSO REPROGRAMMED 3C DUE TO ERROR CODES.

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WHEN PLACING THE CAR IN THE PARK POSITION AN ERROR MESSAGE APPEARS AFTER TURNING OFF THE IGNITION 'SHIFT TO PARK'. YOU WILL HAVE TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE JUST IN CASE IT ROLLS. THEN SHIFT THE CAR INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE IN TO SHIFT IT BACK TO THE PARK POSITION. THIS HAS TO BE DONE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THAT IT IS IN THE PARK POSITION.

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TAKATA RECALL" MY CAR HAS A PLOBLEMS WITH THE SHIFT PARKING, ONES I PUT IN PARKING AND TURN OFF THE CAR THE CAR SAID SHIFT PARKING AND THE KEY STAY OPEN. AND I CAN'T LOCK THE CAR, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT HAPPEN TO MY CAR I CHANGE IN 10/2017 THAT'S IMPOSIBLE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.

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I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY I RECEIVED A DASH NOTICE OF REDUCED POWER. I WENT FROM 70 TO 20 IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 20 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT AND DRIVE TO MY DEALER SHIP STEVE RAYMOND CHEVROLET IN SMYRNA GA. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENOR UNIT THAT HAD FAILED. NOW I SEE THERE ARE COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND GM IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT, IT IS A $400 REPAIR. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS WELL. MAKE GM RECALL THIS PART!! THANKS

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THIS VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS, WHILE RIDING ON THE HIGHWAY OR JUST DRIVING ALL TOGETHER THE ENGINE SPEED REDUCED LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE SPEED DROPS IF I'M ON THE HIGHWAY IT DROPS TO 40MPH IF IM DRIVING THE STREET IT DROPS TO 20MPH, MY KIDS AND I WERE ALMOST HIT BY OTHER DRIVERS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BECAUSE OF THIS, I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW THE PROBLEM, FOR THE PAST WEEK IT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE AND HAPPENS AT LEAST 5 TIMES A DAY, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS AS ITS VERY DANGEROUS FOR MY FAMILY AND I

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I WAS DRIVING 35MPH, AND SUDDENLY THE CAR LOST POWER, AND I WAS GOING 10 MPH. A MESSAGE CAME ON SAYING REDUCED POWER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR, RED LION CHEVY. THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, AND TOLD ME I BETTER GET THE CAR OFF THE LOT. I WAS SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR AS IF I WAS ON A HIGHWAY, I COULD HAVE BEEN RUN OVER BY A TRUCK. I ALREADY HAD A CRACKED PISTON REPAIRED AND THE CAR NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. ON STAR SENT ME AN EMAIL STATING THAT I HAVE AN ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND TO GET THE CAR SERVICED.THE SALES MANAGER RIVERA JUST WANTED TO SELL ME A NEW CAR, AND THEY WOULDN'T DO ANY FURTHER TESTING ON MY VEHICLE.

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WHEN I WAS RESUMING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF AFTER A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME; I HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO AVOID FROM HITTING THE SEMI TRUCK. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55 MPH AT THE TIME THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED & IT HAS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES AFTER THAT INITIAL INCIDENT. THEN IT STOPPED WORKING AND I HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE & DID A RECALIBRATION ON THE FRONT CAMERA & LONG RANGE RADAR MODULES.

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ON A HIGHWAY IN MOTION WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 40 MPH. THE MOTOR STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE. THERE WAS NO POWER WHEN PUSHING ON THE PEDDLE. THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS AND STAYS ON FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE GOING BACK OFF. THE CAR GOES BACK TO NORMAL AFTER BEING PARKED AND SITS FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS.

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THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE BEING IN PARK. WHEN THE SHIFTER IS MOVED INTO THE PARK POSITION, IT LATCHES INTO POSITION PROPERLY, BUT SOMETHING ELECTRONICALLY DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS IN PARK, SO WHEN YOU PUSH THE START BUTTON TO TURN OFF THE CAR, IT WILL SHUT OFF THE ENGINE BUT DISPLAY A WARNING 'PLEASE PUT VEHICLE IN PARK". SINCE IT DOESN'T KNOW IT IS IN PARK, IT WILL NOT FULLY TURN OFF. IT WILL STAY IN ACCESSORY MODE, THUS KEEPING ON THE LIGHTS, THE RADIO, ETC, AND IT WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO LOCK THE DOORS. JIGGLING THE SIFTER, ROCKING THE CAR, RESTARTING AND TURNING OFF AGAIN, TAKING IN AND OUT OF PARK, ALL DID NOTHING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY RISK FOR THEFT AS IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT SECURED SINCE THE LIGHTS AND RADIO ARE STILL ON. YOU ALSO CAN'T KEEP ANY VALUABLES IN THE CAR SINCE IT CAN'T BE LOCKED. WHEN THIS ISSUE FIRST HAPPENS IT IS VERY INTERMITTENT, SO THEY DEALER CAN'T REPLICATE THE ISSUE SO THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT. ONCE IT HAPPENS REGULARLY THEY CAN FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT IT SEEMS GM DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE ISSUE, SO THEY FORCE YOU TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY FOR $700. IT TURNS OUT THIS ISSUE IS VERY COMMON IN NEWER MALIBUS. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST-DISCUSSED FORUM POSTS ON THE MALIBU FORUMS WEBSITE. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AND BE COVERED AT NO CHARGE FROM GM SINCE NO ONE EXPECTS TO BUY A VEHICLE THAT CANNOT BE LOCKED AND DOESN'T TURN OFF FROM ACCESSORY MODE.

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WATER IS GETTING IN THREW THE 3RD BRAKE MOUNTED ON THE REAR WINDSHIELD. THE LIGHT IS FOGGED AND WATER IS LEAKING INTO THE MAIN CABIN. THE VEHICLE CAN BE IN MOTION OR STATIONARY. I FEEL IT IS UNSAFE BECAUSE WATER COULD BE SITTING SOMEWHERE IN THE MAIN CABIN, AND COULD EVENTUALLY PRODUCE MOLD. ALSO, THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE DO TO WATER SHORTING IT OUT.

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THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR HAS GONE BAD ON MY 2016 MALIBU IT HAS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF VIDEOS OF PEOPLE SHOWING HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND INSTALLING A NEW TPS AND PEDAL.

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AT CRUISING SPEED ON THE FREEWAY, APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CAR JERKED AND LOST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE WARNING "ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED" DISPLAYED ON THE INFORMATION PANEL. THE CAR CONTINUED TO LOSE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POWER UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF A SEPARATED TOLL LANE AND TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR, IT WAS ABLE TO AGAIN GAIN POWER. OVER SEVERAL DAYS, THE CAR WOULD GO IN AND OUT OF THIS MODE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF AND ON MULTIPLE TIMES, IT AGAIN LOST POWER ON THE FREEWAY, LOST SIGNIFICANT POWER WHILE DRIVING UP HILLS (DROPPING FROM A SPEED OF 55 MPH TO BELOW 20 MPH WITHIN A MINUTE). CARS BEHIND MY CAR HAD TO MOVE OUT FROM BEHIND ME AND I HAD TO PULL IN TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO LET OTHER CARS PASS ME AS I WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A LEGAL SPEED. THIS PROBLEM WAS ASSESSED BY QUIRK CHEVROLET AND DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR IN THE GAS PEDAL AND THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. QUIRK IDENTIFIED THAT THESE COMPONENTS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY (DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NECESSARY COMPONENTS IN THE POWERTRAIN) AND THAT THE TOTAL COST TO REPLACE THESE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $520 PLUS THE COST OF A RENTAL CAR. THEY ALSO WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCATE AN AVAILABLE GAS PEDAL/THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR ASSEMBLY BY THE END OF THE BUSINESS DAY AND WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY A TIMEFRAME FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME THIS WOULD TAKE TO COMPLETE BECAUSE OF THIS MISSING PART. THEY ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RESET THE ECM UNTIL THIS SENSOR ASSEMBLY WAS COMPLETED.

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SHIFT TO PARK ISSUE. VEHICLE IS CLEARLY IN PARK BUT MESSAGE ON MESSAGE BOARD INFORMS ME "VEHICLE IS NOT IN PARK." HAVE TO WIGGLE/MESS WITH SHIFTER IN ORDER TO GET THE MESSAGE TO DISAPPEAR. OTHERWISE VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OFF. DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED... COMMON PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED BY CHEVY.

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I AM HAVING AN ISSUE WITH MY CAR AND THE CODE IS P2138. THIS IS AN ACCELERATOR ISSUE AND WHEN THE ISSUE COMES ABOUT, THE CAR ENGINE REDUCES AND MY CAR WILL NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PART AND IT IS ON BACK ORDER. THIS IS TRULY A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL VERSUS ME HAVING TO PAY FOR THIS AND THE PART SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AS THIS IS DANGEROUS. IF I AM DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS HAPPENS, I MYSELF OR OTHERS COULD GET SERIOUSLY HURT IF NOT KILLED. THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME SEVERAL TIMES A DAY AND I NEED MY VEHICLE AND AM SCARED TO KEEP DRIVING IT WITHOUT IT BEING FIXED. OF COURSE, MY VEHICLE IS OVER MILEAGE WARRANTY, THEREFORE I NEED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND THERE IS NO WARNING SIGN THAT THE CAR IS GOING TO REV DOWN TO 20 MPH. CHEVROLET SAID THERE IS NO RECALL AND THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD EVEN CONSIDER REIMBURSEMENT OF ANY KIND WOULD BE TO HAVE THE CAR DIAGNOSED AT THE DEALERSHIP (WHICH IS $115 TO DIAGNOSE). THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED BY A LICENSED MECHANIC, THEREFORE IT SHOULD NOT MATTER WHERE IT IS DIAGNOSED.

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I KEEP HAVING A SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT'S THE STEERING AIRBAG. TO FIX IT IS $481. IT'S NOT FAIR TO PAY THIS WHEN I GOT THIS CAR BRAND NEW AND I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO THE CAR TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL DO TO A MANUFACTURER ERROR.

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MESSAGE: "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED, SPEED DROPS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS DISPLAYED.

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