What 859 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hev

WHEN TURNING MY CAR OFF IN PARK THE KEY SNAPPED OFF IN THE IGNITION. IT GOT STUCK IN PARK AND HAD TO BE TOWED HOME WITCH WAS HARD SINCE IT COULD NOT BE PUT INTO NEUTRAL. IT BROKE OFF ALL THE WAY UP AT THE KEY FOB.

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WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT IN PARK, THE ENGINE DOES NOT SHUT DOWN WHEN I ATTEMPT TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE, HOWEVER IT STATES THE KEY MAY BE REMOVED WHEN IN PARK CAUSING THE IGNITION NOT TO SHUT DOWN. I AM UNAWARE THERE ARE ANY VEHICLES, THIS MAKE AND MODEL, WHICH HAVE KEYED IGNITIONS. I BELIEVE THEY ARE ALL PUSH BUTTON START AND STOP. MY VEHICLE HAS 18,000 MILES ON IT AND THE ISSUE STARTED AT 17,000 MILES AND CHEVY REFUSED TO FIX IT.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. KELLER CHEVROLET (LOCATED AT 3600 GENESEE ST, CHEEKTOWAGA, NY 14225, (716) 650-4589) STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT PERFORMED HIS OWN DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND RETRIEVED FAILURE CODE: P0556 (BRAKE BOOSTER PRESSURE). THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

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WATER POURED INTO THE BACK SEAT AND ONTO MY SON. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP WHERE DIAGNOSED THAT THIRD CENTER BRAKE LIGHT IS NOT SEALED AND LEAKING WATER. SAME ISSUE AS ALL OTHER 9TH GEN MALIBUS (2016+ MODEL YEARS). DID NOT NOTICE LEAK UNTIL 43,000 MILES, OUT OF WARRANTY. WHO KNOWS HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN THERE! MANY PARTS RUINED AND POTENTIALLY MOLDY FROM WATER DAMAGE. GM CUSTOMER CARE SAID THE REPAIR IS $4300 OF WHICH THEY WANT ME TO PAY $1900 DESPITE THIS BEING A DESIGN OR PRODUCTION FLAW.

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TAKATA RECALL MY WINDOWS DON'T WORK AT TIMES NO POWER MY TRUNK WILL NOT RELEASE IT'S NOT UNLOCKING MY DASHBOARD READS ENGINE IS REDUCING POWER WHILE DRIVING & IT SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING MY RADIATOR LIGHT IS ON BEEN ON FOR 8MONTHS NOW THE CAR WON'T PICK UP SPEED WITHOUT ME SHIFTING THE CAR IN L6 WHILE DRIVING MY THROTTLE NOT WORKING THE FUEL SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES

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THE CAR SHUTS OFF IN TRAFFIC. I CAN BE AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR JUST SHUTS OFF. ALL THE LIGHTS IN CAR FLASH AND VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF. THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON IN VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVERYDAY FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW.

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MY STEERING IS VERY ERRATIC AND TOUCHY. AFTER DRIVING STRAIGHT FOR A SHORT PERIOD I CAN FEEL A SLIGHT CATCH IN THE STEERING. THIS REQUIRES EXTRA EFFORT AND THEN THE CAR SHOOTS ACROSS THE LANE. IM CONSTANTLY CORRECTING THE STEERING ITS SCARY TO DRIVE AT TIMES. I HAVE HAD THE DEALERSHIP INSPECT IT AND FOUND NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. THEY REPROGRAMMED THE STEERING, REPLACED THE TIRES AND PERFORMED SOFTWARE UPDATE.

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MY ISSUE STARTED A FEW DAYS AGO AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. I PLACE THE CAR IN PARK, SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND A MESSAGE APPEARS TO "SHIFT TO PARK" CAR IS TURNED OFF AND ALREADY IN PARK AND YOU CANNOT JUST GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE FOR IT TO GO AWAY IT JUST REMAINS ON THE SCREEN AND THE CAR REMAINS ON IN AN AUXILIARY TYPE MODE WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE IF LEFT ALONE WOULD EVENTUALLY DRAIN THE BATTERY. IT HAD GOTTEN WORSE SINCE I WAS HAVING TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD REGISTER IT WAS ACTUALLY IN PARK. THE DEALERSHIP CURRENTLY HAS MY CAR AND HAS TOLD ME THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY NEEDS REPLACED. I HAD SENT THEM A SCREEN SHOT OF THE SERVICE REPORT FROM GM WHICH YOU CAN FIND HERE HTTPS://STATIC.NHTSA.GOV/ODI/TSBS/2018/MC-10154985-999.PDF WHICH STATES THE PROBLEM MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE HAVING. MY CAR HAS 21K MILES ON IT AND I'VE ONLY HAD IT FOR TWO YEARS. I'M GOING TO BE VERY UPSET IF I END UP HAVING TO PAY THIS OUT OF POCKET EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS STILL TECHNICALLY UNDER WARRANTY FROM THE DATE I PURCHASED IN 2017.

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WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND KILL THE MOTOR IT IS NOT RECOGNIZING THAT THE CAR IS IN PARK. THE RADIO KEEPS PLAYING AND THE INFORMATION BOARD READS "SHIFT TO PARK". THIS HAS TO BE DONE REPEATEDLY. IT HAS DONE THIS BEFORE BUT STOPPED. IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN 6/20/2019

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THE ROOF LEAKS WATER BADLY CAUSING MOLDY MILDEW SMELL

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, "VEHICLE NOT IN PARK" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE GEAR FROM PARK INTO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BERGER CHEVROLET (LOCATED AT 2525 28TH ST SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49512, (616) 949-5200) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHIFTER CONTROL FAILED. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CONTROL WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER 34,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHIFTER CONTROL FAILED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,697. *TR SEE ATTACHED FOR THE DEALER PAPERWORK FOR THE 1ST INCIDENT. I'VE ALSO ATTACHED THE MY CHEVY DIAGNOSTIC REPENT FOR THE CURRENT ISSUE.*JB

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I HAVE A 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU WITH ROUGHLY 50,000 MILES ON IT. FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW, IT IS NO LONGER RECOGNIZING WHEN THE CAR IS PLACED IN PARK. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER (WHERE WE HAVE ALL OIL CHANGES/WORK DONE ON THE VEHICLE) AND THEY STATED THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY NEEDS REPLACING. I AM QUITE UPSET OVER THIS AS THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO INDIVIDUALS AND GM IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE A SHIFTER ASSEMBLY IN THIS NEW OF A CAR AND ESPECIALLY A CAR THAT HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. I HAVE BEEN QUOTED $1,000 TO REPLACE THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. I HAVE MAINTAINED MY VEHICLE DOING ALL THE NECESSARY WORK/OIL CHANGES AND ALL RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE. ONCE THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK AND YOU GO TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF, AN ALARM DINGS AND DISPLAYS A MESSAGE SAYING "SHIFT TO PARK." THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK, YOU CAN REMOVE YOUR FOOT FROM THE BRAKE AND IT DOES NOT ROLL. YOU CAN NOT WALK AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE BATTERY WILL THEN DRAIN. NORMALLY, VEHICLE HAS TO BE RESTARTED AND PLACED IN DRIVE THEN SHIFT BACK TO PARK IN ORDER FOR IT TO GO OFF. THIS IS HAPPENING CONSISTENTLY NOW. THIS COULD BECOME EVEN A GREATER ISSUE THAN GM IS REALIZING AS IF YOU DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE MESSAGE, YOUR CAR CAN REMAIN ON AND INDIVIDUALS COULD DIE FROM CARBON MONOXIDE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT GM & CHEVY NEEDS TO ADDRESS SOONER THAN LATER.

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CAR IS STALLING WHENEVER I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAVE TO TRY TO AVOID MAKING A LEFT TURN BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG FOR THE CAR TO REACT WHEN I GET ON THE ACCELERATOR TO GO. SOME DAYS IT WILL HESITATE A LITTLE AND GO, BUT LATELY IT HAS BEEN STALLING ALL THE WAY OUT AND IT TAKES A FEW MINS FOR IT TO REACT WHEN I'M TRYING TO PULL OFF!!

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WARNING NOTICE COMES ON SAYING ENGINE IS POWER DOWN WHILE DRIVING. WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR, IT STARTS SLOWING DOWN TO 30 MILES AN HOUR OR LESS AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE.

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WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY MY "STABILITRAK" LIGHT FLASHED ON AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. I PULLED OVER AND WHILE BREAKING THE CAR WAS HOPPING. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND VARIOUS LIGHTS CAME ON (STABILITRAK, CHECK ENGINE, TRACTION CONTROL AND STEERING ASSIST). I ATTEMPTED TO START DRIVING AGAIN AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE APPROPRIATELY. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHO COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT BECAUSE ALL THE ALERTS HAD TURNED OFF.

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"TAKATA RECALL" IHAVE A 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU IT HAS 23000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER RECOGNIZING WHEN I PLACED IT IN PARK. MY 36,000MILE WARRANTY ENDED 2 MONTHS AGO TO THE DAY I HAD IT AT THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY, I AM QUITE UPSET BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY 23,000 MILES ON THIS AND I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY OR AS A RECALL. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL REPORTS RECENTLY REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE IN THE 2016 CHEVY MALIBU'S THAT ARE THE SAME STYLE AS MINE. BOTTOM LINE 23,000 MILES ON A CHEVY MALIBU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE A SHIFTER ASSEMBLY AND COST 1300 DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET TO DO SO. I HAVE MAINTAINED MY VEHICLE DOING ALL OF THE NECESSARY WORK OR OIL CHANGES AND RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE. WHEN PARKING THE VEHICLE I HAVE PLACED IT IN PARK AND AN ALARM GOES OFF SAYING PLACE YOUR VEHICLE IN PARK, IT'S IN PARK BUT YOU CANNOT WALK AWAY FROM THE CAR BECAUSE THE BATTERY WILL THEN DRAIN OR I WILL HAVE BIGGER ISSUES. I HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR, SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND SLOWLY PLACE MY CAR IN PARK TO GET THE MESSAGE TO CLEAR AND IT RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS IN PARK. THIS HAPPENS AT WORK, IN A PARKING LOT, IN MY GARAGE, AT THE STORE, AND SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW AFTER RESTARTING AGAIN AND AGAIN.

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WHEN THE CAR IS IN A STATIONARY POSITION AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF THE CAR, I RECEIVED AN ERROR ON MY DASHBOARD DISPLAY STATING 'SHIFT TO PARK' HOWEVER THE CAR IS SHOWING IN PARK. CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF COMPLETELY. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR AND SHIFTING INTO DRIVE/REVERSE, AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF THE CAR NUMEROUS TIMES IT MAY FINALLY REGISTER IN PARK AND ALLOW THE CAR TO BE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF.

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THERE IS TIMES I WILL STOP PUT CAR IN PARK AND SHUT ENGINE OFF AND THE SCREEN WILL READ SHIFT TO PARK. SO I WILL HAVE TO START IT AGAIN PULL AHEAD OR BACK UP AND TRY IT AGAIN. THERE IS TIMES I HAVE TO DO IT MANY TIMES BEFORE IT REGISTERS AND SOMETIMES ONLY ONCE. FOR THE DATE OF WHEN IT HAPPENED THAT WAS THE LAST TIME IT DID IT BUT HAS DONE IT IN THE PAST

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MY 2016 CHEVY MALIBU HAS 93,000 MILES ON IT. NO ISSUES UNTIL THIS DAY. LAST WEEK I WAS DRIVING IT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT 40 MILES FROM MY HOME. WHEN I GOT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD I HAD TO APPLY MY BRAKES. THE BRAKES WERE LOCKED AT TOP OF THE PEDAL. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP. SCARED THE [XXX] OUT OF ME! DROPPED THE PEOPLE OFF. DROVE 3 BLOCKS TO A 7 11, SCARED TO DRIVE ANY FURTHER. PARKED AND THE CAR DIED AND WOULD NOT START. WAITING 3 HOURS FOR THE TOW TRUCK, FINALLY GOT THE CHEVY MALIBU AND MYSELF HOME A 5AM. HAD A MOBILE MECHANIC RUN A DIAGNOSTIC ON IT. MULTIPLE ISSUES CAME UP. EVERYTHING FROM MULTIPLE BRAKE ISSUES AND EVEN MORE ENGINE ISSUES. HAD TO TOWED TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP NEAR BY. BRAKE TECH RAN A DIAGNOSTIC, SAID NOT BRAKES IT'S AN ENGINE ISSUE. ENGINE TECH SAYS IT 'MAYBE' TIMING OR CAM SHAFT. $2500 ON A MAYBE, BEST THEY CAN TELL FROM THE DIAGNOSTIC. FROM ALL THE REVIEWS I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS VERY SAME ISSUE AND THE GUESSING GAME AT OWNERS EXPENSE. NONE OF THESE HAVE FIXED THE ISSUES. WHILE READING THE REVIEWS, I READ 3 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THIS VERY SAME ISSUE. IN ADDITION GM HAS REMOVE ANY AND ALL WARRANTY ON THIS VEHICLE ABOVE THE 36,000 MILES. GM WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHEVY MALIBU DEATH TRAP WHICH THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF. NO RECALL, NO REPAIR SUPPORT FOR THE DEALERSHIP THAT NOW IS INVOLVED WITH THIS WORTHLESS PRODUCT. MY QUESTION FOR GM IS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THEY WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? I SAY TO THE CEO OF GM. I WANT ONE OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO HAVE MY CAR AS THERE DAILY DRIVE. BUT WAIT THE ENGINE WILL NOT EVEN TURN OVER. NOTHING BUT A PAPERWEIGHT NOW. TO ALL HEAD HONCHOS AT GM I HAVE LARGE CAR PARTS THE NEED TO BE PLACED WERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR PRODUCT!!! I WILL INFORM EVERY WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND ANY FORUM POSSIBLE ABOUT YOUR PRODUCTS AND YOUR COMPLETE LACK OF ETHICS. *BF INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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BRAKES OR ESC COMPLAINT I AM A GRANDMOTHER WHO DRIVES HER GRANDDAUGHTERS TO AND FROM SCHOOL. AS I AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER EXITED THE FREEWAY ONTO THE SERVICE ROAD, I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SLOWED DOWN. AFTER GOING ANOTHER 50 FEET I PRESSED THE BRAKE TO STOP AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BOARD..QUICKLY I PRESSED THE PEDAL AGAIN AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE THIRD TIME I PRESSED THE PEDAL AS HARD AS I COULD INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THERE WAS A VIBRATING SOUND. NEXT, I PRESSED THE PEDAL FOR THE FOURTH TIME AND FELT THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE AND IT PERFORMED PROPERLY AND STOPPED THE CAR. I DROVE A FEW MORE BLOCKS TO MY DESTINATION GOING 10 MILES AN HOUR WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON. I CALLED MY ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE SERVICE TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE NEXT DAY I EXPLAINED THE EXPERIENCE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THEY DROVE IT AND SAID THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE EXPERIENCE. THEY DROVE THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEN SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG SO THEY WERE READY TO GIVE IT BACK TO ME. I SAID I'M NOT READY TO TAKE IT BACK AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE GLAD THEY DIDN'T DUPLICATE MY EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE, THEY MIGHT HAVE HURT SOMEONE.. I CALLED GM AND THEY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED ME AND SAID HE DROVE IT AND IT PERFORMED NORMALLY. I ASKED HIM TO CONSULT WITH THE FACTORY OR TRY TO GET A BRAKE SPECIALIST TO LOOK AT IT. AND I TOLD HIM I WILL NOT DRIVE THE CAR ANOTHER INCH UNTIL THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND FIX IT. THEY DID NOT GIVE ME A LONER CAR SO I HAVE RENTED A CAR AT $50 A DAY. I HOPE TO GET THIS RESOLVED.

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REAR WHEELS ARE CRACKED CAUSING VIBRATION AND AIR LEAK.

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WHEN I SHIFT MY VEHICLE TO PARK AND SHUT IT OFF IT WILL TELL ME ON SCREEN TO SHIFT TO PARK AND MY VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. I HAVE TO START IT AGAIN AND PULL AHEAD OR BACK UP AND TRY IT AGAIN. THERE IS TIMES IT WILL DOING LIKE 6X BEFORE IT ACTUALLY READING THAT IT'S IN PARK.

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DASHBOARD COMPUTER SHOWS "WARNING STEERING ASSISTANCE REDUCED DRIVE WITH CARE" CHEVY WILL NOT COVER EVEN OUT OF WARRANTY

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CAR COMPLETELY TURNED OFF AT A RED LIGHT AND HAD NO POWER. STEERING LOCKS UP AND HAD TO PUSH CAR HAVE TOWED& THEN IT STARTED RIGHT UP AFTER. THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY PEOPLE AND IT STOPS EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS DRIVING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE

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WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY THE CAR SLOWED ABRUBTLY, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE DASH GAVE OUT ENGINE POWER REDUCED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR TO RESET IT. THE FIRST TIME THE LIGHT WENT OFF ON ITS OWN THE SECOND AND THERAFTER IT DID NOT. HAD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPLACED ONCE AND 7 MONTHS LATER IT IS DOING THE SAME EXACT THING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME AS A DRIVER AND THOSE AROUND ME!

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