2016 Chevrolet Malibu Unknown Or Other Problems
- 77
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
What owners report
- shift park · 25 records
- engine light · 19 records
- check engine · 9 records
- park message · 6 records
- shut down · 6 records
- takata recall · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 25 |
| 1–30k mi | 22 |
| 60–100k mi | 14 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Unknown Or Other
I was driving home from work this morning, and the speed of the car slowed down and wouldn't go faster than 20 miles per hour. There was plenty of cars behind me making the sudden drop of speed unsafe. I took it to the dealership and was told it was the throttle, and that it's not covered by my warranty. I have heard it's common in 2016 malibu's. I haven't had this car that long, and is currently being worked on.
ODI 11306977
Unknown Or Other
When i park the car put shift into park, a message comes up saying: shift into park when i have already shifted to park, so i start the car and shift into park and the message goes off and sometime i have to do repeat the procedure.
ODI 11301097
Unknown Or Other
My electronic control system is misfiring for a few days now. It is causing my stability control light to come in and also my engine light. When the stability light comes on my car shakes a little bit while driving. I put my vehicle on a diagnostic test and the codes came back that the ecm is misfiring
ODI 11299596
Body · Unknown Or Other
Had heavy rain and i woked up to rear side car seats wet and carpet soaked and wet the car smelled really bad after some days . I had to take out the rugs out my car . My car is so humid inside i seen mold growing on my carpet ! My car windows also have so much condensation in the inside it drips . Come to find out water is coming from the 3brake light !!!!!! This needs a recall too many people having the same issue…
ODI 11297015
Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
Throttle control system went our while i was driving down the road. Extremely dangerous as there is no warning!
ODI 11289795
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving down the road vehicle shuts down with a notification saying engine power reduced to where you have to pull off the side of the road and shut the car off three or four times before it will get back to where it's supposed to be. Very unsafe when it shuts down going down the highway at 55 and it slows you down to under 20 you have to pull off weaving in and out of traffic very dangerous.
ODI 11289308
Electronic Stability Control · Unknown Or Other
Every so often i get a stability control error on my dash as well as power engine has been reduced with a check engine light. Also every time it rains my car seems to be getting wet from the interior. All back rear seats and my ceiling
ODI 11287175
Unknown Or Other
When it rains vehicles trunk and tail lights will fill with water. The back of the interior part of the roof also feels with water which has caused a musty smell along with a water stain on the roof. The trunk and back part of the roof leaks while parked and in motion.
ODI 11282756
Unknown Or Other
Within the last month my car has completely shut off while driving three separate times. First time i was driving and at a stop light on a hill the car completely shut down. I tried starting it multiple times . At first all the lights and radio will turn on and then minutes later that car started back up. Second time i was at another stop light and the car completely shut off again. Same thing started back up after…
ODI 11277486
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Unknown Or Other
The car when stop at traffic light shuts off and will not start. On star diagnostic have stated several times its due to engine issues. It sometimes seems as if it's drops in speed when driving. I was informed by the chevyland dealership that i had a software update and a thottle body injection issues that ironically my car didn't make the recall last however the same make, model cars have been listed.
ODI 11277961
Body · Unknown Or Other · Visibility/Wiper
The trunk of the car is filled with water that has been dripping out all day. The rear roof of the car is soaked on both sides. The car smells musty & all of the inside windows had so much condensation it was dripping.
ODI 11271424
Unknown Or Other
Have issue where i am receiving a shift to park message and my vehicle is in a mode as if it's not in park. I have to pull forward and shift car from drive to park until it turns off. Otherwise if i leave it as is, its awhile before it turns, im afraid it will run my battery down. It happens on a daily basis. Almost late for work waiting for it to turn off at times. Will not allow you to lock car with keyless remote…
ODI 11269415
Power Train · Unknown Or Other
Shift to park message appears when in park and turning vehicle off. Vehicle then won't shut down.
ODI 11268456
Electrical System · Engine · Unknown Or Other
This issue happens at random times. When i crank up, when i'm at a traffic light, or even just at a stop sign, sometimes my car will turn completely off. It will crank back up, sometimes, but sometimes it takes quite a few times. Also, again as i crank up. It goes back to off. Instead of going to auto stop, it will cut completely off too. I have no engine light or any other lights that come on to alert me that…
ODI 11254304
Unknown Or Other
The car will be in park and the dash is saying it isn't in park and all the ligths and battary will not shut down causing the battary to draina nd the car is not lockable , you have to turn it back on and put it back in drive sometimes sevrel times to get it to register that it is in park and the car to fully shut down
ODI 11307510
Unknown Or Other
Dash says to shift to park when shutting car off, even though it's already in park
ODI 11242174
Unknown Or Other
When i turn off my car. The message shift to park pops up and i have to keep turning on and off the car until the message " shift to park" disappears. If i leave it like that the radio turns on really loud. My car is not even 3 years old. This started about a month ago and it went away for a few days and it came back again.
ODI 11240649
Unknown Or Other
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.
ODI 11222851
Unknown Or Other
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
ODI 11221769
Power Train · Unknown Or Other
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…
ODI 11221743
Unknown Or Other
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…
ODI 11219064
Unknown Or Other
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.
ODI 11210719
Unknown Or Other
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
ODI 11210019
Unknown Or Other
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…
ODI 11217272
Engine · Service Brakes · Unknown Or Other
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.…
ODI 11209970