2017 Chevrolet Malibu Engine Problems
- 70
- 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.
Among these 70 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 2 indicate fire
What owners report
- engine light · 32 records
- engine power · 30 records
- check engine · 22 records
- power reduced · 17 records
- accelerator pedal · 7 records
- light came · 7 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 28 |
| 30–60k mi | 21 |
| 60–100k mi | 12 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine
When driving the vehicle, a warning will randomly appear saying 'reduced engine power' and will reduce speed to about 20mph and will not accelerate any faster.
ODI 11308348
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
When driving down a highway to drop off kid at school, the car sometimes slows down on its own and a message comes on stating engine power reduced. At 6:30 am in the morning when it's still dark, this is going to cause a car crash sooner or later. But dealer says there is no recall.
ODI 11307774
Engine
I bought my 2017 malibu in july of 2019 from a chevy dealership. Since i've bought it my car has rapidly slowed down with now warning and my dashboard reading engine power reduced. It's happened 5 times since i got the car one being i was on the highway and almost got hit by a semi on my way to work in morning traffic. I looked up this issue to see what could be causing it and turns out other 2016-2018 malibu's have…
ODI 11301315
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving on freeway going 70 mph, my traction control, check engine light, and a warning flash across my dashboard saying engine speed reduced. My car went from going 70 mph to 40 mph and wouldn't go any higher. I immediately got off the freeway took pictures of the lights. Luckily i have a anti left device that reads off codes for my check engine like code p2138 is what came up. This is extremely dangerous, i…
ODI 11299798
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
The car will not start sometimes. Yesterday the lights and radio came on randomly while sitting in the garage with the fob in the house. Randomly shuts down while driving. The last time it was half way through an busy intersection. Had to push the car off the road.
ODI 11301109
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
The car randomly will reduce engine power, lowering speeds to 20mph or less. This happens unexpectedly. This has occured over 20 times over the past 7 days, including on the highway. I was driving on the highway at 70mph and the immediately dropped to 20mph, causing me to swerve to the shoulder and almost was hit by three on coming vehicles at high rates of speed.
ODI 11291498
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Engine power reduced warning came on with engine light and traction light car speed dropped
ODI 11289032
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
On november 27 ,my wife was driving the malibu at 55 mph on the highway when she experienced loss of engine power,down to 20 mph. . Traffic backed up and came to screeching slow down. She ferried for her safety and pulled over in heavy traffic. She shut engine off and restarted vehicle to continue drive home at no more than 30 mph. Contacted dealer and they could not get to it till following week. She did not drive…
ODI 11289343
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Vehicle abruptly slowed in heavy traffic for no apparent reason. Vehicle was diagnosed as having a faulty accelerator pedal. Part was replaced at owners expense 14 months into the life of the car. 8 months later the vehicle started to do the same thing for the next 5 months, sometimes 3 to 4 times in one day or not al all for several weeks. Car was again presented to dealer for diagnostic and it showed that the same…
ODI 11297372
Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
Engine light on continually and never went off; i drove to dealer who said the gas cap area of fuel line was leaking; needs to be replaced they said and tried to order it from gm but they do not have the part; they ordered the part and cannot tell me when it is coming. They could not advise me on the safety of this condition. I know someone who had a similar problem with their model car. Can i drive this or should…
ODI 11279239
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Car will indicate 'engine power reduced' and will abruptly reduce speed. This is a major safety concern not only to myself but other drivers on the road as well. Why is there no recall for this problem? I see it is a major problem with these models of chevy malibu. Happens everyday, most of the time more than once. My commute to work is about 25min and it did it 3 times today.
ODI 11282402
Electrical System · Engine · Steering
While driving my car says "steering assist reduced. Drive with care". It has started out of no where
ODI 11279895
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
I was traveling in my vehicle on the highway going at least 65 to 75 mph and all of a sudden my vehicle beats two or three times and across the screen came the words 'reduce engine speed'. At that moment i was traveling in the middle lane and i had to safely get over to the far right median in the middle of traffic safely turn off and wait at least 10 minutes to start it back up. When i started my vehicle back up…
ODI 11301237
Electrical System · Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. While the vehicle was at a stop light, it attempted to restart independently and the power steering assist warning indicator illuminated. The instrument panel started to blink and the vehicle stalled. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle, but it failed to restart. The contact called moritz chevrolet (9101 camp bowie, dr. West ste. # 1, fort worth, tx 76116,…
ODI 11256381
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. While driving 25 mph, the contact heard a noise coming from the engine and the vehicle began to stall. Also, the check engine indicator illuminated. The contact drove to art moehn chevrolet honda ([redacted], jackson, mi 49201, [redacted]) where it was diagnosed that there was a defective camshaft that burst and spread metal fragments throughout the engine. The contact…
ODI 11256526
Engine
On july 22, 2019 while out of town, my car went into reduced engine power mode, everything locked up and the car cut off. The car would not start back up. I had the car towed to the closest shop where it would sit for about a month and a half. I was told that initially it was a sensor, then come to find out the camshaft needed to be replaced. It took a few weeks to get the parts as they said they were on back order.…
ODI 11268644
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
Car shuts off completely while driving-the car goes dead de-energized completely. All controls would not work just locked up on me. I had to have the unit towed twice, we switched the battery in the key fob and the car ended up starting, however 2 weeks later it died again while driving, i nearly had an accident again!! 3 times the car has been in motion going straight and completely shuts down. The dealership was…
ODI 11234602
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
Warning message says 'shift into park' & even though engine shuts off, the radio (& i'm assuming battery) doesn't. Car won't lock because of it. Has required turning car back on & off as many as 8 times, and/or moving forward or backwards numerous times. Chevy dealer's service advisor told me "yeah, we've had lots of problems with that. We usually have to replace the shifter control box".
ODI 11230053
Engine · Power Train · Service Brakes
On saturday, june 29th, 2019 approximately at 12:30 pm my family's 2017 chevrolet malibu was in motion in a major interstate (i-75) and the traffic started slowing down, i pressed the brake pedal to slow down and the pedal became very hard to brake and having to swerve to the side of the right side of the road to avoid a collision with the vehicle in front of me. The vehicle's message board read "engine power…
ODI 11228650
Engine · Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal malfunctioned and was repaired twice. In addition, the vehicle stalled and the transmission was repaired three times. Biggers chevrolet (1385 e chicago st, elgin, il 60120, [redacted]) made the repairs under warranty. The accelerator pedal failure recurred and the vehicle was currently back at the dealer. The manufacturer was…
ODI 11218929
Engine
I purchased a 2017 chevrolet malibu about a year ago. I had a check engine light come on at about 25k miles while driving on the highway. The warning on my dash said "engine power reduced". I was on a 90 mile trip and continued on, as i had nothing i could do then and there. I arrived and turned the car off, fully expecting issues the next day when i left, the check engine light was off. I assumed it was just a…
ODI 11209985
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
Intermittent issue while driving at highway speeds (70mph) car will pop up service stabilitrak error message on front display, the traction control light will illuminate, while cel begins flashing. At this time, car will lose power and speed will begin to fall. Continuing to depress accelerator in an attempt to maintain speed will cause car to shudder. Entire incident lasts only 1-2 minutes, before drivability…
ODI 11217361
Engine
While driving it will unexpectedly pops up a message saying power engine reduced. This is very dangerous and could get you into an accident. Less than a year after i purchased this new vehicle it happened then again not even one year after they have supposedly fixed it
ODI 11218616
Electrical System · Engine
Driving on a major highway with a customer and the engine light comes on, power is reduced to a crawl, and then "power reduce" light comes on. At that point no acceleration occurs and car cuts off ( i was able to glide to the side) and will not start back up. After an hour,( and me having to call another car to pick up my customer) car cuts back on. Take it to dealership, was advised that a bulletin was issued…
ODI 11230066
Engine
Engine power is reduced, i was on the interstate traveling 65 mph and the engine power is reduced error appeared on my dash and the car lost engine power and almost got into a crash.
ODI 11196019