Chevrolet Malibu Engine Problems
- 1,034
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 21
- Years with records
- 1999–2019
- Stored years
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 1034 stored complaint records:
- 29 indicate a crash
- 17 indicate injury
- 11 indicate fire
- 1 indicate a death
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- engine light · 45 records
- check engine · 37 records
- engine power · 33 records
- light came · 23 records
- power reduced · 20 records
- reduced engine · 10 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 291 |
| 30–60k mi | 216 |
| 1–30k mi | 166 |
| 100–150k mi | 160 |
| 150–400k mi | 60 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
Incident has happened twice while driving on highway. Engine light came on, then received an error message of "engine power reduced". Engine power and acceleration was reduced dramatically. Luckily there were no cars behind me or i may have been rear ended and involved in an accident. I pulled off on shoulder and turned car off and then turned car back on and engine power and acceleration was restored. Engine light…
ODI 11309087
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
Engine power reduced while driving. Three times. 2/9/20, 1/24/20, 12/8/19
ODI 11308089
Electrical System · Engine
I was driving on the highway, speed limit was 70mph i was going that speed then out of nowhere i got the check engine light and a notice on my dash appeared as 'engine power reduced' and my speed drastically declined i was almost rear ended by a semi truck, i had people in the back of my car and with an impact from a trailer we could have been seriously hurt or even killed. This a reoccurring proble with malibu's…
ODI 11308024
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
When driving the vehicle first the engine light came on and i got a diagnostics it was the mass air flow sensor code coming up. I had the thotle cleaned.... The engine light went off 2 daya later. Then i was driving on the hwy and the engine light came on along with the message engine reduce power. I pulled over shut the car off for 10 seconds , start it again and drive it. It does it on a daily now. And im tired of…
ODI 11307941
Engine
With under 10k miles on this car, we drove an hour to a baseball game, then found when we started it back up, it was on reduced power. Turned out to be the throttle body that had to be replaced. Today, with under 17k miles, my wife was picking the children up from school, and it lost power and said "reduced engine power" again. If this would have happened on the highway, it could have caused an accident.
ODI 11307765
Electrical System · Engine
My 2016 chevy malibu completely lost power twice on 2/6/2020. The engine shut completely down. The first incident happened while waiting in the pick up line at my daughters school which is in a parking lot full of kids. The car just shut completely down while in drive. It actually died. No instrument panel on, no radio on, no heat. I had to put the car in park and then push the pedal along with the push to start…
ODI 11307600
Engine · Gas Recirculation Valve (Egr Valve)
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 mph the vehicle lost motive power and stalled. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and restarted the vehicle. The contact also noted that the vehicle experienced the failure for approximately six months. The vehicle was taken to coughlin chevrolet of pataskala, 9000 e broad st sw, pataskala, oh 43062,…
ODI 11307233