Chevrolet Malibu Fuel/Propulsion System Problems
- 400
- 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 400 stored complaint records:
- 5 indicate a crash
- 4 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- engine light · 36 records
- check engine · 26 records
- engine power · 21 records
- light came · 19 records
- fuel pump · 16 records
- power steering · 9 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 107 |
| 100–150k mi | 79 |
| 30–60k mi | 60 |
| 1–30k mi | 49 |
| 150–400k mi | 34 |
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
Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Check engine light and reduced engine power vehicle won't accelerate on highway in traffic
ODI 11306640
Fuel/Propulsion System · Steering
My fuel pump does not work properly it reads empty. Also i was driving and my power steering stopped working as i was turning. I was very scared of crashing my car. I had to stop my car and turn it off then turn it back on and my power steering was working again. This has happened 3 times in the last 2 days.
ODI 11300278
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
The car lost power while i was operating it. I had to put it in park and restart it. I was in the middle of parking it on a city street.
ODI 11299931
Fuel/Propulsion System
Car is burning more fuel than usual and it is hesitant to take off; like the turbo is no longer working.
ODI 11297980
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
Check engine lights blinks on and off car defects as if it will cut off found out its the piston and throttle body from fieldsman chevrolet now im out of a car with no loaner car because they are backed this car was called for recall for these repairs
ODI 11297891
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
So i feel like there should be a recall if i had to read a lot of stories that are similar to mine. My vehicle was driving fine and then i get a signal on my dash as i am going up a hill saying that "engine power reduced" and my check engine light came on. I'm in the middle of a street trying to get to work and i could barely get up the hill. Thank goodness there wasn't a lot of traffic that time of day. I managed…
ODI 11297075
Fuel/Propulsion System
December 31, 2019 at 1:18pm, driving at speed on the most dangerous portion of i-95 in the springfield, va area, merging from a left highway entrance ramp into the far left lane of the highway, the vehicle suddenly dropped to 20mph and the warning light came on for reduced engine power. The vehicle would not gain speed, putting my son's and numerous other drivers' lives in jeopardy. Was able to get to a dealer who…
ODI 11292393