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.
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.
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 the same issues. i took it to autozone for a diagnosis and it's the throttle pedal position being farther apart than allowed. the dealership is charging me $200 to fix the issue and i have only had this car for 6 months.
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 had my [xxx] child in the car with me and was almost rear ended due to loss of power from such a high speed. *dl parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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.
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.
Engine power reduced warning came on with engine light and traction light car speed dropped
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 it anymore. diagnosis at dealer was bad accelerator switch. they did not have any and said it maybe months because of this big problem. my car was down 15 days for this problem befor it was fixed.
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 fault occurred. this is a severe safety issue that needs to be addressed by general motors. fault codes p2138 for accelerator pedal, c0242 and u0401 for traction control system. neither of these faults were addressed by the dealer during the repair.
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 the dealer give me a loaner? i am still under the 3 year bumper to bumper warranty. we have always had problems filling the car and it is never completely full. we have brought it to dealer several times about this with no advise. they did recalibrate one time. they said it was an issue with the dash board reporting less gas than is in the tank. please let me know about this as we continue to drive the car.
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.
While driving my car says "steering assist reduced. drive with care". it has started out of no where
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 again i still received the same message. i then waited even longer and everything was ok but eventually the same issue continued to happen several times. i took my vehicle to get coded and the codes that were given to me were 2122, 2123, 2101. it's unsafe for this to happen especially i have a child this is no safe for me.
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, (817) 696-2000) and scheduled an appointment. the contact stated that the vehicle was in the process of being towed to the dealer. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 59,211.
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 (2200 seymour rd, jackson, mi 49201, 517-787-7700) where it was diagnosed that there was a defective camshaft that burst and spread metal fragments throughout the engine. the contact was informed that the entire engine needed to be replaced. the contact was given an estimate for the repair cost. the manufacturer was notified of the failure and offered the contact financial assistance towards the cost of a new engine. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 62,000.