2012 Chevrolet Malibu other reported problems

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On [XXX], as I was leaving softball tournament in Poway Ca with my kiddos about 6 minutes into driving a message popped up on my dash "ENG PWR REDUCED & SERVICE TRACTION", I lost power to accelerate, I pulled over just before getting on the [XXX] freeway, turned car off and thought car would reset which it didn't. I was stranded with my kiddos. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA complaint #11623319 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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First, there is a problem with the transmission. The car will stall or stop abruptly while driving. Second, the automatic turn signals do not work. Third, the driver safety belt does tightly secure the driver.

NHTSA complaint #11619575 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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The electronic stability control activates under normal driving conditions. Power to engine is reduced, car does not brake or accelerate appropriately with this happens. It appears to be a problem that is reported frequently and one that has been a recall on some vehicles but this VIN does not show that recall. It puts me and others at risk because the car suddenly stops going at speed and lurches when trying to stop. Scans were done at a local auto shop which indicate issues with ESC. Warning lights include ESC activated, Engine power reduced

NHTSA complaint #11534505 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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The Instrument Cluster failed while driving. No gauges on dash work and the gear shift indicator light does not work. I have read online other owners with the same complaint. This should be on recall.

NHTSA complaint #11520556 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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As your driving along vehicle will shut off abruptly and have to remove and replace fuel pump relay until it shuts down again.

NHTSA complaint #11508713 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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The Audible Chimes on the car a very faint, if the seat belt is not fastened the car notifies you with a Visual Alarm and Audible alarm the chimes - the chimes stopped working on this car. This car does not have auto seatbelts, if you forget to fasten the seat belt you are not aware of this fact as the visual display is in the dash, the audible alarm chimes warning you that there is no seatbelt. No mechanic needed to tell me that this is broken, the chimes don't work, pretty easy to diagnose. No inpection to date, really do not want to pay for this to occur. no.

NHTSA complaint #11504483 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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Passenger as well as driver side headlight continuously pop on and off, not blowing the bulbs but assuming there is a wiring issue

NHTSA complaint #11456718 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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GM Tech Bulletins say there is a Ghost Problem with Elect. Stability Controller. GM mentions there is no recall or known cure for this. .Components/contacts were cleaned at service shop but " Serv. ESC-ESC OFF" keeps appearing in "driver display" when hitting bumps -turning car.. i will mail service sheets. This option was available on 08-09-10 models of Malibu but Std. on my 2012 car. It is worthless when there is thick snow.. I will send , by mail, serv. records on this unsolvable problem... It continues to happen ,at slow speed - not just one time...I believe YOU can read the G.M.-TSBs, as it was shown to me.... Consumer stated it showed a bad steering column multi switch & Yaw sensor unit , part still available.. Unit fires off bad code when barely moving and turning to right... Unit gets damp and works for a while. Turns out: Plastic Yaw coil in steering column broke up against the shaft, and the multi reed switch is probably bad, in there. The consumer stated after a new multi switch was installed, the bracket of the plastic broke again.

NHTSA complaint #11424228 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I HAVE AN ONGOING ISSUE IN WHICH THE POWER STEERING ON MY 2012 MALIBU LOCKS UP AND IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO ROTATE THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAKE TURNS....IT HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FROM BEING PARKED FROM A COLD START TO RECENTLY ACTIVELY HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD/HIGHWAY. THE COMPUTER DASH DISPLAY POPS UP SAYING POWER STEERING THEN SAYS SERVICE ESC

NHTSA complaint #11415718 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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ECS LIGHT FLASHED BEFORE THE CAR LOST POWER AND STEERING

NHTSA complaint #11414770 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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MY VEHICLE HAS 86,200 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE TO HAVE BOTH HEADS REBUILT BECAUSE OF A BURNT EXHAUST VALVE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING AT THIS LOW MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE IDLES REALLY ROUGH WHEN IN PARK OR NOT IN DRIVE OR MOTION. WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, THE "SERVICE TRACTION, SERVICE ESC, ESC OFF" COMES ON. THIS GOES AWAY ONCE YOU START DRIVING AGAIN.

NHTSA complaint #11323654 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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DOORS KEEP UNLOCKING AND LOCKING ON THEIR OWN. DOES IT CONSTANTLY NO MATTER WHAT I DO.. THE ALARM DOESNT DO ANYTHING AND THE DOORS JUST KEEP UNLOCKING AND LOCKING BACK AND FORTH ALL DAY AND NIGHT EVEN WITHOUT THE KEYS INSIDE WHILE PARKED

NHTSA complaint #11321532 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND WHEN I HIT A STOPPED LIGHT IT SUDDENLY MY CAR TURNED OFF AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. ALSO SERVICE TRACTION, SERVICE ESC, ESC OFF ON THE HEADBOARD. I ALREADY FIXED THE THROTTLE BODY, MAP SENSOR, CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, GAS PEDAL, ALTENATOR, AND ITS STILL DOING THE SAME PROBLEM. I NEED HELP ON FINDING OUT WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS. I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW.

NHTSA complaint #11320517 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY WITH NO TRAFFIC AROUND AND MY SUNROOF SHATTERED

NHTSA complaint #11319548 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I AM CONTINUALLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT LOVE BEAM LIGHTS ON MY CAR. IN PARTICULAR THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT LOW BEAM. I HAVE CHANGED THE LIGHT AT LEASE EVERY 3 MOS FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. I JUST RECENTLY CHANGED THE DS HEADLIGHT AND THE HARNESS AND IT WORK INITIALLY BUT 24 HOURS LATER IT WAS NOT WORKING AGAIN.

NHTSA complaint #11315647 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND CAR JUST SHUT OFF, NO LIGHTS WERE ON IN VEHICLE NO SIGNS OF ANY ISSUES AT ALL. VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

NHTSA complaint #11307885 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK BUT NOT OPEN

NHTSA complaint #11301482 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT KEPT GOING IN AND OUT UNTIL COMPLETELY GOING OUT AND NOT WORKING. WHEN GETTING A NEW BULB PUT IT IT DID THE SAME THING A WEEK LATER. THE WIRING IN THE HEADLIGHT IS FAULTY. THE SAME THING GOES FOR THE FRONT SPEAKERS OF THE CAR. THE FRONT SPEAKERS WILL COME ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN AS WELL.

NHTSA complaint #11301034 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT KEEP GOING OUT I HAVE REPLACED BULB AND SOCKET SEVERAL TIMES ..IT WORK ONLY FOR 2 WEEKS AND PROBLEM KEEP COMING ..THIS IS FIFTH TIME I'M HAVING TO FIX THE ISSUES

NHTSA complaint #11289751 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT AFTER BEING CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES

NHTSA complaint #11256251 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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MY CAR WON'T TURN OVER AFTER I TURN IT OFF SOMETIMES. SOMETIMES IT WILL BE MOST OTHER TIMES IT DOESN'T. THE BATTERY IS NEW, SPARK PLUGS ARE NEW, SENSORS ARE NEW. STARTER ISN'T THE PROBLEM. DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE? IT WAS STATIONARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WHEN I TRY TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON.

NHTSA complaint #11243691 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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ANTITHEFT SYSTEM IS CAUSING MY CAR NOT TO START. I HAVE CONTACT GM THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO HELP. I RESEARCH ONLINE LINE WHERE CHEVROLET KNOWS ABOUT THE ISSUE BUT WANT CUSTOMER TO FIX THE PROBLEM THEMSELVES. I WAS STRANDED FOR 4 HOURS IN THE HOUSTON HEAT WITH MY KIDS. THE CAR WILL STOP IN TRAFFIC AS WELL

NHTSA complaint #11243397 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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SERVICE ESC TRACTION ALERTS AND ENGINE SOUNDS AS THOUGHT IT WILL STALL - HAD MAP SENSOR REPLACED, A FEW MONTHS LATER ISSUE HAS RETURNED. OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN PARKED.

NHTSA complaint #11190363 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS 102,000 MILES ON IT

NHTSA complaint #11189717 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I'VE HAD READ SO MANY VEHICLES WITH SAME ISSUES ON ALL THESE MODELS I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR PUT A HIGH DOWN PAYMENT TO BE GETTING LEFT EVERYWHERE ALL CHEVY DEALERS DONT KNOW WHERE TO START AND OVER PRICE IT ALL YOU ALL SHOULD LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE ITS SOMETHING SERIOUS . CAR WONT START AFTER BEING USED A WHILE, YOU HAVE TO MESS WITH CABLES AND WIRES FOR IT TO START MESS WITH FUSE BOXES AND ALSO SOMETIMES IT DOESNT WORK.. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT I'M ANNOYED OF THIS CRAP

NHTSA complaint #11187408 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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THE LIGHTS RANDOMLY COME ON THEN THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WILL START TO ACT UP WHEN I GO TO STOP AS IF I WAS TO SLIDE ON ICE BUT I'M NOT I'M ON DRY PAVEMENT. ON CITY STREET.

NHTSA complaint #11182113 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE TO FILE COMPLAINTS ABOUT MANUFACTURING ISSUES TO START A RECALL. MY MALIBU DIDN'T START ONE AFTER WORK TOWED IT TO MECHANIC. HE SAID IT DIDN'T HAVE OIL PRESSURE. HE OPENED UP THE ENGINE AND FOUND PIECES OF O RINGS/RTV SEALANT BLOCKING FLOW AND BUSTED RODS, LIFTERS, AND LOOSE BEARINGS OBVIOUSLY. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ONE OPEN THAT ENGINE. I FEEL THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. CAR ONLY HAS 90,000 MILES. A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT AT 40,000 MILES, REAR DEFROST OUT REAR FUSE BOX CORRODED AND BURNED WIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED, WHEEL BEARINGS OUT IN THE FRONT AT 50,000 MILES. THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN WITH A NEWER CAR. DEALER NO HELP OUT OF WARRANTY.

NHTSA complaint #11174798 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I HAVE A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. MY LAST NOTE WAS DO ON 11-03 MY CAR HAS NOT BE RUNNING SENT OCTOBER IT BENIGN CUT OFF ON ME WHILE I'M DRIVING WHEN IT CUT OOF I TRY TO START IT BACK UP IN IT WANT STAY CRANK I HAVE TO WAIT FOR DAYS BE FOR IT START BACK UP I HAVE SPENT $500 DOLLARS TRYING TO GET IT BACK RUNNING BUT IT STILL NOT RUNNING IT'S BE TO THE CHEVY DEALERS SHIP IT STILL NOT RUNNING NELSON HALL CHEVROLET TELL ME THEY CAN NOT CATCH A CODE THEY PUT A USED PART ON MY CAR IN CHARGE ME FOR IT I'M TOLD ME THEY DO NOT SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT I PICK IT UP IT CUT OFF ON ME TRYING TO MAKE IT HOME SO I GOT ANOTHER SHOP TO LOOK AT IT THEY TOLD ME THAT MY FUEL PUMP WILL NEED TO BE CHANGE L PAID THEM $175 PICK IT UP CAME HOME GOT READY TO GO TO THE STORE IT STARTED UP I BAGGED OUT THE YARD IT CUT OFF IN FRONT OF A LINE OF CARS I HAD TO GET HELP TO PUSH IT BACK IN THE YARD EVERY WHERE I GO I CAN NOT CUT IT OFF BECAUSE IT WANT START BACK UP FOR DAYS NOW IT'S JUST SITTING IN MY YARD WHILE I BOMBING A RIDE TO WORK IN EVERY WHERE ELSE I WANT TO GO DON'T KNOW ONE KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS IN WHY IT WANT STAY CRANK

NHTSA complaint #11161075 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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LOW BEAMS BOTH HEADLIGHTS REPEATEDLY GO OUT. HEATER/AIR CONDITIONER TURNS OFF AND ON BY ITSELF. MOTOR HAS BEEN CHANGED AND TESTED. IS THERE A WIRING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE ACROSS THE BOARD. I READ A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS VEHICLE HAVE THE EXACT SAME ISSUES. HEATER/AIR TURNS OFF WHILE IN PARK OR DRIVE RANDOMLY.

NHTSA complaint #11141205 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.