2010 Chevrolet Malibu Other Problems

Your turn signal lever doesn't automatically shut off after you complete a turn, which means your blinker stays on and confuses drivers behind you—they may think you're still turning and try to pass, creating a dangerous situation. This problem has existed since the vehicle was new and has been confirmed by multiple repair shops. The fix will likely involve inspecting or replacing the turn signal switch mechanism that's supposed to automatically reset the lever.

Your shift lever is stuck in park and won't move into drive. Additionally, your traction control light is coming on and preventing your cruise control from working. This appears to be a known issue covered under a GM recall, and the repair is costing approximately $500.

The front doors on the car lock and unlock them selves and often you have to climb into the backseat from the front seat to exit the car. This is a serious danger if you were in an accident or the car was on fire. Hi I am [XXX] and it’s almost impossible for me to climb over the seats the way the cockpit is made. When the car locks itself it’s impossible to unlock the car using the door locks inside by pulling them up or using the key in the drivers door nothing works. The car can be completely locked and hours later maybe the next day the drivers door will be open on its own. This is happened several times in the rain soaking the driver seat. The only way to unlock the doors if they lock on their own it’s to play with a key fob pressing lock unlock maybe 100 times and you might get lucky and it unlocks. I spent three days once before I could enter my car using the key fob as I explained earlier. The door came open one time while the car was going forward and luckily I was in a Walmart parking lot or there’s no telling what would’ve happened. When the car was shifted into drive the door locks clicked down but that still did not stop the door from opening. I purchased the car two months ago for $7000 and the dealer is going to do nothing they stressed as is. I have read online there are thousands of these complaints for the same thing and GM has not acknowledged the problem to date. Complaints I have read also stated they have done different repairs to the doors which are quite costly but they were to no avail. This seems like a very serious and dangerous problem being trapped inside a car especially in Florida where I live and the temperatures in a car can reach 140 degrees. If the car is running you can’t even exit the back doors once you crawl over the seats it has to be shut off. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Driving down the highway, the car completely shuts down, states engine deactivated, engine power decreased, and traction light on, had to attempt to safely pull over, had to be towed, still trying to figure what's wrong, completely unsafe!

My brake lights are always on as if I am riding the brakes (which I am not) and when I apply the brakes they turn off. I also get a warning to service traction control and ESC. I understand that GM had a recall for this and the repair work was done on this vehicle but people are complaining that the repair is only temporary and the problem returns. I don't think I should have to pay for this to be repaired as it is a know problem with many GM cars, not just Malibu. The vehicle is useless as it is because it will definitely cause a accident.

Transmission went out at 88740 miles. Paid over $3000 for it and there are still issues. This car is junk. I feel chevy should have repair all these issues on this car. Now it's the throttle body and transmission issues. It's non stop issues. I Baby this car out of fear to no avail.

I was driving and the service traction control came across my car the the engine powering down notification appeared, and the check engine light. I took it to advance auto and they hooked up the machine which gave them the code DTC P2138. I took it to a mechanic who said the accelerator pedal sensor needed to be replaced. I replaced it and I'm still having the same issue. This time when it came on the pedal completely lost power until I turned the car off and restarted it.

TRANSMISSION KEEPS GOING OUT

I HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR RUNNING REALLY FUNNY. SOMETIMES IT WON'T START. THEN AT TIMES IT WILL START BUT IF YOU PUT IT IN GEAR TO DRIVE. IT GOES VERY SLOW. THIS HAPPEN IN 2016 BEFORE. I GOT A LETTER FROM GM TO TAKE IT IN TO BE FIXED. WHEN I TAKE IT IN. MY CAR RESETS. AND THE DEALER TELLS ME THEY CAN'T FIX IT. THE LETTER I RECEIVED FROM GM IS SAYING I HAVE UNTIL 2020 TO GET IT FIXED. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I HAD VERY LOW MILES.

ENGINE GOES INTO REDUCED POWER MODE AFTER DASH TROUBLE LIGHTS SHOW, SERVICE ECU, TRACTION CONTROL ERRORS AND ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. SEVERE SAFETY THREAT WHEN IN REDUCED POWER MODE. P1682 CODE DEALER SAID IT WAS KNOCK SENSOR AND WIRING HARNESS, DID NOT RESOLVE. NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. THIS ALL HAPPENS WHILE EITHER DRIVING IT OR IDLE.

AFTER DRIVING FOR A FEW MILES IT WON'T LET ME ACCELERATE AND VEHICLE STARTS SHAKING. IT FIRST HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO EXIT WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. RIGHT AFTER ACCELERATION WOULDN'T WORK ENGINE POWER LOW, SERVICE TRACTION POPPED UP. ONCE I PUT THE CAR IN PARK IT SHAKES. I TURN OFF CAR FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES AND THEN IT BACK ON AND IT DRIVES BUT HAPPENS AGAIN WITHIN 5 MINUTES

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, I FELT A JUMP AS IF I HAD GONE OVER A BUMP. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE AND STARTED TO LOOSE SPEED. I WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SIDE AND BRAKED TO A COMPLETE STOP. I PLACED THE SHIFT TO PARKING AND SHIFT IT TO DRIVE AS I PRESS ON GAS PADDLE THE VEHICLE JUMPED AGAIN AND WAS DRIVING AS IF ON THE NEUTRAL POSITION AND THE SPEED WOULDN'T ADVANCE. I SHIFTED ONCE AGAIN, AND IT VEHICLE JUMPED AGAIN. I GOOGLED AND IT MENTIONED THE SHIFT CABLE TAB COULD BE BROKEN. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND CHECKED THE SHIFT CABLE AND THERE WAS NO TAB. MECHANIC REPLACED THE BUSHING AND IT FAILED ONCE AGAIN. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY UN-DRIVABLE. I READ THAT GM WAS RECALLING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH 2008-2010 MALIBU. I'VE GOT IMAGES AND INVOICE BUT HAVING TROUBLE UPLOADING AT THIS TIME.

2010 CHEVROLET MALIBU TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON A MAIN ROAD. 93,000-95,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. DRIVING AND THE CAR STOPPED SHIFTING INTO GEAR, AND WILL NOT REVERSE. CAR IS UNSAFE AND UNABLE TO DRIVE.

OUT OF NO WHERE MY CAR STARTED SHAKING I WAS IN THE HEAT WITH MY DAUGHTER IT SAID SERVICE ESC/SERVICE TRAC. I HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE LOOK AT IT, I'VE HAD THEM TEST EVERYTHING BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO HELP IT DIDN'T DO IT FOR AWHILE THEN I LEFT MY CAR ON WITH THE A/C WHILE PICKING UP MY DAUGHTER WE WERE SITTING IN THE HEAT OUTSIDE HER SCHOOL SHE ONLY 2 AND COMPLAIN HOW HOT IT IS WHILE I'M TRYING SEE IF I CAN FIX IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES OUT OF NO WHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC.

SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE ESC, LIGHTS COME ON AS DRIVING. LIGHTED UP ON INFORMATION PANE. SECOND TIME THIS IS HAPPENED. TOOK TO DEALER LAST TIME THEY DID SOME RESET AND CHARGED $75.

SO I'M PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK YOU CAN'T USE THE KEY FOB YOU ALSO CAN'T USE IT INSIDE HANDLE TO OPEN IT OR THE OUTSIDE AND IT'LL STAY LOST 4 DAYS AND THEN UNLOCK ITSELF IT'LL BE OKAY FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENS ALL OVER AGAIN THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR CAR IN A HURRY WHEN THERE IS AN ACCIDENT OR YOU NEED TO TO ME THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IT CAN BE WORKING FINE YOU CAN GO INTO THE STORE YOU CAN COME OUT YOU CAN'T GET IN THE CAR OR YOU CAN GET IN THE CAR TO COME HOME AND I CAN'T GET OUT OF THE CAR YES I BOUGHT MY CAR USED FROM TREGEMBO MOTORS AND OF COURSE THAT PART'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY I'VE LOOKED AT ALL THE REVIEWS THIS IS A BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND GM IS AWARE OF IT THEY NEED TO FIX IT THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN LOCKED IN OR OUT OF MY CAR THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A MONTH

FIRST OF ALL I AM A MUSICIAN AND THIS CAR HAS CUT MY FINGERS BADLY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. ONCE I WAS AT AN AUDITION AND BLOOD WAS EVERYWHERE. YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM CAUSE THE WEB SAYS YOU HAVE RECEIVED MANY MANY MANY COMPLAINTS. LISTEN IF THE CHROME TAPE ON DOOR HANDLES INSIDE AND OUT PEELS AND CUTS THEM DON'T ALLOW AUTO MAKERS TO USE IT PLEASE! WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN FULL DRESS A SUIT OR NICE CLOTHES AND YOU OPEN YOUR DRIVERS DOOR OR PASSENGER AND THE TAPE SLICES YOUR FINGER LIKE A MEAT SLICER AND BLOOD IS EVERYWHERE. I WAS SET TO PLAY MUSIC TONIGHT AND NOW I CAN'T. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET WHY LET THEM KEEP USING A PRODUCT THAT PEOPLE KEEP COMPLAINING TO YOU ABOUT?

THE ANTI THEFT KICKS IN WHENEVER IT WANTS AND SHUTS OFF POWER TO THE CAR. NO MATTER WHAT I DO IT DOESN'T SHUT OFF.

DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. DOOR LOCKS ALL WORK GO UP AND DOWN AND THE OTHER THREE DOORS LOCK AND UNLOCK AND OPEN, BUT DRIVERSIDE NEVER OPENS. HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE BUT AFTER MANUALLY USING DRIVER LOCK IT CAUGHT AND WORKED FOR CLOSE TO A MONTH BEFORE HAPPENING AGAIN AND NOW IT WON'T OPEN. BOTH TIMES HAPPENED PARKED AND CLOSING THE DOOR THE DOOR WOULDN'T LATCH SHUT, AFTER 2ND ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE DOOR IT LATCHED SHUT BUT THEN WOULD NOT OPEN AGAIN.

CRUISE CONTROL WHEN ENGAGED MAINTAINS THE SPEED BUT WHEN CLIMBING A HILL THE RPM'S WON'T SHIFT THE CAR AND THEN ONCE THE CAR REACHES THE SET SPEED IT STILL WON'T SHIFT . THE SET SPEED WITH CRUISE CONTROLS WON'T STAY WHEN DECENDING DOWN A HILL BUT WILL INCREASE WITH SPEED AND WON'T MAINTAIN THE SPEED YOU SET IT AT. THIS IS BAD FOR THE ENGIN AND TRANSMISSION AS WHEN YOU DE ACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROLS THE CAR SHIFTS GEARS .

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN.THE LATCH GOES UP AND DOWN BUT THE DOOR WON'T OPEN, EVEN IF I TRY TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE THE CAR THE DOOR WON'T OPEN. THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR.

I GOT MY MALIBU IN NOV.2013 AND IN AUGUST ON 2016 I TOOK IT IN FOR A OIL CHANGE AT THE DEALERSHIP AND A CHECK I DO EVERY THREE MONTHS A WEEK LATER MY TRANSMISSION DIES, I GOT TO MY MOM RADIATION APPOINTMENT AND IT DIED IN THE PARKING LOT HAD TO TOW IT TO A MANICHEAN AND HE TELLS ME THAT IT IS THE TRANSMISSION DIED I DO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY TO GET IT FIXED CAUSE I AM A FULL-TIME STUDENT SO MY CAR IS SITTING IN MY THE STREET AND I CAN NOT DRIVE MY MOTHER TO HER APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CAR AND MY MOM IS ON A FIXED INCOME DUE TO THE FACT SHE IS 73 YRS OLD. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FIX THIS WHEN I HAVE EVERYWHERE I GO THEY WANT 2500-4500 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED ALL UP FRONT AND NO PAYMENT PLANS??????

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

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. THE ERROR CODE IS P0010. I CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR 6 MONTHS WITHOUT SOME ISSUE. THIS IS JUST THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY STEERING COLUMN WHEN THE CAR WAS ONLY 4.5 YEARS OLD. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT ONLY 5.5 YEARS OLD. I JUST HAD TO HAVE THE PASSENGER DOOR FIXED, AS IT LOCKED, AND WOULDN'T OPEN. AND NOW THIS P0010 CODE. I'M FACING YET ANOTHER COSTLY FIX ON THIS CAR. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS ERROR CODE SO THAT I AM NOT FORCED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET YET AGAIN.

THE DRIVER'S DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM EITHER KEY, INSIDE DOOR HANDLE OR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE. WE TOOK TO CHEVY MALIBU DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD SINCE THIS IS NOT RECALL WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT WHICH WOULD BE $467.00. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 79.000 MILES. THE DOOR NOT OPENING HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES AND I AM NOT ONLY ONE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO BECAUSE I CHECKED ON LINE TO SEE THE NUMBERS. IT IS DANGEROUS IN THIS CONDITION. I AM TRAPPED IN CAR WHEN IT HAPPENS PLUS I AM DISABLED AND MOVING OVER MEDIAN TO GET OUR OF CAR IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. SINCE THIS IS DANGEROUS, THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.

VEHICLE SUNROOF LEAKS THROUGH TO CENTER CONSOLE, FRONT DOME LIGHT, CARPETS AND SPEAKERS. THIS OCCURS AT ALL TIMES, STATIONARY AND IN MOTION. MORE SO AFTER RAIN AND CAR WASHING. I NOW HAVE WATER STAINS, MOLD AND SMELL THROUGHOUT CAR.

CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING! EVERYTHING DIES. CANNOT RESTART. HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER REPLACED SENSOR. WORKED FOR A WEEK, THEN DIED AGAIN IN TRAFFIC. TOWED BACK TO DEALER, WHO HAS NO IDEA WHY THIS HAPPENS. NO RECALL NOTICE EVER RECEIVED FROM CHEVY. BUT I FOUND PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS BY OTHER OWNERS AS FAR BACK AS 2003 WHILE RESEARCHING ON INTERNET.

DRIVING APROX. 55 MILES AN HOUR, WHEN SUDDENLY A SERVICE ESC LIGHT APPEARED AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALSO AT THIS TIME I LOST ALMOST ALL ENGINE POWER AND WAS ALMOST UNABLE TO MAKE IT HOME.....

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THIS VEHICLE. IAW GM DOC# 2894053 TECHNICAL BULLETIN THIS IS CAUSED BY A BROKEN 3-5-R APPLY (WAVED) PLATE (507). THE MECHANIC STATED THIS PLATE IS TOO THIN FOR THESE VEHICLES AND WHEN THEY BREAK DOWN, THEY TOTALLY DESTROY A GOOD TRANSMISSION AND THE DRIVER WILL NEVER KNOW UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS POWERING DOWN TO SAFE MODE (GOING FROM 65 TO 40 IN LESS THEN A MINUTE) AND THERE IS NO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE GAVE A FALSE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODES AND NEVER SHOWED THERE WAS A INSIDE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. CODES WERE P0776 AND PI0780. IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT A BUSY DAY. I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN REAR ENDED AND THEN THIS 3-5-R DEFECT WOULD HAVE BEEN BLAMED ON THE CRASH. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THIS SHOULD BE REPALCE BY GM. THIS HAS COST ME $2,881.88, AND 3 LOST WORK DAYS. GM SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR SHODDY CHEAP PARTS.

EVERYTIME IT RAINS OR I GO THRU A CAR WASH WATER LEAKS IN THE CAR.. I'VE HAD THE SEAL REPLACED AND I'M STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM.. I'M CONCERNED THIS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTS OF MY CAR.

WHEN TRIED TO PUT ON THE TURN SIGNAL FOR THE DIRECTION TO THE RIGHT, THE TURN SIGNAL ARM WOULDN'T ENGAGE AND HAD TO TRY SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT TO SIGNAL. SINCE THEN, THE TURN SIGNAL ARM ONLY WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING BACK TO WORK ON MY LUNCH BREAK AND THREE ALERTS CAME ACROSS THE SCREEN. 1)SERVICE ESC 2) ENGINE POWER REDUCED 3) SERVICE TRACTION. TT MY VEHICLE WOULD BARELY GAIN SPEED. WHEN I WAS FORCED TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT, AND THE LIGHT FINALLY TURNED GREEN I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED AS THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS ACCELERATING, AND MY CAR WOULD BARELY CREEP FORWARD. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO MY WORK PARKING LOT AS MY VEHICLE ALMOST DID NOT GET UP TO SPEED. OUR VEHICLE IS GOING TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TOMORROW TO DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THIS.