It happened to my husband on a busy street. The dealer replaced the remote door lock, but the cause of the engine failure was not determined. There were vehicles behind me and beside me. BATTERY WAS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD AND FUEL WAS 1/3 TANK. I purchased my vehicle in september 2017 and at the beginning of june 2018, the check engine light would turn on and I'd get a message reading "engine power reduced". That was the first time now I've seen the message multiple times and it always happens after I've come to a complete stop and then release my foot from the brake pedal to start back driving. This describes everything that has been wrong with my car this time in the shop and the repairs that they need do with the pistons as of now. The first time it happened, it was around 6pm in busy traffic on the highway, almost causing me to wreck. This is serious. Steering wheel locked up when attempting to turn. The contact stated upon coming to a complete stop, the vehicle shut off and the warning messages "power engine low", "steering reduced; be careful" were displayed. This happened yet again today as I was making a left hand turn onto a 4 lane highway. It was then towed to another dealership which is now replacing the 'fuel pump' due to a gm tsb communication 16-na-225. Cant turn off car. This results in a the inability to move the seat forward and causes a safety issue when attempting to drive. The instrument panel indicated that the vehicle was on. Engine-related issues top the list of 2016 Chevrolet Malibu problems. In addition, the vehicle stalled and the transmission was repaired three times. Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. Online are multiple complaints of this issue! And today it stated on the dashboard that it was reducing its speed. Will 'correct' itself. The contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. It acts as if its still in park. I immediately drove back to dealership for repair. When I shift to park and attempt to turn the vehicle off a warning comes up telling me to put the car in park and I then have to turn the vehicle back on move the shifter down to drive and slowly move through each gear until the parking sensor will recognize the shifter is in park this has also happens to other people I have to allied to with the same model, I park my car but I get a shift to park message even though my car is in park, My car keeps reducing engine speed chevy fixed it once now it's doing it again. Based on some research on the internet, I believe the accelerator pedal position sensor is failing. It's slows down significantly and not safe for a highway if this happens you will wreck or something worse. So I had to tow it home where it sits, My chevy malibu currently has about 20k miles on it in addition to that it is up to date on oil changes etc. 2017 chevy malibu over 15 times this happens since we owned buying it brand new it has "reduced engine power" error come on and the car can't accelerate over 30 miles per hour. The 2017 Chevrolet Malibu's leading problem has to do with loss of engine power owing to fidgety computer control modules. Vehicle abruptly slowed in heavy traffic for no apparent reason. The contact stated that the vehicle was able to restart several hours later. My malibu will shut off after atempts to restart when in auto stop. The manufacturer was not contacted. I have to restart vehicle and jiggle shift handle to get it to clear shift to park error Then I am able to park and lock the car. THE RAPID JERKING HAS HAPPENED BOTH TIMES ON DIFFERENT ROAD SURFACES AT SPEEDS BELOW 45 MPH WHILE COATING, FOOT COMPLETELY OFF THE GAS PEDAL AND FOOT NOT TOUCHING THE BRAKE PEDAL. No warning . They found p2127 stored in system, reset ecm road tested and could not duplicate any faults. Seems to be a common failure mode of the park indicator switch. At first it would cut off but restart. Alot of owners are having this issue the part should be recalled https://static. Seems to be the only complaint I see on here. I returned the vehicle to the same chevy dealership. Will have to stop on the side of the road and exit the vehicle to check what is wrong and risk possibly beeing hit and killeother d by another vehicle. Sit back and let the experts work out your lemon case at no cost to you. The failure mileage was approximately 56,000. I wish they would do a recall. After an hour,( and me having to call another car to pick up my customer) car cuts back on. As mentioned above I would have the health of the secondary battery checked. It is beginning to do it often. Exactly two weeks later, I was driving on the street around 25-30mph, approached a stop again and car powered off.. The contact scheduled an appointment with an independent mechanic. The vehicle entered reduced power mode as the contact pulled off to the side of the highway. Was going to take to dealership that following monday but the engine light went away again before that time. I would have been "killed". This also causes flooding in the trunk of the vehicle. I put it in PARK, then I pushed the button to start. We looked at the brakes and thought the pads was bad. Its an essential aspect that the engineers must get right, yet the 2017 Chevrolet Malibu falls short once again. I limped the car home on a rural route with reduced power. Discovered code p2138 active, and engine send into "reduced power" mode while driving on highway (approximately 70 mph), occurred over several days. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the ignition switch was faulty and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact stated that the gear shifter was placed in park however, the gear shift indicator showed that the transmission was still in drive. It was frightening because someone could have hit me from behind. This car has been reported to general motors to made as a recall. The vin was invalid. I plan to retire next year, which is why I purchased something reasonably priced and presumably "reliable", so I will soon be on a fixed income and can't afford that type of fix, nor another car with the balance of this faulty car tacked on to the balance. The vehicle was taken to an independent. The contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. It creates an unsafe condition at times when parking. It happens every time it rains; they fixed the issue with the rain leaking in the trunk but not with the rain leaking inside the car. The failure mileage was 3,000. But I'm sure that this will go on until misfortune causes those in power to ask. When I turn the car off is when the alert happens, then you have to restart the car and take out of gear and try again. Please discard PI1426. Autostop feature has stopped working properly due to this problem. The message said, 'engine power reduced'. You are not able to turn the vehicle off. As purchased the lights were too high. The, Check engine on and kicking into high RPM. When I have parked my car, shifted to park, and turn off the ignition I get the display message saying "shift to park" even though I have already done that and turned off the car. I then set up an appointment with the chevrolet dealership, where technicians also ran a more thorough diagnostic test and found my car needed a new accelerator pedal position sensor. Purchased car brand new; only been serviced at the original dealership, only use shell v-power gasoline. I see it is a major problem with these models of chevy malibu. This is a huge safety hazard, I do not drive on the highway out of fear that the car may shut off. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE SWERVES AND FISHTAILS FROM TIME TO TIME. The contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer but was unable to duplicate the failure. 92 labor 0. When you stop and shift it to park and then turn the vehicle off, it will come up with a warning to "shift to park". This is a know issues in the gm cars just seen on google that a global letter was sent out aug of 2019 about this issues but I never received it. I usually pulled over to the service lane turned my vehicle off for a minute or so restart the engine and I'm able to go about my way (I learned to do that by reading countless msgs online of other motorist complaining about the same issue on vehicles with mileage as low as 2,600 miles. So I kept bailing out water and parking in garages. This happened several time. I purchased my 2017 chevrolet malibu in october of 2017. Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. Add your complaint here, about any vehicle. I approached the stop light and reduced speed. A fellow motorist assisted her in jump-starting the vehicle and the contact was able to resume normal driving. The complaints are organized into groups with data published by vehicle, vehicle component, and specific problem. Stayed on for the next 35 miles. This occurrence seems purely random and occasional. One can only imagine the fear I had. Ive found with Chevy dealerships if there isnt an error code they tell you there is nothing wrong.. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was taken to koons clarksville chevrolet buick gmc (12421 auto dr, clarksville, md 21029, 410-988-9522) where it was diagnosed that the shifter assembly was damaged. While driving on the highway I suddenly received a message saying that "engine power is reduced". There seems to be no way to shut off the car unless it is in park. The cars speed was immediately reduced almost causing a serious accident as I was in the left lane on the highway with a semi behind and beside me. Please enter a valid phone number. I was using a normal amount of force to close the door and was shocked at the damage the door tip did to my leg. Car is saying 'engine power reduced'. Even though you're in park. It's frustrating, time consuming and noisy as if you do not see the message and go to open the door, it beeps noisily notifying you that the car is not off. As we were going 75mph down the highway the vehicle started deaccelerating with the check engine light with the following message appearing on the screen 'engine power reduced' we had to quickly pull over to the side of the road to avoid having a wreck. Car was placed in park, but still rolled down the hill of a driveway, and got damaged. When the car is put into park you get a message it is still in drive and won't shut down took to dealer and they replaced shifter assy. Have to play with shift lever to get it to respond this is a safety issue lots of posts on forums of this problem this has been happening for several months 2 -3 times a week. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. Its a 3rd time that I experience dead battery (stationary/parked) for brand new car 2017 hybrid malibu within 2 years. When in park, it occasionally idles around 1-2 rpms and makes a very loud noise. After about 20 minutes remote key operation returned. This is very dangerous to be driving at high speeds and all of a sudden the vehicle drops speed to 15-20 mph. Think you have a lemon? The automaker claims that this is a normal occurrence and to prevent it, drivers should keep their hands on the wheel. It started from under the hood and melted the passenger side of the dashboard. I notice I get a message on my dashboard power assist and reduce speed. Who are we? Fast forward to this september 2020 and it started up again and has been on and off since. Fred9505 Registered I have a 2014 Malibu LT. This generation malibu's are not even close to good. The Chevrolet Malibu delivers much substance beyond its shapely styling, from the quiet cabin and generous backseat to the comfortable ride and undaunting . On the city streets I drive the speed limit ranging 25mph-40 mph. Problem solved for just over a year when it happened again in february 2022. IT WAS THEN TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP WHICH IS NOW REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP DUE TO A GM TSB COMMUNICATION 16-NA-225. Has required turning car back on & off as many as 8 times, and/or moving forward or backwards numerous times. Fortunately, I was able to safely pull over. The failure mileage was approximately 93,400. Monitor comes on dashboard when you put the car in park, and says 'shift to park'. I managed to get it home luckily on major traffic jams on interstate 65. The battery and a sensor had been replaced. None of the above answers are correct. I had a check engine light come on at about 25k miles while driving on the highway. I've read several posts about what's wrong with it and everyone says even after having it fixed it goes out again within time. Error message: shift to park. There is no rhyme or reason that this continues to happen. Sometimes the heads up display alert doesn't even go off when it should. I almost crashed. I've had this issue fixed once already with the dealership and it turned out to be the sensor throttle or something with the pedal. The gear is in park, but a switch in the steering column isn't operating properly. Was able to put both feet and press as hard as I could to attempt to stop the car. California consumers may exercise their CCPA rights here. On most occasions, the speed would remain consistent. *tr. When it rains, the floor mats get wet under the brake and accelerator. Thanks. The sound will sometimes occur before reduced engine power. I took it to the repair shop the warranty company silver rock recommended. I was unable to accelerate and was luckily able to drive to an emergency lane while cars and semi trucks were behind me and almost hit me. The vehicle was restarted multiple times in order for the vehicle to function properly. Which is for the accelerator pedal sensor and the throttle electrical control. The repair shop replaced the automatic transmission shift cable and the gm/automatic transmission range selector lever. I just submitted a complaint about this issue, it has happened more times than I can count so I'm submitting again. This really scared me while driving in heavy traffic. Vehicle is turned off but warning light on dash says 'shift to park'. This started the beginning of march and has continued. The car is less than 36,000 miles now. Then suddenly the engine comes back on at an accelerated speed. This is a safety hazard because the vehicle will not turn off and will continue to use the vehicle's battery unless the "shift to park" message is cleared from the dash board. The very first advanced diagnostic report by 'onstar" emailed to me on 04/07/2017, was less than 30 days after the final sale of my vehicle. In this statement, they acknowledged that a water leak occurs through the center high mount stop lamp. I WAS TOLD TO CUT THE ENGINE AND OPEN/CLOSE THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR BEFORE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. We believe this is what's going on. 2nd scenario/incident:when at a full stop at an upward steep road after I release the break and accelerate the message "steering assist is reduced, drive with care" will appear on the dash and the car will not move forward it will roll backward until the break is pressed it will stop rolling back. Car goes down to less than 50 miles per hour and is struggling to go must faster while I am on the freeway. My car is cutting the power to the engine at random times. 1 . This is a 2017 and this should not be happening this soon. The manufacturer was not contacted. The assembly line software had errors that may have caused the start-stop accumulators to be moved out without two required bolts. My vehicle should still be under warranty however due to short staffing I am unable to make an appointment to have it looked at for at least six weeks. I was looking online and others are having the same issue. Also the car is dying when the car does come to a stop so that you have to put it in park and start it again. We don't sell/share your email. We just bought this vehicle 5 months ago no more than 10k miles on it. One Edmunds reviewer states the trouble with this component. I have to re-start car to get it in park. Dealership did inform me it happens a lot with 2017 chevy malibu. Resetting does not fix the problem. So Ill try to explain. This issue has happened twice. The vehicles brakes keeps popping where it makes it very hard to stop. The vehicle was taken to bob steele chevrolet (2800 florida 520, cocoa, fl 32926 (321) 632-6700) where no diagnostic failure codes were found and the failure could not be replicated. My check engine light came on and I had reduced power and could not speed up. It displays a message 'engine power is reduced'.