NHTSA Complaint #10845521 — 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU
ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA
Complaint Details
| ODI Number | 10845521 |
| Vehicle | 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU |
| Component | ENGINE |
| Date of Incident | |
| Date Filed | |
| Mileage | 78,000 miles |
| Crash | No |
| Fire | No |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Vehicle Towed | No |
| State | TN |
Consumer Description
2012 CHEVY MALIBU 1ST OCCURRENCE'. PARKED BUT RUNNING THE CAR DIES AND WILL NOT START BACK. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ARE ON. LET THEM CAR SET FOR 20 OR SO MIN AND IT STARTED BACK WITH NO ISSUES. 2ND OCCURRENCE'. A FEW DAYS LATER WE STOPPED AT THE STORE AND CAME BACK OUT AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR ANYTHING. KINDA SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS OUT OF FUEL WHEN YOU TRIED TO START IT. WE HAD SOMEONE PICK US UP AND WENT BACK IN AN HR OR SO AND THE CAR STARTED. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY SAID THE ONLY CODE IT WAS THROWING WAS LOW VOLTAGE. WE REPLACED THE BATTERY. 3RD OCCURRENCE.. A WEEK LATER I USED THE FOB TO START THE CAR. WHEN I WENT OUT THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START BACK. SAME AS BEFORE JUST ACTED LIKE IT WAS OUT OF FUEL. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THE COMPUTER WAS STILL NOT SHOWING CODES. HE REPLACED THE FUEL RELAY. 4RD OCCURRENCE.. A WEEK LATER I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND IT ACTED LIKE I WASN'T PRESSING THE FUEL PETAL AND BY THE TIME I GOT OVER TO GET TO THE SHOULDER IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I DROVE IT TO HOME DEPOT ON MY LUNCH BREAK AND CAME BACK OUT AND IT WOULD NOT START. SAME AS BEFORE. I CALLED A CO-WORKER TO PICK ME UP THEN WENT BACK A FEW HOURS LATER. IT STARTED SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP. IT DID NOT HAVE ANY CODES THROWN. HE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. 5TH OCCURRENCE' 4 DAYS LATER I LEFT TO TAKE THE KIDS TO SCHOOL AND THE CAR DIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A SAFE PULL OFF AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START BACK. I HAD IT TOWED STRAIGHT TO THE SHOP AND THEY SAID THE CAR STARTED ONCE IT GOT THERE AND THE COMPUTER DIDN'T THROW ANY CODES.. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WHEN I SEARCH MY PROB ON THE WEB THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. I
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