2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid Vehicle speed control Problems

“Vehicle in motion in left hand lane, on 5 lane main road during rush hour, traffic going approx. 35 MPH. As I was driving the vehicle stalled, engine light came on and a warning message said the vehicle was slowing down (it stalled completely). I was unable to drift into the right lane and forced to abandon my car into the center lane - used for merging from other lanes of traffic. Police responded but no report was filed. Officer suggested I leave the vehicle for my own safety & when tow truck arrived to request the auto be towed to a safe spot for removal of personal items. …”

“Coming off the hwy my vehicle slowed down from 55 MPH to about 40 MPH fairly fast thankfully no one was behind me. Check engine light came on, tried pressing on the pedals but vehicle was not speeding up at all. The traction light also came up. Took it to chevy dealer right away and they said it was the accelerator sensor not communicating with the system. Took about a week to get my car back from the dealership.”

“Our 2016 Chevy Malibu Hybrid intermittently began alerting of Reduced Engine Power and the accelerator would not allow the vehicle to accelerate. This happened twice, once on a busy highway that caused rapid deceleration of the vehicle. We brought the vehicle to the mechanic and there were a bunch of codes related to the accelerator position sensor. With parts and labor $415 to fix. Upon researching, there are a bunch of reports on car forums related to this. I believe there have been previous reports to the NHTSA. …”

“Within approximately two years of purchasing the car I experienced several occasions of inability to accelerate. I took the car to the dealer but it did not happen while they were driving it so they sent the car home. Around a year or so later I received a notice from GM of a recall for acceleration problems. It said only to take the car if I was having problems, which I was not at the time. Recently I experienced acceleration problems again and took the car in. They sent me home again saying to bring it back if the light comes on the dashboard saying lack of power. …”

“The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would not accelerate above 60 mph, with the accelerator pedal depressed. The contact stated that the engine power reduced warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed with the accelerator pedal sensor needing to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 26,000.”