Speed Control complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2017 Chevrolet Malibu has 96 NHTSA speed control complaints and 0 speed control-related recalls.
96
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | The Reduce Power to Engine keeps happening. It shuts my car down and lights up the traction control ... |
| Dec 20, 2025 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | While driving at highway speeds, my vehicle suddenly experienced a loss of engine power and reduced ... |
| Sep 14, 2025 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | The car smells strongly of gas. And has a problem accelerating. Check engine light came on and I got... |
| Aug 23, 2025 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE | I was driving my car on the highway doing 65 mph when all of a sudden my car started rapidly jerking... |
| Jan 3, 2025 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | When driving down a major highway going 70MPH, my 2017 Chevy Malibu speeds decreased, the brakes loc... |
| Sep 20, 2024 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE | I was driving in my neighborhood I tried to park at my house and my car wouldn’t stop I had to step ... |
| Apr 26, 2024 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | I was in the freeway and out of nowhere an alert message popped up on the dashboard saying Engine po... |
| Feb 9, 2024 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE | The Power Brake Vacuum Assist Failure nearly caused a wreck. The part failed while we were driving ... |
| Dec 30, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | My car displayed "reduced engine power" and slowed down on the highway while I was doing 65mph. My c... |
| Oct 22, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Check engine light came on. Display stated that the engine will run at reduced power which meant we ... |
| Jun 2, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | My car has reduce engine speed. I’m driving on the highway and out of nowhere the car shots down and... |
| May 5, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal lost connect... |
| Feb 23, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | 2017 Chevy Malibu over 15 times this happens since we owned buying it brand new it has "Reduced Engi... |
| Feb 11, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,BACK OVER PREVENTION | When l park my car it keeps saying it’s not parked |
| Dec 1, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | My check engine light came on and I had reduced power and could not speed up. I have seen other with... |
| Nov 26, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | The check engine light came on and the stabilitrak came on. I went to nearest car mechanic and the m... |
| Nov 22, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | During driving on the highway, the car went into reduced power mode and speed was limited to 30 MPH.... |
| Nov 17, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | About 2 years ago I began having issues with my 2017 Chevy Malibu right before I hit my 100k mile ex... |
| Oct 3, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | The accelerator pedal position sensor failed causing reduced engine power mode. This happened on the... |
| Sep 28, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | I have taking my car to Chevy 8/2021 twice and now 9/28/22 for what I believe to be throttle body co... |