Used 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Consumer Reviews
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After One Year of Leasing
Collin, 06/28/2017
2016 Chevrolet Malibu LT 4dr Sedan w/1LT (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
11 of 13 people found this review helpful
After leasing this car for a year now, I can't wait until the lease is up. I have actually considering trading it in, however the value on the car is severely low, and I don't want to lose $6k+!! The Pros: 1) I love the look of the car, it's much sharper than the previous model year. 2) ability to remote start from phone. 3) quality feel of the dash and surroundings (however, seats need extra padding). The Cons: 1) the Start/Stop feature is horrible, after sitting at a stop light for longer than a minute or two, the car starts back up and when it does, it loves to jolt the car. 2) I don't get the gas mileage that the car claims to have. 3) Within the first week of having the car, I noticed a rattle noise coming from the engine that sounded like tin vibrating whenever you would accelerate. I'm extremely OCD when it comes to noises from my cars, so I took it into the dealership 3 separate times to have them take a look, had multiple things replaced on it, including a muffler, none of things they did fixed the issue. Then they tell me that somewhere in the engine there is a design flaw that causes the noise, but they can't do anything else for me, and they can't spend anymore time on it. So for the past year, I have just tried my best to ignore the noise as best as I can. 4) the resale value is HORRIBLE. 5) Wish the car had more HP, as the car is sluggish. For such a sporty looking car, I would expect it to have some more WOW. Conclusion: I REALLY don't care for this car and I don't think I'll ever buy a Chevy again after this car.
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Chevrolet hammered this one out of the PARK!!
Craig Brandriff, 07/29/2016
2016 Chevrolet Malibu LT 4dr Sedan w/1LT (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
14 of 17 people found this review helpful
Truly a superior and roomier design than many of the larger sedans, and most of the similarly sized competitors. Handles better, roomier, and much better cargo space than the Buick La Cross we replaced, (horrible headrests).
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Never will get a GM product again!!!
Keith, 09/16/2016
2016 Chevrolet Malibu LT 4dr Sedan w/1LT (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
23 of 29 people found this review helpful
After having car for 5 months, I had 10 things wrong with it. The dealer kept my car for 1.5 weeks, only for them to tell me they couldn't duplicate any of my complaints. First, the drivers door=was misalingned from factory, after dealer "realingned door, then it wouldn't close properly. It ripped the rubber gaskets. Also, the drivers door lock on the handle was getting so it wouldn't work (had to press the button at least 6 times to get it to unlock). The drivers seat bottom had a "loose" feeling to it when going around corners, told the dealer they wouldn't feel it in the city (straight roads), they couldn't get it to do it. The list goes on, too much for this review. All I know is after 5 months, I took a hit and unloaded this car and bought the Ford Fusion, MUCH better car and was cheaper than the malibu!!
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Premier Model: Everything excellent but mileage
steve, 06/25/2016
2016 Chevrolet Malibu Premier 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
19 of 24 people found this review helpful
Are you ready to go back to the 1960s gas guzzlers? Then the Premier model is for you with the big engine (as is the next lower model when equipped with the big engine). After three months and about 1100 miles, almost all city driving, we have never had better than 14 mpg except for once when it went up almost to 16, though that tank included some freeway driving. The car seems to do quite well mileage-wise on the freeway, in the higher twenties. I have no idea how the EPA or GM came up with the 22 estimated MPG for city driving. AND THE CAR REQUIRES PREMIUM to get such lousy mileage. I was concerned about the low estimated mileage but never considered the possibility of getting such low mileage. The car is quite comfortable to drive and it handles and shifts well. The smaller engine is way underpowered (even for me who also drives a Prius so I am no power hungry person), which is why we got the bigger engine. I RECOMMEND AGAINST BUYING THIS CAR. One other note, the infotainment system is quite difficult to use and program. For EACH driver's phone, you need to program it for when that phone is not in the car, when that is connected to the infotainment system solely by blue-tooth and not by a cable connection, and when it is connected via a cable such that Car Play (or Android Play) is activated. And there are different commands and options depending on these three different situations, none of which are explained in the manuals. This includes two different navigation systems (the car's own system or the one from Apple or your Android phone). Many of your presets will be grayed out if they were programmed for a different phone or different usage pattern, We are computer and tech savvy people but find it difficult to use except for the most basic tasks. And the manual is not helpful.
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Absolute Piece Of Junk!!
Paul Spadafore, 01/17/2018
2016 Chevrolet Malibu LS 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
12 of 15 people found this review helpful
For consumers out there stay away like the plague!! The car is a year old, and has been in the shop three times in the last month. Check engine light keeps coming on,battery died, and the windshield wiper pump went all with less than 30,000 miles. The latest incident the check engine light went on,and killed the power to the car. My wife was able to limp into the parking garage at work at 5mph. She drives 40 miles one way to work,and I bought the car for reliable transportation to Detroit. My Saturn with 130k is a better option. I am in the process of trying to get GM to buy back the car. Absolute piece of junk is to kind for this car!!
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