Used 2017 Chevrolet Malibu Sedan Consumer Reviews
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Danielle, 11/10/2020
2017 Chevrolet Malibu L 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
I bought my 2017 Malibu in February 2018 - brand new. Car drove well for a while I loved the space inside and the sleek look. I have taken great care of it because I commute an hour and half for work 5x a week - I need my car to always be in great shape. I have only taken it to Chevy for oil changes and maintenance. In 2019 I started getting a "Shift to Park" message after putting my car in park. The car's battery will not turn off until the car recognizes it is in park. This leaves me either sitting there until the message eventually goes way (could be a few seconds, or a few minutes), or turning my car back on and trying to put it back into park. I found waiting a minute or two before trying to turn off my engine helped prevent this issue from happening. But over time, this message kept popping up more often and I'm left siting there for about 10 minutes trying to figure out how to fix it. I've told Chevy about the problem 2 separate times when I went in for oil changes, they knew about the problem- it was clear they had dealt with it before and said they could fix it no problem. Both times, they said this, both times the message would appear again after a few days. The car is only 4 years old, it's only been driving around for 3 years, I'm not even to 60,000 miles and this problem now happens daily. I thought buying a new car would prevent me from having to trade in my car so soon. Now I owe more than the car is worth, but don't have a choice, I will have to trade it in soon before this problem is no longer manageable. I will never buy another GM car ever again.
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brooke miller, 08/25/2019
2017 Chevrolet Malibu LS 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
I got my car June 2017... I noticed it ran a little loud but I loved my car.. 2019 my car started not going into park I would almost have to really force it in to park. then it started to run very rough. i also kept up oil changes and everything. Aug 2019 I was exiting the freeway and my car just shut off. completely.. and that was the end of the car
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Best Malibu EVER
George in Phoenix, 06/17/2017
updated 06/20/2018
2017 Chevrolet Malibu LT 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
13 of 17 people found this review helpful
This is my 3rd Malibu. 2013,2014,2017. This is by far the best of the 3. I read all over the internet about the 1.5l being to under power. The 0 to 60 for my little turbo is 8.0 seconds. Here is about a dozen cars we view as classic sports cars with the 0 to 60 times. Now tell me my 1.5l turbo 4 is MEDIOCRE. 1974 Camaro Z28 8.0, 1976 Corvette 8.0, 1982 Corvette 9.1, 1983 Camaro 9.4, 1983 Datsun 280ZX 9.3, 1964 Dodge Dart GT 8.1, 1974 Dodge Challenger 9.5, 1977 Ferrari 308 8.1, 1966 Mustang 10.8, 1966 Barracuda 12.4, 1967 Barracuda 13.5, 1981 Saab 900 Turbo 11.3. I will take all the safety and tech options of my 2017. Drive a 2017 Malibu. If you think it's to slow. Go to your local auto auction and get one of the classic sports car listed above. You will really know what slow is then.
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Noisy!
Dennis, 10/10/2017
2017 Chevrolet Malibu LT 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
10 of 13 people found this review helpful
Be sure you test drive far enough to check noise levels. Mine has high engine and road noise at an unacceptable level. Fix is to upgrade sound deadening materials.
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There Is So Many Better Built Cars Out There!
Samanth Smith, 06/07/2018
2017 Chevrolet Malibu L 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
12 of 16 people found this review helpful
When I turned in my car for some warranty work I was given this car from Hertz. I have got to be honest this is probably the worst car I have driven in awhile. The acceleration was lack luster to say the least. It's definitely not a car you would be excited to drive and look for a reason to drive it. It is also loud inside, you really hear a lot of road noise. Another issue, for some reason when I would make a call the ac blower would turn off. I am not sure if there is some issue with the computer or if there is some feature for that. If it was a feature, I would have turned it off but the touch screen is so over designed and complicated I could not find that setting. I drive a lot, especially on curvy, two lane roads and this car was not designed for that. I understand this car is a FWD car but a Ford Focus is way more fun to drive around corners and feels somewhat sporty. Although, the BIGGEST design flaw in this car is the start/stop engine. While most car manufacturers have a on/off button by the ignition button Chevy makes you have to put the shifter in L then press the + button six times. This is every time you put the car in drive! Disclaimer: The Wi-Fi feature that Chevy brags about is you must be near a home or business with Wi-Fi to connect. There are so many other cars out there, that are fun to drive and are designed conveniently for the driver. I would recommend this car to no one.
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