16 complaints reported

2020 Chevrolet Malibu UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
16
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Jan 2026

Transmission got metal pieces in transmission fluid and blew the transmission

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Aug 2026
Aug 2025

When putting the vehicle in park, the vehicle states please shift to park but the vehicle is already parked.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Aug 2025
Aug 2025

The vehicle intermittently shows shift to park error message. It takes several tries of moving the shifter for the notice to disappear. This has been an ongoing issue since I purchased the vehicle and since the dealership couldn’t replicate it at the time, they did not fix it.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2025
Dec 2024

I keep getting a shift to park alert to my car when my car is in park. I have to wiggle my shift gear in order for it to cut off or play around with the way the car is park

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 2024
Sep 2024

My car has the known shift to park error. Any time the car is put into park, it isn't registering as in park and won't shut down.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Sep 2024
Sep 2024

This car has problems when shifting to PARK. Sometimes it doesn't recognize its in park and wont shut off. There is a recall on this but when I look up my VIN it doesnt show a recall for my exact vehicle. Am I still able to get this fixed under the recall?

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Aug 2024
Sep 2024

My vehicle started to show a shift to park message. I took it to Firestone and they replaced the switch. This started happening again 2 weeks later. It is worse this time. It takes me several minutes to get my car to acknowledge that it is in fact in park.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2024
Aug 2024

When I turn my car off it tells me to shift to park when it’s already in park

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Aug 2024
Jun 2024

There is a message that’s pops up on my dashboard when I cut my car off saying “car not in park” when I have in fact put it in park. I have to jiggle and constantly press the gear shift in order for the message to go away .My safety was fine , I’m just scared that I may not see the message and my car could potentially start rolling backwards or forward. My car has been doing this for about 6-8 months .

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2024
Dec 2023

This car locked up about 2 Years Ago. It Told Me To Put The Car In Neutral While Driving It. The Brakes No Longer Worked And Neither Did The Steering. The Car Just Rolled Backwards No Matter The Gear It Was In Other Than Park. I Took It To Two Dealerships Who Told Me It Was A Problem With The Computer of the Car. I Seen About Three Lights on The Dashboard On And Off Typically When The Car Was Turned of And Restarted They Went Away. I Was Told That Since Nothing Was Showing Up It Couldn’t Be Diagnosed And That Since The Lights Were No Longer On The Dashboard It Was Fine. If I Seen Something Bring It Back In. Well Two Years Later It Happened Again On 7/3/23. I Had It Towed To Be Serviced Again. Just For Them To Give Me The Same Answer. It Has Been Driven 4 Times Since Then. As Of Today (7/12/23) I Got I Got In My Car And Literally Drove To The Stop Sign Of My Complex Before Having To Turn Back Around. The Car Was Smoking From The Inside Something Was Burning. The Car Is Having Issues That I Cant Even Get Resolved Because The Computer Of The Car Is Malfunctioning Some How & Its Costing Me Money & Putting Me Out Of A Vehicle. Something Is Wrong With The Computer System. & Now Ultimately Something Else Now.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 2023
Oct 2023

Started today, I would put my car in park and I’d would display in the dashboard “Shift to Park” even though I’m already in park. I tried to turn my car on and off and switch gears but everytime I turn it off and it’s in park, it would keep reading that message. It eventually stopped but I don’t want this to keep happening.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Oct 2023
Jun 2023

There have been four incidences (11/21, 10/22 (2x), 5/23) where my vehicle has completely stopped running while I am driving. The dash lights come on, it says to service ESC, it will say to put vehicle in park (even if I have done so already), it says I have low fuel (even with a full tank) and I lose power steering. This has happened when driving on city roads and at high speed on the freeway ( which is extremely dangerous). This puts me in danger because my vehicle stops accelerating and I must coast to the shoulder, which could very easily cause a collision, especially on the freeway. My vehicle has been to the dealership for each instance and they find nothing wrong.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jun 2023
Sep 2022

This car is a rental. After driving the car, I parked it at my final destination, shifted it into park, and attempted to turn the vehicle off. The vehicle would not turn off and flashed a warning on the instrument panel instructing me to shift into park even though the car was already in park. The car would only finally turn off after several attempts at shifting in and out of park.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Sep 2022
Feb 2021

Shift to park displays when I put my car in park and the vehicle will not turn off. I have read that there have been recalls on this issue up to 2019 but nothing for 2020. My car is not even 2 years old...I shouldn't have a problem turning my vehicle off especially since it's been an issue in the past

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2021
Jul 2020

RAIN IN GETTING INTO THE TRUNK AREA BY A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER. LEAVING THE SPARE TIRE SITE FULL OF WATER.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2020
Feb 2020

MY 2020 CHEV MALIBU, NEW 10/19, WAS PROMISED 29 MPG CITY BY CHEVROLET'S WEB SITE AND THE VEHICLE SALES STICKER. I AM ONLY GETTING AT THE VERY MOST 25 MPG AT THE VERY MOST. I LIVE IN SAN DIEGO AND DO DRIVE IN THE CITY FOR ALMOST ALL THE CURRENT 2,000 MILES. THIS IS THE PRIMARY REASON I BOUGHT THIS CAR! I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ON 1/17/20 & THEY TOLD ME ALL WAS WORKING PER SPEC'S.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2020

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The 2020 Chevrolet Malibu has 16 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.