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2019 CHEVROLET MALIBU — ENGINE

crash1 injured · 1557929 · 2019-04-15

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
MALIBU
Year
2019
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
ENGINE
Miles at failure
2,500

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

START/STOP ON POWERTRAIN / MOTOR CONTROL. MOTOR STOPS ON BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE AND STARTS UPON ? ? DECREASE IN PEDAL PRSSURE ? MOTOR STARTED AND RPM ACCELERATED BU ITSELF WHILE BRAKE PEDAL APPLIED, VEHICLE "SURGED" AND HIT POST. MOTOR ACCELERATES RPM / WORKS BY ITSELF. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. DELAY IN "START / STOP" CAUSING SURGE. SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING PROBLEM ?

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11196208
Machine
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