General Motors is recalling certain units of the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu over a faulty memory chip in the electronic brake control module, which could cause braking issues.
The defect:Â the memory chip in the electronic brake control module (EBCM) may fail and cause the loss of electronically controlled brake systems including anti-lock brakes (ABS) and electronic stability control (ESC). As such, these vehicles fail to conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 126, “Electronic Stability Control Systems.”
The hazards:Â if the EBCM fails the primary braking system will still function, however, the loss of ABS and ESC increase the risk of a crash.
Affected vehicles: 2016 Chevrolet Malibu manufactured March 7, 2016 through March 12, 2016
Number of vehicles affected:Â 66 vehicles (United States figure).
The fix:Â GM will notify owners, and dealers will install a replacement EBCM, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on June 10, 2016.
Owners should: customers looking to find out if their vehicle is included in this Chevrolet Malibu recall should visit recalls.gm.com. There, owners will be able to enter their Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to see any open recalls as well as customer satisfaction programs. If the vehicle is part of the recall, customers should take it to a Chevrolet dealer.
Owners can also contact Chevrolet customer service with questions by using the following information.
Contacts:
- Chevrolet Customer Service: 1-800-222-1020
- GM Recall Number:Â 39440
- NHTSA Toll Free: 1-888-327-4236
- NHTSA (TTY): 1-800-424-9153
- NHTSA Website: www.safecar.gov
- NHTSA Recall Number:Â 16V272000
Comments
No Recall is to Small for the New GM, Well Done.
Exactly! Good stuff!
Yup. Glad they’re being diligent and doing the right thing.
My brakes have malfunctioned 3 times since i have had my 2016 chevy malibu. As I’m turning into a parking space going slow and turning my wheel the brakes malfunction it has caused me an accident and i have had to go up curbs to stop my vehicle or run into something to stop my vehicle. I am not happy with this situation at all. I took my vehicle in to get looked at and they said they haven’t heard of this problem.
So… did you follow the instructions in the article above and plug in your VIN into the GM recalls page to see if your car is part of the recall? If it is, the dealer should very well know about it.
all this extra cost to the buying public and complexity has not helped that much with safety. if you drive drunk or stoned nothing helps. getting people to buckle up will help more than all this whiz-bang stuff that costs a fortune to fix when it goes bad. Last year, the U.S. had the highest one-year percentage increase in traffic deaths in half a century, according to 2015 data released Wednesday by the National Safety Council (NSC). Initial estimates, which may be revised when more information becomes available, indicate that 38,300 people were killed on U.S. roads in 2015, and roughly 4.4 million sustained injuries that resulted in medical consultations. The number of deaths rose 8 percent from 2014, compared with a less than 0.5 percent increase between 2013 and 2014 and a 3 percent drop the previous year.
I was driving yesterday, (August 11 2019) got onto the highway with no issues, drove for a few kms while breaking at times to exit (again with no issues). Got to my exit ramp off the highway as I need to slow the car down, I pressed my brake pedal and nothing happened, I couldn’t slow the car down!! It like the pedal wasn’t even working. I had 2 cars in front of me, I stomped on the pedal again only to press the pedal down slightly… still not breaking or slowing of the car… No warning lights on the dashboard whatsoever! I finally used both feet to slow the car and came so close to hitting the 2 cars, I had to pull off to the right side of the shoulder to avoid hitting the cars, finally, the car slowed down a little after again slamming on the breaks with both feet. I was lucky that I didn’t have my kids in the car and not hit cars of the guard rail. Still on the side of the road, looking to see if anything would pop-up on the dashboard to let me know what is wrong. nothing!! Open the hood maybe break assist fuild was leaking, nothing. Only after much time I then look at my emails to see the OnStart diagnostics messages sent from my car:
1st email: An issue with the Antilock braking system in your 2016 Chevrolet malibu, please service your vehicle within 7 days
2nd email: An issue with the StabiliTrak stability control system in your 2016 Chevrolet malibu, please service your vehicle within 7 days
All these issues at once, where it put me in a huge position to crash my car and injury people with no warrings, no warning messages on the car dashboard, absolutely out of nowhere to let me know that my brakes had failed!!!!
Only today starting my car at 7:42 am, no I have a solid check engine light on my dash. What the hell????
This recall is dangerous and I have not been notified prior to any of this, or a possibility that this issue may happen while driving.
This exact same situation happened to me and I looked and no recall.. I also had no warning until it happened.. Contacting my dealership npw
If I brought a vehicle after the recall and now own the vehicle> do I have pay out of pocket to have the issue fixed?
My 2016 malibu has 2014 rear brake set uP.why?