I purchased a 2013 chevy malibu 53 000 miles in october of 2018 from bob pulte chevrolet.
2013 chevy malibu hybrid not charging.
The car ran great until almost a year to the date of purchase at 72 534 miles issues began.
This could cause a gradual loss of battery charge and the illumination of the malfunction indicator light.
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Gm will notify owners and dealers will test the gcm and replace it as necessary free of charge.
If the vehicle is continued to be driven the engine may stall and or the vehicle may not start.
I found out the hybrid battery had a problem and it would drain the other battery.
While stopped at a red light foot on brake i looked down at the dashboard and noticed the rpm needle had dropped to 0 the car had stalled.
Certain 2012 2013 model year buick lacrosse and regal and 2013 model year chevrolet malibu eco vehicles equipped with eassist.
According to her vin they are saying that it doesn t apply to this vehicle.
I have a malibu 2013 hybrid eco and tha battery light is on and the fault code is p0abc by the way.
2013 malibu eco eassist there is a recall for this type of car the car is in the shop and need a generator control module.
I have contacted the dealer and found out that the modules to replace the hybrid battery has been discounted.
The car while running on highway for 50 miles or more will start the loss of battery charging.
The recall began on june 11 2013.
In addition there may be a burning or melting odor smoke and possibly a fire in the trunk.
Chevrolet malibu owner manual 2013 crc 10 24 12 black plate 3 1 introduction iii the names logos emblems slogans vehicle model names and vehicle body designs appearing in this manual including but not limited to gm the gm logo chevrolet the chevrolet emblem malibu and the malibu emblem are trademarks and or service.
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I purchase a used 2013 chevy malibu hybrid for my son.
I also have a 2013 chevy malibu with 27889 miles on it with which i just experienced the same exact problem.
After about a month it started dying on him.
The battery light came on i looked at the voltage on the dash display and it displayed 11 5v then ran down to 9v after flashing a conserving electricity message displayed on the dash and then the car completely died.
Some of these vehicles have a condition in which the generator control module gcm may not function properly.
