Chevrolet Malibu: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 66 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Malibu, model years 1964 to 2025. NHTSA has 19,398 complaints on file for this model line. 34 of the 42 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the Chevrolet Malibu is number 4 of 176 model lines of Chevrolet on the register. Recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Malibu: 1 in 2024 and none in 2025. For all Chevrolet vehicles, the count fell by 15.4%, from 26 in 2024 to 22 in 2025.

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Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Chevrolet Malibu: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2025 Chevrolet Malibu NHTSA page	1	12	3%	276,879
2024 Chevrolet Malibu	2	46	10%	276,901
2023 Chevrolet Malibu	2	73	16%	278,987
2022 Chevrolet Malibu	1	99	21%	2,108
2021 Chevrolet Malibu	2	90	19%	623
2020 Chevrolet Malibu	1	202	44%	402
2019 Chevrolet Malibu	1	193	42%	402
2018 Chevrolet Malibu	6	700	152%	583,378
2017 Chevrolet Malibu	4	705	153%	1,476
2016 Chevrolet Malibu	9	841	182%	14,669
2015 Chevrolet Malibu	3	270	58%	95,825
2014 Chevrolet Malibu	6	351	76%	286,756
2013 Chevrolet Malibu	9	837	181%	500,178
2012 Chevrolet Malibu	2	907	196%	2,877,569
2011 Chevrolet Malibu	3	978	212%	2,878,714
2010 Chevrolet Malibu	3	1,363	295%	2,867,909
2009 Chevrolet Malibu	5	1,511	327%	4,516,747
2008 Chevrolet Malibu	4	989	214%	5,371,054
2007 Chevrolet Malibu	3	977	212%	3,641,270
2006 Chevrolet Malibu	6	1,119	242%	5,017,592
2005 Chevrolet Malibu	3	975	211%	4,944,814
2004 Chevrolet Malibu	6	1,148	249%	5,146,442
2003 Chevrolet Malibu	2	569	123%	5,970,581
2002 Chevrolet Malibu	2	567	123%	5,887,886
2001 Chevrolet Malibu	2	721	156%	6,548,458
2000 Chevrolet Malibu	3	922	200%	6,591,676
1999 Chevrolet Malibu	1	789	171%	5,877,718
1998 Chevrolet Malibu	3	976	211%	6,757,428
1997 Chevrolet Malibu	4	443	96%	6,773,527
1989 Chevrolet Malibu NHTSA page	0	3	1%
1986 Chevrolet Malibu NHTSA page	0	1	0%
1983 Chevrolet Malibu	2	1	0%	23,775
1982 Chevrolet Malibu	2	2	0%	98,794
1981 Chevrolet Malibu	2	3	1%	5,840,268
1980 Chevrolet Malibu	5	5	1%	10,817,618
1979 Chevrolet Malibu	5	4	1%	10,799,001
1978 Chevrolet Malibu	7	2	0%	12,963,280
1977 Chevrolet Malibu NHTSA page	1	0	0%	265,068
1975 Chevrolet Malibu NHTSA page	0	2	0%
1974 Chevrolet Malibu NHTSA page	0	1	0%
1973 Chevrolet Malibu NHTSA page	1	0	0%	3,094
1964 Chevrolet Malibu NHTSA page	0	1	0%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

29,546 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Chevrolet Malibu: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Steering	193.8	5,726
Electrical System	163.6	4,833
Engine	73.5	2,172
Exterior Lighting	69.1	2,043
Power Train	57.4	1,697
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	54.9	1,621
Unknown or Other	44.2	1,305
Electronic Stability Control (ESC)	41.8	1,236
Vehicle Speed Control	40.2	1,187
Service Brakes	37.4	1,106

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Chevrolet Malibu, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2014, with 7 campaigns.

Complaints about the Chevrolet Malibu, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2014, with 2,011 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Silverado 150055 campaigns
Impala57 campaigns
Tahoe80 campaigns
Equinox32 campaigns
Silverado46 campaigns
Blazer40 campaigns
Suburban82 campaigns
Cobalt10 campaigns
Trailblazer29 campaigns
S1033 campaigns
Traverse33 campaigns
Corvette48 campaigns
Cavalier40 campaigns
Silverado 250044 campaigns
Cruze26 campaigns
Colorado29 campaigns
HHR7 campaigns
Camaro56 campaigns
Lumina29 campaigns
Astro17 campaigns
Venture18 campaigns
Monte Carlo44 campaigns
Avalanche18 campaigns
Volt8 campaigns
Suburban 15007 campaigns
Aveo4 campaigns
Silverado 350045 campaigns
Malibu Maxx4 campaigns
Trax11 campaigns
Bolt EV14 campaigns
Sonic16 campaigns
Avalanche 15005 campaigns
Trailblazer EXT9 campaigns
Corsica15 campaigns
C15001 campaign
Caprice50 campaigns
Express73 campaigns
Uplander5 campaigns
Beretta15 campaigns
Spark9 campaigns
Chevrolet Truck10 campaigns
Pickup0 campaigns
Lumina APV11 campaigns
Tracker0 campaigns
C/K Pickups4 campaigns
K15001 campaign
Captiva1 campaign
Malibu Classic2 campaigns
Cobalt SS0 campaigns
Trailblazer EXT 3700 campaigns
G2022 campaigns
Equinox EV7 campaigns
15003 campaigns
C152 campaigns
C25001 campaign
Van0 campaigns
Celebrity15 campaigns
Silverado 1500 HD0 campaigns
C1041 campaigns
Suburban 25000 campaigns

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Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 3 Nov 2026
Complaint file through: 5 Nov 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

Which Chevrolet Malibu model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2016 with 9, 2013 with 9, 1978 with 7. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Chevrolet Malibu model year has the most complaints?: The 2009 model year, with 1,511 of the 19,398 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Chevrolet Malibu name?: Steering: 193.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 163.6 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine: 73.5 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Chevrolet Malibu?: 26 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.