The Recall Desk

Vehicle

Chevrolet Malibu Classic

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

1–1 of 1

  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V400000·2014-07-03

    GM Recalls 5.8 Million Vehicles for Ignition Switch Airbag Risk

    General Motors is recalling 5,877,718 vehicles from 1997-2008 because the ignition switch may move out of the run position, preventing airbags from deploying in a crash.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, PONTIAC, OLDSMOBILE IMPALA, GRAND AM, GRAND PRIX, MALIBU
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE20011 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel/propulsion system

Technical service bulletins

49 manufacturer service bulletins across 1 model year. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2005: 4.9/5

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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