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4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
General Motors is recalling 2010-2011 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles because the driver's air bag inflator may explode during a crash, potentially causing serious injury or death.
General Motors is recalling 2011-2012 Chevrolet Malibus because flexible steel seat belt cables may break, increasing injury risk in a crash.
Dorman is recalling replacement intermediate steering shafts for specific Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Saturn models due to a defect that may cause loss of steering control.
General Motors is recalling 2004-2012 Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Saturn vehicles because a wiring issue can disable crash avoidance features like traction control.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
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.
1,806 manufacturer service bulletins across 21 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
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.