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Chevrolet Malibu problems by year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA for each model year, with the number of safety recalls. Tap a year for the breakdown by component and mileage.
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- Complaints are unverified owner reports. NHTSA does not confirm each one.
- No denominator: popular cars get more complaints. Counts are not failure rates; a best-seller will show more reports than a rare model.
Complaints per model year
Bars: owner complaints (each complaint counted once). "rec." = safety recalls. Most complaints: 2010 (1,363).
20101,363 · 3 rec.2011
978 · 3 rec.2012
907 · 2 rec.2013
836 · 10 rec.2014
351 · 6 rec.2015
270 · 3 rec.2016
841 · 9 rec.2017
703 · 4 rec.2018
700 · 6 rec.2019
192 · 1 rec.2020
199 · 1 rec.2021
90 · 2 rec.2022
99 · 1 rec.
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