2007 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx problems
Owners have filed 56 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 32% of complaints. Next are steering (18%) and electrical system (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 56 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 82,000 miles 51 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 15 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 13 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 51 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 82,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 74,000 miles (16 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a fire. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Chevrolet Malibu Maxx with enough data (24 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Occupant air bag sensor come on in fire, now service air bags light is on and there is a burn hole in the passenger front seat ..updated 09-15-14- updated 2/23/2015
Whenever the contact turns the steering wheel in either direction, he hears a clunking noise. The vehicle was taken.. The current 50k and failure mileages was 30,000.
Slowed down to take a right turn, turned right and started to speed up and the headlights shut off and would not come back on. I had to drive home, holding the bright lights on manually. Even at 20 MPH, it was very scary, could not imagine this happening at the speed of 55 or higher. Very dangerous!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet malibu maxx. While the vehicle was stationary and while driving various speeds, the air bag, ABS, and traction control indicators illuminated. The contact stated that the traction control would not engage. An unknown dealer in fairbanks, alaska was contacted about the failure, but did not answer the phone. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 113,309.