Chevrolet Malibu by model year

29,499 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Chevrolet Malibu across 29 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Chevrolet Malibu

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1997	693
1998	1,480
1999	1,227
2000	1,379
2001	1,005
2002	755
2003	773
2004	1,639
2005	1,386
2006	1,479
2007	1,253
2008	1,493
2009	2,356
2010	2,209
2011	1,530
2012	1,476
2013	1,387
2014	564
2015	402
2016	1,452
2017	1,180
2018	1,228
2019	317
2020	337
2021	138
2022	162
2023	115
2024	68
2025	16

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG	Safety
2025	16		1	31
2024	68	Electrical system (27%)	2	31	5 stars
2023	115	Engine (15%)	2	30	5 stars
2022	162	Engine (24%)	1	26 to 32	4 stars
2021	138	Electrical system (22%)	2	26 to 32	4 stars
2020	337	Engine (18%)	1	26 to 32	4 stars
2019	317	Engine (21%)	1	26 to 32	4 stars
2018	1,228	Engine (23%)	6	26 to 30	5 stars
2017	1,180	Engine (22%)	4	26 to 30	5 stars
2016	1,452	Engine (21%)	9	26 to 30	5 stars
2015	402	Engine (17%)	3	24 to 29	5 stars
2014	564	Engine (23%)	6	24 to 29	5 stars
2013	1,387	Electrical system (27%)	10	24 to 29	5 stars
2012	1,476	Electrical system (20%)	2	20 to 26	4 stars
2011	1,530	Electrical system (15%)	3	20 to 26	4 stars
2010	2,209	Steering (21%)	3	20 to 26
2009	2,356	Steering (33%)	5	20 to 26
2008	1,493	Steering (31%)	4	20 to 25
2007	1,253	Steering (54%)	3	19 to 25
2006	1,479	Steering (55%)	6	19 to 24
2005	1,386	Steering (37%)	3	23 to 25
2004	1,639	Steering (57%)	6	23 to 25
2003	773	Electrical system (39%)	2	21
2002	755	Electrical system (36%)	2	21
2001	1,005	Electrical system (30%)	2	21
2000	1,379	Brakes (22%)	3	21 to 23
1999	1,227	Brakes (33%)	1	21 to 23
1998	1,480	Brakes (32%)	3	21 to 24
1997	693	Brakes (20%)	4	21