2005 Chevrolet Malibu engine problems

63 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2005 Chevrolet Malibu, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 63 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 90,000 miles 45 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 6 and 2
Injuries and deaths: 6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 45 complaints that include mileage. 31% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	5
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	7
60k to 80k miles	6
80k to 100k miles	5
100k to 120k miles	7
120k to 140k miles	4
140k to 160k miles	2
160k to 180k miles	3
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	4

What the data shows

Of the 45 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 31% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 2 fires, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

2005 chevrolet malibu. Consumer was driving west bound on the ohio turnpike when smoke started to come from underneath the hood. Consumer pulled over the vehicle was overcome by the fire. Ohio traffic crash report.

April 2007 FireInjury

My 17 year old son was practicing driving on a main road when the car starting going less the 10MPH while we were do a little over 45MPH. We put on our hazard lights and sat on the road for about 10 minutes I then got behind the drivers seat and drove to the nearest gas station which was less than a mile away and called aaa.

Reported at 79,000 miles, April 2014

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Chevrolet models