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2008 Chevrolet Malibu stability control problems

68 complaints about stability control have been filed for the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
68 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
100,000 miles 52 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When stability control problems show up

Stability control complaints by mileage, 2008 Chevrolet Malibu Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 100,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 7 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 4 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 100,000 miles
Based on 52 complaints that include mileage. 27% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles7
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles4

What the data shows

Of the 52 stability control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 27% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 1 injury, 1 death.

What owners wrote

My sister an I was on a flight from los angeles, ca into dallas, tx at the airport we rented a car from national car rental to go onto shreveport. La to see our sister who was in her last days with her fight with cancer. We're on I-20 north driving along then all of a sudden the car steering went out of control, speeding going very fast I could not stop, the went over into the medin of I-20 steal travel fast went all the way over to the other side south I-20 still could not stop no brake we hit a car on the other…

March 2008 CrashInjuryDeath

Car states engine power reduce on my car, will be driving and the codes will come on, speed reduced, traction turned off, acceleration is slow. No warning this is going to happen, can happen while driving high speeds or regulars speeds. Has happened or city streets and highway. If you fix one thing code some back saying it's another thing. Don't feel safe in driving the car, never know when this mode will come on.

Reported at 10,800 miles, November 2017

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