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2009 Chevrolet Malibu electrical system problems

368 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2009 Chevrolet Malibu, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
368 16% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 265 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 5
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2009 Chevrolet Malibu Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 90,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 10 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 21 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 37 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 34 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 51 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 37 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 33 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 18 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 9 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 9 complaints 200k+ miles: 6 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 90,000 miles
Based on 265 complaints that include mileage. 26% 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 miles10
20k to 40k miles21
40k to 60k miles37
60k to 80k miles34
80k to 100k miles51
100k to 120k miles37
120k to 140k miles33
140k to 160k miles18
160k to 180k miles9
180k to 200k miles9
200k+ miles6

What the data shows

Of the 265 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 26% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 5 fires, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

While making a left turn at less than 20MPH, vehicle lost traction, causing car to skid and leave roadway, and subsequently hit a cement culvert. Earlier the same week, the rear brake lights were intermittently illuminating when the brakes were not being applied. Vehicle required towing and repairs. Passenger in vehicle suffered lower back injury. Two weeks after accident, owner received recall 13036 notification.

September 2014 CrashInjury

While driving my 2009 chevy malibu, I abruptly got a warning message on my dash board which contained the phrase engine power reduction at which time my car completely shut off in the middle of a busy highway. The car had no response even though all the battery operated items were working the car still would not turn over. After further research it has come to my attention that a large group of individuals have had this happen and this error message come up.

Reported at 158,000 miles, September 2014

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