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2010 Chevrolet Malibu electrical system problems

295 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2010 Chevrolet Malibu, which is 13% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
295 13% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
85,000 miles 197 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 5
Injuries and deaths
7 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2010 Chevrolet Malibu Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 85,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 18 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 14 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 25 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 26 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 39 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 21 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 16 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 18 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 12 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 6 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 85,000 miles
Based on 197 complaints that include mileage. 29% 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 miles18
20k to 40k miles14
40k to 60k miles25
60k to 80k miles26
80k to 100k miles39
100k to 120k miles21
120k to 140k miles16
140k to 160k miles18
160k to 180k miles12
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles6

What the data shows

Of the 197 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 85,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 5 fires, 7 injuries.

What owners wrote

Right now I have the service ESC and service traction light on again for the 3rd time. I took each time to chevy classic in grapevine tx and they told me no codes the 1st time, took it to clay cooley in irving--light came on then no codes they showed. Today 4-15=16 light came on again and I took it to classic chevy and they found 3 codes this time. They say I will have to pay for this! I should not since there was an open recall on 5/14/2014 for 2010 malibu's.

Reported at 45,000 miles, April 2016 CrashInjury

Error 1. Warning errors on dashboard state service ESC, service traction; noticed just after oct 2011 purchase. Brake position sensor replaced. Problem still occurs on and off to this day (april 2014). Two services have not fixed this problem. Error 2. Cruise control would stop working on it's own while at hwy speeds; noticed dec 2011. Cruise currently (april 2014) will not engage at any speed. Error 3.

Reported at 7,800 miles, October 2011

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