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2010 Chevrolet Malibu fuel system problems

Owners reported fuel system problems in 39 complaints for the 2010 Chevrolet Malibu, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
39 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
74,000 miles 32 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2010 Chevrolet Malibu Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 74,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 10 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 74,000 miles
Based on 32 complaints that include mileage. 41% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles10
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 32 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 41% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the fuel system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

I was traveling at 40 miles per hour. I wanted to accelerate. I pushed the gas pedal down to the floor. The car did not respond . I could not accelerate. I did it twice, car did not accelerate.

Reported at 9,050 miles, November 2010

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. Howard pontiac of amhurst, illinois was made aware of the failure and performed a fuel pump relay and seat belt recalls on the vehicle, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The NHTSA campaign numbers were unknown. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000.

Reported at 55,000 miles, June 2017

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