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2010 Chevrolet Malibu stability control problems

227 complaints about stability control have been filed for the 2010 Chevrolet Malibu, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
227 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
85,000 miles 196 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When stability control problems show up

Stability control 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: 16 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 16 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 20 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 36 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 38 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 15 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 19 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 18 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 14 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 85,000 miles
Based on 196 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 miles16
20k to 40k miles16
40k to 60k miles20
60k to 80k miles36
80k to 100k miles38
100k to 120k miles15
120k to 140k miles19
140k to 160k miles18
160k to 180k miles14
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 196 stability control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 85,000 miles, and 27% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 3 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

While on the highway the service traction control warning light came on as did the ESC warning light. I tried to engage the cruise control but it would not work. We stopped at a rest area and turned the ignition off for about 20 minutes. We resumed our trip with the cruise control engaged and traveled for approx. 10 minutes. At that point the warning lights illuminated and the cruise control would not work. Every time we drive the car now, the warning lights now come on within a quarter mile.

Reported at 34,000 miles, July 2014

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