2012 Chevrolet Malibu engine problems

103 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 103 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 84,000 miles 76 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 2 and 2
Injuries and deaths: 1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 76 complaints that include mileage. 32% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	10
20k to 40k miles	4
40k to 60k miles	10
60k to 80k miles	9
80k to 100k miles	13
100k to 120k miles	11
120k to 140k miles	10
140k to 160k miles	4
160k to 180k miles	2
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	2

What the data shows

Of the 76 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 84,000 miles, and 32% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Driving into town, alerted by pedestrian that my car was on fire underneath. Everything failed, while I tried to pull off the roadway. Had to kick out the window to get out. When I barely got out, the entire car was in full blaze.

Reported at 7,000 miles, July 2012 Fire

While driving car have noticed that it shifts hard either up or down. This has happened too many times to count. Also car feels like it is trying to stall and I can not accelerate. This has happened several times once on a very busy intersection in my city. Have taken car to dealer and was told could not find anything was probably bad gas and to put premium gas in. This did not help either. Car continued to have same issues. Called dealer to let them know. Said nothing wrong.

Reported at 1,000 miles, June 2012

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