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2012 Chevrolet Malibu fuel system problems

Owners reported fuel system problems in 56 complaints for the 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
56 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 44 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 2
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2012 Chevrolet Malibu Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 90,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 90,000 miles
Based on 44 complaints that include mileage. 25% 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 miles4
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 44 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 fires.

What owners wrote

Vehicle is stalling out while driving, then when shuts off it will not start back up. Fuel pump was replaced, worked great for 1 whole day then did the same thing, left me stranded. Fuse box was then replaced. Ran great again until recently it stalled out in the middle of a very busy street causing me to almost be hit. Pins in the fuse box were replaced, but I'm still having issues, it seems to be related to the fusebox wiring itself, because I'm also having problems with things ran off of that fuse box!

Reported at 80,050 miles, January 2021 Fire

My chevy malibu would turn over slightly, but then would die. This happened about 3-4 times and then I had the battery replaced; thinking it was that. The car continued to fail, so I had the fuel pump replaced after checking with a fuel gauge and there being no fuel pressure. The car ran about 3 times driving it for shorter and a bit longer distances, but then the car would not turn over at all. The starter would try, but there was no ignition of the car.

Reported at 80,600 miles, April 2019

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