2013 Chevrolet Malibu engine problems

215 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 215 16% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 77,000 miles 151 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 4 and 4
Injuries and deaths: 3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 151 complaints that include mileage. 36% 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	22
20k to 40k miles	10
40k to 60k miles	22
60k to 80k miles	27
80k to 100k miles	26
100k to 120k miles	25
120k to 140k miles	10
140k to 160k miles	5
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	3
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 151 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 77,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 4 fires, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

While pulling into a parking space in our 2013 chevy malibu with my foot on the brake, when about 1/2 way into the space I experienced an unintended acceleration by the vehicle. This caused me to crash into a bollard in front of the convenience store causing severe damage to the front end of the car. The air bags did not deploy, causing me to hit my head on the steering wheel. Add cpsc

Reported at 78,000 miles, April 2019 CrashInjury

Car will power down while driving and it will stall at traffic lights. Have taken it in several times for this and diagnosed it but no codes display. Have paid 1000's of dollars for the things they say it is and still not fixed

Reported at 89,000 miles, January 2019

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Chevrolet models