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2015 Chevrolet Malibu electrical system problems

68 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2015 Chevrolet Malibu, which is 17% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
68 17% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
54,000 miles 45 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 7
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2015 Chevrolet Malibu Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 54,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 10 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 10 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 54,000 miles
Based on 45 complaints that include mileage. 56% 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 miles10
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles10
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 45 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 54,000 miles, and 56% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 7 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH the vehicle started to drive to the right and the wheels began to lose traction before the steering wheel became difficult to turn causing the driver to lose control of the steering. The vehicle then spun out and crashed into a ditch. The contact stated that all air bags deployed except for the driver's frontal air bag.

Reported at 65,000 miles, May 2020 CrashFireInjury

This has occurred on more than one occasion but most recently it scared me most because I was in the middle of a busy highway ! As the car came to a stop it when into power save mode (automatic shutoff) however once took my foot off the brakes it didn't not start the car went completely dead at the middle off a busy highway . I tried repeatedly to crank but it would not start after 3-5 mins it's finally cranked up .

Reported at 90,000 miles, July 2019

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