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2017 Chevrolet Malibu lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 21 complaints for the 2017 Chevrolet Malibu, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
21 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
52,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2017 Chevrolet Malibu Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 52,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 52,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 64% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 11 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 52,000 miles, and 64% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the lighting complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

The headlights are very poor and even unsafe on dark wet nights. As purchased the lights were too high. With the lights aimed lower, it is barely ok on most nights but unsafe on wet, dark nights. I have purchased aftermarket bulbs but they were only slightly improved. The high beams are still too high to light the road, but they do illuminate the trees. A european cutoff beam pattern would help too.

November 2017

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet malibu. While operating the vehicle, the driver's side turn signal failed to work, the windows would intermittently operate, and the headlights shut off. The cause of the failures was not diagnosed or repaired. The local dealer (hefner motors in batesville, ms) was notified of the failures. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 20,000.

Reported at 20,000 miles, March 2018

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Lighting problems in other years

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