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CHEVROLET MALIBU

2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU

1 safety recall campaign, 7 defect investigations, 1,379 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations7
Owner complaints1,379
Complaints citing a crash71
Complaints citing a fire8

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

14V4000002014-07-03

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

If the key is not in the run position, the air bags may not deploy if the vehicle is involved in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

What owners report most

  • 128ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 81SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
  • 74EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
  • 68SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
  • 58SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
  • 56ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
  • 56EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
  • 48EXTERIOR LIGHTING

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBUs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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