21V649000
SEAT BELTS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
An improperly secured seat belt retractor may not function properly in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU
9 safety recall campaigns, 1,443 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns9
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints1,443
Complaints citing a crash39
Complaints citing a fire3
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 6 of 9
18V400000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
In the event of a crash, improper air bag deployment can increase the risk of injury.
18V358000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
A damaged fuel line can create a fuel leak, increasing the risk of a fire.
16V781000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
If the air bag tears during deployment, the air bag may not perform as designed, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
16V502000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
If the key is removed without the transmission in PARK, the vehicle may rollaway as occupants are exiting, increasing the risk of injury.
16V272000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
If the EBCM fails the primary braking system will still function, however, the loss of ABS and ESC increase the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 301ENGINE
- 221ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 173UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 162POWER TRAIN
- 150VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 94SERVICE BRAKES
- 76ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 50FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 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.