21V649000
SEAT BELTS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
An improperly secured seat belt retractor may not function properly in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
2017 CHEVROLET MALIBU
4 safety recall campaigns, 1,173 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints1,173
Complaints citing a crash25
Complaints citing a fire7
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 4 of 4
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.
16V870000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
Insufficient welds could cause the inflator to separate and propel air bag debris into the cabin during a crash. Also, the inflator could fail to inflate during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 252ENGINE
- 159ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 147UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 132VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 129POWER TRAIN
- 66SERVICE BRAKES
- 56FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 53ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2017 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.