22V359000
SEATS
An improperly welded seat frame may not adequately restrain the driver in a crash, increasing their risk of injury.
2021 CHEVROLET MALIBU
2 safety recall campaigns, 120 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints120
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire1
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 2 of 2
21V649000
SEAT BELTS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
An improperly secured seat belt retractor may not function properly in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 26POWER TRAIN
- 24UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 24ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 13ENGINE
- 8FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 5AIR BAGS
- 3SUSPENSION
- 3BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2021 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.