14V400000
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.
2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC
1 safety recall campaign, 1 defect investigation, 144 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints144
Complaints citing a crash12
Complaints citing a fire4
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
What owners report most
- 51ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 23STEERING
- 8UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 8EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 6ENGINE
- 5POWER TRAIN
- 5ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
- 4AIR BAGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSICs 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.