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.
2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC
1 safety recall campaign, 123 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints123
Complaints citing a crash8
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 1 of 1
What owners report most
- 34ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 20STEERING
- 8ENGINE
- 6FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 6EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 5ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 5AIR BAGS
- 5ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2005 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.