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.
1997 CHEVROLET MALIBU
1 safety recall campaign, 7 defect investigations, 693 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations7
Owner complaints693
Complaints citing a crash34
Complaints citing a fire0
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
- 46SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- 31ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 29STEERING:RACK AND PINION
- 26SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
- 25SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
- 24ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- 17EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- 17SUSPENSION:FRONT
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 1997 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.