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CHEVROLET MALIBU

1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU

1 safety recall campaign, 6 defect investigations, 1,480 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations6
Owner complaints1,480
Complaints citing a crash53
Complaints citing a fire6

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

14V4000002014-07-03

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.

What owners report most

  • 133SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
  • 132SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
  • 81SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
  • 46ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
  • 41TIRES
  • 38ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 37EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
  • 33ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 1998 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.

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