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.
2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU
1 safety recall campaign, 1 defect investigation, 755 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints755
Complaints citing a crash28
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
- 182ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 62ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
- 49EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 40EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
- 36EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
- 28ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 22ENGINE
- 19UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2002 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.