21V649000
SEAT BELTS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
An improperly secured seat belt retractor may not function properly in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
2018 CHEVROLET MALIBU
6 safety recall campaigns, 1,205 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints1,205
Complaints citing a crash35
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 6 of 6
20V668000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Missing bolts on the start-stop accumulator endcap could result in a transmission oil leak and may progress to a loss of propulsion, increasing the risk of a crash. A transmission fluid leak in the presence of an ignition source may increase the risk of fire.
19V642000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Disabled fuel injectors would prevent the engine from starting and may cause a stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
18V576000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
18V400000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
In the event of a crash, improper air bag deployment can increase the risk of injury.
18V358000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
A damaged fuel line can create a fuel leak, increasing the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 275ENGINE
- 188ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 158POWER TRAIN
- 149UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 109VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 83FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 59SERVICE BRAKES
- 40STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 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.