Model overview · 27 published model years
Chevrolet Malibu complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Chevrolet Malibu model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
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Published model-year records
19,203
Matched complaint incidents
2004
Highest signal in this published set
9.4
Signal for that model year
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2023Malibu2021 to 2025 midsize sedan4.8interval 3.3 to 6.552matched incidents2022Malibu2020 to 2024 midsize sedan5.7interval 4.3 to 7.189matched incidents2021Malibu2019 to 2023 midsize sedan3.2interval 2.7 to 4.077matched incidents2020Malibu2018 to 2022 midsize sedan6.9interval 5.3 to 7.1191matched incidents2019Malibu2017 to 2021 midsize sedan4.2interval 3.8 to 6.0188matched incidents2018Malibu2016 to 2020 midsize sedan8.9interval 8.2 to 9.3689matched incidents2017Malibu2015 to 2019 midsize sedan7.4interval 7.0 to 7.9698matched incidents2016Malibu2014 to 2018 midsize sedan7.7interval 7.1 to 8.3835matched incidents2015Malibu2013 to 2017 midsize sedan3.3interval 2.9 to 3.7267matched incidents2014Malibu2012 to 2016 midsize sedan3.5interval 3.3 to 3.7349matched incidents2013Malibu2011 to 2015 midsize sedan6.1interval 5.9 to 6.7834matched incidents2012Malibu2010 to 2014 midsize sedan6.7interval 6.3 to 7.1904matched incidents2011Malibu2009 to 2013 midsize sedan7.1interval 6.3 to 7.1976matched incidents2010Malibu2008 to 2012 midsize sedan8.3interval 8.1 to 8.51,357matched incidents2009Malibu2007 to 2011 midsize sedan8.9interval 8.7 to 9.11,509matched incidents2008Malibu2006 to 2010 midsize sedan7.3interval 6.9 to 8.1987matched incidents2007Malibu2005 to 2009 midsize sedan7.2interval 6.8 to 7.9977matched incidents2006Malibu2004 to 2008 midsize sedan9.3interval 8.2 to 9.31,115matched incidents2005Malibu2003 to 2007 midsize sedan8.0interval 8.0 to 8.4975matched incidents2004Malibu2002 to 2006 midsize sedan9.4interval 9.0 to 9.71,147matched incidents2003Malibu2001 to 2005 midsize sedan5.9interval 5.7 to 6.2569matched incidents2002Malibu2000 to 2004 midsize sedan6.0interval 6.0 to 6.5567matched incidents2001Malibu1999 to 2003 midsize sedan7.1interval 6.8 to 7.3721matched incidents2000Malibu1998 to 2002 midsize sedan7.7interval 7.7 to 8.5922matched incidents1999Malibu1997 to 2001 midsize sedan8.2interval 7.9 to 8.2789matched incidents1998Malibu1996 to 2000 midsize sedan9.0interval 8.7 to 9.0976matched incidents1997Malibu1995 to 1999 midsize sedan6.5interval 6.2 to 7.1443matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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