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Chevrolet Malibu

For the Chevrolet Malibu, model years 2000–2025 on this site have 92 matched recalls and 17,150 matched complaints (recall file dated Oct 23, 2026; complaint file dated Oct 23, 2026). Matched complaint counts run from 11 in 2025 to 1,509 in 2009. These are raw counts, not rates. EPA rates non-electric configurations 18–46 mpg combined (file dated Sep 29, 2026).

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Chevrolet Malibu by model year puts the same counts in one sortable table.

Model years

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.
Year	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Fire	Investigations	Stars	Comb mpg
2000	3	922	45	6	7	Pre-2011	21–23
2001	2	721	36	1	4	Pre-2011	21
2002	2	567	18	1	1	Pre-2011	21
2003	2	569	35	4	0	Pre-2011	21
2004	6	1,147	47	7	4	Pre-2011	22–25
2005	3	975	46	34	1	Pre-2011	23–25
2006	6	1,117	42	6	0	Pre-2011	19–24
2007	3	977	37	2	0	Pre-2011	18–25
2008	4	989	30	5	0	Pre-2011	20–27
2009	5	1,509	41	9	1	Pre-2011	20–29
2010	3	1,363	41	14	0	Pre-2011	20–29
2011	3	978	40	17	0	4	20–26
2012	2	907	50	13	0	4	20–26
2013	10	837	33	10	0	5	24–29
2014	6	351	19	8	0	5	24–29
2015	3	270	18	9	0	5	24–29
2016	9	841	23	2	0	5	26–46
2017	4	703	16	4	0	5	26–46
2018	6	700	23	4	0	5	26–46
2019	1	193	8	1	0	4	26–46
2020	1	199	10	0	1	4	26–32
2021	2	90	0	1	0	4	26–32
2022	1	99	4	0	0	4	26–32
2023	2	72	5	1	0	5	30
2024	2	43	3	0	0	5	31
2025	1	11	1	0	0	5	31

Fuel economy by model year

Combined mpg below is EPA's figure for non-electric configurations in the file dated 2026-09-29. Electric configurations are shown as MPGe when that is the only figure. Annual fuel cost is EPA's published fuelCost08 range for the configurations of that year.

EPA combined fuel economy and annual fuel cost by model year
Year	Comb mpg	MPGe	kWh/100 mi	Range	Annual fuel cost
2000	21–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,200
2001	21	—	—	—	$3,200
2002	21	—	—	—	$3,200
2003	21	—	—	—	$3,200
2004	22–25	—	—	—	$2,700–$3,050
2005	23–25	—	—	—	$2,700–$2,900
2006	19–24	—	—	—	$2,800–$3,550
2007	18–25	—	—	—	$2,700–$3,700
2008	20–27	—	—	—	$2,500–$3,350
2009	20–29	—	—	—	$2,300–$3,350
2010	20–29	—	—	—	$2,300–$3,350
2011	20–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$3,350
2012	20–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$3,350
2013	24–29	—	—	—	$2,300–$2,800
2014	24–29	—	—	—	$2,300–$2,800
2015	24–29	—	—	—	$2,300–$2,800
2016	26–46	—	—	—	$1,450–$2,600
2017	26–46	—	—	—	$1,450–$3,150
2018	26–46	—	—	—	$1,450–$3,150
2019	26–46	—	—	—	$1,450–$3,150
2020	26–32	—	—	—	$2,100–$3,150
2021	26–32	—	—	—	$2,100–$2,600
2022	26–32	—	—	—	$2,100–$3,150
2023	30	—	—	—	$2,250
2024	31	—	—	—	$2,150
2025	31	—	—	—	$2,150

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