By model year

Chevrolet Malibu by model year: recalls, complaints, ratings

For the Chevrolet Malibu, matched NHTSA complaint counts in this table run from 11 (2025) to 1,509 (2009). The complaint file is dated Oct 23, 2026. These are raw counts, not rates. A higher count can mean more vehicles were sold, and newer model years have had less time for complaints to be reported.

ABOUT THIS DATA

The table lists raw counts from NHTSA's files. A larger complaint count can mean more vehicles were sold, and newer model years have had less time for complaints to be reported. The counts are not divided by sales. This page does not rank one model year above another.

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.

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

Star columns say "Pre-2011" for older model years because those ratings use a different NHTSA method. Overall stars for 2011 and newer are the matched Safety Ratings variants. A dash means no overall star was matched.