Chevrolet Malibu Classic
Registered from 2004 to 2005.
About this model
The Chevrolet Malibu is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet from 1964 to 1983 and from 1997 to 2025. The Malibu began as a trim-level of the Chevrolet Chevelle before becoming its own model line in 1978. Originally a rear-wheel-drive intermediate, General Motors revived the Malibu nameplate as a front-wheel-drive car in 1997.
From the Wikipedia article Chevrolet Malibu, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 9.4 L/100km (EPA) · 10.7 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway |
| 2004 | 9.4 L/100km (EPA) · 11.2 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Loss of electric power steering
Engineering analysis, opened July 2004, closed May 2005.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Chevrolet filed 128 bulletins about the 2005 Malibu Classic.
- Engine and engine cooling: 33
- Equipment: 28
- Electrical system: 18
- Power train: 8
- Wheels: 6
- Engine: 4
- Visibility: 4
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 3
- Exterior lighting: 3
- Fuel system, gasoline: 3
- Other: 18
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on When and How to Submit a Field Product Report (FPR) (U.S. and Canada Dealers Only). · October 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about changing the tire and wheel size on vehicles. General Motors will only support a tire calibration for tires… · September 2024
- This service bulletin provides guidelines and diagnostic/repair information to technicians regarding vehicle engine oil consumption. · September 2024
- Vehicle Wide Programming (VWP) is a new process to update software on GM Vehicles. It provides the ability via a single selection within Techline Connect to first identify which modules need updating… · August 2024
120 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.