Safety Score
54
Average
Recalls
4
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (4)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-21 | 14E044000 |
STEERING | 7,304 | — | Details |
| 2004-04-19 | 04V190000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | 65,439 | — | Details |
| 2004-04-16 | 04V188000 |
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | 84,474 | — | Details |
| 2004-02-24 | 04V094000 |
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS | 51,715 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | Electric Power Steering has failed on my car. Warning shows up saying power steering. Live in a snowy deer populated ar… |
| 2025-03-24 | STEERING | No | 0 | The steering system gets extremely sensitive towards highway speeds to where a slight touch of the steering wheel could… |
| 2024-04-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that the power steering failure message was displayed on t… |
| 2023-08-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact's friend owns a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while his friend was driving at various spee… |
| 2023-07-19 | STEERING | No | 0 | On multiple occasions driving at slow speeds and parallel parking, the steering wheel locked and I was unable to turn t… |
| 2023-02-22 | STEERING | No | 0 | My 16 yr old was driving to school when the power steering stopped working. The vehicle was around 151,850 miles. The v… |
| 2022-06-21 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated while reversing the power steering failed without warning.… |
| 2022-06-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | 1. A known about the recall for the power steering to go out. This was repaired as a recall a in 2014. It was repla… |
| 2022-06-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | Driving along the power steering goes out. You have to pull over, turn engine off and on and ok until the next time… |
| 2022-04-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | In March of 2015 recall for steering shift was done. The car is loosing power again when you are turning a corner it ha… |
| 2022-03-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | The 2004 Chevy Malibu Maxx equipped with Electric Power Steering experienced a sudden loss of power steering assist. … |
| 2022-03-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | EPS went out, warning message for steering on message board. Cannot steer very easily. Have not taken to dealer due t… |
| 2021-10-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I was driving to work with my son and sister in the car when the steering wheel suddenly got very tight and started jer… |
| 2021-08-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The power steering went out while driving. The car was being backed out of the driveway. The car had lights go off when… |
| 2021-08-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I have Chevy Malibu Maxx and none of the recall issues have been taken care of. I would like to get these recalls taken… |
| 2021-04-27 | STEERING | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED NOT… |
| 2021-04-25 | STEERING | No | 0 | Eps goes out. At first only happened when I first started my car but if I restarted it then the issue went away. Proble… |
| 2021-03-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | RECALL # 14E044000, VIN# [XXX]. THE VEHICLE EXHIBITS STEERING ISSUES AS DESCRIBED IN 14E044000 AND DIAGNOSED BY A MECH… |
| 2021-02-19 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING MECHANISM IS OUT CAN'T CONTROL CAR HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AND ON AND CONTINUES TO GO OUT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE |
| 2021-01-29 | STEERING | No | 0 | DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE POWER (ASSIST) STEERING GOES OUT...THE CHECK ENGINE L… |
| 2021-01-16 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | FIRST, THE CAR ROUTINELY BURNS OUT TURN SIGNALS, AND OVERHEATS THE TURN SIGNAL TO THE POINT THAT IT MELTS THE HOUSING T… |
| 2020-12-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER STARTING ENGINE, ENGINE WILL TURN OFF AND RADIO DISPLAY SCREEN WILL READ 'ENGINE POWER REDUCED.' ENGINE WILL NOT … |
| 2020-10-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL WIRES/COMPONENTS ISSUES, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS NOT TURNING ON, VEHICLE WITH A WRENCH INDICATOR LIGHT CO… |
| 2020-09-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE SENSOR AND OR POWER STEERING ASSIST IS MALFUNCTIONING AND SENDING WARNING AND SHUTS DOWN THE ELECTRIC STEERING ASS… |
| 2020-09-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE STEERING IS LOOSENING. ALIGNMENT IS OFF AS WELL. BOTH ISSUES BEGAN ABOUT THE SAME TIME. A DULL C… |
| 2020-09-04 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING CAR STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO MAKE A CLICKING SOUND BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT THEN WHEN I STOPED CAR BATTERY NE… |
| 2020-08-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS D… |
| 2020-07-28 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT THAT IS WELDED TO THE FRAME OF THE CAR HAS BROKE. THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY DRIVERS SIDE SEAT NOW COLLA… |
| 2020-07-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A RECALL THAT THEY SAY WAS FIXED. HOWEVER IT IS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING NOW.I HAVE PAID TO FI… |
| 2020-06-04 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE DASH HAS ABS, TCH AND SECURITY LIGHT COMES SHORTLY AFTER CAR HAS BEEN STARTED WITH IN SCOUND COMES A BEEPING SOUND … |
| 2020-06-04 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | HAD TO REPLACE HEAD LIGHT BULBS HAS MELTED PLASTIC COVER DASHBOARD HAS WARNING LIGHTS THAT COME ON AND STAY ON |
| 2020-01-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN I ACCELERATE TO GET ONTO THE FREEWAY AND PUSH ON THE GAS THE CHECK LIGHT WITH THE TOOL WILL COME ON AND I AM UNABL… |
| 2020-01-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | POWER STEERING FAILS UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND THE STEERING HAS NO E… |
| 2020-01-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE TURNS THERE WAS RESISTAN… |
| 2019-12-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVY MALIBU AND IT WAS FINE UNTIL ABOUT 30 MINUTES INTO MY DRIVE. I STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN,… |
| 2019-11-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LO… |
| 2019-09-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT FAILURE WITH… |
| 2019-08-20 | STEERING | No | 0 | AS I BEGAN TOO TURN WHILE DRIVING MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT CAUSING ME TO ALMOST HAVE AN ACCIDENT , IT HAS HAPPEN OTHE… |
| 2019-08-16 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE POWER STEERING JUST GOES OUT ON ME. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT WAS UNDE… |
| 2019-07-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS PARKING THE VEHICLE, HE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT T… |
| 2019-06-05 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | DRIVINGDOWN THE ROAD TURNED ON A SHARP CURVE LOST ALL STEERING WENT INTO DITCH SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT ON FRAME ELECT… |
| 2019-05-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | MY ELECTRIC STEERING SOMETIMES LOCKS UP AND CANT STEER ANYMORE |
| 2019-04-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE RACK AND PINION WENT OUT WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS IN CITY SETTING. STEERING WHEEL TURNED BUT WHEELS DID NOT. FELT A J… |
| 2019-04-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | CLUNKING SOUND THAT YOU CAN FEEL IN THE FOOT PEDAL AND WHEN YOU ROCK STEERING WHEEL BACK IN FORTH AND CLUNKING NOISE … |
| 2019-04-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | THIS CAR HAS TOTAL STEERING LOSS THAT IS NOT PREDICTABLE. THE STEERING RECALL DID NOT FIX THIS VEHICLE. DASH BOARD LI… |
| 2019-04-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | POWER STEERING UPON IGNITION LIGHTS UP AND LOCKS POWER STEERING. TURN OFF AND RESTART SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE OPERATIONAL.… |
| 2019-04-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN MAKE A SLOW OR HARD TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION POWER STEERING SEEMS TO STOP WORKING AND STEERING WHEEL REQUIRES MOR… |
| 2019-03-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | O2 SENSOR, ING FUSE KEEPS BLOWING CAUSING CAR NOT TO START |
| 2019-03-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | FIRST STEERING WHEEL TURNED ALL THE WAY AROUND AND SECONDLY THEN CAR NOR GOING BACKWARD AND FORWARD DID NOT MOVE |
| 2019-03-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 75MPH. TURNED CAR OFF THEN BACK ON AND IT DID… |