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Chevrolet Malibu Maxx Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 1,074 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Chevrolet Malibu Maxx (2004–2007). The most-complained-about year is 2004.

4
safety recalls, all years
1,074
owner complaints, all years
2006
year with most recalls
2004
year with most complaints

Pick your Chevrolet Malibu Maxx model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2007 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx344
2006 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx4270
2005 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx3326
2004 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx3434

What Chevrolet Malibu Maxx owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1,074 complaints with NHTSA. The 2004 model year has the most, with 434.

All Chevrolet Malibu Maxx recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Chevrolet Malibu Maxx, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Electric power assist system (steering)

    NHTSA 15V064000 Reported 69,633 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006-2007 Chevrolet Malibu and Malibu Maxx vehicles manufactured April 1, 2006, to June 30, 2006, and 2006-2007 Pontiac G6 vehicles manufactured April 18, 2006, to June 30, 2006. In the affected vehicles, there may be a sudden loss of electric power steering (EPS) assist that could…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the torque sensor assembly, free of charge. The recall began February 24, 2015. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Pontiac customer…

    Model years: 2006, 2007

  2. Electronic stability control (esc) and 4 other components

    NHTSA 14V252000 Reported 2,440,524 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2004-2012 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles manufactured May 16, 2003, through October 11, 2012, 2004-2007 Malibu Maxx vehicles manufactured June 25, 2003, through April 5, 2007, 2005-2010 Pontiac G6 vehicles manufactured May 26, 2004, through January 4, 2010, and 2007-2010 Saturn Aura…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will attach the wiring harness to the BCM with a spacer, apply dielectric lubricant to both the BCM and harness connector and the BAS and harness connector, and will relearn the brake…

    Model years: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

  3. Floor shift (power train) and automatic transmission (power train)

    NHTSA 14V224000 Reported 1,131,113 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) notified the agency on April 29, 2014, that they are recalling 56,214 model year 2007 and 2008 Saturn Aura vehicles. On May 22, 2014, GM increased the recall to include an additional 1,074,899 model year 2004-2008 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles manufactured from May 16, 2003, through October 5, 2007, model year…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and GM dealers will replace the shift cable assembly and mounting bracket, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a notification schedule. Owners may contact General Motors at…

    Model years: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

  4. Electric power assist system (steering)

    NHTSA 14V153000 Reported 1,373,177 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2004-2006 and 2008-2009 Chevrolet Malibu, 2004-2006 Malibu Maxx, 2009-2010 HHR (non-turbo), 2010 Cobalt, 2008-2009 Saturn Aura and 2004-2007 Ion, and 2005-2009 Pontiac G6. In the affected vehicles, there may be a sudden loss of electric power steering (EPS) assist that could occur…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will perform one of four bulletins. Parts are not currently available. GM expects to send an interim notification around May 28, 2014. When parts are available, owners will be mailed…

    Model years: 2004, 2005, 2006

Other Chevrolet models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.