2022 Chevrolet Malibu

No clear pattern

1.9% of complaints about the 2022 Chevrolet Malibu arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2022 vehicle, but with only 157 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is electrical system (32 complaints), typically at 3.7 yr or about 29,901 miles.

Complaints: 157
Median age at failure: 3.7 yr
Median mileage: 65,000 n=34
Crash / fire / tow: 9.6% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

22V923000 2022-12-14

Structure:frame and members

General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2022-2023 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles. The front impact bar, a structural portion of the vehicle frame, may not be properly welded to the front frame rail.

An improperly welded front impact bar may result in the front crash sensors not performing correctly, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.

In owners’ own words

Electrical system mileage not reported 1.2 yr in service

My safety restraint system keeps failing out and says itâs a seatbelt tensioner problem. Gm has repaired many times and still fails out.

Electrical system mileage not reported 2.6 yr in service crash / fire / tow

Hit an animal on the roadway and the airbag didnât deploy and my car is destroyed engine light is on I could have been hurt

Electrical system mileage not reported 2.7 yr in service

It grinds ,steering wheel make noise when backing out wobbling in front when on highway it feels like the back end of being pushed and stalls sometimes

Power train mileage not reported 1.4 yr in service crash / fire / tow

While my daughter was attempting to exit a parking lot, she put the car in drive pressed accelerator pedal and there was no response from car. Pressed accelerator again and car took off and hit a 13 inch curb causing major front end damage to vehicle. An initial diagnostic scan revealed a transmission fault code of P0826 Shift up and down failure. Vehicle is now body shop waiting for Chevrolet dealer to take car in for further diagnostics before repairs can be done.

Other Malibu model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2022 Chevrolet Malibu

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Malibu model years

How to read this