NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Chevrolet Malibu Recalls
The 2002 Chevrolet Malibu has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 3, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Chevrolet Malibu. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 567
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Chevrolet Malibu, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V400000
- Reported
- July 3, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,877,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Malibu, 4 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 02V107000
- Reported
- April 10, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,168
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Malibu, 13 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2004–2007 Malibu, 57 other models
2002 Chevrolet Malibu complaints by year
NHTSA has received 567 owner complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu, the newest on July 15, 2026. Of these, 18 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu, the component group named most often is the electrical system (46%), followed by the exterior lighting (25%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
1 of the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2002 Chevrolet Malibu owners gave the mileage (391 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System259
- Exterior Lighting143
- Engine And Engine Cooling63
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic41
- Engine22
- Fuel System, Gasoline22
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 17 | |
| 2003 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 40 | |
| 2005 | 67 | |
| 2006 | 53 | |
| 2007 | 51 | |
| 2008 | 51 | |
| 2009 | 46 | |
| 2010 | 39 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 70 | |
| 2015 | 43 | |
| 2016 | 16 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 70. 25% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Malibu year in the same window: 15th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 567 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Malibu are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Malibu by model year
Other 2002 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: July 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted