NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Chevrolet Malibu Recalls
The 2015 Chevrolet Malibu has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 5, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Chevrolet Malibu. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 270
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2015 Chevrolet Malibu
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 16V502000
- Reported
- July 5, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,367
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016 Malibu, 6 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 15V666000
- Reported
- October 16, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 395
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- Campaign
- 15V164000
- Reported
- March 23, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 87,063
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 118, power windows and roof panels
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Malibu
2015 Chevrolet Malibu complaints by year
NHTSA has received 270 owner complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Malibu, the newest on August 24, 2026. Of these, 18 describe a crash (7%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Malibu, the component group named most often is the engine (26%), followed by the electrical system (25%) and the air bags (18%).
1 of the 2015 Chevrolet Malibu's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2015 Chevrolet Malibu owners gave the mileage (160 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine70
- Electrical System68
- Air Bags49
- Unknown Or Other35
- Power Train31
- Vehicle Speed Control28
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 18 | |
| 2018 | 40 | |
| 2019 | 41 | |
| 2020 | 52 | |
| 2021 | 19 | |
| 2022 | 28 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 13 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Malibu peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 52. 33% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Chevrolet Malibu drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Malibu year in the same window: 20th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 270 complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Malibu are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Malibu by model year
Other 2015 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted