2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Sands Chevrolet/Hybrid System Fire/Stall
  Audit Query AQ14001 · opened May 2, 2014 · closed May 22, 2016

  NHTSA opened AQ14-001 to determine whether Sands Chevrolet of Surprise, Arizona complied with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 (Safety Act) and its implementing regulations. The Safety Act requires, among other things, that a manufacturer notify its dealers of…

• Generator Control Module Fires
  Recall Query RQ13003 · opened Jul 5, 2013 · closed Jul 22, 2014

  On July 5, 2013 the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Recall Query RQ13-003 to investigate whether the service procedures utilized in recall bulletins 13136 and 13142 for safety recall 13V-173 were sufficient to identify the safety defect in the subject vehicles.These safety recalls were issue on May 3, 2013…