What's Wrong with the 7th Generation Malibu Hybrid?

Front 3/4 view of a Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid

The 7th generation Malibu Hybrid runs from the 2008 to 2009 model years and ranks 1st out of 80 eligible generations in reliability with a cumulative PainRank™ of 0.11.

PainRank™ is a relative complaint analysis of the 1 complaint made by owners over at CarComplaints.com A majority of the complaints are about engine problems.

You can compare it with other Malibu Hybrid generations.

What Owners Complain About

Sometimes it helps just to tally up the complaints and see where the biggest stacks are. Use this information to learn about troublespots or to run for the hills.

Worst Issues

Worst Topics

Worst Years

By the Numbers

  1. 1 model years

    Grouping all models by their year can reveal some baddies.

  2. 1 complaints

    Running tally of owner grievances filed to CarComplaints.com.

  3. 1st in reliability

    Overall reliability rank out of 80 eligible generations.