Chevrolet Malibu

The 2025 Malibu in brief

The 2025 Chevrolet Malibu is a midsize car offered with a 1.5L 4-cyl turbo engine and front-wheel drive.

It measures about 194 inches long and 73 inches wide on a 111-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 3,126 lb (Ls/RS/Lt 4dr Sedan).

EPA rates its most efficient version at 31 MPG combined (28 city / 36 highway), 3% better than the 2025 midsize car average of 30 MPG, for an estimated $2,150 a year in fuel.

In NHTSA crash testing it earned the top 5-star overall rating.

It has 1 recall campaign on file and owners have filed 12 complaints with NHTSA since 2015, most often about the unknown or other.

The Chevrolet Malibu has 21 model years in our data, from 2005 to 2025.

Its most efficient year was 2019 at 46 MPG combined; across all years the best version ranged from 24 to 46 MPG.

Owners most often report problems with the steering (2,804), electrical system (2,632), engine (1,923).

Buying used? 2024 has the fewest problems in our data, and 2016 is the year to avoid.

2013 has the most recalls (11); all years together count 41 campaigns and 10,063 owner complaints.

How the 2005 Malibu compares

The 2005 Chevrolet Malibu is a midsize car offered with 2 engines (2.2L 4-cyl and 3.5L 6-cyl) and front-wheel drive.

It measures about 188 inches long and 70 inches wide on a 106-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 3,175 lb (4dr Sedan FWD Base).

About the Chevrolet Malibu

The Chevrolet Malibu is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet from 1964 to 1983 and from 1997 to 2025. The Malibu began as a trim-level of the Chevrolet Chevelle before becoming its own model line in 1978. Originally a rear-wheel-drive intermediate, General Motors revived the Malibu nameplate as a front-wheel-drive car in 1997.

From the Wikipedia article "Chevrolet Malibu", licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.