Service bulletins for the 1997 Chevrolet Malibu
A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.
119 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 020866005 | 2002-10-04. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE MOLDING ALONG THE REAR (TRUNK) COMPARTMENT OPENING AT THE STRIKER IS LOOSE OR BROKEN. *TT |
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| 020866005A | 2002-09-28. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. SOME ONWERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE MOLDING ALONG THE REAR (TRUNK) COMPARTMENT OPENING AT THE STRIKER IS LOOSE OR BROKEN. *TT |
| 071101 | 2002-03-05. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT OF WATER LEAKING INTO THE CAR ON THE FRONT FLOOR. *TT |
| 010863003 | 2001-06-25. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT WHEN THEY CLOSE THE HOOD, THE PRIMARY LATCH DOES NOT ENGAGE. *TT |
| 150301 | 2001-05-19. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD. THIS MESSAGE CONCERNS HOOD CABLE FREEZING. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE HOOD RELEASE CABLE WILL NOT OPEN THE HOOD. *TT |
| 240101 | 2001-04-10. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SOME CUSTOMER MAY COMMENT THAT THE REAR DOORS HAVE HIGH SWING EFFORT WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING. *TT |
| 831703 | 2000-12-27. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE PAINT MAY BE WEARING OFF THE FRONT DOOR ON THE INSIDE OF THE A PILLAR, WHERE A SEAL PATCH IS PLACED OVER A WELDED JOINT. *TT |
| 990864030 | 2000-03-01. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. ADDRESSING CONCERNS OF COLD AIR ENTERING VEHICLE AROUND DOOR HANDLES. *TT |
| 040699 | 1999-08-31. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. SUBJECT REGARDING RESCISSION OF STOP SALE OF REAR COMPARTMENT LID INTERNAL RELEASE. *TT |
| 060599 | 1999-08-31. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. SUBJECT REGARDING A STOP SALE OF REAR COMPARTMENT LID INTERNAL RELEASE. *TT |
| 831704 | 1999-01-25. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. CONCERNS OF DOOR HANDLES ON WHITE PAINTED VEHICLES TRUNING YELLOW. *YC |
| 971101631041 | 1998-03-30. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. COMMENTS ON INOPERATIVE POWER DOOR LOCKS (FRONT AND/OR REAR DOORS). |
| 731047 | 1997-06-27. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS. HIGH EFFORT NEEDED FOR DOOR OPENING/CLOSING IN COLD WEATHER. *TW |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.