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Service bulletins for the 1998 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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0406991999-08-31. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. SUBJECT REGARDING RESCISSION OF STOP SALE OF REAR COMPARTMENT LID INTERNAL RELEASE. *TT
0605991999-08-31. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. SUBJECT REGARDING A STOP SALE OF REAR COMPARTMENT LID INTERNAL RELEASE. *TT
9908490081999-08-27. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN THAT THE CHIME SOUNDS WHEN KEY IS REMOVED FROM IGNITION, INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF POWER DOOR LOCKS, KEYLESS ENTRY, STEERING COLUMN LOCK OR MEMORY SEATS. *TT
9908500061999-08-27. Service bulletin. SEATS. SUBJECT REGARDING PREMATURE WEAR OF LEATHER MATERIAL ON BUCKET SEATBACK BOLSTER. *TT
9908440031999-08-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT WEAK FM RADIO RECEPTION AND / OR NO AM RADIO RECEPTION. *TT
9906040051999-04-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME OWNERS MAY EXPERIENCE A DRIVEABILITY SYMPTOM OF LONG OR HARD STARTS, CHUGGLE, ROUGH IDLE AND LIGHT OR INTERMITTENT MISFIRE. *TT
9905230011999-04-26. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN A SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT BRAKES. *TT
8317041999-01-25. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. CONCERNS OF DOOR HANDLES ON WHITE PAINTED VEHICLES TRUNING YELLOW. *YC
988350231999-01-11. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES. EXPERIENCING A SQUEAK /SQUAWK TYPE NOISE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED. *YC
988311151999-01-11. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM. CONCERNS REGARDING THE PASSENGER FRONT FLOOR CARPET BEING WET OR WATER LEAKING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND/ OR HVAC MODULE. *YC
98576124A1998-08-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. COMMENTS ON A TICKING TYPE NOISE THAT BEGINS SHORTLY AFTER COLD ENGINE START-UP AND GRADUALLY DIMINISHES AS THE ENGINE WARMS UP. *YC
988364161998-08-28. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. CONDITIONS REGARDING WEAK OR DISCHARGED BATTERY, SLOW STARTING, GEN OR MIL LAMP ON, VARIOUS DRIVEABILITY SYMPTOMS. *YC
98731616A1998-07-01. Service bulletin. SEATS. SEAT BELT LATCH SLIDES TO SEAT BELT ANCHOR SLEEVE. *YC
987332101998-07-01. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. LOW PITCH RATTLE, CLUNK AND/OR SQUEAK NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE DURING LOW SPEEDS. *YC
988771591998-05-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. VEHICLES WITH HYDRA-MATIC 4T40-E TRANSAXLE AND 3.1L ENGINES MAY EXPERIENCE A VIBRATION PHENOMENON THAT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS TCC SHUDDER/VIBRATION/CHUGGLE/SURGE/MISS OR FISH BITE. *TT
98776304A1998-05-05. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A DRIVEABILITY SYMPTOM OF LONG OR HARD STARTS, CHUGGLE, ROUGH IDLE AND LIGHT OR INTERMITTENT MISFIRE. *YC
987350321998-04-30. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. COMMENTS OF METALLIC CLICK NOISE FROM FRONT BRAKES WHEN APPLIED AT LOW SPEEDS. *YC
9711017763041998-03-30. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO DRIVEABILITY SYMPTOMS DUE TO FUEL INJECTOR DEPOSITS. *YC
9711017316161998-03-30. Service bulletin. SEATS. COMMENTS THAT THE SEAT BELT LATCH SLIDES TO THE SEAT BELT ANCHOR SLEEVE. *YC

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.