Service bulletins for the 2004 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.
644 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 3157 | 2004-11-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. PHANTOM REMOTE START INTERMITTENTLY. *TC |
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| 3026 | 2004-10-14. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES. BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR LEARN PROCEDURE. SERVICE VME. *TT |
| 3057 | 2004-10-08. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. SPEED SENSITIVE WIPERS. *TT |
| 3076 | 2004-10-04. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. NON-FUNCTIONING REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. *TT |
| 3075 | 2004-10-04. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS. REAR LIFT GATE CLOSING EFFORT. *TT |
| 3030 | 2004-09-27. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. POWER WINDOW CHATTER. *TT UPDATE 01012004. *TT |
| 04202004 | 2004-09-17. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK. ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM THAT COULD INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATE DURING BRAKING AS THE VEHICLE REACHES ABOUT THREE MILES PER HOUR. UPCOMING PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL. GM VOICEMAIL EXPRESS. *TT |
| 04202004 | 2004-09-17. Service bulletin. SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE. SEABELT ANCHOR THAT MAY DETACH IN A SEVERE SIDE IMPACT CRASH. PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL. GM VOICEMAIL EXPRESS. *TT |
| 04162004 | 2004-09-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. THE AIRBAG WARNING LABELS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUNVISORS DO NOT HAVE EVERYTHING REQUIRED BY THE SAFETY STANDARD. CORRECTED AIRBAG WARNING LABELS ARE TO BE INSTALLED OVER THE INCORRECT LABELS. THIS IS A NON-COMPLIANCE RECALL, NUMBER 04011. GM VOICEMAIL EXPRESS. *TT |
| 04082004 | 2004-09-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SHIFTER (INAUDIBLE) NOISE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE SOUNDS LIKE AIR BEING BLOWN THROUGH A SMALL HOLE OR STATIC ON THE RADIO. *TT |
| 04072004 | 2004-09-17. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. LEFT FRONT DOOR POWER WINDOW SWITCH REPLACEMENT. GM VOICEMAIL EXPRESS. *TT |
| 04072004 | 2004-09-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL CHECK. *TT |
| 04072004 | 2004-09-17. Service bulletin. STEERING:COLUMN. RATTLE OR CLUNK STEERING COLUMN NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT LOWER INSTRUMENT PANEL, OR FOOT WELL AREA. *TT |
| 02172004 | 2004-09-10. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. DRIVABILITY SYSTEM CAN OCCUR AFTER A FUEL SENDING ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT. AN INTERMITTENT STALL AND/OR WILL STALL AFTER FILLING WITH FUEL. THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE AN ODOR OR THE EVAP CANISTER IS SATURATED WITH FUEL. GM VOICEMAIL EXPRESS. *TT |
| 02162004 | 2004-09-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IF DEALERSHIP HAS A TRANSMISSION AXLE SEAL LEAK AND YOUR LOCATION IS WITHIN TWO HOURS DRIVING TIME OF DETROIT OR WINDSOR, PLEASE CALL THE WINDSOR LAB DUE FOR ENGINEERING WOULD LIKE TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE REPAIR OF THE LEAK. GM VOICEMAIL EXPRESS. *TT |
| 01192004 | 2004-09-10. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. INTERMITTENT LACK OF POWER STEERING ASSIST WITH OR WITHOUT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES, SERVICE VEHICLE SOON LIGHT ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES C0545 AND SYMPTOM CODE 00, OR C0460 AND SYMPTOM CODE 00, OR THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WILL MOVE BACK AND FORTH BY ITSELF. GM VOICEMAIL EXPRESS. *TT |
| 3004 | 2004-08-25. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. WINDSHIELD WIPER-WASHERS INOPERATIVE. *MJ |
| 3000 | 2004-08-24. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. VEHICLE LEADS OR PULLS TO THE LEFT. *TT |
| 3020 | 2004-08-23. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR. REAR SUNSHADE COMES UNDONE. *MJ |
| 3008 | 2004-08-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. VARIOUS DRIVEABILITY, AIR CONDITIONER, INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER, ENGINE CONTROL, TRANSMISSION, EVAP CONCERNS. *TT |
| 3009 | 2004-08-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AND/OR BLACK/BLUE SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST. *TT |
| 3013 | 2004-08-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. UPDATE TO SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 03-06-01-013 COVERING THE ENGINE EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR 2004 MODELS. *TT |
| 040849011 | 2004-08-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. DIFFICULT TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION IN COLD TEMPERATURE (ADJUST PARK LOCK CABLE BY INSTALLING CLIP). *MJ |
| 040232003 | 2004-08-12. Service bulletin. STEERING. RATTLE NOISE FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROADS WHEN VEHICLE IS HOT ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A NEW ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) SYSTEM. *TT |
| 040235009 | 2004-08-03. Service bulletin. STEERING:COLUMN; STEERING. NOISY STEERING COLUMN, LACK OF POWER STEERING ASSIST, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES C0460 AND C0545, STEERING WHEEL MOVES SLIGHTLY BY ITSELF. *MJ (REPLACE STEERING COLUMN) UPDATED 01/18/08. *NJ |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.