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Service bulletins for the 2010 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.

1259 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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SB-10-08-42-001A2011-03-08. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH. BUICK/CADILLAC/CHEVROLET/GMC/PONTIAC/SATURN: LOW BEAM HEADLAMP BULB DIAGNOSIS/REPLACEMENT (INSPECT BULB AND CONNECTOR). DOES NOT APPLY TO VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE (HID) LAMPS. DO NOT REPLACE THE ENTIRE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY FOR THIS CONDITION. *PE
SB-103102011-03-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CHEVROLET: ENGINE STALL-REPROGRAM TCM/ECM-EXPIRES WITH BASE WARRANTY. A SERVICE PROCEDURE TO REPROGRAM THE POWERTRAIN ON CERTAIN MODEL YEAR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 6 CYLINDER ENGINE (RPO LY7). VEHICLE IS SUBJECTED TO AGGRESSIVE DECELERATION WITH HIGH ACCESSORY LOADS, THE ENGINE MAY STALL. *PE
PB-100852010-08-20. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW. CHEVROLET PONTIAC SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. AIRBAG READINESS LIGHT/SERVICE AIR BAG MESSAGE-REROUTE WIRE HARNESS/REPLACE CONNECTORS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE WEAR WHICH COULD LEAD TO CORROSION IN THE CONNECTOR TERMINAL PINS AT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BODY MAIN WIRING HARNESS AND THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE IMPACT AIR BAG. MODELS MALIBU AND G6. *PE UPDATED 8/19/10. *PE UPDATED 8/25/10. CSC LETTER WAS RECEIVED. *PE UPDATED 5/20/11. *PE UPDATED 6/22/11. *PE
RB-101352010-08-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. SATURN CHEVROLET SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. LOSS OF HYBRID FUNCTION-REPLACE BATTERIES. THE HYBRID FUNCTION ON THESE VEHICLES MAY BECOME INOPERATIVE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE IN INSTRUMENT PANEL AND/OR SERVICE HYBRID MESSAGE IN DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER, THE ENGINE WILL RUN IN GASOLINE ENGINE MODE AND FUEL ECONOMY WOULD REDUCED. CSC LETTER WAS RECEIVED. MODELS AURA, VUE AND MALIBU. *PE
PIE-00472010-08-16. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. GENERAL MOTORS: ENGINEERING INFORMATION-CHEMICAL DAMAGE ON INNER SURFACES OF FUEL TANK. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON POOR PERFORMANCE, DECREASED ACCELERATION AND/OR AN INOPERATIVE FUEL GAUGE. NO MODELS LISTED EXCEPT SATURN AND HUMMERS; INCLUDES ALL PASSENGER CARS AND LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS. *PE UPDATED 5/9/11. *PE
SB-09271C2010-06-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). PONTIAC/SATURN/BUICK/GMC/CHEVROLET: TRANSMISSION CALIBRATION UPDATE. A SERVICE PROCEDURE TO REPROGRAM THE ECM AND TCM ON CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES. THIS NEW CALIBRATION WILL IMPROVE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CHARACTERISTICS FOR DOWNSHIFT HESITATION, DELAYED SHIFTING, AND SHIFTING AT THE WRONG TIME. *PE
PIP-4469D2010-06-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. PONTIAC/SATURN/CHEVROLET: DTC P0011 (INTAKE CAMSHAFT POSITION (CMP) SYSTEM PERFORMANCE) AND/OR P0014 (EXHAUST CAMSHAFT POSITION (CMP) SYSTEM PERFORMANCE). THEY MAY HAVE FOLLOWED ESI DIAGNOSTICS AND/OR THE CODE(S) RETURNED. THEY MAY HAVE REPLACED THE ECM WITH NO CHANGE. *PE UPDATED 7/26/10. *PE
PIP-4653 B2010-03-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). BUICK/CHEVROLET/HUMMER/GMC/PONTIAC/CADILLAC/SATURN: TECHNICIANS MAY FIND DTCS P0601, P0603, P0604, P062F OR P1621 STORED IN THE TCM AS AN ACTIVE OR A HISTORY CODE. SOME OF THESE DTCS CAN ALSO BE SET IN THE ECM OR FPCM. MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHICH MODULE (FOR EXAMPLE ECM, FPCM OR TCM) HAS SET THE DTC BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR THIS CONDITION. *PE UPDATED 8/1/11. *PE
07-06-02-006A2008-08-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. COOLANT LEAKING FROM ENGINE (REPLACE COOLANT CROSSOVER PIPE GASKETS). VEHICLES WITH 3.5L OR 3.9L ENGINE. *PE UPDATED ON 5/1/2012. *KB

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