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Service bulletins for the 2011 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.

1303 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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PIP-3423-K2014-05-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE. GM: SOME DTC CODES MAY BE SET, P0016, P0017, P0018, P0019, P0008, OR P0009. 3.6 LY7 WITH CAM ACTUATOR DTC.THE RELUCTOR FOR THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR PRESSED ON THE CRANKSHAFT MAY HAVE MOVED. ALSO INCLUDED BUICK ALLURE MODEL YEAR 2005. *JS
SB-10-06-01-003C2013-11-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ENGINE. CADILLAC/BUICK/SATURN/PONTIAC/CHEVROLET/ GMC: DUE TO AN ABNORMAL ENGINE NOISE OR INTERNAL BY AN OIL FILTER MISAPPLICATION, FILTER DEBRIS MAY BE TRANSFERRED THROUGHOUT ENGINE AND MAY RESULT IN ENGINE DAMAGE. MODEL 2004-06 RENDEZVOUS, 2005-14 LACROSSE, 2008-14 ENCLAVE, MALIBU, EQUINOX, 2010-14 SRX, TERRAIN, 2013-14 ATS, XTS, 2009-14 TRAVERSE, 2014 IMPALA, 2007-14 ACADIA, 2007-09 G6, AURA, 2008-09 TORRENT, VUE, 2007-10 OUTLOOK. *PE
12-06-01-009-D2013-09-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. GM: SOME VEHICLES REQUIRE REPLACEMENTS FOR HIGH FEATURE V6 TIMING CHAIN KITS AND GUIDE REPLACEMENTS. ALSO INCLUDED CHEVROLET CAPTIVA. MODEL YEARS 2007-2013. *JS UPDATED 7/18/14. *PE
PI-07462012-08-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE. GENERAL MOTORS: MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON, POOR ACCELERATION, THROTTLE BODY FREEZING, MULTIPLE DTCS SET. ICE DEPOSITS AND/OR OIL DEPOSITS PRESENT IN AIR INLET DUCT. *JS UPDATED 9/19/12. *PE UPDATED 12/5/12. *PE UPDATED 05/03/2013 *JS UPDATED 09/30/2013 *JS UPDATED 7/28/14. *PE
PI-0324-C2012-04-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. GMC/CHEVROLET/BUICK: TRANSMISSION PUMP NEEDS INSPECTING DUE TO ENGINE CRANKING BUT FAILS TO START, HAS NO FORWARD, NO REVERSE, TRANSMISSION LEAKS, HARD SHIFT AND NO CRANKING. *PE UPDATED 2/25/13. *PE UPDATED 1/29/2014 *JS
PIP-49902012-03-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BUICK/CHEVROLET/GMC/PONTIAC/SATURN: SOME MODEL YEAR VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) LAMP ILLUMINATED. ISSUE MAY BE CAUSED BY THE CONTROL SOLENOID/MODULE ASSEMBLY OR MAY HAVE DAMAGED OR POOR TERMINALS FOR UNDER HOOD FUSE BLOCK. *PE
PI-04702011-06-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GM: THERE IS A SLIGHT OIL SEEP FROM THE CENTER OIL GALLEY PLUG ON THE BACK OF THE ENGINE BY THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. 2011 HHR/MALIBU. *RM
PI-0269A2011-06-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. GM: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON WITH A STORED TROUBLE CODE. *RM
PIP-4716A2011-06-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GM: THERE MAY BE A SHORT RATTLE NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE WHEN IT IS STARTED. IT COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH CAM PHASERS OR THE ENGINE BELT. *RM
PIP-4495C2011-06-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GM: THERE MAY BE NOISE COMING FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD, BECAUSE OF LOW OIL PRESSURE WHICH IS CAUSED BY DEBRIS. *RM
PI-0090-B2011-06-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. BUICK/CADILLAC/CHEVROLET/GMC/PONTIAC/SATURN: THERE MAY BE AN INTERMITTENT ENGINE HESITATION OR FLUTTER. THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR TERMINALS LIKELY HAVE POOR CONNECTIONS. *RM UPDATED 8/1/11. *PE UPDATED 4/16/12. *PE
PIP-48582011-05-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GM: THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON AND THERE IS LOW POWER DUE TO A CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. *RM
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

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