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Service bulletins for the 2013 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.

2002 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

About P2097 on the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu: what the code means, and the bulletins and recalls about the same components.

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PIP5534A2018-11-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE. This Preliminary information communicates additional diagnostics to assist the dealer technician with diagnosing and repairing trouble code P2097.
PIP5215A2018-05-21. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles may set an intermittent Diagnostic Trouble Code P2097. Technician will need to check freeze frame/ failure records to determine what the short term/ long term fuel trims were when the Diagnostic Trouble Code set. If the fuel trims were adding fuel then check for an aftermarket air filter, and intake system air leak, and restricted flow injectors. If the fuel trims are normal, check for that the post Oxygen Sensor heater and circuits are working. Also check for exhaust system leaks, can use Evaporative Emissions System tester to pressurize exhaust system and spray a soapy solution around the exhaust system joints looking for leaks.
PIP55342017-12-14. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This Preliminary information communicates additional diagnostics to assist the dealer technician with diagnosing and repairing trouble code P2097.
PIP52152017-08-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles may set an intermittent Diagnostic Trouble Code P2097. Technician will need to check freeze frame/ failure records to determine what the short term/ long term fuel trims were when the Diagnostic Trouble Code set. If the fuel trims were adding fuel then check for an aftermarket air filter, and intake system air leak, and restricted flow injectors. If the fuel trims are normal, check for that the post Oxygen Sensor heater and circuits are working. Also check for exhaust system leaks, can use Evaporative Emissions System tester to pressurize exhaust system and spray a soapy solution around the exhaust system joints looking for leaks.
PIP53932016-11-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION ADVISES THAT SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LAMP IS ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P2097 MAY BE SET IN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. THIS COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THAT GM ENGINEERING IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND IS CURRENTLY RESEARCHING THE CONCERN.
PIP-53932016-08-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION ADVISES THAT SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LAMP IS ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P2097 MAY BE SET IN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. THIS COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THAT GM ENGINEERING IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND IS CURRENTLY RESEARCHING THE CONCERN.

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