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P2097 on the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu

The bulletins listed name this code in NHTSA's summary, or are about the same components. A bulletin or a recall listed here may apply to the model year. None of it is a diagnosis.

Nobody has written a description of this code yet.

Bulletins for this model year that name P2097
PIP5534A2018-11-13. Service bulletin. This Preliminary information communicates additional diagnostics to assist the dealer technician with diagnosing and repairing trouble code P2097.
PIP5215A2018-05-21. Service bulletin. 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. This Preliminary information communicates additional diagnostics to assist the dealer technician with diagnosing and repairing trouble code P2097.
PIP52152017-08-15. Service bulletin. 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. 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. 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.

6 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19. See them in the bulletin list. A bulletin lists model years: read the document for which vehicles it concerns.