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Service bulletins for the 2016 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.

1562 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Electrical system are shown. Show all

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18-NA-0692023-07-25. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This service bulletin provides a service procedure to correct conditions of Poor Engine Performance in Extremely cold weather conditions, CAC Icing, MIL Illuminated with DTCs set.
13-08-116-001I2023-07-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The intent of this service bulletin is to identify aftermarket ALDL or DLC interface devices as potential sources for causing multiple customer concerns that do not have other diagnostic methods to identify them.
PIC5650K2023-06-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming on. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes B3055, B3060, and/or B3935. Technician should not replace any parts for this concern. If unable to duplicate the concern ask if the customer uses any Radio Frequency Identification Devices when the concern is present. Dealer should also direct their customers to the appropriate section in the Owner manuals that references that the device complies.
20-NA-1322023-05-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This warranty administration bulletin provides policy information on the requirements for 12V battery testing and warranty replacements.
PIC6014A2023-04-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEAT BELTS; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL; POWER TRAIN. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have the door locks will unlock immediately after auto locking usually at startup or while driving. Technician will need to remove power from the Sensing and Diagnostic Module. If doors no longer unlock unwanted the Sensing and Diagnostic Module should be replaced.
21-NA-0432023-04-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; WHEELS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This informational bulletin advises the dealers to maintain the vehicle stock on hand by doing a full inspection on the vehicles before being sold (prepping) to the customer.
23-NA-0442023-03-30. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This service bulletin provides information on AGM batteries that require less frequent charging in storage.
18-NA-1802023-02-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Warranty Administration Bulletin Provides High Voltage Battery Exchange Process Information.
PIP5632G2023-01-30. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that General Motors Technical Assistance Center may ask for Global Diagnostic System 2 Session Log. Technician will need use Global Diagnostic System 2 to send the session logs to General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance on the vehicle in question.
PIP4902Q2023-01-30. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that General Motors Technical Assistance Center may ask for Global Diagnostic System 2 Session Log. Technician will need use Global Diagnostic System 2 to send the session logs to General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance on the vehicle in question.
PIP5598D2022-12-12. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY. This Preliminary information communicates the possibility of a crank no start or extended crank condition due to exhaust cam reluctor being out of position.
18-NA-1802022-11-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Warranty Administration Bulletin Provides High Voltage Battery Exchange Process Information.
22-NA-2052022-11-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This service bulletin provides information on Module Harvesting.
21-NA-0452022-10-28. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SERVICE BRAKES. This service bulletin informs dealers that a new Power Brake Booster Vacuum Cap will need to be replaced when installing the revised Power Brake Booster Vacuum Pipe to correct DTCs being set due to misrouting of brake booster vacuum pipe.
18-NA-0692022-10-28. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This service bulletin provides a service procedure to correct conditions of Poor Engine Performance in Extremely cold weather conditions, CAC Icing, MIL Illuminated with DTCs set.
PI0592G2022-10-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This preliminary information (PI) provides information om Service Programming System (SPS) Error Codes (E4398, E4399, E4403, M4404, M4413, M6954, M6955, E4414, E4423, E4491 or E6961).
13-08-116-001H2022-10-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The intent of this service bulletin is to identify aftermarket ALDL or DLC interface devices as potential sources for causing multiple customer concerns that do not have other diagnostic methods to identify them.
21-NA-2202022-09-19. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This service bulletin provides a procedure to inspect and possibly repair terminals that may be damaged to correct customer concerns of Loss of Power, Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) Illuminated, Gauges Inoperative and/or Multiple Warning Lights/Messages Displayed on Driver Information Center (DIC).
PIT5569B2022-08-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. This Preliminary information communicates direction and examples when diagnosing multiple DTCs, one of which includes U**** Byte 71 DTC.
PIT5195G2022-06-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the speedometer needle appears to be inaccurate. Dealer should advise the customer the specification for speedometer needle accuracy is +/- 2 MPH at any given speed when looking straight at the needle.
N1922916002022-06-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Special Coverage. In certain vehicles an electrical connection may fail in the hybrid battery cooling blower motor. If this occurs, the control system may inhibit the electric propulsion motor, the Malfunction Indicator Light (Check Engine Light) will illuminate, and a diagnostic trouble code related to the hybrid battery cooling blower motor will be set. Dealers are to replace the hybrid battery cooling blower motor if necessary. The repairs will be made at no charge to the customer.
PIC6448A2022-05-16. Service bulletin. HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:INVERTER. This Preliminary information communicates That Techline connect is Not supporting the progaming of the T6 PIM / HPCM. and advies them to call Techline.
PIP4670J2022-04-18. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about a no start or another concern after swapping an Engine Control Module or other modules from one vehicle to another. The Global Architecture electrical system associated with these vehicles does not allow controller swaps between vehicles.
18-NA-2462022-03-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This service bulletin provides repair procedures, depending on model year, to correct a customer concern of a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) Illuminated with DTC P0172, P06DE and/or P0521 Set.
PIC64502022-03-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary information communicates a process to correct the concern of Unable to contact OnStar after the 3G EOL on 2015-2022 model year vehicles in the United States.

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