# NHTSA recall 15V164000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 15V164000
- Manufacturer's number: 15176
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2015\-03\-23
- Owners notified: 2015\-04\-21
- Component: VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
- Units potentially affected: 87063

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain model year 2013\-2015 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles October 24, 2011, to March 5, 2015.  In the affected vehicles, the Slide or Tilt switch for the roof panel may not be adequately recessed to prevent the switch from inadvertently being pressed.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) No. 118, "Power\-Operated Window, Partition, and Roof Panel Systems."


## What can happen

The Slide or Tilt roof panel switch may inadvertently be pressed and the roof panel may auto\-close unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a pinch injury.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will update the Body Control Module \(BCM\) software to remove auto\-close feature for certain switch positions, free of charge.  The recall began April 21, 2015.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020.  GM's number for this recall is 15176.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-10\-17
- Vehicles in the campaign: 87063
- Reported remedied: 77090 \(88%\)
- Reported unreachable: 3
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2013/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-24 to 2013\-08\-28.
- [2014 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-06\-12 to 2014\-05\-30.
- [2015 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-03\-12 to 2015\-03\-05.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [PIE0279A](/bulletins/10252882.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin
- [PIE0279](/bulletins/10252881.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin
- [PIC5260F](/bulletins/10216372.md), 2022-07-25, Service bulletin
- [PIC5260E](/bulletins/10211770.md), 2022-05-16, Service bulletin
- [PIE0279](/bulletins/10191027.md), 2021-04-29, Service bulletin
- [PIC5260D](/bulletins/10190431.md), 2021-04-19, Service bulletin
- [PIC5260C](/bulletins/10160682.md), 2019-06-03, Service bulletin
- [PIC5260B](/bulletins/10143752.md), 2018-08-20, Service bulletin
- [060089026N](/bulletins/10139278.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin
- [16\-NA\-033](/bulletins/10116877.md), 2017-08-31, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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