# NHTSA recall 16V272000

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: 16V272000
- Manufacturer's number: 39440
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2016\-05\-05
- Owners notified: 2016\-06\-17
- Component: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL \(ESC\)
- Units potentially affected: 66

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain model year 2016 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles manufactured March 7, 2016, through March 12, 2016.  The memory chip in the electronic brake control module \(EBCM\) may fail and cause the loss of electronically controlled brake systems including anti\-lock brakes \(ABS\) and electronic stability control \(ESC\).  As such, these vehicles fail to conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems."


## What can happen

If the EBCM fails the primary braking system will still function, however, the loss of ABS and ESC increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will install a replacement EBCM, free of charge.  The recall began on June 17, 2016.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020\). GM's number for this recall is 39440.


## 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 2017 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-10\-10
- Vehicles in the campaign: 66
- Reported remedied: 65 \(98%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 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

- [2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-03\-07 to 2016\-03\-12.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [PIT5551P](/bulletins/11011406.md), 2024-12-05, Service bulletin
- [PIT5551N](/bulletins/10251704.md), 2024-03-18, Service bulletin
- [PIT5551M](/bulletins/10247351.md), 2023-12-18, Service bulletin
- [PIT5551L](/bulletins/10242314.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin
- [PIT5551K](/bulletins/10240792.md), 2023-08-21, Service bulletin
- [PIT5551J](/bulletins/10232835.md), 2023-03-13, Service bulletin
- [PIT5551H](/bulletins/10230691.md), 2023-01-30, Service bulletin
- [070601016G](/bulletins/10213761.md), 2022-06-13, Service bulletin
- [PIT5698B](/bulletins/10201251.md), 2021-09-13, Service bulletin
- [PIT5551F](/bulletins/10182540.md), 2020-11-16, 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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