# NHTSA recall 16V521000

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: 16V521000
- Manufacturer's number: 51230
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2016\-07\-08
- Owners notified: 2016\-08\-10
- Component: HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 534

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain model year 2016 Malibu Hybrid vehicles manufactured October 27, 2015, to June 3, 2016.  The affected vehicles have a shut\-off switch for the high voltage battery for use when servicing the vehicle.  This manual service disconnect switch \(MSD\) may not be properly installed and thus may not lock into position, unexpectedly disconnecting the high\-voltage power while driving, effectively stalling the vehicle.


## What can happen

A vehicle stall increases the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the MSD and correct the installation, as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began on August 10, 2016.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020.  GM's number for this recall is 51230.


## 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-01\-11
- Vehicles in the campaign: 534
- Reported remedied: 513 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 5

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 4, 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 HYBRID](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-27 to 2016\-06\-03. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [PIC6448A](/bulletins/10211753.md), 2022-05-16, Service bulletin
- [18NA186](/bulletins/10166648.md), 2019-10-28, Service bulletin
- [19NA211](/bulletins/10166634.md), 2019-10-28, Service bulletin
- [18NA016](/bulletins/10139254.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin
- [PIC6194E](/bulletins/10126925.md), 2018-01-16, 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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