# NHTSA recall 19V642000

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: 19V642000
- Manufacturer's number: N192221960
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2019\-09\-06
- Owners notified: 2019\-10\-16
- Component: ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
- Units potentially affected: 177282

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain 2018 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles equipped with 1.5L turbo engines.  An error in the Engine Control Module \(ECM\) software may result in the fuel injectors being disabled.


## What can happen

Disabled fuel injectors would prevent the engine from starting and may cause a stall, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the ECM software, free of charge.  The recall began October 16, 2019.  Owners may contact GM customer service at 1\-800\-630\-2438.  GM's number for this recall is N192221960.


## 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 2021 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-04\-20
- Vehicles in the campaign: 177282
- Reported remedied: 152605 \(86%\)
- Reported unreachable: 1019
- Reported removed: 34

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 quarter 1, 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

- [2018 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-04\-25 to 2018\-09\-20.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [20\-NA\-132](/bulletins/10252774.md), 2024-04-05, Service bulletin
- [PIP5632G](/bulletins/10230683.md), 2023-01-30, Service bulletin
- [PIP4902Q](/bulletins/10230682.md), 2023-01-30, Service bulletin
- [20NA224](/bulletins/10186092.md), 2021-02-01, Service bulletin
- [16NA019](/bulletins/10186058.md), 2021-02-01, Service bulletin
- [20NA098](/bulletins/10176632.md), 2020-06-22, Service bulletin
- [16NA383](/bulletins/10176607.md), 2020-06-22, Service bulletin
- [16NA383](/bulletins/10171878.md), 2020-03-02, Service bulletin
- [18NA246](/bulletins/10161941.md), 2019-07-01, Service bulletin
- [070849020P](/bulletins/10158861.md), 2019-04-22, 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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