2005 Chevrolet Malibu defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2005 Chevrolet Malibu. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Turn Signal Lamps
  Engineering Analysis EA09004 · opened Mar 20, 2009 · closed Aug 12, 2010

  GM designed the MY 2004 and 2005 Chevrolet Malibu and Malibu Maxx vehicles with a daytime running lamp (DRL) system that uses the same filament (the high power filament of a dual filament bulb) as the front turn signals.The high power filament operates at full battery voltage when functioning as a DRL.The DRL is illumi…