2020 Chevrolet Malibu Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2020 Chevrolet Malibu drops to two engines, both turbocharged twin-cam inline-fours running on gasoline: the 2.0L of 122 cubic inches and the 1.5L of 91. Five trims are documented, L, LS, LT, Premier and RS, all on the four-door sedan. With every car in the range boosted, the charge air, fuel and emissions diagnostics apply throughout, and the differences that remain between trims fall mostly to body electrical equipment.

Engines covered

• 2.0L inline-four (122 cu in) — DOHC, turbocharged, gasoline
• 1.5L inline-four (91 cu in) — DOHC, turbocharged, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sedan

Trims covered

• L
• LS
• LT
• Premier
• RS

Known issues on the 2020 Malibu. A single recall is recorded for this model year, covering rear seat belt retractors that may be held by loose or missing fasteners; an insecure retractor can fail to restrain the occupant properly in a crash. Owners have logged 195 complaints, 51 of them on the power train, 38 on the electrical system and 27 on the service brakes. Those are the areas where this manual is most often used: transmission and driveline diagnosis, circuit tracing against the wiring diagrams, and brake service to the specified clearances and torque values.