1997 Chevrolet Metro

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Electrical System	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Electrical System

Filed Nov 30, 2008WV

I PURCHASED A USED 1997 MALIBU ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. SINCE I HAVE BROUGHT IT I HAVE HAD TO PUT ALOT OF MONEY INTO IT. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE THEFT SYSTEM. IT HAS LEFT ME SITTING QUITE A FEW TIMES. I HAVE HAD THE IGNITION REPLACED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND IT LOOKS LIKE I WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE AGAIN. I HAVE ALSO REPLACE CALIBERS AND ABOUT 7 BRAKE PADS SET. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE HEAD GASKETS REPLACED AND THE PULLEY FOR THE BELTS. I HOPE YOU LOOK INTO THE THEFT SYSTEM PROBLEM. IT IS GETTING EXPENSIVE TO KEEP THIS CAR GOING. MY SON ALSO HAS A MALIBU AND HE HAS TROUBLE WITH HIS THEFT SYSTEM. I WOULD HOPE CHEVY COMPANY WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SINCE WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE KEEPING THEM IN BUSINESS. THANK YOU NORMA BELANGER *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998

Year	Complaints	Fires	Assessment
2000	3	0	Routine
1999	3	1	Routine
1998	6	0	Routine
1997 — this page	1	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.