The Lemon Index$800 middle bill · most between $612 and $1,100
Lower than the $915 middle bill owners of all 132 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 81,000 miles (18 reports).
Chevrolet Malibu owners reported paying a median of $800 for a fuel pump replacement, with the middle half of bills between $612 and $1,100. That's from 22 owner reports (22 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50023%
- $500–$1,00036%
- $1,000–$2,50041%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 22 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Chevrolet Malibu3$756 middle bill
- 2001 Chevrolet Malibu1too few for a middle
- 2002 Chevrolet Malibu1too few for a middle
- 2003 Chevrolet Malibu2too few for a middle
- 2004 Chevrolet Malibu3$1,000 middle bill
- 2005 Chevrolet Malibu3$448 middle bill
- 2006 Chevrolet Malibu1too few for a middle
- 2008 Chevrolet Malibu1too few for a middle
- 2009 Chevrolet Malibu3$1,200 middle bill
- 2010 Chevrolet Malibu1too few for a middle
- 2012 Chevrolet Malibu2too few for a middle
- 2023 Chevrolet Malibu1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2000 Chevrolet Malibu47 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2012 Chevrolet Malibu46 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2003 Chevrolet Malibu34 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
- 2005 Chevrolet Malibu32 complaints name it2% of that year's complaints
- 2001 Chevrolet Malibu26 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2002 Chevrolet Malibu24 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a fuel pump. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0087 P0191. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Chevrolet Malibu reliability by year
- Fuel pump replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Chevrolet Malibu owners reported
Steering column repair (69) · Intake manifold replacement (22) · Brake repair (20) · Throttle body replacement (14) · Transmission replacement (12) · Engine replacement (10) · Steering rack replacement (9) · BCM replacement (7) · Car battery replacement (6) · Wiring harness repair (6) · Brake booster replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11672718, 11322040, 11161075, 11016521, 10928068, 10809890, 10633015, 10629744, 10567607, 10471360, 10444042, 10400960 and more.
Quick answers
How much does fuel pump replacement cost on a Chevrolet Malibu?
Chevrolet Malibu owners reported a median of $800, and the middle half paid $612 to $1,100, from 22 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Chevrolet Malibu fuel pump replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Chevrolet Malibu middle bill of $800 is lower than the $915 owners of all 132 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Chevrolet Malibu repair costs come from?
From 22 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Chevrolet Malibu years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2000 (47), 2012 (46), 2003 (34) Chevrolet Malibu named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.