The Lemon Index$555 middle bill · most between $512 and $670
About the same as the $600 middle bill owners of all 76 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 73,000 miles (14 reports).
Chevrolet Malibu owners reported paying a median of $555 for a throttle body replacement, with the middle half of bills between $512 and $670. That's from 14 owner reports (14 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50014%
- $500–$1,00071%
- $1,000–$2,50014%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 14 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2006 Chevrolet Malibu2too few for a middle
- 2008 Chevrolet Malibu1too few for a middle
- 2010 Chevrolet Malibu2too few for a middle
- 2011 Chevrolet Malibu6$525 middle bill
- 2012 Chevrolet Malibu2too few for a middle
- 2016 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
- 2011 Chevrolet Malibu84 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
- 2004 Chevrolet Malibu61 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2010 Chevrolet Malibu61 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2006 Chevrolet Malibu57 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2017 Chevrolet Malibu49 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
- 2009 Chevrolet Malibu48 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a throttle body / loss of power. 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: P2135 P2111 P2112 P2101 P2119 P0121 P0122. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Chevrolet Malibu reliability by year
- Throttle body replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Chevrolet Malibu owners reported
Steering column repair (69) · Fuel pump replacement (22) · Intake manifold replacement (22) · Brake repair (20) · 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): 11343593, 11308024, 11245224, 11172602, 11064517, 11001560, 10944519, 10935866, 10819090, 10818658, 10810926, 10723092 and more.
Quick answers
How much does throttle body replacement cost on a Chevrolet Malibu?
Chevrolet Malibu owners reported a median of $555, and the middle half paid $512 to $670, from 14 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Chevrolet Malibu throttle body replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Chevrolet Malibu middle bill of $555 is about the same as the $600 owners of all 76 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Chevrolet Malibu repair costs come from?
From 14 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 2011 (84), 2004 (61), 2010 (61) 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.