Certain Chevy models are currently being produced without hood insulation due to an ongoing supplier shortage, including the Chevy Colorado, Silverado and Camaro. Now, GM Authority has learned this shortage has also applied to the 2023 Chevy Malibu since June 1st, 2022 production, as some units were built without hood insulation.
All 2023 Chevy Malibu models affected by this shortage will have a window sticker indicating they do not come with under hood insulation, a build specification that carries RPO code R6N. It’s unclear if buyers of affected Chevy vehicles will be eligible to receive a cash credit in exchange for the component, or if it can be retrofitted by dealerships at a later date.
GM simplified the 2023 Chevy Malibu order book as it prepares to phase this model out of its lineup in 2024. For starters, the sedan’s Premier trim level is renamed the 2LT, while its turbocharged 2.0L I4 LTG gasoline engine and GM 9-speed automatic transmission are replaced with the turbocharged 1.5L I4 LFV gasoline engine and MRG continuously variable automatic transmission. The 2023MY Chevy Malibu also ditches the Cherry Red Tintcoat, Northsky Blue Metallic and Silver Ice Metallic exterior colors, with Radiant Red Tintcoat, Riverside Blue Metallic and Sterling Gray Metallic arriving in their stead. It sticks with the same front-wheel-drive based GM E2 platform.
Production of the 2023 Chevy Malibu began at the GM Fairfax plant on September 7th, as we reported previously. In addition to the Malibu, the Fairfax plant also handles production of the Cadillac XT4 compact crossover.
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No hood insulation, top powertrain offering gone, convenience packages dropped. GM making a iconic model die an agonizingly slow death. The Malibu deserved a better fate.
Might as well peruse the used car market for a 2017 to 2020 Malibu.
cost cut Mary ,,gee wonder why the buyer buys imports . Isn’t her term up yet ???
And they claim she’s a car person…..
She’s interested in the bottom line (bean counting 101), and destroying the once-proud “gm” image.
My 2019 Jetta S was a base model, without any hood insulation. I never has any issues whatsoever, and beyond it being pointed out in virtually every car review I watched, I would hardly have noticed. Perhaps there was a slightly higher amount of engine or fuel injection noise, but it wasn’t really noticeable. I come from a family of automotive engineers, if I could barely notice the lack of insulation, the average car buyer won’t even realize it…
Gotta love some of these comments. Bi**h like heck because they can’t build cars due to chip shortages. Now they are building as many as they can while deciding to continue to build them without a part they can’t get at this time, and people on here still bi**h about that. Then you have some leaving ignorant comments about import brands selling more because of this. I have a question for you: Have you lifted the hood on some of the Kia’s, Hyundai’s, Toyota’s etc? Many of those cars don’t have under hood insulation anyhow! In fact, it was the American brands that almost always had the insulation and nearly none of the Asian brands ever had it.
I do my fair share of belly aching on here, but sometimes the comments just make me question what our schools are being paid to do.
Meh, I was interested in a 2023 Malibu Premier with the 2.0T and 9-speed. The 1.5 cvt isn’t worth owning anyway.
Will GM be making a 2024 Malibu
I was going to order a new 2023 to replace my 2019 Premier. Now I’m going to have to reconsider. I like the 2.0 T engine. My wife has a 1.5 in her 2022 LT and it’s adequate for her but I think I just keep my Premier until it becomes too expensive to fix it. Then I suppose I’ll have to buy a foreign car since GM & Ford are giving up on making 4 door sedans.
Does anyone have a malibu on order. I have had one on order since March and haven’t even received a build date yet. Anyone know why?
Sad news about the Malibu. One of the great Chevy models is coming to the end of the line. Why doesn’t GM management end production now instead of this pathetic attempt to milk the last dime out of the Malibu? They will probably make the last year mostly for the Enterprise and other rental fleets. I am not surprised by what is happening because the Impala meet the same fate. Chevy finally had gotten the Malibu & Impala right on the money & now they are consigned to the dustbin of automotive history.