2011 Chevrolet Malibu Features And Specs

Year

Style, Configuration, Engine Options

Trim

Malibu LS Package Includes

  • Interior

  • Seats, front bucket with Custom Cloth reclining seatbacks and adjustable outboard head restraints

  • Seat, rear 60/40 split-folding seatback

  • Seat adjuster, driver power vertical height

  • Seat adjuster, driver power lumbar control

  • Console, floor with floor shifter, integral sliding armrest and dual storage compartment

  • Steering column, tilt and telescopic

  • Steering wheel, 3-spoke with mounted cruise controls

  • TAPshift manual shift control on shift knob

  • Instrumentation, analog with speedometer, engine temperature, fuel, tachometer and PRNDL

  • Driver Information Center with driver customization, warning messages and vehicle information including outside temperature display, trip odometer and programmable menu functions

  • Windows, power with driver Express-Down and rear passenger lockout

  • Door locks, power programmable with lockout protection and delayed locking

  • Remote Keyless Entry

  • Cruise control, electronic with set and resume speed

  • Trunk release, power, interior

  • Theft-deterrent alarm system, content theft alarm

  • Theft-deterrent system, vehicle, PASS-Key III+

  • Air conditioning, single-zone manual

  • Defogger, rear-window electric

  • Cup holders, dual front and rear

  • Power outlets, 2 auxiliary

  • Mirror, inside rearview manual day/night

  • Visors, driver and front passenger vanity mirrors, covered

  • Lighting, interior with front reading lights

  • Map pockets, driver and front passenger seatbacks

  • Exterior

  • Wheels, 17\ (43.2 cm) fascia spoke Painted sterling silver trim.

  • Tires, 17\ (43.2 cm) touring, blackwall

  • Tire sealant and inflator kit in place of spare tire (Deleted when (ZFH) compact spare tire is ordered.)

  • Fascia, front body-color

  • Fascia, rear body-color

  • Moldings, body-color rocker

  • Grille, Black with chrome surround

  • Headlamps, halogen composite with crystalline-like lenses and automatic exterior lamp control

  • Tail lamps, incandescent

  • Mirrors, outside power-adjustable Black, manual-folding

  • Glass, acoustic, laminated

  • Glass, Solar-Ray light-tinted

  • Window trim, bright, side

  • Wipers, front intermittent, variable, speed-sensitive

  • Door handles, body-color

  • Entertainment

  • Audio system, AM/FM stereo with CD player and MP3 playback seek-and-scan, digital clock, auto-tone control, Radio Data System (RDS), automatic volume, TheftLock, auxiliary input jack and cross-band presets

  • Audio system feature, 6-speaker system

  • XM Radio is standard on nearly all 2011 GM models and includes 3 months of trial service. Get over 170 channels, including

    commercial-free music, sports, news, talk, entertainment, comedy, family and kids' channels, and much more. With XM's incredible range of programming, everything worth listening to is on XM (Requires a subscription sold separately by XM after the first 90 days. Available only in the 48 contiguous United States and District of Columbia. Visit gm.xmradio.com for details.)

  • Engine

  • Engine Order Code

    LE5

  • Engine Type and Required Fuel

    Gas 4-Cyl

  • Displacement (liters/cubic inches)

    2.4L/145

  • Fuel System

    SFI

  • Maximum Horsepower @ RPM

    169 @ 6400

  • Maximum Torque @ RPM

    160 @ 4500

  • Cooling System Capacity (quarts)

    7.5

  • Electrical

  • Cold Cranking Amps @ 0° F

    NA

  • Maximum Alternator Capacity (amps)

    NA

  • Safety

  • StabiliTrak, stability control system with brake assist, includes Traction Control

  • Daytime Running Lamps

  • Air bags, dual-stage frontal, and thorax side-impact, driver and front passenger, and head curtain side-impact, front and rear outboard seating positions includes Passenger Sensing System (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck injuries to front and rear seat outboard occupants on the near side of certain side-impact collisions. Always use safety belts and the correct child restraints for your child's age and size. Even in vehicles equipped with air bags and the Passenger Sensing System, children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat in the appropriate infant, child, or booster seat. Never place a rear-facing infant restraint in the front seat of any vehicle equipped with an active frontal air bag. See the Owner's Manual and child safety seat instructions for more safety information.)

  • Automatic Crash Response

  • OnStar, 6 months of Directions and Connections plan includes Automatic Crash Response, Emergency Services, Crisis Assist, Stolen Vehicle Assistance, Remote Door Unlock, Turn-by-Turn Navigation with Destination Download (requires navigation radio) and OnStar eNav (where available), OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics, Roadside Assistance, Remote Horn and Lights, and Hands Free Calling. (Visit onstar.com for details and system limitations.)

  • Stolen Vehicle Assistance

  • OnStar Turn-by-Turn Navigation

  • Safety belts, 3-point, all seating positions includes front seat pretensioners

  • LATCH system (Lower Anchors and Top tethers for CHildren) for child safety seats

  • Door locks, rear child security

  • Trunk emergency release handle

  • Tire Pressure Monitor

  • Steering

  • Steering Type

    Electric Pwr

  • Steering Ratio (:1)

    16.4

  • Turns, lock to lock

    2.7

  • Turning Diameter / Radius, curb to curb (feet)

    39.4

  • Turning Diameter / Radius, wall to wall (feet)

    NA

  • Mechanical

  • Engine, ECOTEC 2.4L DOHC, 16-valve, 4-cylinder Variable Valve Timing MFI uses gasoline only (169 hp 126.0 kW @ 6400 rpm, 160 lb-ft of torque 216.0 N-m @ 4500 rpm) (Standard for Retail order types in all states. Standard for Fleet or Government order types ordering YF5 or NE1 emissions. Not available for Fleet or Government order types in Federal emissions states.)

  • Transmission, 6-speed automatic electronically controlled with overdrive

  • Front wheel drive

  • Battery, maintenance-free with rundown protection

  • Suspension, 4-wheel independent

  • Steering, Electric Power Steering (EPS) assist , infinite assist for low and high speed maneuvers

  • Brakes, 4-wheel antilock, 4-wheel disc

  • Suspension

  • Front Suspension Type

    MacPherson Strut

  • Rear Suspension Type

    4-Link Independent

  • Front Shock Absorber Diameter (mm)

    NA

  • Rear Shock Absorber Diameter (mm)

    NA

  • Front Anti-Roll Bar Diameter (inches)

    0.87

  • Rear Anti-Roll Bar Diameter (inches)

    0.75

  • Towing

  • Maximum Trailer Weight, dead weight hitch (pounds)

    NA

  • Maximum Tongue Weight, dead weight hitch (pounds)

    NA

  • Maximum Trailer Weight, weight distributing hitch (pounds)

    NA

  • Maximum Tongue Weight, weight distributing hitch (pounds)

    NA

  • Transmission

  • Transmission Order Code

    MH8

  • Transmission Description

    Automatic w/OD

  • Number of Transmission Speeds

    6

  • First Gear Ratio (:1)

    4.48

  • Second Gear Ratio (:1)

    2.87

  • Third Gear Ratio (:1)

    1.84

  • Fourth Gear Ratio (:1)

    1.41

  • Fifth Gear Ratio (:1)

    1.00

  • Sixth Gear Ratio (:1)

    0.74

  • Reverse Ratio (:1)

    2.88

  • Final Drive Axle Ratio (:1)

    2.77

  • Clutch Size

    NA

  • Vehicle

  • EPA Classification

    Midsize

  • Drivetrain

    Front Wheel Drive

  • Warranty

  • 3 Basic Years / 36,000 Basic Miles

  • 5 Drivetrain Years / 100,000 Drivetrain Miles

  • 5 Roadside Assistance Years / 6 Corrosion Years

  • 3 Corrosion Years / 100,000 Corrosion Miles

  • 36,000 Corrosion Miles / 3 Emissions Years

  • 50,000 Emissions Miles / 100,000 Roadside Assistance Miles/km

  • 2 Emissions Years / 24,000 Emissions Miles

  • Brakes

  • Brake Type

    Pwr

  • Anti-Lock-Braking System

    4-Wheel

  • Front Brake Rotors, diameter x thickness (inches)

    11.65 x -TBD-

  • Rear Brake Rotors, diameter x thickness (inches)

    10.87 x -TBD-

  • Rear Drums, diameter x width (inches)

    NA