2009 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ FWD Automatic

• Door handles, chrome
• Exhaust tip, chrome
• Fascias, front and rear body-color
• Fog lamps, front, integral in front fascia
• Glass, acoustic, laminated front-side and windshield
• Glass, Solar-Ray light-tinted
• Grille, Silver with chrome surround
• Headlamps, halogen composite with crystalline-like lenses and automatic exterior lamp control
• License plate bezel, chrome, rear
• Mirrors, outside heated power-adjustable and driver-side auto-dimming, body-color, manual-folding
• Moldings, body-color rocker with bright inserts
• Tail lamps, LED illumination
• Tire, compact spare
• Tires, P225/50R18 touring, blackwall
• Wheels, 18 (45.7 cm) 10-spoke, bright finish aluminum
• Window trim, bright, side
• Wipers, front intermittent, variable, speed-sensitive

• Air conditioning, single-zone automatic climate control
• Audio system feature, premium sound system, amplified, 210 watts, 8 speakers including 2 subwoofers
• Audio system, AM/FM stereo with USB port, CD player and MP3 playback seek-and-scan, digital clock, auto-tone control, Radio Data System (RDS), automatic volume, TheftLock, auxiliary input jack and 36 cross-band presets
• Bluetooth for phone, personal cell phone connectivity to vehicle audio system and HMI (Human Machine Interface)
• Cargo net, trunk
• Console, floor with floor shifter, integral sliding armrest and dual storage compartment
• Cruise control, electronic with set and resume speed
• Cup holders, dual front and rear
• Defogger, rear-window electric
• Door locks, power programmable with lockout protection and delayed locking
• Driver Information Center with driver customization, warning messages and vehicle information including outside temperature display, trip odometer and programmable menu functions
• Floor mats, premium carpeted front and rear
• Instrumentation, uplevel cluster with accent lighting, includes speedometer, engine temperature, fuel, tachometer and PRNDL
• Lighting, interior rear reading lights
• Lighting, interior with front reading lights
• Map pockets, driver and front passenger seatbacks
• Mirror, inside rearview auto-dimming with 8-point compass display
• Power outlets, 2 auxiliary
• Remote vehicle starter system includes enhanced Remote Keyless Entry
• Seat adjuster, driver 8-way power
• Seat adjuster, driver manual lumbar control
• Seat adjuster, driver power vertical height
• Seat adjuster, passenger 6-way power
• Seat, rear 60/40 split-folding seatback
• Seats, front bucket with leather-appointed seating reclining seatbacks and adjustable outboard head restraints
• Seats, heated driver and front passenger
• Shift knob, leather-wrapped
• Steering column, tilt and telescopic
• Steering wheel, 3-spoke leather-wrapped with mounted audio and cruise controls
• TAPshift manual shift control, on steering wheel
• Theft-deterrent alarm system, content theft alarm
• Theft-deterrent system, vehicle, PASS-Key III+
• Trunk mat, carpeted
• Trunk release, power, interior
• Universal Home Remote includes garage door opener, 3-channel programmable
• Visors, driver and front passenger illuminated vanity mirrors, covered
• Windows, power with driver Express-Down and Up and rear passenger lockout
• XM Radio XM Radio (subscription required)

• Battery, maintenance-free with rundown protection
• Brakes, 4-wheel antilock, 4-wheel disc
• Engine, ECOTEC 2.4L DOHC, 16-valve, 4-cylinder Variable Valve Timing MFI (169 hp [126.0 kW]
• Front wheel drive
• Steering, Electric Power Steering (EPS) assist
• Suspension, 4-wheel independent
• Transmission, 6-speed automatic electronically controlled with overdrive

• 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 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. Never place a rear-facing infant restraint in the front seat of any vehicle equipped with an active frontal air bag. See the vehicle's Owner's Manual and child safety seat instructions for more safety information.)
• Daytime running lamps
• Door locks, rear child security
• LATCH system (Lower Anchors and Top tethers for CHildren) for child safety seats
• OnStar Equipped (subscription required)
• Safety belts, 3-point, all seating positions includes front seat pretensioners
• StabiliTrak, stability control system with brake assist, includes traction control
• Tire Pressure Monitor
• Trunk emergency release handle

Model Highlights

The 2009 Chevrolet Malibu comes in three different trim levels--LS, LT, and LTZ. Standard on each model is a 169-hp, 2.4L 4-cylinder engine, while a 252-hp, 3.6L V6 with variable valve timing is optional on the LT and LTZ trims. Four-cylinder LS and LT models get a 4-speed automatic transmission, though a 6-speed automatic is optional the LT and standard on the LTZ. With the four-cylinder engine, the Malibu achieves respectable fuel-efficiency ratings of 22 mpg city, 30 mpg highway. Inside and out, the Malibu's lines are modern and attractive, with great attention to detail. The flowing instrument panel forms a "dual cockpit" design. LTZ models get front fog lamps and attention-getting LED rear lamps. With its four-wheel independent suspension and either 17- or 18-inch wheels, the Malibu offers a smooth ride and sporty handling response, due to a standard rear stabilizer bar. Four-cylinder models have electric variable-assist power steering while V6 models have hydraulic power steering. Interiors in LS and LT Malibus are cloth, while the LTZ offers standard leather seating. Gauges are displayed with distinctive blue backlighting. Available ambient lighting backlights the center console and door pulls, and the overhead console in LTZ models bathes the center console area with LED light. All Malibu models, including the base LS, come quite well equipped, with cruise control, remote keyless entry, a tilt/telescoping steering wheel and an MP3-compatible CD audio system. Top LTZ models include heated front seats, steering-wheel-mounted audio controls, a 6-CD stereo and a remote starter system. XM satellite radio is available on all Malibus. A power sunroof is optional across the range, and the upgraded stereo is optional on LS and LT models. Front passenger airbags, head-curtain side airbags covering front and rear outboard seats, and seat-mounted thorax-protecting air bags are standard for all models. Additionally StabiliTrak electronic stability control is now standard across the Malibu range, and it incorporates brake assist and traction control. The Malibu is also available as a gasoline/electric hybrid. With the 2.4L Ecotec 4-cylinder engine plus an electric motor starter/generator system, the hybrid powertrain is rated at 164 horsepower altogether. A sophisticated control system automatically shuts off the engine when stopped, then restarts it seamlessly when taking off from a stoplight. The hybrid system then recaptures the energy lost during coasting and braking, storing it in the battery. Hybrid models also get a unique gauge cluster that relays information about the system's operation. Hybrid models achieve EPA fuel-efficiency ratings of 24 city, 32 highway. The Malibu Hybrid includes standard air conditioning, the same MP3-compatible CD stereo found in LS and LT trim, power locks, keyless entry, tilt steering column and, new for 2009, 17-inch alloy wheels. GM's OnStar system is standard on all Malibu models.