2012 Chevrolet Malibu Models & Specs

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LS w/1LS Features & Specs

Specifications

  • Drivetrain: Front Wheel Drive
  • Engine: ECOTEC 2.4L DOHC 16
  • Fuel Type: Gasoline Fuel
  • Fuel Capacity: 16 gal.
  • Torque: 160 ft. lbs.
  • Horsepower: 169 hp.
  • MPG (City/Hwy): 22/33
  • Transmission: 6 Speed Automatic w/manual shift
  • Seating Capacity: 5
  • Cargo Capacity: 15.1 cu. ft.
  • Curb Weight: 3432 lbs.
  • Tires: P225/50R17
  • Front Head Room: 39.4"
  • Front Leg Room: 42.2"
  • Wheelbase: 112.3"
  • Length: 191.8"
  • Width: 70.3"
  • Height: 57.1"

Interior Features

  • 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
  • Map pockets, driver and front passenger seatbacks
  • Steering column, tilt and telescopic
  • Steering wheel, 3-spoke with mounted cruise controls
  • 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
  • Console, floor with floor shifter, integral sliding armrest and dual storage compartment
  • Visors, driver and front passenger vanity mirrors, covered
  • TAPshift manual shift control on shift knob
  • Mirror, inside rearview manual day/night
  • Cup holders, dual front and rear
  • Windows, power with driver Express-Down and rear passenger lockout
  • Defogger, rear-window electric
  • Lighting, interior with front reading lights
  • Door locks, power programmable with lockout protection and delayed locking
  • Cruise control, electronic with set and resume speed
  • Trunk release, power, interior
  • Power outlets, 2 auxiliary
  • Remote Keyless Entry
  • Theft-deterrent alarm system, content theft alarm
  • Theft-deterrent system, vehicle, PASS-Key III+
  • Air conditioning, single-zone manual

Entertainment Features

  • 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
  • SiriusXM Satellite Radio is standard on nearly all 2012 GM models. Enjoy a 3-month trial to the 'XM Select' package, with over 170 channels including commercial-free music, all your favorite sports, exclusive talk and entertainment. And now add premium channels to your trial at no-cost. Welcome to the world of satellite radio. (Requires a subscription sold separately by SiriusXM after the trial period. If you decide to continue your service at the end of your subscription, service will automatically renew and bill, at the rates in effect at the time of renewal, until you call SiriusXM at 1-866-635-2349 to cancel. See our Customer Agreement for complete terms at www.siriusxm.com. Available only to those at least 18 and older in the 48 contiguous USA and D.C.)

Exterior Features

  • Tire sealant and inflator kit in place of spare tire (Deleted when (PDQ) Uplevel Package is ordered.)
  • Tires, 17" (43.2 cm) touring, blackwall
  • Grille, Black with chrome surround
  • Mirrors, outside power-adjustable Black, manual-folding
  • Door handles, body-color
  • Moldings, body-color rocker
  • Wheels, 17" (43.2 cm) fascia spoke painted sterling silver trim
  • Window trim, bright, side
  • Glass, acoustic, laminated
  • Glass, Solar-Ray light-tinted
  • Wipers, front intermittent, variable, speed-sensitive
  • Headlamps, halogen composite with crystalline-like lenses and automatic exterior lamp control
  • Fascia, front body-color
  • Fascia, rear body-color
  • Tail lamps, incandescent

Safety Features

  • 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 occupants on the near side of certain side-impact collisions. A note about child safety: Always use safety belts and the correct child restraint for your child's age and size. Even 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 your vehicle Owner's Handbook for more information.)
  • 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.)
  • Automatic Crash Response
  • 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

Mechanical Features

  • 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

Options & Packages

Additional Options

Ls uplevel package ($500)

  • Includes (UPF) Bluetooth for phone
  • (UK3) steering wheel-mounted audio controls
  • (B37) carpeted front and rear floor mats
  • (B86) body-color bodyside moldings and (ZFH) compact spare tire

Lpo, protection package ($315)

  • Includes dealer-installed premium all-weather front and rear floor mats and front and rear molded splash guards

Lpo, convenience package ($195)

  • Includes envelope-style
  • Cross-car convenience net and cargo organizer
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