Factory build sheet
2015 Chevrolet Malibu LS (1LS)
Build 1G11B5SL-F · 2.5L 4cyl · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1G11B5SL and position 10 reads F. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Malibu whose VIN starts 1G11B5SL and carries F in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 13,380 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 13,380 known VINs
- 117 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Chevrolet with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 2.5 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Configuration
- In-Line
- Engine model
- LKW
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$8,688 median asking price · 154 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Low 2% of listings $3,499 Top 2% of listings $14,666
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 1G1 | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | 1B5SL | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | F | Model year — 2015 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2015 Chevrolet Malibu as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
3 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2015 Malibu. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
13,380 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1G11B5SL-F shares the specification above.
- 13,380 Known VINs
- 117 Listed for sale now
- 154 Priced listings
- $8,688 Median asking
Vehicles of this build
A fixed sample of 1 vehicles carrying this configuration — each with its own history page. The sample refreshes quarterly, not nightly, so it stays put between visits.
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Malibu, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2015 LT (2LT) 2.5L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 10,773 vehicles · $8,900 median
- 2015 LT (2LT) 2L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 608 vehicles · $8,900 median
- 2015 LTZ (1LZ) 2.5L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 4,613 vehicles · $8,995 median
- 2016 L (1VL) 1.5L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 180 vehicles
- 2016 LT (1LT) 1.5L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 37,125 vehicles · $9,994 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Prices are asking prices from 154 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 13,380 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.