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P1101 on Chevrolet vehicles

P1101 is named on 39 Chevrolet model years (2016–2026): 258 manufacturer filings and 24 owner reports in NHTSA’s files, across Malibu, Equinox, Cruze, Trax, Volt and 4 more.

Powertrain 39 model years 258 manufacturer filings 24 owner reports

Which Chevrolet model years name P1101

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints

A model year is listed because the code is named in its own record — a bulletin filed against it, or an owner’s complaint about it — not because every one of these vehicles sets it. Counts are documents in NHTSA’s files, not failure rates.

Engine 129 Power Train 54 Equipment 53 Structure 6
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What Chevrolet owners said

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Owners’ own words, scrubbed of anything identifying. Unverified reports filed with NHTSA — what was said, not a finding that it was true.

Multiple diagnostic codes appear repeatedly, including P0299 (turbo underboost), P0101 (mass air flow performance), P1101 (intake airflow performance), and P0506 (idle control RPM too low)
2019 Chevrolet Malibu Nov 25, 2025 NHTSA owner report
Mechanics advised me that there is nothing wrong with my vehicle and drives smooth that the code P1101 maybe a recall because they have been seeing it much frequent on Chevy Cruze 2017,2018
2017 Chevrolet Cruze Dec 4, 2024 NHTSA owner report

Chevrolet filings that name P1101

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Bulletins and campaigns Chevrolet filed with NHTSA whose summary names P1101. Quote the document number at the service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

What P1101 means

Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-II

P1101 is a manufacturer-specific code: the second character is a 1, which under the OBD-II standard hands the definition to whoever built the vehicle. The same code can mean one thing on a Ford and something unrelated on a Hyundai. Any site that prints a single definition for it is guessing.

A stored code names the test that failed, never the part that caused it. The record above is what Chevrolet and its owners have filed about it; the code’s page across every make has the whole file.

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standard

Is P1101 a known problem on Chevrolet vehicles?

It is a documented one: NHTSA's files hold 258 manufacturer filings and 24 owner reports naming P1101 on 39 Chevrolet model years (2016–2026). Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count — but a bulletin that names the code on your model year is the place to start.

Which Chevrolet models does P1101 appear on most?

2019 Malibu (25 documents), 2019 Equinox (23 documents), 2020 Equinox (17 documents).

Does P1101 on a Chevrolet mean it is recalled?

No. Recalls are filed by campaign and matched by VIN; no recall is triggered by a scan tool. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or open the model year's page here for the campaigns filed against it.