What year ? What engine ? a little more information please
The 2005 Chevy Malibu has a timing chain, not a timing belt.
Timing Chain
chain
None. It does not have a timing belt. It has a timing chain.
It does not have a timing belt, it has a chain.
It has no Timing Belt, it has a Timing Chain.
timing CHAIN ( 2.2 + 3.5 liter )
2.2 has a chain
Pushrod engines have a chain. Overhead cam engines have a belt.
4 cylinders have a belt and v6 has a chain!
The 2.4 litre four cylinder engine in a 1998 Chevrolet Malibu has a timing CHAIN
It must have a timing CHAIN because Gates ( they make timing belts etc. ) doesn't list a timing belt for the 2004 Chev Malibu 3.5 liter V6