Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 10/11/2011 | 83032 | ||
| Air bag readiness light in the instrument panel comes on and off. vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer to be serviced. authorized dealer informed me that parts were modified since the original parts were unserviceable. airbag coil bracket and switch were modified and installed. | |||
| 04/20/2010 | 78300 | ||
| While driving my 2005 malibu ls 3.5 v6 the air bag light went on and stayed on chevrolet says it is the rt frt side deployment module pn 25921017 this same car had 4 body control modules changed | |||
| 07/14/2006 | 1 | ||
| While driving in inclement weather, i lost control of my company-furnished 2005 chevy malibu and crashed head-on into a tree at 55 mph. the airbag did not deploy and i was hospitalized with extensive head injury (trauma, cranial bleeding, etc...) and a broken clavical. i continue to suffer from these injuries with no neurological relief in sight. my employer's auto insurance company investigated the equipment side of the accident and determined that the airbag didn't deploy by design (something about a sensor bar not being impacted - i can't remember what they said). heck, i can't remember much these days it seems. nothing was done to correct the failure as the front end of the car was demolished and the vehicle written off as a total loss. seems to me that if the airbag did not deploy by design then there's a design defect that gm needs to correct. *nm updated 03/23/09. *jb | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 07/20/2008 | 58000 | 1 | |
| I purchased two 2005 chevy malibus - one lt and one ls. in february 2008 my daughter was driving the ls and rearended me into the car in front of me. i was at a dead stop and it propelled me 4 feet before i slammed into the car infront of me. she went up my bumper and into my trunk and no airbags in her malibu or mine were deployed. in july 2008 she was driving the lt and rolled the car two times at 55 mph and none of the 6 airbags deployed that time either. the first accident caused $8,000 damage to her car and $ 10,000 to mine yet no airbags. the second accident the car was a total loss and no airbags. *tr | |||
| 12/18/2005 | 3174 | 1 | 04/14/2005 |
| Dt: while driving the contact's daughter ran upon the curbing along the side of the road. she then over corrected and ran into an embankment head on, and the vehicle flipped twice. upon impact, neither front air bags deployed. the driver sustained i shoulder injuries , but the passenger was fine. the weather conditions were normal and not considered as a cause of the accident. a police report was taken at the scene . the insurance company deemed the vehicle not repairable. *ak | |||
| 11/05/2005 | 2 | 10/12/2005 | |
| Dt: the contact's vehicle was involved in an accident. the vehicle swerved across the road and then accelerated down the highway, hitting a tree. the contact could not stop the vehicle with the brakes. upon impact, the airbags did not deploy. the dealership did not know what caused the accident or why the airbags did not deploy.*ak | |||
| 08/24/2005 | 1 | ||
| Consumer air bags deployed at speed of 5 mph seat belts also malfunctioned. *ts after the accident, the police officer noticed the seat belt did not lock when pulled quickly. the police officer stated he could see no reason why the air bag should have deployed due to the damage being minor. *jb | |||
| 08/13/2005 | 1 | 12/13/2004 | |
| My son used my new chev 2005 malibu ls and was in a car accident. this accident occurred on the highway he lost control of the car and hit the guard rail and the front end crashed into the ground smashing the whole front end and the air bags never went off. thank god he and his cousin were not killed. i thought the air bags were to work when you hit the front end of your car?*jb | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| 07/20/2008 | 58000 | 1 | |
| I purchased two 2005 chevy malibus - one lt and one ls. in february 2008 my daughter was driving the ls and rearended me into the car in front of me. i was at a dead stop and it propelled me 4 feet before i slammed into the car infront of me. she went up my bumper and into my trunk and no airbags in her malibu or mine were deployed. in july 2008 she was driving the lt and rolled the car two times at 55 mph and none of the 6 airbags deployed that time either. the first accident caused $8,000 damage to her car and $ 10,000 to mine yet no airbags. the second accident the car was a total loss and no airbags. *tr | |||
| 03/07/2006 | 7500 | 1 | 06/26/2005 |
| Today my husband had an accident. someone ran a red light and hit him so hard on the passenger side that our car ended up on the next block. our car has curtain air bags and they failed to deploy. at present time i notified our insurance, who was surprised that the air bags did not deploy and i have requested that it be looked into. at this point we want to know if the air bags are even in the vehicle. i also called the dealer who sold us the car and i am still waiting for a response to the following question, how hard does a vehicle have to be hit for the side air bags to deploy? my husband sustained injuries on his knees and bruises on the chest. i am very concerned that these air bags did not deploy because had i or anyone else been in the car they would have had serious injury. note our car does not have an on and off switch for the airbags. | |||
| 08/24/2005 | 112000 | 1 | |
| Dt : the air bags on driver's and passenger's sides deployed during a rear end collision under 10 mph. the drivers seat belt did not lock. this happened on august 24, 2005. the case # was 055947.*ak | |||