NHTSA complaint: 2010 CHEVROLET MALIBU — AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON AND ONLY THE AIR BAG IN THE STEERING WHEEL DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN HIP, NECK AND FOOT AND BACK INJURIES AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED CHEST, BACK AND SHOULDER INJURIES AND BOTH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. BOTH VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED. THE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation