# 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `1123279` · 2014-10-24 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** MALIBU
- **Year:** 2006
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 128,228
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
ON OCTOBER 15, 2014, I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN THE STEERING IN MY CAR SUDDENLY AND COMPLETELY WENT OUT.  FOR NO REASON, MY CAR LOST CONTROL AND BEGAN TO SWERVE AND THE WHEELS BEGAN TO SQUEAL.  MY STEERING WHEEL WAS EASILY MOVABLE, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO IN THE DIRECTION THAT I TURNED THE WHEEL.  I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR HEAD ON IF SHE HADN'T STOPPED HER CAR.  I ALSO COULDN'T STOP THE CAR.  AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE CAR DID A COMPLETE 360 TURN AS IT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL DOWN THE STREET.  THE CAR FINALLY HOPPED THE CURB AND HIT A LIGHT POLE ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE.  THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED, BUT FELT LIKE IT WANTED TO CONTINUE TO DRIFT UNTIL I TOOK THE KEY OUT OF THE CAR.  MY CAR HAS BEEN  DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND I COULD'VE DIED HAD I HIT THAT OTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON, OR IF THAT POLE HADN'T STOPPED MY VEHICLE.  NO AIRBAGS EVER DEPLOYED.  *TR
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