NHTSA complaint: 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MY WIFE AND SON WERE INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT 08/31/2000,WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AT AN INTERSECTION.WHERE OUR VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES PER HOUR,WHEN IT WAS HIT IN THE FRONT CENTER OF OUR VEHICLE BY A FORD EXPLORER THAT WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 35 M.P.H ACCORDING TO THE DRIVER AND POLICE REPORT. THE AIR-BAGS ON MY VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY,I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS.I AM IN THE AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS,I HAVE SEEN VEHICLES INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS NOT AS BAD AS MINE WAS AND THE AIR-BAGS DID THERE JOB PROPERLY.MY WIFE CONTACTED THE PURCHASING DEALERS SERVICE DEPT.AND SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THE BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY UNLES THE IMPACT WAS ATLEAST 35M.P.H. WHICH IT WAS.I THEN LOOK IN THE OWNERS MANUAL AND IT SAID THE IMPACT SHOULD BE BETWEEN 9-14M.P.H..I WAS TOLD BY AN ATTORNEY THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE UNLESS IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN MY WIFE'S LIFE OR MY SON'S LIFE, WHO IS 18MONTHS OLD,WHO WAS IN HIS CAR SEAT IN THE BACK SEAT.I WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE TO THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A FRIEND WHO PURCHASED THE SAME KIND OF VEHICLE AT THE SAME TIME WE PURCHASED THIS ONE,THEY HAVE 2 YOUNG KIDS.I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT MALIBU'S. *AK
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation