2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Start: 2005-03-06

1 injured · 525032 · 2005-03-08

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: MALIBU
Year: 2000
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Miles at failure: 110,000

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 1
Fire: No
Crash: No
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY WHILE REVERSING. THIS RESULTED IN LOWER FACE AND NECK INJURIES TO THE DRIVER UPON IMPACT. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT INDICATE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE, BUT JUST WANTED TO REPAIR IT. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10113657
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown