# 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `578193` · 2006-04-05 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** MALIBU
- **Year:** 2006
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 9,000
- **Speed:** 70 mph
## Narrative
DT*:  THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH A DEER RAN INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BURSTING THE WINDOW GLASS AND COLLAPSING THE DOOR ONTO THE CONTACT.  BRAKE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDED INTO A BILLBOARD, THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A CENTER WOODEN POLE SUPPORT FOR THE BILLBOARD.  THE VEHICLE CONTINUED FORWARD MOTION AND STRUCK A TREE IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE.   THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.  ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.  THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN.  THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.  THE RENTAL CAR COMPANY WAS ALERTED.  A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FINDINGS OF THAT INSPECTION WERE NOT SHARED.    UPDATED 5/11/2006 - *NM
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