This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I saw a recall on airbag deployment and a recall on something about the key in the ignition causing the cars engine to shut off. My car has been shutting off and shorting showing the battery light and them when I tap the gas pedal thr gas gage is a half tank but it goes as if its out of gas and the rpms only go up when I am not driving or idling and my ABS light for brakes keeps turning on but now doesnt turn off and this has just started happening oh and thr battery light now has shorted the stalk stereo and it only turns on every so often.
The contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving 45 mph, the vehicle shut off without warning and the air bag indicator illuminated on the instrument cluster. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 150,000.
Car electrical components don't work when car is started then begin working sometime after the car is running 5-15 minutes. Gauges, radio, ac, fan, do not work and I am worried the airbags are also not working. I see many complaints about this issue on the internet (repairpal.com/no-start-due-to-failed-passlock-sensor-300). I see the recall for replacing keys but this is the ignition switch that is failing.
A church van was pulling out of a driveway and failed to yield the right of way. We T-boned them going 35mph. We hit them incredibly hard and yet the air bags did not deploy! four of their passengers were sent to the hospital in the ambulance and the two of us in the Malibu went later. The car was totaled and the church van had significant damage as well.
The contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Malibu. When attempting to start the vehicle, the ignition failed to turn over. After being involved in a crash, the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and the driver suffered knee injuries. The vehicle was repaired by a local technician. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
The contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving approximately 30 mph, the steering wheel seized without warning. As a result, the contact crashed into the rear passenger side of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was repaired, but the results of the diagnostic testing were unknown. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 180,744.
The contact owned a 2001 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving 10 mph, another vehicle crashed into the rear of the contact's vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained a head injury that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.
The contact owned a 2001 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving 30 mph around a curve, the contact was blinded by the headlights of an oncoming vehicle and veered off the road. The vehicle flipped over and landed into a ditch. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The driver sustained injuries to the right knee, but no medical attention was required. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 14V400000 (electrical system) and believed the crash was related to the recall. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was unknown.
While waiting in the turning lane at a stop light, I suffered multiple injuries when I was rear-ended by an SUV traveling at a high rate of speed. I hit my throat and chest on the steering wheel twice due to the impact. My airbags did not deploy, nor was I restrained by the seatbelt.
The contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving 65 mph the vehicle crashed into the rear end of a vehicle. The air bags did not deploy; however, the air bag cover opened and remained folded within the air bag area. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was towed by the police department. The driver received injuries to the neck and back. The passenger received injuries to the neck and was also transported to the hospital. The seat belts were worn at the time of the crash. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.
I was driving down a road with the speed limit being 55 mph which I was doing and hit the edge of the road on the right side and when I turned the wheel slightly to the left the entire car went to the left and the car hit a tree head on at 55 mph and the neither of the air bags deployed. The car totaled.
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- Montclair, CA, USA