What 921 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco

Driver going 60+ mph hit metal guardrail, spun and slammed into concrete side of bridge. No airbags deployed

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I got sick and I split a utility pole. The airbags did not deploy

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ON 2016 I HAD A COLLISION CLAIM NUMBER 3005632019 -1-7. I DIDN'T HAVE DEDUCTIBLES AND THEREFORE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FIXED IMMEDIATELY BUT THE INSURANCE HAD PAID PART OF THEIR PORTION. ON APRIL 8TH I WAS INVOLVED ON ACCIDENT AND HAD INJURIES WHICH I WAS DISCHARGED FROM TREATMENT NOT LONG. THEREFORE THE VEHICLE STILL HAD THE BENT. ON MARCH 12TH 2019 THE VEHICLE WAS HIT AGAIN ON THE REAR ALONG THE TIRE. NOW I HAD THE VEHICLE FIXED BOTH DAMAGES AT MAACO AT TACOMA. THIS WAS DONE THROUGH THE INSURANCE. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE AT MAACO THERE WAS NO AIRBAG LIGHT. THEY WERE REPLACING THE PASSENGER DOOR AND FIXING THE BENT FOR BOTH COLLISION. WHEN I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND I INFORMED THE MAACO REPRESENTATIVE. HE TOLD ME IT WILL GO AWAY BY ITS OWN. IT DIDN'T GO AWAY AND WE AGREED WITH THEM TO TAKE IT BACK. WHEN I FOLLOWED UP WITH THEM THEY SAID THAT THEY CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM BUT HAD CONTACTED THE INSURANCE. DAYS PASSED WITHOUT GETTING AN UPDATED. LASTLY I AM TOLD TO DRIVE THE CAR BACK WITH ME AND THAT I HAVE TO PROVE TO THE INSURANCE THAT THE LIGHT IS CAUSED BY THE OLD ACCIDENT. I FEEL IT IS NOT SAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE IT WITH THE LIGHT ON AS IT IS NOT SAFE FOR ANYONE. I DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION AND I AM PAYING THE INSURANCE AND THE LOAN.

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DRIVER HIT A STATIONARY OBJECT HEAD ON AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH AND HEAD WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD.

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HAD AN ACCIDENT ON 5/24/2018 IT WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION WHERE THE AT FAULT DRIVER BROKE THE LIGHT AND RAN IN YO MY CAR THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY I SUSTAINED A FRACTURED ANKLE AND A NECK INJURY DUE TO THE ACCIDENT

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I WAS TURNING FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS IN A 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU LS TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 15MPH, THE OTHER DRIVER IN A 2010 HONDA ACCORD TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 45-55MPH. THE COLLISION WAS BETWEEN MY FRONT LEFT AND HIS FRONT RIGHT, NO PASSENGERS. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FROM EITHER VEHICLE, AND AS MINE DID NOT DEPLOY, I RECEIVED A CONCUSSION WHEN THE BACK OF MY HEAD BROKE THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PART OF TAKATA, AS I CANNOT FIND THE MANUFACTURER OF MY CAR'S AIRBAGS. CHEVROLET PROVIDED NO INFORMATION AS TO THE MANUFACTURER OR WHY AT LEAST THE CURTAIN AIRBAG WOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED TO PREVENT CONCUSSION.

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AIR BAG DEPLOYED IN ACCIDENT CAUSING DAMAGE TO FACE CHEST LEG ALSO SEATBELT CAUSED SEVERE BRUISING TO LOWER ABDOMEN.

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MY 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT THE TIME OF THE WRECK.

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VEHICLE MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR: 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU ECO VEHICLE VIN NO.: [XXX] INCIDENT DATE: 06/21/2015 INCIDENT TIME: 10:40:00 AM INCIDENT LOCATION: [XXX] APPROXIMATE MONETARY VALUE: 100000 ARE YOU WILLING TO TESTIFY IN COURT REGARDING THIS COMPLAINT? (X)YES( )NO DID YOU COMPLAIN DIRECTLY TO THE BUSINESS? (X)YES( )NO IF SO, WHO? CHEVY CUSTOMER ACCURANCE WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE FROM THE BUSINESS? CASE #[XXX] NOTHING ON 9/7/2015 I BOUGHT THIS BRAND NEW CHEVY MALIBU ECO WITH A STICKER PRICE OF OVER $28.000 DOLLARS THERE WHERE MANY ISSUES AND RECALLS BACK IN NOV 2014 I GOT A LETTER FROM CHEVY REGARDING A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE STEERING IN THIS CAR GM DID NOT DO A RECALL AS YOU KNOW IT WOULD HAVE COST THEM MILLONS OF DOLLARS TO DO A RECALL INSTEAD THEY SENT THIS LETTER OUT I TOOK THE LETTER TO THE CHEVY DEALER 2 TIMES THEY DID NOTHING ON 6/21/15 I WAS COMING FROM SEEING MY DYING MOTHER WHO WAS IN A LONG TERM CARE FOR 14 MONTHS SHE DID DIE LAST WEEK BUT ON THIS DATE I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THIS ROAD I DROVE 2 TIMES A DAY FOR 14 MONTHS THE GM CHEVY DEFECT CAUSED ME TO HAVE A CAR ACCIDENT WITH INJURY'S ME BEING INJURED THE STEERING WHEELS STAYED STRAIGHT AND CAUSED THE ACCIDENT I DID GET BLAMED FOR THE ACCIDENT LOST MY 2013 CHEVY MALIBU ECO WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH TRAMA FOR 6 TO 8 WEEKS PAID A FINE OF $439.00 THEN ON JULY 11 2015 I BOUGHT ANOTHER NEW CHEVY THE DEALER ACTION CHEVY SCAMMED ME I WAS TO PAY $21.200 FOR THE CAR MINUS THE $1500 REBATE THE CAR DEALER CHANGED IT TO I PAY $21.200 MINUS THE $1500 REBATE ACTION CHEVY ALSO SCREWED ME ON BUYING A 3RD CHEVY IN 12 YEARS I LOST MAYBE $100.000 PLUS MY CAR INS WENT UP BECAUSE OF THIS CHEVY GM DEFECT CHEVY /GM NEED TO DO A RECALL ATTORNEY NEEDS TO DO A CLASS ACTION LAW SUITE AGAINST CHEVY/GM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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NOV 2014 I GOT A SAFETY STEERING ISSUE WITH IS CALL TOOK IT TO THE DEAL ACTION CHEVY 2 TIMES THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT LETTER # 14232 ON 6/21/2015 I HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS STEERING SAFET ISSUE THAT GM/CHEVY DID NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THEY DID NOT DO A RECALL BECAUSE IT WOULD COST MILLONS OF DOLLARS I GOT BLAMED FOR THE ACCIDENT THAT WAS BECAUSE OF GM/CHEVY ALL GM/CHEVY DID WAS OPEN A CASE # 8-1613872160 ON 10/9/15 AND GM/CHEVY DID NOTHING

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE HEAD, THE LOWER BACK, AND ACROSS THE CHEST THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. MA 10/15/2015 *CN

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I WAS RIDING IN THE CAR WITH MY WIFE AND COUSIN HEADING TO HER BROTHERS HOUSE. WE HAD JUST DROVE FROM OUT OF TOWN AFTER VISITING SOME FAMILY MEMBERS AND WAS TAKING MY COUSIN BACK HOME. WHILE DRIVING I NOTICE THE CAR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ACTING UP IT WOULD SAY I NEEDED TO PUT AIR IN THE TIRE OR THE BACK TIRE WAS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. IT ALSO WOULD SAY I NEEDED TO PUT MY SEAT BELT ON WHEN IT WAS ON. BUT THIS WAS NOT MY BIGGEST CONCERN MY WIFE WHILE DRIVING RAN OFF THE ROAD A STRUCK A TREE HEAD ON. HAD SHE HAD BEEN DRIVING FASTER THEN WHAT SHE WAS GOING I FELL AS IF SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED. THE AIRBAGS NEVER CAME OUT AND THIS WAS A CONCERN BECAUSE WHO KNOWS HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE AFFECTED BY THIS. I THANK GOD THAT HER INJURIES WERE NOT THAT SERVE AS WELL AS MY COUSIN AND I, ALTHOUGH PAIN WILL HEAL THE PAIN OF LOSING A LOVE ONE WILL NEVER HEAL. SO I ASK THAT YOU LOOK INTO BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN, I KNOW IF HAD MY WIFE BEEN TOLD THAT HER AIRBAGS MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY SHE WOULD HAVE NEVER BROUGHT THE CAR....... *TR

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I LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR AND STUCK A TREE HEAD ON THE FRAME OF THE CAR WAS BENT AND MY RADIATOR WAS PUSHED BACK INTO THE ENGINE. MY AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED AND THIS CONCERNS ME AFTER HEARING ABOUT ALL THE RECALLS THAT GM HAD. *TR

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2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU. ATTORNEY REPRESENTING CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SEAT BELT AND AIRBAG SENSORS FAILURE DURING AN ACCIDENT. *SMD THE CONSUMER AND HIS WIFE WERE INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. THE IMPACT WAS SO SEVERE THAT THE REAR OF BOTH VEHICLES WENT UP IN THE AIR AND THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ROTATED AND LANDED WITH ITS TIRES OVER A GUARDRAIL. OCCUPANTS, FROM BOTH VEHICLES SUFFERED INJURIES. *JB UPDATED 12/15/14. *JB

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I HIT A DEER GOING 55 MPH AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I GOT A STATEMENT ON THE SCREEN RIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED SAYING AIRBAG SERVICE. I WOULD THINK HITTING SOMETHING GOING THAT FIRST WOULD DEPLOY AN AIRBAG. *TR

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WAITING AT A CORNER FOR A CLEAR SPOT TO CROSS FIVE LANE ROAD. WAS WATCHING A TRUCK WITH A SNOW PLOW WANTING TO TURN ONTO SAME ROAD THAT I NEEDED TO CROSS. LOOKED BOTH WAYS AND THEN BACK AT THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK DID NOT MOVE SO I PROCEEDED AND I ONLY MADE IT JUST BEYOND THE TURN LANE AND GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. I TRIED AS FAST AS I COULD TO STAY IN THE TURN LANE BUT STILL GOT HIT. OTHER DRIVER DID NOT TRY TO AVOID US. WE WERE HIT HARD IN THE RIGHT FRONT OF OUR CAR. THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROAD I WANTED TO CROSS IS 55 MPH SO WE WERE HIT PRETTY HARD. NOW THIS IS WHERE WE GET MAD. OUR AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY WIFE AND I WERE SHAKEN VERY BAD. WE EACH HAVE A DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS AS WE ARE VERY SORE AND STIFF. *TR

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