Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU / 2005

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006058482 Incident Date: Mar, 06 2006
Consumer's City: BROOKLYN Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:side/window
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1ZU54865F Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 06 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Jun, 25 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Today my husband had an accident. someone ran a red light and hit him so hard on the passenger side that our car ended up on the next block. our car has curtain air bags and they failed to deploy. at present time i notified our insurance, who was surprised that the air bags did not deploy and i have requested that it be looked into. at this point we want to know if the air bags are even in the vehicle. i also called the dealer who sold us the car and i am still waiting for a response to the following question, how hard does a vehicle have to be hit for the side air bags to deploy? my husband sustained injuries on his knees and bruises on the chest. i am very concerned that these air bags did not deploy because had i or anyone else been in the car they would have had serious injury. note our car does not have an on and off switch for the airbags.