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Chevrolet Malibu Seat Belts Problems

163
Owner complaint records in our dataset
18
Years with records
1999–2017
Stored years

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 163 stored complaint records:

  • 26 indicate a crash
  • 27 indicate injury
  • 2 indicate fire

Complaints by year

What appears in the records

  • seat belt · 59 records
  • seat belts · 52 records
  • belts part · 33 records
  • part recall · 23 records
  • issue failure · 20 records
  • recall issue · 18 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi28
30–60k mi26
1–30k mi23
100–150k mi21
150–400k mi5

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • January 1, 2020

    Air Bags · Seat Belts · Steering

    When the car in motion. The steering makes a loud noise when turning the wheel. And the air bag indicator just popped on. Stating service the vehicle.

    ODI 11299399

    2011 records in this system

  • December 1, 2019 · 59,555 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System · Seat Belts · Service Brakes

    Emgine reduced speed has been comin on for a while on most chevy models. The car immediately slows on the freeway during traffic and anywhere. The seatbelts do not always attach.

    ODI 11290146

    2017 records in this system

  • November 5, 2019

    Air Bags · Electronic Stability Control · Seat Belts

    These are recalls that i was never made aware of and have not been repaired.

    ODI 11278274

    2011 records in this system

  • September 27, 2019 · 50,000 miles

    Air Bags · Seat Belts

    I went to work friday september 27, 2019. Where my car sat for two hours. When i came back out i had a service air bag light on. My car is a 2105, i'm the second owner. It's never been in an accident. I took it to the dealer i had bought it from a year ago. They told me it was a faulty air bag module that needed to be replaced. Luckily it didn't take an accident for faulting in severe injury, before i had known what…

    ODI 11266210

    2015 records in this system

  • August 26, 2019 · 78,000 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Seat Belts

    Electronic stability control esc light comes on and says service then esc off. This is a safety issue with these cars. Seat belts fail. Safety issue. And our will not start because the anti theft system is activated for no reason. All of these are consistent with several other complaints. Gm should be ashamed for selling vehicles that fail. Approximately 78,000 miles. Hopefully they will step up and correct these…

    ODI 11252526

    2010 records in this system

  • July 1, 2019 · 95,879 miles

    Seat Belts

    Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet malibu. The contact stated the seat belt sensor which indicated if the seat belt is fastened failed to operate as intended. The contact stated that while the seat belt was securely buckled, the instrument panel showed that the seat belt was not in use. Progressive chevrolet located at 8000 hills and dales rd nw, massillon oh 44646, [redacted] was contacted by phone and the…

    ODI 11301585

    2010 records in this system

  • June 13, 2019 · 54,670 miles

    Electrical System · Seat Belts · Steering

    Check engine light randomly comes on and off. Unable to get a diagnostic check thoroughly because the engine light doesn't stay on. Was at an auto zone one day when it came on again and was given two of the same codes stating there may be an o2 sensor issue. A couple weeks later while driving i get a message on the car stating 'service power steering' then it goes off again. Check engine light went off. Right driver…

    ODI 11219716

    2015 records in this system

  • June 5, 2019 · 147,680 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Seat Belts · Steering

    Drivingdown the road turned on a sharp curve lost all steering went into ditch suspension bottoms out on frame electrical problems with security program

    ODI 11220602

    2004 records in this system