While driving 65 mph, the air bag warning light remained illuminated. The steering gets hung while driving pulling to either side of the road. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where the vehicle was deemed destroyed. Conversion of km into miles says 98,000. Complaint Number: 10511357 Incident Date: January 8, 2013 Date Added to File: May 10, 2013 Description of the Complaint: The service airbag light came on and too the car to the dealer.
The vehicle was repaired; however, one month later, the contact observed a leak again, the check engine warning indicator illuminated, and an abnormal clicking noise was heard. All attempts to right this have been ignored. Some makes are more sensitive to this than others. The contact lost control of the vehicle. Verify proper system electrical connections.
As a result, the contact crashed into a concrete wall. The fire department extinguished the fire. The windows will not go up or down at times, whether the vehicle is parked or not. Complaint Number: 10241063 Incident Date: July 24, 2008 Date Added to File: September 5, 2008 Description of the Complaint: The contact owns a 2008 chevrolet malibu. It felt like the car lost its steering capacity. The air bags partially deployed and did not function as designed. The dealer turned off the warning light, but no repairs have been done to date!.
If you need to dig into your doors, dash or console, Alldatadiy. Research shows this to be a known defect and dealership acknowledged this by modifying the connector sleeve. The dealer informed the contact that a sensor failed, but it was not a concern. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Wanting to know what was the actual cause I changed the plugs first, cleared the codes and had my daughter drive it for a week and it came back so I changed the wires and haven't had the code since, my lil Actron doesn't show even a Pending Code for it so hopefully it's taken care of. While driving at any speed, the air bag warning light remained illuminated.
The sensor in the passenger seat is not working properly. The 'Test Not Passed Since Power Up' means it hasn't passed this key cycle. The contact sustained significant injuries to the head and a temporary loss of orientation. After restarting the vehicle, the air bag service warning light was illuminated. The contact and a passenger, as well as a child passenger, sustained minor injuries from the shards and fumes of the air bag. Car powers off during driving.
This is a major safety item and should good for the life of the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact stated that while her son was driving and his cousin in the passenger side seat at 78 mph, the brakes failed to respond when the brake pedal was depressed. Complaint Number: 10658804 Incident Date: October 14, 2014 Date Added to File: November 18, 2014 Description of the Complaint: Messages: 1. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact did not inform the manufacturer of the failure nor was the vehicle repaired.
A police report was filed and there was one injury reported. Like you said, though, you'd have no reason to think it mattered until you did the research. The contact owned a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. The passenger was taken to the hospital where it was determined that the cause of death was due to blunt force trauma to the chest and internal bleeding. I called my local dealership and they said no recall on that warning light either.
The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the driver side front and rear air bags deployed erroneously with the illumination of the air bag warning lights. The failure mileage was 95,261. The failure mileage was unknown. Recently I took it to the dealership for the ignition switch safety recall repaired. They emailed me back asking for additional information.