Three problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2001 Chevrolet Malibu. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Chevrolet Malibu based on all problems reported for the 2001 Malibu.
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.
Horn does not work. Problem started out intermittently. Now it seems to be permanent. Very inconvenient. It makes me wonder if the air bags even work.
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.