general problems of the 2011 Chevrolet Malibu - part 2

53 problems related to seat belt have been reported for the 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Chevrolet Malibu based on all problems reported for the 2011 Malibu.

36 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 06/15/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v269000 (seat belts) however, the part to do the recall repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Ed.

37 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 06/09/2015

Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number :15v269000(seat belts)however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The vehicle had not experienced a failure. Kh.

38 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 06/05/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. While the vehicle was parked, the contact inspected the vehicle and discover that the drivers side safety belt cable sleeve was fractured. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v269000 (seat belts), however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000. S w.

39 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 06/04/2015

Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that the speedometer light does not illuminate when it was operated, the vehicle did not register the fob key when attempting to unlock the vehicle, the tire pressure indicator functioned abnormally. The contact received notification of nhsta campaign number :15v269000(seat belts) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The vehicle failure mileage was approximately 53,000. Kh.

40 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 06/01/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v269000 (seat belts), however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Sw.

41 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 06/01/2015

Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact received a notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v269000(seat belts) however, the part for the recall was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced the failure. Jo.

42 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 06/01/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while reversing out of a parking space and pulled the seat belt to restrain himself, the tensioner cable fractured and became detached from the vehicle. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v269000 (seat belts), however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000. Sw.

43 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 06/01/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 chevy Malibu. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v269000 (selt belts) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Tw.

44 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 05/15/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number:15v269000 (seat belts) however, the part to the repairs was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of this failure. The contact had not experience a failure. Ng.

45 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 05/06/2015

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v269000 (seat belts) however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair and that a representative of the manufacturer advised that part of the delay was because the manufacturer had not figured out how to remedy the problem. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

46 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 05/06/2015

Gm issued a recall for my 2011 Chevrolet Malibu on may 6, 2015. It is now mid September 2015 and they have not remedied the problem.

47 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 05/06/2015

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v269000 (seat belts) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

48 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 12/08/2014

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that while seated on the front driver's side, the seat belt became detached. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the steel cable malfunctioned. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. Kr.

49 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 11/22/2014

My daughter and I was stopped at a stop light and a lady rear ended us and her seatbelt never caught and she hit the dashboard head on and y seatbelt caught and released and I hit the steering wheel head on.

50 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 05/08/2013

I purchased my 2011 Malibu in April 2012. Initially, I was experiencing power surges upon breaking. I was slowing down to come to a complete stop and my car would surge forward before stopping. The dealership replaced a sensor. I'm still experiencing the surges occasionally. The next time I took it in because I was getting a lot of noise and vibration when driving on a rough a surface. The dealership replaced the steering column. It was fine for a year, now that problem is returning. During the winter 2013, my rear defrost stopped working. I took it in and was told that the rear fuse block was melted and it will cost $535 to have it replaced. And another $230 to have the driver's side seat belt replaced---- it doesn't connect securely without fiddling with it. I think there should be recalls issued on all of these problems because I have read blogs and others are having the same issues, and they are all related to the safety of the vehicle.

51 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 01/09/2012

Light on dash console randomly comes on alerting that there is an issue with the air bag system and also reminding me that I need to put on my seat belt when my seat belt is already fastened properly. These issues have been present for almost the entire life of the vehicle but I have caught hell from the chevy dealerships to have them corrected and am very dissatisfied and will never purchase another chevy product as this seems to be a common problem.

52 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 06/19/2011

Airbags failed to deploy in a vehicle crash at 55 mph when hit by large pickup truck hauling empty horse trailer when driver fell asleep at wheel. Impact caused 2011 Malibu to spin at high velocity and roll over. None of the airbags deployed. Injury of front passenger occurred. The sdm module reading showed "no event" occurring and that is just plain unbelievable. A complaint has been filed with gm and denied.

53 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 02/23/2011

Both front driver's and passenger's seat belts on rental car are installed on vehicle backwards. Belt needs to be twisted to get it to work. Twisting it decreases surface area where it contacts the person's body (from the full 2" width of the strap to now a reduced width). This causes it to "dig in" to person where as if were installed correctly, the full 2 inch width of the seat belt would contact the person's body and not "dig in" to the body.


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