40 problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2012 Chevrolet Malibu. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Chevrolet Malibu based on all problems reported for the 2012 Malibu.
My service airbag message keeps popping up off and on. It has for weeks now? it seems this vehicle has been on the recall list several times for different issues? I have kept my vehicle maintenance up to date as I should however things like this keep happening! not to mention the buzzing noise I began hearing in the back of the car a couple months after I purchased it but you all claimed you could not find the problem. This is extremely discouraging! please let us know how these issues can be taken care of as this is a huge inconvenience and extremly unsafe! thank you.
Was operating the vehicle on the interstate when I was forced to brake and hit the horn to avoid a collision. The "service airbag" light came on and stayed on. I found that by hitting the steering wheel it would go out and reset. Every time I use my horn causes the "service airbag" light to come on. Sometimes it goes out again on its own. Unsure if the airbag would deploy while the light is on.
Driving to work,suddenly had to apply brakes hard to avoid hittlng another car . After car came to a stop ,air bag service light cam on. Light stayed untill next day then went out. Now light come on at regular intevouls . Also had a hard time stopping, seemed like to a lot of pressure ,a great amount of pressure,I did not think car was going to stop.
The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu. While driving approximately 55 mph, the contact crashed into another vehicle. The contact stated that the air bags deployed but the entire air bag assembly detached from the vehicle. The contact sustained burns to her chest and injuries to the face because metal pieces from the air bag assembly struck her in the face. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard and was deemed as destroyed. The approximate failure mileage was 32,828. . . Updated 12/05/12 updated 12/07/2012.
My wife was driving east down hwy-40 toward salina, KS. She had the cruise control set on 60 mph. She began to have a epileptic seizure (she was cleared by her doctor to drive prior to this incident) at that point the car began to slowly drift of to the right side of the road. The car drove over a culver, the rear driver side of the car struck at concrete form and sent the car rolling of into a field the car rolled four times. After the fourth roll the car rolled back on to its wheels and continued to drive due to the cruise control still being engaged and drove 100ft before coming to rest once it struck a concrete fence post. At no time did any of the air bags deploy nor did the cruise control disengage. The vehicle has a crash response system threw on-star, at no time did the crash response activate. This information was provided to me via the saline county sheriffs. My wife only suffered minor cuts and bruises.