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Service bulletin SB-10332

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10037219
Published by NHTSA2011-05-12
Manufacturer's numberSB-10332
Manufacturer's date2011-11-01
ReplacesSB-10332-C
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; AIR BAGS

NHTSA's summary

GM: ON 2011 CHEVY HHR AND MALIBU VEHICLES THERE IS AN INTERNAL COMPUTER FAULT WHICH CAN CAUSE THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON. *RM UPDATED 5/17/11. *PE UPDATED 6/22/11. *PE UPDATED 2/06/12. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Air bags, Electrical system, Software

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET HHR2011
CHEVROLET MALIBU2011

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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