# NHTSA recall 18V400000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 18V400000
- Manufacturer's number: 18208
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2018\-06\-14
- Owners notified: 2018\-08\-07
- Component: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
- Units potentially affected: 66

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain 2016\-2018 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles.  During servicing, a Passenger Presence System \(PPS\) may have been installed that was not correctly calibrated to the vehicle's seat type.  As a result, the PPS may not properly identify an adult passenger from a child passenger in the front passenger seat, potentially causing the air bag to not deploy when it should, or causing the air bag to deploy when it shouldn't.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash, improper air bag deployment can increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger PPS seat service kit, free of charge.  The recall began August 7, 2018.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020.  GM's number for this recall is 18208.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2019 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-01\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 66
- Reported remedied: 51 \(77%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 1

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-11\-20 to 2017\-09\-08.
- [2017 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2017/recalls.md). Built 2015\-11\-20 to 2017\-09\-08.
- [2018 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2018/recalls.md). Built 2015\-11\-20 to 2017\-09\-08.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [15NA087](/bulletins/10250050.md), 2024-02-12, Service bulletin
- [GCUS3407](/bulletins/10248441.md), 2024-01-08, Service bulletin
- [PIT5994](/bulletins/10234237.md), 2023-04-17, Service bulletin
- [1823901](/bulletins/10207988.md), 2022-02-14, Service bulletin
- [PIC5650J](/bulletins/10201252.md), 2021-09-13, Service bulletin
- [PIC6424](/bulletins/10187162.md), 2021-02-16, Service bulletin
- [PIC6424](/bulletins/10185711.md), 2021-01-25, Service bulletin
- [17NA103](/bulletins/10137368.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin
- [12\-09\-41\-002C](/bulletins/10116886.md), 2017-08-31, Service bulletin
- [16\-NA\-246](/bulletins/10116603.md), 2017-08-31, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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