{"nhtsa_id":10248441,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2024-01-08","date":"2016-01-29","document_id":"GCUS3407","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"GM shipped sixteen 2016 model year Chevrolet Malibu's that did not complete final end-of-the-line testing at the assembly plant. The airbag malfunction indicator light in these vehicles should be illuminated; this MIL light indicates that the vehicle's sensing and diagnostic module is not locked. Typically this would be found during PDI. TheseSDM modules must be locked before the vehicles can be sold. GM is currently working on a calibration to address this condition.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10248441-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10248441-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10248441","components":[{"id":"air-bags","name":"Air bags","parent":null},{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_chevrolet_malibu"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}