{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"18V400000","date":"2018-06-14","owner_notified":"2018-08-07","manufacturer":"General Motors LLC","component":"AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION","summary":"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.","consequence":"In the event of a crash, improper air bag deployment can increase the risk of injury.","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.","mfr_campaign":"18208","part_number":null,"units":66,"completion":{"kind":"quarterly","report_number":6,"period_from":"2019-4","period_to":"2019-4","submitted":"2020-01-27","involved":66,"remedied":51,"unreachable":0,"removed":1,"remedied_percent":77,"as_of":"2026-10-19"},"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"french":null,"vehicles":[{"year":2016,"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","vehicle_id":"2016_chevrolet_malibu","match":"exact","built_from":"2015-11-20","built_to":"2017-09-08"},{"year":2017,"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","vehicle_id":"2017_chevrolet_malibu","match":"exact","built_from":"2015-11-20","built_to":"2017-09-08"},{"year":2018,"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","vehicle_id":"2018_chevrolet_malibu","match":"exact","built_from":"2015-11-20","built_to":"2017-09-08"}],"may_apply":true,"as_of":"2026-10-19","lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null},"attribution":[],"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/18V400000"}