NHTSA Campaign 18V400000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
NHTSA campaign 18V400000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 18V400000 with NHTSA on June 14, 2018; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 18V400000, NHTSA lists up to 66 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 20, 2015 and September 8, 2017.
The 18V400000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V400000 were scheduled from August 7, 2018, 54 days after the report.
18V400000 covers 1 model from Chevrolet, model years 2016–2018.
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V400000 ranks 220 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 18V400000, General Motors LLC has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V400000 was 18V360000, reported on May 31, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- 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.
- The risk
- In the event of a crash, improper air bag deployment can increase the risk of injury.
- The fix
- 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.
Reported June 14, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V400000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V400000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: June 14, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted