2005 Chevrolet Malibu Air bags Problems

“I was driving home from work one morning 8/10/17 7:30am . I started to smell smoke from the steering wheel then I seen on the radio service air bag I rushed home but before I got home my air bag deployed inches away from my chest . I made it home safe I am just am still dazed at the whole experience.”

“While driving home from work on a side street I smelled a burning smell and smoke started coming out of my steering wheel. The sensor light for my air bag then came on and has been on ever since.”

“My vehicle stalled on rairoad track-when it hit the jarring --between the pavement and the tracks---the train was at a great distance---so the engineer stated---when they were 2078 feet from my Chevrolet Malibu -2005---they started to blow whistle----when I saw tghe train at a great distance -and yes I did have heavy things on my keychain--but GM failed to notify -I have a mailbox and a telephone--I was hitting the gas pedal over and over again and when I was doing that I remember hitting the ignition switch but the car was already dead-I was impacted and almost lost my life---it took me 3…”

“I purchased two 2005 chevy malibus - one lt and one ls. In february 2008 my daughter was driving the ls and rearended me into the car in front of me. I was at a dead stop and it propelled me 4 feet before I slammed into the car infront of me. She went up my bumper and into my trunk and no airbags in her Malibu or mine were deployed. In july 2008 she was driving the lt and rolled the car two times at 55 MPH and none of the 6 airbags deployed that time either. The first accident caused $8,000 damage to her car and $ 10,000 to mine yet no airbags. …”

“Today my husband had an accident. Someone ran a red light and hit him so hard on the passenger side that our car ended up on the next block. Our car has curtain air bags and they failed to deploy. At present time I notified our insurance, who was surprised that the air bags did not deploy and I have requested that it be looked into. At this point we want to know if the air bags are even in the vehicle. I also called the dealer who sold us the car and I am still waiting for a response to the following question, how hard does a vehicle have to be hit for the side air bags to deploy? …”