Air Bags:frontal

NHTSA campaign 16V125000 · announced March 2, 2016 · filed by General Motors Llc · 1,579 units affected

The problem

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2016 Chevrolet Colorado vehicles manufactured January 19, 2016, to February 2, 2016, Chevrolet Malibu vehicles manufactured January 9, 2016, to January 26, 2016, and 2016 GMC Canyon vehicles manufactured January 21, 2016, to February 4, 2016. The driver frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash.

The risk

An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury.

What to do

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver side frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began on April 14, 2016. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, and GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 28030.

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.

Vehicles covered by this recall

• 2016 Chevrolet Colorado
• 2016 Chevrolet Malibu
• 2016 Gmc Canyon

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public recall data. This page reports official records and is not legal or repair advice.