Chevrolet Malibu. Published by Transport Canada as 2016116 on 11 March 2016. System: Structure.
What the notice says Certain vehicles may not comply with the side impact protection requirements of United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 214, which is voluntarily-adopted in Canada. The two weld studs that mount the front and rear side impact airbag (“SIAB”) inflators to the seat frame may fracture and separate during …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2016116, dated 11 March 2016. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 16V151, dated 11 March 2016. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 31820.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2016116 | 16V151 |
| Dated | 11 March 2016 | 11 March 2016 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Chevrolet | |
Both registers carry the same date for this defect.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 16V151, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Chevrolet MALIBU in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Chevrolet MALIBU is named on 23 American notices and 18 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2016116
- Recall date
- 11 March 2016
- Make
- Chevrolet
- Models
- Malibu
- Model years
- 2016
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 105
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles may not comply with the side impact protection requirements of United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 214, which is voluntarily-adopted in Canada. The two weld studs that mount the front and rear side impact airbag (“SIAB”) inflators to the seat frame may fracture and separate during airbag deployment. If the vehicle is involved in a crash that warrants side airbag deployment, and both weld studs were to fracture, the inflated cushion may not remain in its intended position and may separate from the seat, increasing the risk of injury to vehicle occupants. Correction: Dealers will inspect and replace the affected side airbag modules as necessary, which may include any combination of left, right, front, and/or rear side airbag modules.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2016116.
Chevrolet elsewhere in this register
Chevrolet is named on 880 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2016102 · 2 March 2016 · Colorado, Canyon, Malibu · Airbag
- 2016153 · 11 April 2016 · Silverado, Sierra · Seats And Restraints
- 2016068 · 11 February 2016 · Silverado, Sierra · Electrical
- 2016053 · 4 February 2016 · Silverado HD, Sierra HD, Silverado LD Special Services · Brakes
- 2016191 · 28 April 2016 · Sonic, Spark, Trax · Electrical
- 2016190 · 28 April 2016 · Tahoe, Suburban, Silverado · Suspension
- 2016043 · 28 January 2016 · Colorado, Canyon · Steering
- 2016199 · 5 May 2016 · Malibu · Brakes
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2016114 · 9 March 2016 · Windsport, Hurricane · Structure
- 2016120 · 17 March 2016 · Sorento · Structure
- 2016145 · 5 April 2016 · Pioneer 1000-5 · Structure
- 2016073 · 17 February 2016 · Ce School Bus · Structure
- 2016074 · 17 February 2016 · Ce Commercial Bus · Structure
- 2016164 · 15 April 2016 · XD40, XD60, XN40 · Structure
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Chevrolet Malibu, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Chevrolet: 928 in the register, and 644 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2016.
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