Chevrolet Malibu, Xt4. Published by Transport Canada as 2021522 on 20 August 2021. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, a bolt that attaches the rear seat belt retractor(s) may be missing. As a result, the seat belt may not work as designed in a crash.
Note: On Chevrolet Malibu models, the right rear seat belt could be affected. On Cadillac XT4 models, both the left and right rear seat belts could be …
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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.
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The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2021522
- Recall date
- 20 August 2021
- Make
- Chevrolet, Cadillac
- Models
- Malibu, XT4
- Model years
- 2016 to 2021
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 24
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, a bolt that attaches the rear seat belt retractor(s) may be missing. As a result, the seat belt may not work as designed in a crash.
Note: On Chevrolet Malibu models, the right rear seat belt could be affected. On Cadillac XT4 models, both the left and right rear seat belts could be affected.Safety Risk:
A seat belt that does not work properly could increase the risk of injury in a crash.Corrective Actions:
General Motors will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to check that the rear seat belt retractor bolts are properly installed. The dealer will replace or tighten the bolt(s), as required.
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 2021522.
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.
- 2021524 · 20 August 2021 · Bolt Ev, Bolt Euv · High Voltage
- 2021510 · 12 August 2021 · Regal, Malibu, Lacrosse · Suspension
- 2021489 · 5 August 2021 · Terrain, Equinox · Tires
- 2021449 · 23 July 2021 · Bolt Ev · High Voltage
- 2021583 · 23 September 2021 · Tahoe, Yukon XL, Suburban · Fuel System
- 2021602 · 29 September 2021 · Sierra HD, Silverado HD · Brakes
- 2021407 · 1 July 2021 · Sierra HD, Silverado HD · Electrical
- 2021410 · 1 July 2021 · Silverado HD, Sierra HD, Sierra · Airbag
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2021526 · 23 August 2021 · F-150 · Seats And Restraints
- 2021532 · 26 August 2021 · F-Pace, XF, F-Type · Seats And Restraints
- 2021533 · 26 August 2021 · Range Rover Velar, Discovery Sport, Defender · Seats And Restraints
- 2021540 · 1 September 2021 · XC60, V60, V90 · Seats And Restraints
- 2021541 · 1 September 2021 · Zephyr, Allegro Open Road, Allegro Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2021553 · 9 September 2021 · Promaster, Promaster City · Seats And Restraints
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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 658 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2021.
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