2008 Chevrolet Impala defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2008 Chevrolet Impala. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Passenger Air Bag OCS Algorithm
  Defect Petition DP14001 · opened Jul 22, 2014 · closed Mar 7, 2017

  The Agency received a petition on November 14, 2013 requesting an investigation into the operation of the passenger air bag Occupant Classification System (OCS) software logic and algorithm.The petitioner states that due to this alleged defect, the passenger air bag may be suppressed at point of impact and not provided…