Chevrolet Malibu 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin GCUS3407 · NHTSA communication 10248441 · issued Jan 29, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
GM shipped sixteen 2016 model year Chevrolet Malibu's that did not complete final end-of-the-line testing at the assembly plant. The airbag malfunction indicator light in these vehicles should be illuminated; this MIL light indicates that the vehicle's sensing and diagnostic module is not locked. Typically this would be found during PDI. TheseSDM modules must be locked before the vehicles can be sold. GM is currently working on a calibration to address this condition.
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.