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2015 Chevrolet MALIBU Visibility Sun Moon Roof Assembly Recall


NHTSA Recall #	115979
NHTSA Compaign #	15V164000
MFG Compaign #	15176
Manufacturer	General Motors LLC
Supplier	CHEVROLET
Brand	CHEVROLET
Model	MALIBU
Model Year	2015
Component	VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
Date of notification	21/04/15
Begin date of manufacuring	12/03/14
End date of manufacturing	05/03/15
Type of recall	V
Recall initiator	MFR
Report received	23/03/15
Report created	23/03/15
Regulation part number
FMV safety standard number	118
Estimated number of affected units	87063
Defect summary	General motors llc (gm) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 chevrolet malibu vehicles october 24, 2011, to march 5, 2015. In the affected vehicles, the slide or tilt switch for the roof panel may not be adequately recessed to prevent the switch from inadvertently being pressed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) no. 118, "power-operated window, partition, and roof panel systems."
Consequence summary	The slide or tilt roof panel switch may inadvertently be pressed and the roof panel may auto-close unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a pinch injury.
Corrective action	Gm will notify owners, and dealers will update the body control module (bcm) software to remove auto-close feature for certain switch positions, free of charge. The recall began april 21, 2015. Owners may contact chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. Gm's number for this recall is 15176.
Recall notes	Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153).

What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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2015 Chevrolet MALIBU Visibility Sun Moon Roof Assembly Recall

2015 Chevrolet MALIBU Visibility Sun Moon Roof Assembly Recall

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