2020 Chevrolet Malibu defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2020 Chevrolet Malibu. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• DTN Air Bag Inflator Rupture
  Engineering Analysis EA25005 · opened Oct 21, 2025 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has become aware of eight vehicle crashes in which a rupture of a Jilin Province Detiannuo Automobile Safety System Co., Ltd. (DTN) air bag inflator occurred during the deployment of the driver side air bag. All eight drivers in these crashes sustained serious or fatal injuries…