I was driving 25 mph in a school zone when it felt like another car had crashed into me, I looked in all my mirrors and there was no other cars around, I then notice my driver seat had me sitting lopsided and something was stabbing me in the hip, something under my seat had busted, so I went home looked at it further and there was some type of seat gear that had come thru the fabric and that's what was stabbing me. I took it to the local Chevy dealer that I had purchased it from and they said it happened because the frame to the seat had broke and give me a estimate $856 just to fix the frame and that don't include the seat that the gears and ripped holes thru. I called the Chevrolet company and they said there is no recalls on the seat so there not covering any of the cost. I looked online and there is a couple hundred other people who have the same issues with the driver seat in the Malibu models from 2004-2010.thank god I was not on the interstate doing 70 mph or I could have been a serious accident injuring several others. My seat is now unsecured and unsafe rendering the seatbelt also unsafe because the seat is not place properly. My name is[xxx] E-mail address is [xxx] my phone # [xxx]S.S.N.[xxx] D.L. #[xxx]. VIN #[xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Rockfalls, IL, USA

Seats - front driver power seat, there is a bracket or brace that goes across the front and supports the seat, it is welded, the weld is broken, after doing forum and google searches this is a common problem for years with the broken weld, causing the seat to become unstable and allowed to rock while driving. Engine - the front engine oil seal or crankshaft pulley seal is prone to leaking, there is service bulletin out about this issue for a 6 cyl model, apparently the 4cyl model has the same problem. The fix is to have the seal replaced with an updated style constructed with a better spring and seal wiper. This can cause a substantial oil leak, even though this could not cause (to the best I know) a serious problem, it does cause oil to leak along the frame and onto the bottom of the engine and possibly onto the exhaust piping behind the engine. It also cause an environment issue causing motor oil to leak onto the ground.

- Brick, NJ, USA

I was stopped at a red light and a man who wasn't paying attention came speeding up and rear ended me he hit me so hard that my car hit the car in front of me and that car hit the car in front of him. 4 cars total. My airbags did not deploy and I am suffering from many injuries because of that. The man who hit me was going around 50 miles per hour. I believe with such impact that he hit me the airbags should have deployed. My face slammed into the steering wheel and hurt me very badly also I am concerned about the seat and the seatbelt. The seat I was in is all broken now due to the accident and I am also thinking that the seatbelt is also defective.

- Orlando, FL, USA

Back of drivers seat broke at hinge area as I was leaning back and upward to place wallet in rear pocket. The seat back is now loose and unstable as it tilts to center console and is unstable both in accelleration and decelleration and feels like it will seperate from the bottom seat.

- Severna Park, MD, USA

The vehicle is experiencing intermittent problems with the passenger position sensing system which cause the passenger air bag system to become disabled, notwithstanding a passenger being seated in the affected passenger seat.

- Detour Village, MI, USA

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that the front driver's side seat and back support cushion were falling apart. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer three times where the seat was repaired each time however, the failure was recurring. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000.

- Arlington, VA, USA

Drove from my boyfriends house approx. 2 miles and parked in a walgreens parking lot and when I got out I told him I smell something burning, he looked over and there was a hole in the back part of the seat with smoke coming out he grabbed a bottle of water that I had in the center console and poured it on the burning part of the seat. It also burned a hole in my coat and into the shirt I was wearing.. contacted GM that day.

- Angola, NY, USA

Heating element of heated seat feature burned a hole completely through the front of the driver's seat back. The hole is centered in the lower lumbar area of the seat back.

- North Tonawanda, NY, USA

2009 Chevy Malibu after driving several different Chevy Malibu 2009 the driver seat is causing severe back pain being 6 '3 causing sharp pain in upper back and lower back I drive the car 12 hours a day 48 hours to 60 hours a day as taxi driver in las vegas very very bad situation its causing.

- Las Vegas, NV, USA