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2008 Pontiac G8 air bags problems

25 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2008 Pontiac G835% of all complaints for this model year.

25
Air Bags complaints
35%
share of all complaints
72,000 mi
median reported mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Was driving on both highway & neighborhood streets and the air bag fault light & warning tone came on. After many diagnosis drive tests, I learned that every time making a complete left u-turn the airbag fault indicator would disappear. However once completing the full left u-turn, and driving…

    filed Jun 11, 2020

  • Passenger airbag light fault remains illuminated indicating that the system is disabled. The passenger airbag sensor is known by gm as being defective and they would not replace it under warranty. The abs, traction control, and stability control indicators are illuminated and will not function. The…

    filed Nov 6, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related recalls

  • Air Bags
    Campaign 11V534000 · Nov 4, 2011

Air Bags problems in other G8 years

YearReportsShare
2009 G86948%
G8 air bags problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.