2008 Pontiac G6 air bags problems
101 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2008 Pontiac G6 — 9% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“The contact's daughter owns a 2008 Pontiac G6. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at an undisclosed speed, the driver's side air bag deployed without warning. There was no impact to the vehicle that could have caused the air bag to deploy. The contact's daughter did not sustain…”
filed May 27, 2022
“I have not driven my car for a day and I am inside my home and I come outside and my car is smoking and my car is smoking inside because the air bag has blowed up and it's on fire and how could a air bag blow up when it was parked for a day ,”
filed Sep 19, 2019
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Air Bags problems in other G6 years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 G6 | 18 | 7% |
| 2009 G6 | 40 | 6% |
| 2007 G6 | 118 | 10% |
| 2006 G6 | 117 | 6% |
| 2005 G6 | 15 | 2% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2008 Pontiac G6
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.