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2005 Pontiac G6 air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 15 complaints for the 2005 Pontiac G6, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
15 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
86,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
8 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2005 Pontiac G6 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 86,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 86,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 33% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 12 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 86,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 8 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 pontiac g6. Two years ago, while the vehicle was at a stop, the contact's vehicle was struck by another motorist traveling 90 MPH. In turn, his vehicle was pushed into traffic and struck the driver's side of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. Both front seats were cracked in the mid-lumbar area, which caused severe injury to both front passengers. A total of four occupants were injured and a police report was filed. The failure mileage was 41,805.

Reported at 41,805 miles, June 2009 CrashInjury

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 pontiac g6. When the contact started her vehicle, the air bag light illuminated on the instrument panel, which indicated that the air bag on the passenger side had deployed. There was no occupant in the passenger seat at the time of the deployment and the vehicle had not been involved in a crash prior to the illumination. A few days later, the contact was traveling with a passenger in her vehicle.

Reported at 110,000 miles, August 2008

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