2008 Pontiac Grand Prix air bags problems
23 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix, which is 12% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 23 12% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 23 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 8 crashes, 10 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
My father-in-law was driving my grand prix and my mother-in-law was in the passenger seat. My father-in-law lost consciousness at the wheel and they went left of center and ran another vehicle off the road. My mother-in-law grabbed the wheel to avoid a collision and they went off the road to the right and went airborne and crashed into a tree. My father-in-law died in the crash and my mother-in-law was life-flighted. The car had extensive damage and was totaled. The airbags never deployed.
On august 7, 2010 afternoon my mother let me borrow her car to run some errands when a young man ran a red light and t- boned the car and it almost flip the car over I hit my head on the windshield the airbag didn't deploy until after I hit my head , due to the accident I have been off work for almost five years .due to my injuries I've had one back surgery and will need another one, I have to have neck surgery in july. I am in constant pain all everyday for the past almost five years.
Other problems reported for the 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix
- Electrical system 44 complaints
- Lighting 32 complaints
- Engine 24 complaints