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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

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 80,000 miles
Based on 23 complaints that include mileage. 30% 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 miles3
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

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.

Reported at 107,000 miles, February 2014 CrashInjuryDeath

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.

Reported at 87,000 miles, August 2010 CrashInjury

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