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2008 Saturn Astra air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 96 complaints for the 2008 Saturn Astra, 50% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
96 50% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
59,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 0
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2008 Saturn Astra Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 59,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 59,000 miles
Based on 18 complaints that include mileage. 50% 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 miles3
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 18 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 59,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn astra. The contact state that while driving 25 MPH, she crashed head-on into a tree and fractured her ribs, sternum and vertebrae. The air bags did not deploy and the contact suffered major injuries to her ribs and back. The contact was taken to the hospital and a police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and the current mileage was 55,000.

Reported at 55,000 miles, April 2012 CrashInjury

Takata recall campaign id number 16v063. We got notified of the saturn astra recall in february of 2016, we got the letter stating the fix has arrived in april of 2017. That's 14 months of no word and driving an un-safe vehicle, that the recall notice itself says, " in the even of an infiltrator rupture, metal fragments could pass through the air bag cushion material, which may resulting in injury or death to vehicle occupants." it's fairly worrying that it took 12 months to get a part to customers that could end…

Reported at 100,000 miles, April 2017

Other problems reported for the 2008 Saturn Astra

Air bags problems in other years

  • 2009
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Air bags problems across all Saturn models