NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Pontiac G8 Recalls
The 2008 Pontiac G8 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Pontiac G8. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 71
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2008 Pontiac G8, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2008 Pontiac G8
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 15V399000
- Reported
- June 23, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,042
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009 G8, 1 other model
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V540000
- Reported
- September 9, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,043
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009 G8, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 11V534000
- Reported
- November 4, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38,444
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2009 G8
Service brakes, air: antilock: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 09V172000
- Reported
- May 21, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,038
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 138, tire pressure monitoring
- Same campaign
- also 2009 G8
2008 Pontiac G8 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 71 owner complaints about the 2008 Pontiac G8, the newest on October 9, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Pontiac G8, the component group named most often is the air bags (35%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the suspension (14%).
1 of the 2008 Pontiac G8's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2008 Pontiac G8 owners gave the mileage (59 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags25
- Electrical System14
- Suspension10
- Power Train8
- Steering8
- Engine5
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Pontiac G8 peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 13. 31% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
The 71 complaints about the 2008 Pontiac G8 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac G8 by model year
Other 2008 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted