NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Pontiac Grand Prix Recalls
The 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 3, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 143
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V400000
- Reported
- July 3, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,877,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007 Grand Prix, 4 other models
2008 Pontiac Grand Prix complaints by year
NHTSA has received 143 owner complaints about the 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix, the newest on October 2, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (6%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix, the component group named most often is the electrical system (30%), followed by the exterior lighting (21%) and the air bags (15%).
The 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix's only recall also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix owners gave the mileage (112 complaints), the median was 81,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System43
- Exterior Lighting30
- Air Bags22
- Engine19
- Power Train18
- Steering9
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 48 | |
| 2015 | 27 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 48. 15% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Pontiac Grand Prix year in the same window: 8th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Grand Prix years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 143 complaints about the 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Grand Prix by model year
Other 2008 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: October 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted