NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Saturn Astra Recalls
The 2008 Saturn Astra has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on February 3, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Saturn Astra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 162
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2008 Saturn Astra, 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 Saturn Astra
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V063000
- Reported
- February 3, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 113,716
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Astra, 2 other models
2008 Saturn Astra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 162 owner complaints about the 2008 Saturn Astra, the newest on April 16, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (3%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Saturn Astra, the component group named most often is the air bags (59%), followed by the electrical system (14%) and the power train (10%).
The 2008 Saturn Astra's only recall also concerns the air bags.
Where 2008 Saturn Astra owners gave the mileage (72 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags96
- Electrical System22
- Power Train17
- Engine8
- Steering6
- Unknown Or Other6
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 14 | |
| 2016 | 69 | |
| 2017 | 32 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Saturn Astra peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 69. 8% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
The 162 complaints about the 2008 Saturn Astra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Saturn Astra by model year
Other 2008 Saturn models
Newest record on this page: April 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted