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Pontiac G8 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 216 owner complaints across 3 model years of the Pontiac G8 (2008–2010). The most-complained-about year is 2009.

4
safety recalls, all years
216
owner complaints, all years
2008
year with most recalls
2009
year with most complaints

Pick your Pontiac G8 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2010 Pontiac G801
2009 Pontiac G84144
2008 Pontiac G8471

What Pontiac G8 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 216 complaints with NHTSA. The 2009 model year has the most, with 144.

All Pontiac G8 recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Pontiac G8, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Seat belts

    NHTSA 15V399000 Reported 47,042 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Chevrolet Caprice vehicles manufactured October 15, 2010, to October 22, 2013, and 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 vehicles manufactured July 25, 2007, to February 18, 2009. In the affected vehicles, the flexible steel cables that connect the seat belts to the vehicle at the outside…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the seat belt tensioner assembly which includes the steel cable, free of charge. These replacement parts reposition the tensioner cable out of the path of entry into the…

    Model years: 2008, 2009

  2. Ignition (electrical system)

    NHTSA 14V540000 Reported 47,043 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Chevrolet Caprice vehicles manufactured October 15, 2010, to December 6, 2013, and 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 vehicles manufactured July 25, 2007, to February 18, 2009. In the affected vehicles, the driver may accidentally hit the ignition key with their knee, unintentionally…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will remove the key blade from the original flip key/RKE transmitter assemblies, and cut and fit a revised key blade and housing assembly, in which the blade has been indexed by 90…

    Model years: 2008, 2009

  3. Air bags: sensor/control module-inactive

    NHTSA 11V534000 Reported 38,444 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS LLC

    General motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2008-2009 pontiac g8 vehicles manufactured from november 2, 2007 through january 22, 2009. A 5th percentile female anthropomorphic test device (atd) in a 30 MPH frontal barrier test exceeded the head injury criteria (hic) requirements of the standard. With the front passenger seat…

    Remedy: GM dealers will reprogram the sensing and diagnostic module free of charge. The safety recall began on november 30, 2011. Owners may contact pontiac at 1-800-620-7668.

    Model years: 2008, 2009

  4. Pressure monitoring and regulating systems (tires) and service brakes, air: control unit/module

    NHTSA 09V172000 Reported 35,038 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    GM is recalling 35,038 my 2008-2009 pontiac g8 vehicles for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment" and federal motor vehicles safety standard no. 138, "tire pressure monitoring systems". The brake pedal position switch may have been…

    Remedy: Dealers will reprogram the brake position sensor and the remote control door lock receiver with the correct values free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on or before june 5, 2009. Owners may contact GM…

    Model years: 2008, 2009

Other Pontiac models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.