Saturn Astra Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 164 owner complaints across 2 model years of the Saturn Astra (2008–2009). The most-complained-about year is 2008.

Pick your Saturn Astra model year

• 2008
• 2009

What Saturn Astra owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 164 complaints with NHTSA. The 2008 model year has the most, with 162.

• Air bags96
• Electrical system20
• Power train17
• Engine8
• Steering6
• Unknown or other6
• Structure: body4
• Vehicle speed control4

All Saturn Astra recalls (1)

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

1. Inflator module (air bags)

   NHTSA 16V063000 Reported February 3, 2016 113,716 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

   General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006-2011 Saab 9-3 vehicles manufactured May 31, 2002, to February 15, 2011, 2006-2009 Saab 9-5 vehicles manufactured June 7, 2005, to May 28, 2009, and 2008-2009 Saturn Astra vehicles manufactured April 11, 2007, to July 24, 2008. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag,…

   Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator on Saab 9-3 and 9-5 vehicles and will replace the driver's frontal airbag module on Saturn Astra vehicles, free of charge. The…

   Model years: 2008, 2009

Other Saturn models

• Ion4,343 complaints
• Vue2,351 complaints
• SL2,218 complaints
• LS1,458 complaints
• Aura1,439 complaints
• Outlook1,352 complaints
• Sky516 complaints
• SC1413 complaints

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.