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Pontiac G8 Air Bags Safety Report | Jan 02, 2014
Reported on Jan 02, 2014
| AFTER HEARING ABOUT FELLOW G8 OWNERS EXPERIENCING AN AIR BAG FAULT LIGHT, I WAS NOT SURPRISED TO SEE MY LIGHT COME ON AFTER STARTING IT LAST WEEK. I HAVE THE DREADED PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE FAULT CODES B0081 AND U0170. I KNOW THAT GM HAD PREVIOUS AIR BAG ISSUES AND HAD A RECALL ON THE G8 AND I HAD THAT RECALL DONE AS SOON AS I WAS ABLE TO. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GM LOOK MORE INTO THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I HEAR MORE AND MORE OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS POP UP WITH THEIR CARS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS NOW I DON'T DRIVE MY CAR UNTIL I CAN GET THIS FIXED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS WOULD BE TOTALLY ON ME TO PAY FOR THIS CORRECTION. I THOUGHT SAFETY RELATED ISSUES SHOULD BE UNDER A WARRANTY NO MATTER WHAT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT GM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE WHEN I GO TO ORDER THE PART THAT IS REQUIRED, THE PART NUMBER HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A HIGHER/DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN THE ORIGINAL. THIS CLARIFIES THAT NOT ONLY DOES GM KNOW WHICH PART TO REPLACE TO SOLVE THE ISSUE, BUT THEY CREATED A NEW AND UPDATED MODULE TO SOLVE THE ISSUE; CLARIFYING THAT THEY DO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A FAULTY PART. | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | G8 |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | VIRGINIA BEACH VA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | |
| Mileage: | 23478 miles. |
| Speed: | 0 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | |
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| Vehicle fuel: | |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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