Airbag default alarm light.
2009 Pontiac G8 airbags complaints
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Air bag fault light made its appearance. It is an unfair burden to those of us who bought one of gm's 36,000 miles cars.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g8. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH attempting to engage the brakes, the vehicle jerked and veered to the left without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the rotors and calipers needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. However, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 36,000. Updated 12/19/14*cn updated 09/28/2015
My 2009 pontiac g8 gt with 75,082 miles starting having the air bag fault light show up during startup of the vehicle. This fault stayed illuminated at all times. I researched this fault on the internet, including pontiac forums, and found that there was a significant amount of other pontiac g8 owners that have had a similar fault. I found that the majority of the findings on the internet stated that the issue was the passenger presence module and/or sensor. On 6/18-/4, itook my g8 to the dealership for analysis. The dealership found that the failure was the passenger presence module (pn#92225595). The air bags in the vehicle will not function with this current fault.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g8. The contact stated that the air bag light continuously illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for a diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 52,000... Updated 10/27/14
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g8. The contact stated that the air bag light illuminated intermittently on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for a diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 61,698.
As I turned my vehicle on 07/24/2014 the air bag fault came on haven't called the dealer yet but have read the other complaints and seems there are starting to become more and more problems with this safety issue. Just wonder how many others that don't actually file a complaint and just have it fixed at a very high price as seen on the complaints. Will be calling the dealer today.
My 2009 pontiac g8 gt with 71,082 miles starting having the air bag fault light show up during startup of the vehicle. This fault stayed illuminated at all times. I researched this fault on the internet, including pontiac forums, and found that there was a significant amount of other pontiac g8 owners that have had a similar fault. I found that the majority of the findings on the internet stated that the issue was the passenger presence module and/or sensor. On 6/18-/4, I took my g8 to the dealership for analysis. The dealership found that the failure was the passenger presence module (pn#92225595). The air bags in the vehicle will not function with this current fault. The cost to repair the issue quoted by the dealership is $850.00.
I started my car and the airbag fault light is on. I did some research on this and I see mamy mamy people are having the same problem. I am not spending over a thousand dollars on a problem gm supposedly fixed with a recall already--how convenient the warranty is expired. Perhaps since so many people have the same complaints gm will do another recall and fix this for us.
Airbag fault comes on with a vehicle chime on the instrument panel. The light blinks a few times then stays on the screen for a random amount of time. This is not the first time it has happened. At this time I was driving on a local road around 45mph with no acceleration. I heard the chime and airbag light come on. It went a way after several minutes then came back on again for no reason.
Our 2009 pontiac g8 gt with 54,000 miles starting having the air bag fault light show up during startup of the vehicle. This fault stayed illuminated at all times. I researched this fault on the internet, including pontiac forums, and found that there was a significant amount of other pontiac g8 owners that have had a similar fault. I also found on the internet that there was a large amount of gm products that has the same fault. I found that the majority of the findings on the internet stated that the issue was the passenger presence module and/or sensor. On 4-22-14, we took our g8 to the dealership for analysis. The dealership found that the failure was the passenger presence module (pn#92225595) and passenger presence sensor (pn#92220398). The air bags in the vehicle will not function with this current fault. The cost to repair the issue quoted by the dealership is $1,193.94. I decided to speak with gm customer representative via phone. Gm customer service responded to my concern with a negotiated cost down to $500 + tax. I do appreciate the reduction in cost but feel that this is a known safety issue and that there is alot of history on this issue since 2007 (per the internet research) and I feel that this issue needs to be corrected immediately.
The air bag fault light came on in our 2009 pontiac g8. The car has only 41,000 miles. Why would air bag system fail? It has no accidents and low miles. Took to dealer "quality chevrolet in escondido california to have the codes read as my reader would not display them. Dealer said they would diagnose it for $115.14. Dealer kept it two days as they said they were too busy with gm ignition key recall and didn't have time to read the error codes. The second day, dealer said "bad news", you will need to pay us an additional $1,041.00 to replace the passenger seat presence module. Total would be $1,156.14. They said all of the air bag system won't work while you have this error code. This is crazy. A safety system like this should not fail and it should not kill all the other air bags. I asked dealer for error codes and part number. The error codes are u0170 loss communication with passenger presence and b0081 passenger presence system. The part number is gm #92225595. I checked the internet and the price for new module from a gm parts seller with 1 year warranty is $262.50. I checked the web the federal safety agency and other sites and this failure is very common for this pontiac g8 vehicle. It should be covered by gm for free as a recall or warranty. Plus, it should not disable all the other air bags in the vehicle. This is negligent and unsafe. Plus, the dealer is taking huge profit on replacement fee. It took me 10 minutes to remove the module from under the passenger seat. Why would the dealer "quality chevrolet in escondido california" be so greedy on safety item and charge $1,156.14 for replacing a $262.50 part that takes only 10 minutes to remove and 10 minutes to replace and 10 minutes to calibrate or program? This is pure greed and dealer is simply capitalizing on this major safety issue.
I was going over tsb and recalls and noticed there was an update for the airbag. Here is where the fun starts! My wife schedules an appointment with our local dealer and takes it in for the software flash. All good right? Wrong! The service tech told her she needs to have the airbag module and sensor replaced at the tune of 1200.00 bucks and now a airbag light is constantly on. I told my wife to contact gm customer service, which she did last wednesday (04/02) and was assigned a case id and case worker which she explained the issue too and was told she would be called back with in 24 hours.. Well guess what, haven't heard back yet. She has made numerous attempts to contact them with no calls returned.
I purchased my g8 gt brand new in feb. 2009. In 2012 I had my passenger seat air bag light come on. I was aware of a recall and brought it to the dealer where I purchased my vehicle. They said that the problem was not part of the recall but as a one time courtesy they will fix it. The light went off and I felt save driving my car. Well, march of 2014 my air bag light came on again. Now a different light. The first light said passenger side air bag. This time it says air bag fault. Again, I feel very unsafe driving my vehicle with this light on. I take it to the dealer where I purchased my vehicle again, and they inform me that it is not part of the recall and it will cost me $800.00 to replace whatever module that is broken. How many modules make up the compression of the air bag and how come air bag safety no matter which module or light isn't part of the recall? In addition to the air bag problem I also had problems in 2009-2011 with the sway bar bushings and mounts, front suspension, and a bad harmonic balance, lastly rotors warped often. I paid a lot of money for this car and expected maintenance for this vehicle to be costly at some point but not the safety equipment that gm should make sure is flawless before mass producing a death trap.
When my wife was driving our son to daycare the SRS airbag light came on in our 2009 pontiac g8 with only 31k on it. We brought it a local dealer and they read the codes and they came back as u0170 and b0081. Told us it will be over $400.00 for parts and around $300.00 in labor since this is not covered under the powertrain warranty which the car still has as this time. We would be stuck paying for it. These items should not wear out and is a safety issue that gm knows about and has done nothing about it. Since this SRS light is on it makes the car unsafe to drive as it shuts the airbags off that are mandatory since 1998. Now with the state inspection coming up soon (not sure if it passes with the SRS light on) the car will have to continue to sit here in the driveway as it is unsafe to put my wife & son in until he have a extra $900.00 to fix the problem. Gm should have a recall on this as they know of the problem its not a handful of cars its hundreds.
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g8. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where the technician stated that the front passenger's seat air bag system would have to be replaced and reprogrammed. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign number: 11v534000 (air bags) but was advised by the manufacturer that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 49,000.
I have an drivers side air bag failure issue, have had it at the dealer and they tell me that a missing clip is causing the air bag to malfunction. I have seen that I am not the only one with this issue. I fear that the air bag could blow up in my face as I'm driving down the road at 65 MPH!! The only thing the dealer has to offer is replace the airbag at 1100.00. I believe this is a safety issue and gm should take care of their problem.
When I got into the car to go to work, the SRS airbag warning light came on, flashing and did not go off. I took it to the dealer a few days later and was given the codes u0170 and b0081, which apparently point to a defective passenger presence module. The purpose of this module is to sense if there is a passenger or not. Apparently, since this module is bad, it threw the above codes and disables all airbags. In the event of an accident, no bags will deploy until this is fixed. I have just found out that this is a known issue with gm vehicles and upon further research, there are many reported issues with this. Since this has been a federal requirement since 1998, this should be an issue that is covered under a recall if the car is out of warranty, as the sensors are not a normal wear item. While there has been no accident yet, this car is not safe to drive and with it being a known issue, gm should recall all vehicles with this issue.
While driving around a curve, a deer ran out in front of the car and we swerved to miss it and ran off the road down into a deep ditch and hitting a drain tile. The entire front nose of the car is destroyed, the hood, and driver side front fender and door. None of the air bags deployed, causing my husband to hit the steering wheel and bust the windshield with his head. I had my seatbelt on but was injured also. Had my airbags deployed the way they are supposed to, these injuries may not have occurred at all. I now have a car that is more than likely totaled and hospital bills where we went to see a doctor the next day.
I have a concern about the air bag system on my 2009 pontiac g8. It has a sensor on the passenger seat which send a signal to the air bag module to deploy if a person is sitting on the seat. If there is no person sitting there,it will not deploy the passenger air bag. The issue is that the sensor stopped working. So now because of a sensor that is under the passenger seat, all the airbags on the car will not deploy if I get into an accident. I feel that such a system should not fail so prematurely. My car has 45000 miles on it, and as you know its not everyday that a passenger sits on that seat. Also, this is not an isolated incident. Many other pontiac g8 owners have had this happen to them. But because it happened early on their vehicles they were repaired under warranty. So did not filed a complaint. Please look into this as I feel my safety is jeopardy.
Started to drive the car and air bag light went on,with a chime sound. Call dealer and was told car was not under recall.
Air bag fault occurred and displayed in two places on my dash when I started my car to go to work. I had not driven this car in a month and just a few weeks prior to the last time it was driven I had another airbag recall performed. Took car to the dealership to find out the passenger sensor module had a short circuit in it. Unknown to me all the vehicle airbags were disabled with this fault per the service tech. It seems terrible unsafe to disable all airbags for a passenger sensing module. It should fail active rather than fail passive for safety. I have also found numerous reports of this module failing near the time of warranty expiration not necessarily after. Though mine was after by date not mileage.
Tl* the contact owned a 2009 pontiac g8. The contact stated that while driving 25 MPH in the rain, he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a ditch. The driver's side air bags did not deploy. The contact stated that he was in a coma for four days and suffered permanent brain damage to his frontal lobe. There were no other injuries and a police report was available if needed. The insurance company was not notified. The manufacturer was notified by e-mail and had not responded to his inquiries. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was 10,000. The consumer stated he received a recall notice after he had the accident. Updated evoq 06/20/12....updated 07/11/12 *bf updated 07/16/12 updated 08/08/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g8 gt. The contact stated that he received notification of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 11v534000 (air bags:frontal:sensor/control module) and the vehicle was taken to the dealer for repairs. The technicians advised the contact that the sdm module failed and would prevent the air bags from deploying in the event of a crash. The vehicle was repaired under the recall but not for the sdm module. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure and the current mileages were approximately 59,900. The VIN was not available. Updated 02/09/12*lj updated 02/13/12
Vehicle will suddenly throw ABS/traction control/brake system/airbags failure notices; vehicle then goes into limp mode and the transmission locks into first gear. Has occurred 3 times, dealership unable to diagnose or repair. They have cleared all mil/dtc codes and re-flashed ECM 3 times. The problem has occurred once on the interstate in heavy traffic at 70mph and twice on city streets in rush hour traffic, with significant chance for accident/crash. When the vehicle exhibits this condition, loss of control occurs, as engine delivers no power to transmission and car is limited to 25mph maximum speed.
Seat occupancy sensor does not work properly. When my wife sits in the passenger seat (weight 125lbs) the airbag does not turn on. I took the vehicle into the dealership and the service advisor said it was in normal tolerances and it could be the way she is positioned in the seat. The loaner car I was driving (2011 cadillac dts) the air bag indicator came on and stayed on the entire time she was sitting in the passenger seat. I believe this is a huge safety liability. I have been on the pontiac g8 forum website and other owners have complained about the same thing.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g8. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for recall # 09v172000 (tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems) on june 12, 2009. Since the recall repair, the tire pressure monitor light illuminated constantly. She asked the dealer to reset the tire pressure monitor system for the front tires to 25, and the rear tires pressure to 28; however, the dealer refused to reset the TPMS. He manufacturer was notified and the contact filed report number 71-767919699. The manufacturer also refused to change the tire specification since the front tire pressure should be 36 and the rear tire pressure should be 39. The failure mileage was 6,811. The current mileage was 11,264. Updated 11/3/09 *cn the air bag required a replacement part, due to the air bag light was coming on. Updated 11/06/09.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g8 gt. While driving various speeds, the contact felt a very rough vibration in the vehicle. The gm manufacturer stated that they were aware of the failure; however, there was nothing they could do to assist at that time. The dealer stated that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle and it was normal for a 6.0 liter engine. The contact was concerned with driving the vehicle in the snow due to the vibrations. The failure mileage was 11 and current mileage was 11,500. Updated 01-26-09 *bf the vehicle also had a rough idle. The consumer stated the vehicle has poor fuel management. The air bag light illuminated. Updated 01/26/09.
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