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3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
General Motors is recalling 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 and 2011-2013 Chevrolet Caprice vehicles because the driver's knee may accidentally knock the ignition key out of the run position, potentially disabling safety systems.
General Motors is recalling 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 vehicles because a sensor delay in the front passenger air bag may increase the risk of head injury in a crash.
General Motors is recalling specific Chevrolet Caprice and Pontiac G8 vehicles because seat belt cables may break, increasing injury risk in a crash.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
270 manufacturer service bulletins across 3 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.