The Recall Desk

Vehicle

Saturn Astra

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

1–1 of 1

  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V063000·2016-02-03

    GM Recalls Saab and Saturn Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Defect

    General Motors is recalling specific Saab and Saturn vehicles because the driver's air bag inflator may rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    SAAB — SAAB, SATURN 9-5, ASTRA, 9-3
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

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.

  • 2009Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2009; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov
  • 2008Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2008; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

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.

Technical service bulletins

182 manufacturer service bulletins across 2 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2009: 4.4/5 · 2 complaints
  • 2008: 3.5/5 · 162 complaints · most complained-of: airbags

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.

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