# 2009 PONTIAC G8 — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `1161586` · 2015-03-02 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** G8
- **Year:** 2009
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 92,000
## Narrative
MY VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP WHEN WE WERE STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH.  THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY; INSTEAD, I RECEIVED AN "AIRBAG FAULT" LIGHT AND AUDIBLE SIGNAL AND THE CAR FILLED WITH BLACK SMOKE.  THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.  BUT IF IT HAD BEEN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED, I MAY NOT BE HERE TODAY TO TYPE THIS SAFETY COMPLAINT.      I READ THAT MANY G8S WERE RECALLED FOR AIR BAG FAULTS, BUT MINE WAS NEVER ON THE LIST.  *TR
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