General Motors LLC: Air Bags › Frontal › Driver Side › Inflator Module
General Motors LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Feb 3, 2016 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 113,716. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006-2011 Saab 9-3 vehicles manufactured May 31, 2002, to February 15, 2011, 2006-2009 Saab 9-5 vehicles manufactured June 7, 2005, to May 28, 2009, and 2008-2009 Saturn Astra vehicles manufactured April 11, 2007, to July 24, 2008. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.
The risk
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator on Saab 9-3 and 9-5 vehicles and will replace the driver's frontal airbag module on Saturn Astra vehicles, free of charge. The recall began on March 1, 2017. Owners may contact Saab customer service at 1-800-955-9007 or Saturn customer service at 1-800-553-6000. GM's number for this recall is 28810.
12 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Saab 9-3 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 Saab 9-3 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Saab 9-3 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 Saab 9-5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Saturn Astra | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Saab 9-3 | 184 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 Saab 9-5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Saturn Astra | 162 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 Saab 9-3 | 155 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2007 Saab 9-5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Saab 9-3 | 179 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 2006 Saab 9-5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 16V063000.
Full record for the 2011 Saab 9-3 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →