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Campaign Details
Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Defect Description
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.
Consequence / Hazard
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.
Proposed Solution
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.
🚀 Latest Alerts for this Model
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
"GM está llamando cierto modelo de Saab 9-3 convertible (años modelo 2004-2011) f..."
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
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FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
"El fabricante Saab está llevando a cabo un recuerdo de seguridad para ciertos mo..."
🚗 Affected Vehicles12
All the models below were recalled for this exact same problem.