2008 Pontiac Torrent Recalls
No NHTSA recalls on record for the 2008 Pontiac Torrent. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 183 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the air bags. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Complaints by component
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.
“My sons who is a new driver and has a 2008 pontiac torrent recently has had the passenger air bag light come on saying passenger airbag off when someone is sitting in the seat so I brought it in and was told that it could possibly be fixed but it’s not a guarantee that it will fix the problem…”
“The contact owns a 2008 pontiac torrent. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle was vibrating excessively. The abs warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the rear sub frame had…”
“The contact owns a 2008 pontiac torrent. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the air bag warning light illuminated while the front passenger seat was not occupied. The vehicle was diagnosed and a failure code for the passenger presence system (pps) was retrieved. The contact was…”
“Service air bag light continually goes on and of randomly, at times does not recognize when someone is sitting in the passenger seat. This is a serious problem because when air bag light is on it disables the air bags which won’t deploy in a crash. I found that they recall the 2007 models for…”
“The contact's friend owed a 2008 pontiac torrent. The contact stated while the owner was driving at an unknown speed when he fell asleep and rear-ended a semi-truck. The contact was seated at the front passenger side and the air bag did not deploy but the front driver side air bag did deploy. The…”
“Air bag light is on”
“The vehicles airbag system was intermittent on showing the airbag light (service airbag soon). Also the passenger airbag light goes from on to off periodically and now later on months later the system always stays on off even when someone is in the passenger seat. I have read about others having…”
“Electrical problems have been occurring. My lights keep getting dim, then bright. Check engine light is on, the truck is making a loud noise, overheating, battery draining fast. Please note that the battery is new, starter is new, water pump is new , I got new engine fans, radiator and the truck…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2008 Pontiac Torrent as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.