17 problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 2004 Saturn ION. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 2004 Saturn Ion. While driving 50 mph, the contact lost control of the vehicle and struck a guardrail. At the time of the crash, the seat belt detached and the air bags did not deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was not provided.
Driving 60 mph on the expressway, I was run off the road by a semi truck on the right side of the road. I hit a highway sign head-on. The airbag did not deploy, although the damage to the car was extensive. Thankfully I had my seat belt on, but sustained bruises.
Vehicle was involved in car accident shortly before recall was issued. Customer needs assistance in getting this matter resolved. The consumer lost control of the vehicle, it slid and rolled over twice and landed upside down. Also, the air bag did not deploy. The consumer suffered serious injuries.
The contact owns a 2004 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that while at a complete stop, another vehicle crashed into the contact's rear. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 51,000.
I was driving at night on a country road when a deer ran out in front of me and the car struck it. The car sustained some front end damage and the cabin filled with smoke. The seat-belts locked up but the airbags never deployed. Now the airbag light is on and the seat-belts are locked up. It concerns me that with everything that happened that the airbag should have when off.
I write on behalf of the estate of jo ann eckels. Jo ann eckels and james eckels were killed on August 17, 2012 in a 2004 Saturn Ion after the vehicle was struck by a pickup truck and the air bags failed to deploy.
The contact owns a 2004 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle wouldn't stop when the brakes were applied and caused the contact to crash into another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000. Updated 5/20/cn.
2004 Saturn Ion. Consumer writes in regards to airbag safety recall. Consumer states that they were never notified of recall and during an auto accident airbags did not deploy.
1) my son drove our 2004 Saturn Ion3 off the road wherein the front of the car hit a tree at approximately 45 mph (according to the diagnostics from the on board computer). 2) the airbags failed to deploy. 3) gm was queried as to why they did not deploy. Gm provided the computer diagnostics of the incident but did not provide an answer/explanation despite multiple attempts.
The contact owns a 2004 Saturn Ion. While driving in the rain at approximately 50 mph, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the median. The vehicle rolled over three times. The driver's frontal air bag failed to deploy. The contact received injuries to her leg and neck. The manufacturer took a report. They offered medical assistance, but would not investigate the air bag failure. The vehicle has not been repaired. Minnesota state police filed report number e08405161. The current and failure mileages were 80,000.
On 12/03/2007 at 8:41 am I was involved in an automobile accident on I-240 east in memphis TN. I was trailing traffic in the passing lane, when traffic came to a complete stop. I didnt react in time and suffered a frontal collision to a 2004 Saturn Ion that I own. I was travelling approx 30-35 mph when I struck the back of the vehicle. The airbags did not deploy and the seatbelt tensioner failed resulted in my going headfirst into the steering wheel. I have since had to have tests at the doctor for migraines and still experience the aftereffects of this accident.
On 12/03/2007 at 8:41 am I was involved in an automobile accident on I-240 east in memphis TN. I was trailing traffic in the passing lane, when traffic came to a complete stop. I didnt react in time and suffered a frontal collision to a 2004 Saturn Ion that I own. I was travelling approx 30-35 mph when I struck the back of the vehicle. The airbags did not deploy and the seatbelt tensioner failed resulted in my going headfirst into the steering wheel. I have since had to have tests at the doctor for migraines and still experience the aftereffects of this accident.
Dear NHTSA associate, I had a 100% parallel, full frontal impact, no angle, as my new car traveling 35 mph hit a large delivery van twice the weight of my vehicle with a square and steel bumper that was stopped ( 1 mph according to police report ). The front airbags did not deploy and my neck and head were impacted on to the steering wheel even though I was using my seatbelt properly. The force was sufficient to strain the belt and injure my head. I had a cut on the top of my forehead in the middle, a concussion, and I am currently being treated for migraine type headaches by a doctor that have occurred daily since the accident. I placed the car into the care of a Saturn owned body shop for repair and asked that the airbag deployment system be tested for functionality. Instead, I was given a 1-800 number for Saturn corporate headquarters to call. They said the first step was to send me the airbag manufacturing information booklet and to call back after reading it. I did so and asked that the airbags be tested while in the care of the Saturn body shop, as the type of impact and miles per hour exceeded the minimum standards for air bag deployment contained in the manual they sent to me. Instead of granting clearance to the dealership to test the airbags, in light of my valid argument of their documentation contradictions, Saturn corporate instead issued me an internal "case number" 1-17876541 and told me someone in their legal department would contact me within 6 to 8 weeks. I mentioned I would have the car back before then and would be afraid and nervous driving it as I am sure the airbag system in the front is not fully functional. They actually said they could deny testing the system at all. Nothing has been done to address the safety issue, the body damage was fixed, at a cost of almost 7 thousand dollars to the front end, including cutting out a piece of the frame and welding a new section in.
Accident at approximately 40 mph - airbags did not deploy.
While driving 30 mph consumer's vehicle was involved in a frontal collision. Upon impact, the dual air bags did not deploy. No injuries reported.
Vehicle involved in a crash and air bags did not deploy. The consumers daughter was involved in 2 incidents with this vehicle. The daughter was hit by a harley davidson f150 truck in the first incident where she turned and the harley hit her in the front passenger side and the second incident occurred when the daughter drove 4 miles, and parked, then fifteen minutes later the gas pedal stuck and she was unable to release it. The brakes had become inoperative. The vehicle was placed in park along with the emergency brake and shut off. (duplicate report - see odi ref. No. 10074368 ).
While driving through an intersection the vehicle was hit by another vehicle on the front right side. The consumer stated that both frontal air bags did not deploy upon impact. The driver sustained minor injuries as a result. Please provide any additional information.