Air Bag Not Deploy Problems of Saturn ION - part 1

Tl the contact owned a 2003 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that while driving at 10 mph, another vehicle in the opposite direction drove head first into his vehicle. The air bags did not deploy upon impact. A police report was filed at the scene. The contact and his son were treated for injuries at the scene and were transported to a local hospital. The contact was treated for chest, neck and back injuries. The contact 's son sustained injuries to his neck and his back. The whereabouts of the other driver were unknown. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to an independent tow yard. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was filed. The failure mileage was 138,000.

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In January 2016 while driving on highway to work I had bear to the right at an intersection from 1-90 to 1-76, wheels/steering locked or something and I ended up spinning off roadway. Hit division embankment crashing front end and my air bags never deployed. Traction in the car I later found out was not engaging when it should have been. Now car's traction does not work if it ever really did. I have been in touch with gm complaints department and now I have been assigned a case number but this is about recalls on y vehicle that I do not know they really are because Saturn wants me to pay to get this information. I asked why but did not get an answer. . Read more...

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Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that while driving 5 mph. A vehicle crashed into the drivers side of the contacts vehicle. The contact stated that the air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and the contact and passenger in the vehicle both required medical attention for head injuries. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a junk yard. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted and made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 128,000. VIN was unavailable. Am.

The contact owned a 2006 Saturn Ion. While the contact's son was driving approximately 35 mph, he rear ended the preceding vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The driver received injuries to the face that required medical attention. The vehicle was towed and deemed destroyed. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 59,000.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that on October 17,2016 while driving at 65 mph suddenly applied the brake pedal and crashed into the rear of a unknown vehicle however the occupant of the vehicle left the scene. A unknown vehicle crashed into the rear of the contact. The air bags did not deploy. There were no injuries. There was no fire due to the crash. A police report was not filed. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was unknown. The contact stated that in December 2017 while driving at unknown speeds a unknown pick up truck crashed into the rear of the vehicle. The contact sustained injuries to the right knee and medical attention was provided. The air bags did not deploy. There was no fire due to the crash. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to a independent auto body mechanic. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was 43,000. Additionally, the contact stated that while driving the steering failed and locked up and the vehicle powered off. The vehicle was taken to unknown local GMC dealer in bakersfield California where diagnosed that the locking system and ignition key needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacture was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was unknown. Ap.

Driving on staight on the highway hit a bump in the road my car started spinning out of control steering wheel locked up which made my driver side crash into a cement wall, my airbags did not deploy even thought the car hit the wall so hard that it cracked my radiator, my car then shut off then turned back on.

I was in California driving on a curving mountain road in lake arrowhead- it was dark. I veered off the road into a tree. I don't have a clear memory of much after that. The airbags did not deploy. My face broke the windshield. I had my seat belt improperly fastened. I sustained a concussion and broke left nasal bone and septum deep lacerations under left eye across top of nose. Paramedics took me local hospital where they thought I'd better go down to a big hospital and they sent me to arrowhead regency hospital down the hill in san brenardino.

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.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that while driving at a 10 mph and attempting to depress the brake pedal, the vehicle independently accelerated and crashed into a building and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact did not sustain any injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 35,000. Oo.

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Vehicle was stopped at a traffic light and was struck from behind by another vehicle. This propelled said vehicle into a third vehicle (directly in front of the reference vehicle) also stopped at the traffic light. The resulting collision caused major front end damage to the Saturn Ion in question, crumpling the hood approximately 2 feet toward the rear of the car. In spite of the apparent force of the collision on the front of the vehicle, the air bags did not deploy.

There is a bosh/cdr report from esis of general motors outlining the data received from the crash for non-deployment of the airbag. Mr. Segovia of gm stated that the airbag should not have deployed based on the statistic from this report. I do not believe what he has stated. I need a review of the report for compliance regarding the non-deployment of the airbag to my 2007 Saturn Ion. Gm through esis has refused to surrender the report to the defected seatbelts. My general motors pending claim #816261. I have noticed andrew segovia, esq. , ms. Mary t. Barra, ceo, mr. Daniel ammann, president of gm regarding the second half of the claim of the defaulted/recall of the power steering during the crash. Mr. Segovia has confirmed esis's email stating that there was a power steering recall/defect to my car VIN number and remained open. There was the debris on the highway that caused the accident and then there was the defected power steering problem with my 2007 Saturn Ion which caused the crash. I was never notified of this recall by gm. The defaulted power steering caused the crash. In the outset of this claim, general motors was aware that the power steering of the vehicle was inoperable. I tried to turn the steering wheel so that the vehicle would not crash into the rail guard but failed. I could not steer the vehicle. If I would have been notified of the power steering recall and defect, the car would have been repaired and operable at the time the car crashed. But general motors defected power steering caused me to have no control of the power steering of the vehicle away from the rail guard so the car would not crash into the rail guard. The power steering was inoperable and as a result caused the crash. I am awaiting a response back from general motors in the resolution/settlement of this matter as well and other information regarding the loaner vehicle.

My horn stopped working. It never worked well, except from the button on the key holder. I complained to the dealer more than once when Saturn was still in business. I was always told that my hands were not strong enough to make the horn work. One service person even told me to try it by wrapping both hands around where the horn is located and pressing as hard as I could. I went to a gm dealer yesterday to find out why the horn quit working altogether and also because there are times when the key will not come out of the ignition. I have replaced the ignition twice - once at my expense and once after the recall. Gm will provide the cost of replacing the gear shift. According to the dealer that is why the key won't release from the ignition. However, they want $1,000 to fix the horn because they said it is part of the airbag so the airbag has to be replaced too. I have done some internet research and find that there are other Saturn owners who have the horn problem and some have had accidents and the airbag did not deploy. This does not sound right to me. It sounds like there is more going on with the defects than just a faulty ignition. I am afraid to drive my car. I can't afford another car. I can't really afford the $1,000 but am really concerned about not having a working horn and am more concerned that the airbag might not deploy.

Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that while driving at 50 mph, the vehicle crashed into the guard rail and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained head injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 110,000. Pam.

I was traveling down the highway at between 70-75mph when I lost control of the vehicle and struck the guard cable, traveling through over 200 ft of it. The front end of the car was demolished, the front axle was broken in half, the rear quarter panel of the driver's side was ripped off, the roof was horribly dented and scratched, the windshield was broken in multiple places - one spot by my head - and the front bumper and headlights were no longer there. The vehicle was totaled out by the insurance CO. . . My air bags did not deploy. I had a terrible concussion and severe whiplash on an already pre-existing degenerative spine condition, and the only thing that saved my life was my seatbelt. There is no reason according to the police and first responders on the scene as well as the facility where my car was towed for the insurance company. I feel like my neck surgery to replace a disc and fuse my spine with a titanium cage at the end of 2012 has been severely aggravated and my 20 months of healing has gone back to square one. This is devastating to me and I will go public about this in any way I know possible. This never should've happened.

Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph went to change lanes, the traffic stopped therefore the contact got rear ended by another vehicle. The airbags did not deploy. The police department was informed. No injuries were reported the day of the accident, the following day the contact had to go to the hospital there were bruises to the chest and back injuries. The vehicle was examined by the insurance and declared destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate mileage at the time of the accident was not available. Bp.

While driving the air bag service light appeared. I was told by the dealership that if in a crash the airbags would not deploy. This problem needs immediate attention. My vehicle is going in today to find the exact problem. Diagnostics is right around $100.

Was driving on wet road approaching an intersection. Before entering the intersection the light turned green and traffic started moving. I slowed down to let the tuck in front of me pick up speed. As I approached a black pickup backed into traffic causing multiple cars to stop in front of me. I pushed on my breaks but could not stop causing me to strike the truck in front o me with the front of my car. Upon impact my air bag did not deploy and my head struck the steering wheel. I recently received the ignition recall notice, but the letter said parts were not available.

2005 Saturn Ion. Consumer writes in regards to air bag malfunction and faulty ignition problems. The consumer stated he was involved in an accident, a couple of years ago, and the air bags did not deploy. He also has paperwork for the ignition problems he experienced.

We bought our 2005 Saturn Ion used sept. 4, 2012,(87,812) before even could take off lot they had to install an ignition cylinder and cut new key, and the throttle was stuck could press all the way to floor, and would only get up to about 20mph. This was also fixed. (or so we thought). Since our purchase, we still have trouble with the key getting stuck, it not turning off with car still running, or the car won't start, it happens so much that our daughter who drives it just figures that's they way it's suppose to be, because when take back to dealer either it won't do it for them or does't do it for a month or so. Now the warranty has ran out so if it happens again they told us we had to take care of, well it happened again today, she parked would not shut off, called dealership, they can't do anything because gm hasn't given them recall yet! was in accident on Jan. 2, 2014 front end air bags did not deploy! not sure why not!!! this July was coming home and driving down road car just shut off while driving about 30mph and had to manually try to get car off road without hurting car or anyone else's car, after sometime got car to start again and got it home, called dealership their response if happens again bring it in. And still to this date sometimes her throttle will stick, as a parent I'm holding my breath every time she leaves our drive in this vehicle. Please help soon.

The contact owns 2006 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph, the contact crashed into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy and there was a significant power loss. The contact sustained a bruised pancreas and severe back pain. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to salvage yard. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system). The approximate failure mileage was 85,173.

The contact owned a 2003 Saturn Ion. While driving 40 mph, the brake pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to respond. The brake failure caused the contact's vehicle to crash into the rear of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The driver sustained injuries to the knees, which did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact felt that the crash was related to NHTSA campaign number: 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system). The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that the check engine warning light would sporadically illuminate and the vehicle would intermittently stall. The vehicle was taken to the dealer numerous times where the sensor was reset but did not prevent the stalling failure. On once occasion while the driver was traveling approximately 30 mph around a curb, the vehicle lost power and accelerated while stalling. The driver was not able to intervene and crashed into a tree, splitting the tree upon impact. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and the vehicle was destroyed. The driver sustained internal bruising from the impact. The contact later received notification of NHTSA campaign id number: 14v047000 (air bags and electrical system) but the part needed to complete the recall service was not available. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was not available.

The contact owns a 2007 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed head-on into a second vehicle. The contact indicated that the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed however, there were no injuries. The vehicle was not inspected to determine the cause of the air bag failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 80,000.

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 2007 Saturn Ion. The contact was exiting a highway at 25 mph when the power steering assist failed, causing the contact to crash into a pole. The air bags did not deploy. The contact¿s mouth struck the steering wheel and the contact sustained injuries to the mouth. A police report was not filed. The contact sought medical treatment for the injuries. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the engine stalled and the vehicle crashed into a curb. The airbags did not deploy however, the contact was not injured. The vehicle was not able to restart. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

The contact owns 2008 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that the vehicle was involved in head on crash but the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained unknown injuries. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 82,000 and the current mileage was 82,200.

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The contact owns a 2003 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the steering wheel became inoperable. The contact lost control of the vehicle and the vehicle flipped upside down. The air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact sustained injuries to the head and left leg, and a police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was towed to a salvage yard. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 136,000.

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 rear ended another vehicle going 30 mph. Completely destroyed the front end of my vehicle, and yet the airbags did not deploy. Instead of my airbags stopping my head from hitting anything my face hit the steering wheel and my eye socket was fractured.

Travelling on 580eb in traffic. Came to a stop, vehicle behind me did not. He was travelling at approx 50mph and demolished my vehicle. My air bags did not deploy and the driver seat bent back to fully reclined position. I sustained neck and upper back injuries.

My husband was driving my 05 Saturn Ion 2 quad coupe home from work on the interstate. Traffic stopped , came to complete stop vehicle behind did not brake and rear ended my vehicle at roughly 50+ mph causing him to hit another vehicle in turn causing a 6 vehicle accident. The air bags did not deploy causing his head to hit the steering wheel and the driver seat broke in half with him in it landing on the back seat.

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.