Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2002 Saturn VUE

Vue stopped in parking lot other vehicle hit me head on Vue air bags didnt deploy my Saturn Vue key was on floor fell out of ignition I was sent to hospital erie totaled my Vue.

My 16 year old son was driving. My 13 year old daughter was his passenger. He was driving a 2002 Saturn Vue. He hit a tree, dead-on, going 40 mph. The airbags did not deploy. Firefighters, police, ambulance folks, body shop rep: they all said the same thing and look at me with amazement that this happened (or didn't happen). I bought the car with the impression it was equipped with working airbags. If a vehicle hits someone, dead-on, going 40mph, I expect airbags to work, especially when the vehicle was sold to me using this as a feature. Last night, a week after our accident, we passed yet another Vue accident so I stopped out of curiosity. This lady was traveling 40-45 mph and rear ended another car. Guess what, her airbags did not deploy either. I suppose I'll have to start my own little "Saturn" investigation service as I intend to find out just how often this happens. This lady had a 2007 Vue, so I do not accept my car being older or anything else as an excuse of something that looks to me like was defective to start with.

On March 14, 2003, my family and I were traveling w on hwy 138 in stockbridge, GA. We had a green light and were proceeding through when a Ford explorer pulled in front of us. We hit him in the passenger side, squarely across the front of our vehicle. We were traveling approximately 45 mph when we hit and the two front airbags did not deploy. The damage to our vehicle is equal across the front and the front end of the vehicle is crushed all the way to the front tires. Our vehicle was a 2002 Saturn Vue. No one was injured seriously, but we were told when we bought the car that the airbags deploy in front end collisions.