Five problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2005 Saturn VUE. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Saturn VUE based on all problems reported for the 2005 VUE.
The contact owns a 2005 Saturn Vue. The contact stated that while stopped in traffic, a vehicle began doing donuts in the intersection, causing a multi-car accident and crashing into her vehicle. The air bags had failed to deploy. The contact sustained back and knee injuries, and both her son and grandson had body pain. A police report was available. The vehicle had not been taken to an independent mechanic or a local dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was unknown.
The contact owns a 2005 Saturn Vue. While the vehicle was parked in the driveway, the passenger door air bag and the driver's side door air bags inadvertently deployed without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer (central Buick GMC of norwood, 70 boston providence hwy, norwood, MA 02062; (781) 473-0908) stated that the contact would have to pay for the repair since the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000. The VIN was not available.
I crashed the front end and no air bags.
My son currently drives this vehicle and he mentioned that the key will come of the ignition with the engine in in the running mode. This has happened several times and I have brouht it to the gm customer service rep that handles the gm ignition recalls. I was advised that the VIN number does not fall in the recall list and was advised to take the vehicle to a gm dealer and have it repaired out of pocket expense .
(1) air bags-I was involved in a multiple-vehicle accident caused by black ice in Dec, 2005 and not one of the airbags deployed. This was concerning. (2) brakes-from day one, when it rains, my brakes sound like an old person trying to move. (3) ignition-too many times to mention. When I would put the key in the ignition and try to start the car, it wouldn't move and I'd have to jolt the "frozen" steering wheel to finally get the key to turn/car to start. (4) I've seen both the brakes & ignition issues in other people's posts. Just wanted to put this out there for information's sake. Otherwise, the car's been great to me. 10 years old, only 47k miles on it and I just recently had to replace the battery for the first time ever.