2006 Cadillac STS air bags problems
59 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2006 Cadillac STS, which is 30% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 59 30% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 51 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 14 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 11 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 51 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 14 crashes, 2 fires, 19 injuries.
What owners wrote
I was traveling through the countryside on my way home from work. My car suddenly stalled, I lost control of the vehicle and slammed into an on coming car in the other lane. This caused permanent traumatic brain injury as our airbags never deployed causing us to slam our heads off windshield and side door window.
Involved in head-on collision on july 31, 2016 when a vehicle pulled out in front of me on a clear, dry, day on pavement I was traveling about 30 MPH and tried to swerve to miss the other vehicle, but my vehicle made contact on the left front quarter panel of my car hitting the other vehicle at the drivers side door. My air bag did not go off nor did the seat belt stop me from hitting the steering wheel. After the accident, the warning panel read "service air bag".
Other problems reported for the 2006 Cadillac STS
- Engine 27 complaints
- Electrical system 22 complaints
- Fuel system 21 complaints
Air bags problems in other years
- 2011
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- 2000