Saturn air bags problems
Across all Saturn models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,712 complaints involve air bags. The Sky accounts for the largest share (22%). The single worst model year is the 2007 Sky with 236 air bags complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,712 about air bags, all Saturn models
- Most affected
- Sky 22% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 64,000 miles 1,015 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 471 and 12
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Saturn models
Worst model years for air bags
- 2007 Saturn Sky236 complaints
- 2007 Saturn Aura101 complaints
- 2008 Saturn Outlook98 complaints
- 2008 Saturn Astra96 complaints
- 2008 Saturn Sky94 complaints
Air bags complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 7 |
| 1993 | 16 |
| 1994 | 36 |
| 1995 | 56 |
| 1996 | 26 |
| 1997 | 32 |
| 1998 | 16 |
| 1999 | 34 |
| 2000 | 17 |
| 2001 | 38 |
| 2002 | 37 |
| 2003 | 103 |
| 2004 | 73 |
| 2005 | 50 |
| 2006 | 157 |
| 2007 | 592 |
| 2008 | 342 |
| 2009 | 78 |
| 2010 | 1 |
Among the 1,015 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 64,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.