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2005 Saturn Ion air bags problems

34 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2005 Saturn Ion, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
34 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
63,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
19 and 0
Injuries and deaths
13 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2005 Saturn Ion Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 63,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 63,000 miles
Based on 20 complaints that include mileage. 50% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 20 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 63,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 19 crashes, 13 injuries.

What owners wrote

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.

Reported at 68,000 miles, June 2013 CrashInjury

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…

Reported at 100,984 miles, March 2014

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