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2006 Saturn Vue air bags problems

93 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2006 Saturn Vue, which is 21% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
93 22% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
80,000 miles 71 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
15 and 1
Injuries and deaths
10 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2006 Saturn Vue Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 12 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 12 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 15 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 12 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 8 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 80,000 miles
Based on 71 complaints that include mileage. 30% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles12
60k to 80k miles12
80k to 100k miles15
100k to 120k miles12
120k to 140k miles8
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 71 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 15 crashes, 1 fire, 10 injuries.

What owners wrote

December 20, 2008 - driving a 2006 saturn vue - I was sitting at a red light in the south bound lane of route 1 - intersection contee road. When another vehicle traveling north bound route 1 - intersection contee road drove in the south bound lane of route 1 at a speed of 50-55 MPH and hit my 2006 saturn vue (that was stopped) head on collision (frontal). The airbags in the 2006 saturn vue did not deploy on the drive nor the passenger side. Injuries were sustained in this accident.

Reported at 62,000 miles, December 2008 CrashInjury

The front passenger seat airbag is disabled at approx. 160 lbs. Otherwise the system appears to work correctly. Over time, either the sensor or the seat structure has changed and now leaves the passenger at risk even though the passenger is clearly an adult! The auto is out of warranty and the dealer requires payment even though this is a critical safety problem.

Reported at 41,000 miles, June 2009

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