2008 Saturn Vue: airbags did not deploy in a crash

Filed Aug 17, 2017 · Airbags · 100,000 miles · MI · crash

I was driving my 2008 saturn vue straight forward at 45 MPH, a buick encore turned directly in front of me and I slammed into the back of their vehicle. My car was totaled but my air bag did not deploy! I'm lucky I had my seat belt on or I would have gone through the windshield.

Filed Dec 5, 2011 · Airbags, Seat belts · 95,000 miles · SC · crash · 2 injuries

Tl* the contact owned a 2008 saturn vue xe. The contact stated that she was rear ended while driving 55 MPH. As a result, the vehicle spun around and rolled 20 feet down into an inbankment. Upon impact, the side airbags did not deploy and the front passenger seat belt failed to retain the passenger. The driver suffered a severe contusion and abrasions. The passenger sustained a damaged knee, shoulder, arm, hand and head. The police were notified and a report was available. The driver and passenger declined services through an ambulance. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to an independent mechanic. The dealer was notified and the contact was awaiting a response. The failure mileage was approximately 95,000.

Filed Mar 25, 2011 · Airbags · 80,000 miles · OH · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn vue. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle was involved in a crash in which the air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed but no injuries were reported. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where the failure of the air bags was not diagnosed but the vehicle was deemed as destroyed. The failure and current mileage was 80,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Nov 28, 2008 · Airbags · 24,000 miles · LA · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 saturn vue. The contact was involved in a crash and the air bags did not deploy. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the contact's vehicle was struck on the driver's side by another vehicle. The contact sustained strained ligaments. The dealer stated that the engineer would have to inspect the vehicle. The manufacturer has not yet been notified. The current and failure mileages were approximately 24,000. Updated 12/17/08. *lj updated 12/18/08.

Filed Feb 4, 2008 · Airbags · CA

While I am not reporting any deaths or injuries, I would like to bring the following information to your attention in hopes of preventing unnecessary deaths or injuries. The insurance institute for highway safety noted in their vehicle ratings that 'two tests of the vue were conducted. In the first test, the side curtain airbag did not deploy properly, and the rear passenger dummy's head was hit by the window sill of the rear door. This impact did not produce high head injury measures, but the head protection was inadequate. In response, general motors redesigned the side curtain airbags to ensure more rapid inflation and greater extension of the airbag next to the rear dummy's head. In the second test, the fix was successful, and the head protection rating improved to good'. From my understanding, the redesigned airbags are being installed in all vue's produced after december 2007, or from january 2008 on. I purchased my 2008 saturn vue in november of 2007. As such, I do not have the redesigned airbags. I contacted saturn customer assistance center via email and received the following response 'I currently am not familiar with any redesigns for the side air bags and as advised in an earlier correspondence, should there ever be a campaign issued, you would be notified by united states mail.' am I to hope that in the event of an accident that these side curtain airbags deploy properly even though saturn clearly knows and has acknowledged through its actions that they may not deploy properly?