2006 Saturn Vue Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 93about this part
- Share
- 31%of 300 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 80,000miles
- Trend
- RisingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% higher than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 93 complaints about the air bags of the 2006 Saturn Vue, 31% of the 300 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 80,000 miles. 15 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Tried to have the car inspected and they told me it wouldn't pass inspection because of my airbag light on . They did a diagnostic and it said my passenger seat would need to be replaced or get the sensor for the part. Unfortunately the don't make the pieces for the car anymore . You have to go to a junk yard , but even they haven't had any any of the pieces.”
NHTSA complaint #11118607, filed 2018-08, 125,000 miles“While I was sitting in my car waiting for my daughter to get out of work, the car was running, when there was smoke pouring from the steering column. I immediately shut the car off and the smoke dissipated. This was 2 days ago and now my wipers do not work. My mechanic said that the air bag wires had caught fire and burned out the wipers.”
NHTSA complaint #10980062, filed 2017-04, 140,000 miles“The airbag indicator lights for both driver and passenger sides stay on most of the time, but are off sometimes. I obtained the error code from my onstar service, it is b0092. A google search returned hundreds of the similar complains about GM vehicles. I would like to raise your attention to this safety related design problem from GM.”
NHTSA complaint #10573293, filed 2014-03, 85,000 miles“Air bag light keeps coming on intermittently and when check it showed the third row left side impact sensor. This is the second time that I have had issues with the air bag system. I just want to know why a recall hasn't been issued if this is common with all Saturn?s. This is putting my family and me at risk. Gm needs to step up and fix this issue.”
NHTSA complaint #10460098, filed 2012-05, 105,325 miles“About 6 months ago the air bag indicator light for the passenger side started to become inconsistent in its on/off stages. We thought it was just the age of the car, but Saturn is no longer in existence, so we felt there wasn't much we could do. After reading some of the recent complaints about the 2006 VUE (on this site), we felt it necessary to advise that we also have similar experiences with the air bag indicator light for passenger side.”
NHTSA complaint #10650299, filed 2014-10, 55,000 milesAir bags: other model years
Other parts of the 2006 Saturn Vue
103 complaintsSteering
29 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
26 complaintsBody and structure
19 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
17 complaintsSeats
15 complaintsOther or unknown
14 complaintsBrakes
13 complaintsExterior lighting
13 complaintsSuspension
13 complaintsFuel system
12 complaintsVehicle speed control
9 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2006 Saturn Vue
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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