2006 Saturn Vue

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AND WENT OFF FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN, THE AIR BAG STATED IT WAS NOT ON EVEN WHEN SOMEONE WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. I TOOK IT THE GM DEALER IN MY AREA AND WAS TOLD THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR AND PASSENGER SIDE HEATER SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM ONLINE, I FOUND SEVERAL REPORTS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES OF THIS EXACT PROBLEM OCCURRING IN THIS SAME MAKE/MODEL OF VEHICLE REGARDING THE AIR BAG SENSOR/SEAT HEATER SENSOR. WHEN THE DEALER WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS CONCERN/REPAIR, WE WERE TOLD IT WAS NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE, EVEN THOUGH ONLINE REPORTS STATED DIFFERENTLY. MY QUESTION IS THAT SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE A REPETITIVE PROBLEM OF THE EXACT SAME NATURE WITH THIS VEHICLE MAKE/MODEL AND YEAR, WHY DID GM NOT SUBMIT A RECALL FOR THIS SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN REGARDING THE AIR BAG ISSUE? ..UPDATED 04/25/13 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED WHO REMOVED THE STEERING COLUMN FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE WIRING ON THE TURN SIGNALS AND THE LIGHT SWITCHES WERE BURNED. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,065. UPDATED 08/01/12*LJ

MY 2006 SATURN VUE KEY WILL NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED AND WILL NOT TURN TO THE LEFT HOWEVER IT WILL TURN VERY SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT IF PULLED HARD. FOR 4 HOURS 3 DIFFERENT PEOPLE TRIED TO JIGGLE THE KEY THAT I HAD BEEN USING AND MY SPARE WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL. AFTER BLISTERS AND SWEATING IN THE 98+ DEGREE WEATHER WE HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. THE DRIVER AGAIN TRIED SEVERAL THINGS AND LOOKED AT ME AND SAID THAT THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. A TOTAL INCONVENIENCE BEING AT WORK AND HAVING AN INFANT. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO A GMC DEALERSHIP. I AM SEEING THIS SAME PROBLEM REPORTED CONSTANTLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THE IGNITION KEY WOULD NOT TURN PROPERLY OR REMAIN SECURE WHEN POSITIONED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. WHILE DRIVING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE KEY HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH WITHOUT INTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE LOCK CYLINDER HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPLACED IN MAY OF 2007. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000 UPDATED 09/21/11*LJ

THE KEY WILL NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION TO START THE ENGINE AND/OR TO STOP THE ENGINE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE KEY WAS WORN OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON A DAILY BASIS SOMETIMES NOT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO BE TURNED OFF AND AT OTHER TIMES NOT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO START UP. IF THE VEHICLE STALLS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND CANNOT BE STARTED, THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AS WELL AS IF THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE SHUT DOWN IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT OR FIRE.