10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
7 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
16 / 0
Average Mileage:
11,529 miles

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problem #7

Oct 162007

Ion 4-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • miles
After crash airbags did not deploy.

- Saginaw, MI, USA

problem #6

Jul 092005

Ion 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 19,000 miles
My daughter (17 years old) had an accident four days ago. She hit a tree - head on going somewhere around 40 mph. Neither air bag deployed. Emergency personnel - again - were in a state of shock and awe. This is our fourth (4th) GM vehicle involved in a "total loss" accident where the air bags did not deploy.

- Stone Mountain, GA, USA

problem #5

Nov 062004

Ion 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 28,000 miles
I crashed into the side of another car head-on in my Saturn in (2003). The front of my car was completely destroyed up to the windshield, yet the airbags did not activate. It was crushed so bad that the insurance co. Totalled my car, yet with a wreck so bad the airbags did not activate??

- Signal Mtn., TN, USA

problem #4

Nov 072004

Ion 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 24,000 miles
I hit another car in its left side hard, it smashed my front end completly to the windshield, the front of my car was smashed so badly that it was totalled by the insurance co. Yet no air bags was activated.

- Signal Mtn., TN, USA

problem #3

Mar 152004

Ion

  • 9,400 miles
After rear ending another vehicle at 45 mph front air bags did not deploy. Consumer sustained minor injuries. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

- San Lorenzo, CA, USA

problem #2

Nov 192003

Ion 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
I was the driver of a 2003 Saturn Ion 2 involved in a front end collision with a parked vehicle, and the airbags did not deploy. We did have seat belts on. The approximate speed was 30-35 mph. None of the injuries to the occupants were serious.

- Appleton, WI, USA

problem #1

Jul 022003

Ion 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 300 miles
The vehicle was involved in a collision and the airbags did not deploy. The vehicle was totaled. Dealer notified.

- Duluth, GA, USA