2007 SATURN SKY Complaints

PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM HAS FAILED PREMATURELY. ISSUE HAS CAUSED AIR BAG LIGHT TO ACTIVATE AND HAS ALSO CAUSED AIRBAGS TO BE DISABLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN SKY. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR WAS FAULTY. THE SEAT CUSHION WAS REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. APPROXIMATELY 12,000 MILES LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

I GOT THE CHECK AIRBAG. TOOK TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP. REPALACED UNDER " GOOD WILL". 33K ON MY ODOMETER. 46K ON MY ODOMETER IT IS BACK AGAIN CALLED GM. THEY KNOW IT IS DEFECTIVE BUT BECAUSE A QTYY OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT DIE YET THEY ARE DOING A RECALL

MY PASSENGER PRESSANCE CONTROL MODULE CAME ON AFTER MY PASSENGER LEANED FORWARD IN MY CAR WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT. IT NOW COMES ON EVERYTIME I START MY CAR WHETHER I HAVE A PASSENGER OR NOT.

THE PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM MODULE HAS GONE OUT. I HAVE DONE ALL CIRCUIT TESTING, RESEARCH AND PRICED THE REPAIRS. I AM A SERVICE TECHNICIAN OF 6 YEARS AND HAVE WORKED FOR GM FOR THE FIRST 3. ALMOST EVERY SATURN SKY I KNOW OF HAS HAD THE PPS MODULE FAIL, AND WE HAVE MANY REPORTS AND PICTURES OF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING DURING COLLISIONS, SOMETIMES THE DRIVER DOES NOT EITHER. THIS IS CLOSE TO A $1000 FIX, CONSIDERING THE PRICE OF THE PPS MODULE BY ITSELF IS $500+ FROM THE DEALER. MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, AND IN MOTION, CITY AND HIGHWAY WHEN THIS FAILURE OCCURED. THE PPS MODULE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE A PASSENGER IN THE CAR AND THEREFORE DOES NOT TURN THE PASSENGER AIR BAG ON. THE FIRST TIME IT DID IT, 10 MINUTES INTO DRIVING, IT TURNED ON AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT WENT OFF. A FEW MINUTES LATER IT CYCLED BACK OFF, LIT UP THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND SAID, 'SERVICE AIR BAG,' ON THE DIC. IT CYCLED ONE MORE TIME TO ON, AND THEN BACK OFF A FEW MINUTES LATER AND NOW STAYS OFF. THE ENTIRE TIME IT CYCLED BACK AND FORTH THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE CAR. AS A TECHNICIAN AND A CAR ENTHUSIAST, I AM WELL AWARE THAT CARS HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED AND EXPENSIVE PARTS WILL BE BOUGHT OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SATURN SKY'S AIR BAG SYSTEM IS CONCERNING AND I WOULD HOPE, WITH AS MANY RECALLS HAVE GONE OUT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THAT NHTSA, AND GM, WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT LIKE PEOPLE DID IN THE COBALT IGNITION RECALLS. I ALSO HAVE A COBALT, SO I KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I HOPE SOMEONE WILL ACTUALLY INVESTIGATE THIS INSTEAD OF IGNORING IT AND PEOPLE GET HURT. IF IT WAS YOUR OWN VEHICLE, YOU WOULD BE ALARMED AS WELL. ALSO, THERE IS CONCERN THAT THE 2005-07 CADILLAC CTS AIRBAG RECALL WAS THE SAME PART NUMBER USED IN THE 2007 SKY, POSSIBLY 07-10. I DO NOT HAVE PROOF OF THAT, YET. *TR

MY PASSENGER PRESSANCE CONTROL MODULE CAME ON AFTER MY PASSENGER LEANED FORWARD IN MY CAR WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT. IT NOW COMES ON EVERYTHING I START MY CAR WHETHER I HAVE A PASSENGER OR NOT. MY LOCAL GMC QUOTE 889 TO FIX THIS AND EVEN HE SAID THAT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE (NOTE THAT THE QUOTED PRICE INCLUDED LABOR).

PASSENGER AIRBAG PRESENCE SWITCH FAILED WHICH IS COMMON AMONG OWNERS OF THIS SAME VEHICLE. GREAT EXPENSE TO REPAIR. GM SHOULD RECALL AS IT IS SO PREVALENT BEFORE A FATALITY OCCURS.

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR FAILED IN MY 2007 SATURN SKY. THE CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 27K MILES AND FAILED WHEN MY 7 YEAR OLD SON SAT IN THE SEAT AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE ON ERRANDS. THE COST TO FIX THE SENSOR IS PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE AND IS OCCURING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY IN THIS FAMILY OF CARS. THIS CAUSES THE AIRBAG NOT TO FUNCTION WITH A PASSENGER IN THE CAR. IN THE EVENT OF A WRECK THE AIRBAG NOT DEPLOYING COULD CAUSE THE FATALITY OF THE PASSENGER.

PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG INDICATOR DOES NOT DETECT PERSON SITTING IN PASSENGER SEAT. MY GUESS IS THAT IT HAS A FAULTY SENSOR.

PASSENGER AIRBAG DOES NOT RESPOND TO WHETHER SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON ON DASH.