NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Saturn Vue Recalls
The 2002 Saturn Vue has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Saturn Vue. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 167
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Saturn Vue, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2002 Saturn Vue
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V490000
- Reported
- August 8, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 202,155
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Vue
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 01V386000
- Reported
- December 18, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 327
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 210, seat belt anchorages
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Saturn Vue
2002 Saturn Vue complaints by year
NHTSA has received 167 owner complaints about the 2002 Saturn Vue, the newest on February 23, 2021. Of these, 13 describe a crash (8%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Saturn Vue, the component group named most often is the electrical system (31%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (19%) and the power train (14%).
1 of the 2002 Saturn Vue's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2002 Saturn Vue owners gave the mileage (132 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System52
- Engine And Engine Cooling31
- Power Train24
- Steering18
- Engine16
- Air Bags15
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 18 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 11 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 21 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 22 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Saturn Vue peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 22. 32% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Saturn Vue drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Saturn Vue year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Saturn Vue years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 167 complaints about the 2002 Saturn Vue are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Saturn Vue by model year
Other 2002 Saturn models
Newest record on this page: February 23, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted