NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Saturn Vue Recalls
The 2003 Saturn Vue has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Saturn Vue. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 622
- Crashes reported
- 29
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Saturn Vue, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2003 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 2002, 2004 Vue
2003 Saturn Vue complaints by year
NHTSA has received 622 owner complaints about the 2003 Saturn Vue, the newest on September 2, 2026. Of these, 29 describe a crash (5%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Saturn Vue, the component group named most often is the power train (51%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the engine and engine cooling (10%).
The 2003 Saturn Vue's only recall also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2003 Saturn Vue owners gave the mileage (481 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train316
- Electrical System124
- Engine And Engine Cooling62
- Suspension48
- Steering45
- Air Bags41
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 46 | |
| 2004 | 82 | |
| 2005 | 37 | |
| 2006 | 28 | |
| 2007 | 31 | |
| 2008 | 60 | |
| 2009 | 60 | |
| 2010 | 62 | |
| 2011 | 46 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 64 | |
| 2015 | 26 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2003 Saturn Vue peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 82. 32% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Saturn Vue drew 3.3× the complaints of the median Saturn Vue year in the same window: 1st highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the Saturn Vue years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 622 complaints about the 2003 Saturn Vue are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Saturn Vue by model year
Other 2003 Saturn models
Newest record on this page: September 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted