NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Saturn Vue Recalls
The 2004 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 2004 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
- 276
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 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 2002–2003 Vue
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 03V519000
- Reported
- December 19, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,134
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 120, tire and rim selection for vehicles other than cars
- Same campaign
- only the 2004 Saturn Vue
2004 Saturn Vue complaints by year
NHTSA has received 276 owner complaints about the 2004 Saturn Vue, the newest on September 24, 2025. Of these, 23 describe a crash (8%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Saturn Vue, the component group named most often is the power train (34%), followed by the electrical system (28%) and the suspension (12%).
1 of the 2004 Saturn Vue's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2004 Saturn Vue owners gave the mileage (237 complaints), the median was 78,456 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train93
- Electrical System78
- Suspension33
- Air Bags18
- Unknown Or Other17
- Engine And Engine Cooling16
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 21 | |
| 2005 | 21 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 20 | |
| 2009 | 20 | |
| 2010 | 24 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 56 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2004 Saturn Vue peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 56. 25% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Saturn Vue drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Saturn Vue year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 276 complaints about the 2004 Saturn Vue are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Saturn Vue by model year
Other 2004 Saturn models
Newest record on this page: September 24, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted