NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Saturn Vue Recalls
The 2008 Saturn Vue has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 25, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Saturn Vue. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 406
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Saturn Vue, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2008 Saturn Vue
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 09V233000
- Reported
- June 25, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 44,451
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2008 Saturn Vue
Steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections
- Campaign
- 08V470000
- Reported
- September 17, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 42,408
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Vue
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 08V200000
- Reported
- May 5, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2008 Saturn Vue
2008 Saturn Vue complaints by year
NHTSA has received 406 owner complaints about the 2008 Saturn Vue, the newest on April 24, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (4%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 14 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Saturn Vue, the component group named most often is the power train (30%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the steering (21%).
1 of the 2008 Saturn Vue's 3 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2008 Saturn Vue owners gave the mileage (328 complaints), the median was 75,337 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train120
- Electrical System88
- Steering86
- Unknown Or Other44
- Engine38
- Air Bags25
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 25 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 23 | |
| 2011 | 24 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 26 | |
| 2014 | 77 | |
| 2015 | 35 | |
| 2016 | 36 | |
| 2017 | 37 | |
| 2018 | 29 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Saturn Vue peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 77. 21% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Saturn Vue drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Saturn Vue year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 406 complaints about the 2008 Saturn Vue are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Saturn Vue by model year
Other 2008 Saturn models
Newest record on this page: April 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted