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2003 Saturn Vue electrical system problems

131 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2003 Saturn Vue, which is 15% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
131 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
84,000 miles 97 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 6
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2003 Saturn Vue Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 84,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 12 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 12 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 13 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 15 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 10 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 9 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 4 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 84,000 miles
Based on 97 complaints that include mileage. 38% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles12
20k to 40k miles12
40k to 60k miles13
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles15
120k to 140k miles10
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles9
180k to 200k miles4
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 97 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 84,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 6 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 saturn vue. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled which also caused the brakes to fail as the contact approached a stop sign. As a result, the contact went through the stop sign and crashed into another vehicle. The air bag failed to deploy. The contact sustained head injuries that required medical attention. The driver in the other vehicle also required medical attention for unknown injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed.

September 2007 CrashInjury

The horn sounded lower when the engine was running, sometimes when the vehicle was off, it did not work at all. The horn has been replaced three times. The dealers solution was to try removing a horn from another vehicle on the lot, however most of the horns were defective.

Reported at 100 miles, November 2003

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Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Saturn models