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2003 Saturn Vue wipers, windshield & visibility problems

22 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2003 Saturn Vue, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
22 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
16,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2003 Saturn Vue Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 16,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 16,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 77% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles7
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 13 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 16,000 miles, and 77% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the wipers, windshield & visibility complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

2003 saturn vue - the driver side mirror cracked from exposure to snow/ice. This split makes viewing out the back difficult and may result in an accident. The mirror cracked without being touched or moved. This is also documented at a saturn owners forum saturnfans.com under the vue forum. The part is on national back order so this must be occuring a lot. I don't know if saturn is investigating the cause.

Reported at 15,000 miles, December 2003

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 saturn vue which was purchased in december 2002. She stated that there were numerous failures with the vehicle. While driving approximately 6 MPH through a brush-less car wash, water entered into the sun roof housing. On a separate occasion, she also smelled oil burning and the dealer replaced the right inner cv joint boot. The hazards lights failed to operate normally and were repaired twice due to repeat failures.

Reported at 14,002 miles, March 2009

Other problems reported for the 2003 Saturn Vue

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