2008 Saturn Vue electrical system problems

88 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2008 Saturn Vue, which is 15% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 88 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 87,000 miles 69 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 3 and 5
Injuries and deaths: 6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Based on 69 complaints that include mileage. 28% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	10
20k to 40k miles	4
40k to 60k miles	5
60k to 80k miles	10
80k to 100k miles	14
100k to 120k miles	9
120k to 140k miles	8
140k to 160k miles	6
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 69 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 87,000 miles, and 28% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 5 fires, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

Alternator I changed the starter I changed the alternator brand new it ran but then it stopped in mid drive and I won't just start and that's how I crashed into something now my car is wreck in the fridge and it won't start and if it does it stops

August 2024 CrashInjury

My 2008 saturn vue xr has had numerous issues with the instrument panel. In may 2010, the entire instrument panel (speedometer, RPM, odometer, radio, etc.) went out while I was driving down the road. I took it to the dealership where they replaced a computer component in the instrument panel. Now in july 2010 (2 months later) I was driving down the road and looked at my speedometer which said I was going 80 MPH. I was clearly not going 80 MPH, so right away I knew something was wrong.

Reported at 15,880 miles, July 2010

Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Saturn models