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2008 Saturn Vue wipers, windshield & visibility problems

23 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2008 Saturn Vue, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
23 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
57,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2008 Saturn Vue Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 57,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 57,000 miles
Based on 18 complaints that include mileage. 50% 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 miles3
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 18 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 57,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I can not utilize the inside rear view mirror totally, because the top half of the inside mirror is taken up by the backside of the onstar panel, it is what you see in the mirror. Also, the rear seat head rest take up the lower half of portions of it, so I have to keep the rear seats lowered all the way down to utilize the lower portion of the mirror. So now I have a 2 seat SUV. When people are sitting in the rear seat, especially with 3 people, you have no mirror view at all.

Reported at 135 miles, March 2008

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 saturn vue. The contact stated that when the windshield wiper was being utilized, the wiper arms would become tangled and would not operate properly. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor was the vehicle repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they advised him to take the vehicle into a dealer and that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.

Reported at 40,000 miles, March 2011

Other problems reported for the 2008 Saturn Vue

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