2009 Saturn Vue electrical system problems
36 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2009 Saturn Vue, which is 21% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 36 21% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 59,000 miles 33 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 10 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 33 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 59,000 miles, and 55% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.
What owners wrote
I have a 2009 saturn vue xe with only 40,515 miles and the wiring in the headliner above the windshield and driver side visor caught on fire! The fire was put out with a fire extinguisher. A burned area about a foot around is now in the headliner. It blackened the white paint on the outside roof. The melting wiring insulation in the headliner dripped and burned a hole in the driver leather seat. What a stinky mess! Thank god it was put out quick enough and didn't catch the whole vehicle on fire!
I purchased my 2009 saturn vue xr v6 a year ago. After driving my saturn during the 1st month I began to notice the A/C was blowing warm air when I was needing to cool the inside of the cabinet . We had very hot consecutive days in n.c with temperatures reaching in access of 100 degrees. I had no choice but to let the windows down to survive the heat. I am angry with GM now as they are appearing to ignore this problem with no recall in sight to date.
Other problems reported for the 2009 Saturn Vue
- Steering 40 complaints