2005 Saturn Vue Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 2005 Saturn Vue. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 215 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
55
1fires
POWER TRAIN
17
STEERING
17
1crashes
AIR BAGS
13
8crashes10injuries
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
13
2crashes
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
10
ENGINE
9
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
9
1crashes
SERVICE BRAKES
6
1fires
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
5
Total complaints215

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“The contact owns a 2005 saturn vue. The contact stated that while stopped in traffic, a vehicle began doing donuts in the intersection, causing a multi-car accident and crashing into her vehicle. The air bags had failed to deploy. The contact sustained back and knee injuries, and both her son and…”

AIR BAGS · reported 2023-05-05

“The frame to subframe areas that holds up motor and transmission rusted and broke loose. As I went over a large bump on a city street the whole subframe separated. I was on a buy here pay here loan from tnt motors in oregon illinois. The vehicle was returned to them and I'm worried they will try…”

UNKNOWN OR OTHER · reported 2020-12-28

“I was sitting in driver seat and I out my key in ignition and turned it to 1 past the acc and I was able to take my key out of the ignition while it still being turn to 1. While in park. I can also take my key out of ignition while it's running while in drive or park on the 1 mark after acc. *tr”

STEERING · reported 2020-05-07

“I was sitting in driver seat and I out my key in ignition and turned it to 1 past the acc and I was able to take my key out of the ignition while it still being turn to 1. While in park. I can also take my key out of ignition while it's running while in drive or park on the 1 mark after acc. *tr”

UNKNOWN OR OTHER · reported 2020-05-07

“When traveling at 65 miles an hour on the freeway for an hour and a half and come to a complete stop whether it's in traffic or getting off the freeway the car suddenly jerks violently back and forth and clunking sounds like something is slipping the car will all of a sudden just died and stop…”

POWER TRAIN · reported 2020-04-01

“Tl* the contact owns a 2005 saturn vue. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to shamrock auto brokers, llc (322 b nh-104, new hampton, nh 03256, [REDACTED]) to get the vehicle inspected, however the vehicle failed the state inspection. The contact was informed that there were perforations…”

STRUCTURE:BODY · reported 2020-03-17

“This is a known problem with these saturn views it is where the engine carriage bolt attaches to the frame the water from the road in everything shoots right up on it and rust this area where I had to work on this area and remove the bolts in the front there was so much rust that now the bolt…”

STRUCTURE:BODY · reported 2020-01-10

“Takata recall my family and I were in a roll over accident on august 20th 2019 our airbags did not deploy at impact. We were in motion going 60mph on cournty road 799 going towards george west tx when my vehicle was headed towards a covert and jerked the wheel to the left to avoid the ditch but…”

AIR BAGS · reported 2019-08-20
Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2005 Saturn Vue as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.