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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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5GZCZ43D33S••••••2003 Saturn VUE
This build draws 1.9× more complaints than the average 2003 Saturn VUE build (11 vs 6).
11on this build
465on the model
82builds in total
1involved a crash
1injuries
Most reportedPower Train 8Fuel System 1Other 1Suspension 1
What owners of this build wrote
SuspensioncrashJul 2004
Bad weather conditions (rain) car hit side guard on highway, rear wheel snapped off causing roll over - resulted in injury to driver - car totally destryoed
Electrical SystemJun 2013
I have a saturn vue 2003 someone was sitting in passenger they thought I had my car in park and they tried to open the door and when I put my car in park the passenger door wont open from inside so I went out and tried to open the passenger from the outside. I was able to open…
Power TrainApr 2013
Saturn notified me that my saturn vue vti transmission had a problem and offered to repair it for 1/2 price or give me a credit towards a new car. I decided to have it repaired on 8/17/2011 at a gm dealer. After 20 months and 27,000 miles, the transmission broke again. I spoke…
Fuel SystemJul 2003
Fuel economy is drastically below what was said in the sales room and indicated on the sticker. A search of saturn vue user sites online indicate that the problem is considerable. Some vue owners (of the vti 4cyl) get up to 30 miles per gallon, while others like me get 15-17. It…
Power TrainMay 2012
Motor transmission fails to move forward or backwards even though engine starts fine
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 5GZCZ43D33S883981 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.