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Saturn VUE problems by year

3,265 complaints across 8 model years, 2002–2009. 2003 draws the most at 873; 2009 the fewest at 171.

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Complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold as much as how reliable they were. A popular model year will always look worse than a rare one. Compare the dominant failure system between years rather than the raw totals.

Every model year

YearComplaintsTop reported systemCrashesFiresDeaths
2002 220 Electrical system (24.1%) 15 6 0
2003 873most Power train (36.8%) 42 16 0
2004 360 Power train (25.8%) 36 7 0
2005 216 Electrical system (33.3%) 19 3 0
2006 433 Electrical system (24.9%) 28 12 0
2007 417 Electrical system (31.7%) 14 15 0
2008 575 Power train (20.9%) 25 19 0
2009 171 Steering (23.4%) 14 4 1