There are 3 stored owner reports matching the visibility & wipers leading-label group for the 2009 Saturn Vue in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)2009 SATURN VUE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE HEATER CORE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE NOTICED AN ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE SMELL BECAME STRONGER AND THEN A SMOKY HAZE BEGAN EMITTING FROM THE DEFROSTER. THE HAZE FOGGED UP THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD. SHE HAD TO CONTINUOUSLY WIPE THE WINDSHIELD, BUT IT SMEARED, BECAUSE OF THE RESIDUE THE SMOKE LEFT. NOT ONLY DID THE SMELL GET STRONGER, BUT THE SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE HEATER VENTS AND FOGGING UP THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW TOO. A MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE HEATER CORE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 11/04/13
THE REAR DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK. WHEN YOU PRESS THE REAR DEFROSTER WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID POURS OUT OF THE VEHICLE. NO DEFROSTING HAPPENS
WHILE ON A TRIP DRIVING FROM CENTRAL ARKANSAS TO WISCONSIN, THE WIPER MOTOR WENT OUT AND CAUSED THE FRONT WIPERS TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. AND OF COURSE THIS STARTED HAPPENING WHILE IT WAS RAINING. THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THE WIPERS TO GO BACK DOWN TO THEIR PROPER POSITION. WHILE IN WISCONSIN I TRIED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WHILE THE LOCAL CERTIFIED SATURN DEALERSHIP BUT THEY SAID IT WOULD BE OVER A WEEK BEFORE THEY COULD GET ME IN. WE HAD TO DRIVE ALL OF THE WAY BACK TO ARKANSAS WITH THE WIPERS NOT WORKING AND STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW. THE COST TO HAVE IT FIXED WAS OVER $500 AND HAD TO DRIVE 1 HR AWAY TO GET THE CAR TO THE CERTIFIED SATURN DEALERSHIP. *TR
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Vehicle import recorded: Apr 28, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.