Three problems related to instrument panel have been reported for the 2006 Saturn VUE. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Saturn VUE based on all problems reported for the 2006 VUE.
The contact owns a 2006 Saturn Vue. The contact stated that the fuses that regulate the tail lights and instrument panel constantly blow out. The failure has occurred five times. He has not taken the vehicle to the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 25,000.
The contact owns a 2006 Saturn Vue. While driving 40 mph, the contact slammed on the brakes and struck a dog. The front fender and bumper were damaged. The contact was not injured. The fog lights were detached from the vehicle and the air bag warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The air bags failed to deploy. The dealer stated that the air bags did not deploy because the seat heater circuit was connected to the air bag sensor. Repairs could not be made to the air bag or air bag sensor because the element burned out. The failure and current mileages were less than 50,000.
During day light hours I was driving on interstate 10 back to pensacola. I manually turned the light switch for the headlights on. I drove my 2006 Saturn Vue for about one hour as I was pulling into a rest area I reached to turn the lights off and I discovered that the light switch handle was to hot to touch. I feel that this switch is somehow shorted internally. This extreme heat could cause a fire in the passenger compartment. I spoke with a Saturn dealer and the service manager stated that Saturn had no other complaints on this condition. He would not check out my complaint. Most people owning this car would not know about this problem because the light usually turns on automatically when it turns dark outside.