# NHTSA recall 09V233000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 09V233000
- Manufacturer's number: 09066
- Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Reported: 2009\-06\-25
- Owners notified: 2009\-08\-18
- Component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
- Units potentially affected: 44451

## What is wrong

GM IS RECALLING 44,451 MY 2008 SATURN VUE VEHICLES WITH BODY COLOR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES.  THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES MAY STICK OR BIND. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR, THE DOOR MAY NOT LATCH WHEN CLOSED.


## What can happen

DRIVING WITH AN UNLATCHED DOOR COULD RESULT IN AN UNBELTED OCCUPANT FALLING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING INCREASED RISK OF INJURY.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES WITH CHROME DOOR HANDLES FREE OF CHARGE.  THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 18, 2009.  OWNER MAY CONTACT SATURN AT 1\-800\-972\-8876 OR AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.


## Notes

GM RECALL NO. 09066.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2008 SATURN VUE](/makes/saturn/vue/2008/recalls.md). Built 2007\-10\-01 to 2007\-07\-30.

## Investigated as PE09016

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- PE09016: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2009\-03\-10, closed 2009\-07\-02. OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES STICK UNLATCHED. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/09V233000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/09V233000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [PI0011C](/bulletins/10139074.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/09V233000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/09V233000)

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