Alright Chris... I vote your video the best video on changing a Light Bulb on a Saturn Vue. Thanks for the tutorial and I'll remember to have a beer handy too!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! My husband is deployed and I couldn't figure the dang thing out!! Now, I know. Thank you. Any "simple" repairs you do with a 2009 VUE, please make a video for it!
Thank you so much; I managed to do this with my 7 month old strapped to my chest thanks to your super simple video! I hate those garbage plastic screws. Just wanted to add that in there. For the record I have a 2010 Saturn Vue and it was exactly the same!
Chris, you have really explained things well! I am a 66 year old lady who hates to pay a ton for small things like this. Thank you and I wish I could drink beer!
THANK YOU!!! What a great sense of humor! I can see how those little screws are a pain, but your video made my job sooo much easier.. I have not drank beer consistently in years but now I may just start to do it more so just because I CAN!!! :) FYI I have a 2008 Saturn Vue and your directions were consistent with my car as well..
Wow, thanks for this video. I got about half way there and was stuck at the plastic POS plugs. They looked like small screws, but there isn't any threading on them to have them unscrew. Watching this video saved me enough frustration I didn't need the pint of beer :). I'll save it until later tonight :).
This is so true. There is nothing out there on this car and repairs. Thanks for the help! I wish I was old enough to have a beer because after trying for an hour before seeing this. I needed one. 😂👌
This was a great vid. Best of all, it shows there is a second horn behind the passenger side headlight! Everything says there is one horn, but there are two! Thanks so much!
Single mom who enjoys craft will have my second attempt at replacing the damn headlight. Thanks for your video! That plastic cosmetic crap had me stuck, I didn't realize there was another 10mm behind that crap!
Thank you Chris! Went to change my girlfriend's bulb out thinking it was gonna be as easy as my vehicle's only to realize l was definitely gonna need a ratchet. Thanks for the video man! Helped a lot!
Exactly what I needed in order to do this repair. The manual that came with the car is actually for the previous year apparently when it was held in place by screws and a push-clip.
No sé que dijiste pero pues con simplemente ver jajaja ya quedó todo y el mismo primer foco con la baja quite todo y ya quedó, hice puntos con el suegro gracias viejon 😂🍻
Brother you must be from the South, White roads where I live would look just like the snowbanks....can we agree on maybe orange or yellow? Lmao good video! Also first video that told me sizes of wrench needed. Perfect.
Thank Chris! We have a 2008 Vue and it is the same procedure. Really helped with showing what to do, but there was nothing could really help those F&@^#^* damn plastic pieces of chit screw things. Turned a 10 minute job into an hour..... and yes, I forgot to put one of the caps back on also. Luckily I had only screwed the main bolts back down, not everything.
Glad I could help. I've changed those so many times now that the little plastic rivets/screws are really tore up. I think, but I'm not positive, that you can buy new ones at the local hardware store. Seems like I stumbled across them once while at Lowes. Don't quote me on that.
Those plastic fasteners are push pins. In the plant they just push in, the Phillips head is to back it out. You shouldn’t need to take the screw all the way out, only enough to pry the whole thing out. When you re-install them just push the screw in. Good video!
Maybe ......how to replace the driver side visor?! 👍 only the metal is there, when I slide the visor in, it no longer stays up, causing an obstruction.
Not all that well. I think I started changing bulbs every year or so because they kept blowing out. Although I was not using the bulb grease like I should have. This last time I changed one of the bulbs I did use it, so we'll see how long it lasts now.
Thanks for your reply, that is what I read from other reviewers that they get about a year. To me that is pathetic as I understand the light is better than standard, but I've owned my car for 5 years now and this is the first time I'm changing the bulb. Also possibly the first time the bulbs have ever been changed on the vehicle as it is a 2008 and I bought it with 43k. So, as far as bulb grease goes, you mean on the terminals? That won't make any difference if that is what you mean. I work for a industrial connector company and your multiple removal of the connector will only increase resistance at the terminals at worst case which will decrease the power to the connector(probably increasing the life of the bulb actually at a cost of a little less light. As far as I know grease is basically put on those to seal up around the connection points so it will not corrode. Yet grease is actually an insulator, so current is not going through the grease it is just keeping the touch points isolated from whatever is outside, ex. water etc. Yet the Deutsch connector with the silicone seal is plenty enough to keep any water etc. away from the terminal points. I'll look for another option, maybe the middle ground Sylvania, as I believe that is better life.... This upsets me though because obviously Sylvania is making a bulb that is setup to burn out earlier. More bulb changes, more money in their pockets and whatever the automaker gets is probably a top of the line non-consumer unit that lasts for these 5+ years, heck maybe 9 years....
The grease, from what I've been told, is basically to prevent the bulb from shortening out due to moisture. I agree though, the cap with the O ring, or the connector itself should keep water away from the connectors. But I do notice condensation or moisture on the inside of my headlights. So I used the grease this time as a
Yea if the ground was bad then the current going thru the filament decreases, and therefore the light decreases and the bulb should run longer. Basically I see it two different ways, either the quality has really dropped or the company is trying to make them drop off earlier. I've been noticing this with house bulbs they don't last anywhere close to where they did when I was a young kid. It almost makes it a no brainer at this point to buy LEDs, because I get tired of changing the bulb so much. I'll agree the stock light on my Vue kinda stinks, it seemed weak when I bought it and compared to my 2004 Accord or my Wife's Malibu the stock light on those was a little more. Yet, I don't want to change bulbs over and over. Therefore I'm gonna call the dealer up and see if they have the stock bulbs. When I check online it says they are discontinued. With my Wife's car I only replaced the 1 bulb on her drivers side that burnt out at about 130k. I put in a basic or the one level above that for Sylvania. So far it is holding up and the car is at 150k, but to replace bulbs on that I had to remove the entire front bumper and it is a huge pain. I read somewhere where someone replaced their bulbs twice on their Malibu due to using what your using and finally the 3rd time took it to the dealer, and the dealer told them the bulb ran too hot for the design of the enclosure. This could be the case, so I'll just deal with stock brightness and hopefully get new bulbs put in that will get me another 100k, the car should be long out of my hands by then.
I bought the dealer bulbs and put them in this weekend. Everything was pretty simple, except removing the lens assemblies as they have so many contours on them that lock in with the body I had a heck of a time removing them. At least they went back in place quite a bit better. The dealer bulbs are not OEM part number as that part number has gone obsolete. I'm hoping guessing because they were an inferior product in some way shape or form. The new bulbs seem brighter than the old bulbs, equal to my Wife's Malibu in brightness. I'm not sure if it has to do with being brand new or if the new bulbs are just brighter. Either way I'm happy with that outcome. Cost per bulb was 20.7 before tax so they weren't that cheap that's for sure. Now just need to wait and see how long they last. One thing I noticed was the moisture in the lamp assembly and I don't know if it was there before I opened them up or if by opening them the moisture got pulled in. Either way hope that doesn't shorten my life. Time will tell I guess.
Hi Chris, I was wondering if you know if there are any 2009 Saturn vue that require the front bumper to be removed to change any of the lights in the front because my local mechanic said what was needed to be done and it cost me extra. Thanks for the video.
Hi Caveman. I'm not a mechanic but I didn't see any lights that required the bumper to be removed. it may be the fog lights on the bottom but even then you would think you'd be able to get to them from under the car. I did not have these lights on my model of Vue, so I can't speak from experience. With that being said, I do know that some Saturn cars did require the bumper to be removed to just change the headlight bulbs. My wife had an Saturn Aura that required this. So we just flat-out sold the car. That's one way to change the headlight I guess. Get rid of the car altogether. So my only guess is that the mechanic is assuming that the Vue will need its bumper removed in order to change any of the lamps, but hasn't really done his due diligence and finding out that this model of Vue does not require this.
You can actually go under the fender to get to it that way I've done it before it's a lot easier than trying to remove the headlight cover their screws you got to take out to get to it and turn you have to divorce turn the tires to one way or the other depends on what side you need to get to
Thank you Chris! The service guy wanted to charge me WHAT to change a bulb that I had provided? Oh, that's right, he noticed I was a woman. I changed both bulbs after watching your video. And changed out some of the plastic crud screws in there that I broke along with two nails. Sigh. I probably hold my Jameson better than him too.
Some cars that is indeed the case. My wife's car at the time was a Saturn Aura, which did need the bumper to be removed. But as you can see from my video, that's not the case for the Saturn Vue.
I got a new truck and I haven't had to do any repairs on it. I have done some beer reviews on a different TH-cam channel, but I've gotten lazy and haven't done any new vids in quite awhile. Just search for MrLiquidBread on TH-cam...or here's the link to the channel. th-cam.com/users/MrLiquidBreadvideos
Actually...that's just a Founder KBS tap handle. I think the beer I was drinking was one of my home brews. Which reminds me...I need to brew some beer. It's been awhile.
that was not fun without a 10mm socket wrench. my front end was replace a while back, DEER! and the plastic bolts were replaced with anchors without a philips head hole. so i had to pop them off. also that hidden bold was had lots of deposits on it, again not easy without a 10mm socket. yay BEER!
I also recommend after-the-fact to use some of that dielectric grease on the light bulb connexion. Because I never used any I had to keep replacing my bulbs because water would get in and eventually burn the ball back out.
Alright Chris... I vote your video the best video on changing a Light Bulb on a Saturn Vue. Thanks for the tutorial and I'll remember to have a beer handy too!
Very helpful saves me almost 200$ for labor to replace at midas. He answered all my questions I had and really informative. Thank you so much. Cheers
Thank you, that’s helpful and very funny!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! My husband is deployed and I couldn't figure the dang thing out!! Now, I know. Thank you. Any "simple" repairs you do with a 2009 VUE, please make a video for it!
Thank you so much; I managed to do this with my 7 month old strapped to my chest thanks to your super simple video! I hate those garbage plastic screws. Just wanted to add that in there. For the record I have a 2010 Saturn Vue and it was exactly the same!
Chris, you have really explained things well! I am a 66 year old lady who hates to pay a ton for small things like this. Thank you and I wish I could drink beer!
THANK YOU!!! What a great sense of humor! I can see how those little screws are a pain, but your video made my job sooo much easier.. I have not drank beer consistently in years but now I may just start to do it more so just because I CAN!!! :) FYI I have a 2008 Saturn Vue and your directions were consistent with my car as well..
Thanks for mentioning the year of your car, I just picked up a 2008 and was wondering how to upgrade my headlights.
Without your video I would not have known about the bolt on the bottom or how to get to it. Thank you!
Thank you for your help fixing my headlight on my Saturn Vue please post more on the Saturn Vue diy repairs 😀😀👍👍
Wow, thanks for this video. I got about half way there and was stuck at the plastic POS plugs. They looked like small screws, but there isn't any threading on them to have them unscrew. Watching this video saved me enough frustration I didn't need the pint of beer :). I'll save it until later tonight :).
You ROCK! Thanks for the details! And the realism that yes, the shop beer is a key part to any repair!
Thanks for making this video. Very detailed instructions and good lightning and camera angles.
This is so true. There is nothing out there on this car and repairs. Thanks for the help! I wish I was old enough to have a beer because after trying for an hour before seeing this. I needed one. 😂👌
This was a great vid. Best of all, it shows there is a second horn behind the passenger side headlight! Everything says there is one horn, but there are two! Thanks so much!
Love the beer and the burbs! Thanks for the video!
Chris, thanks for this video. Took me 15min. I like your instruction style.
Thanks qatesta.
THIS VIDEO ROCKS! Thank you so much for helping me fix my headlight - with craft beer of course - oh and a 10mm socket thingy
Single mom who enjoys craft will have my second attempt at replacing the damn headlight. Thanks for your video! That plastic cosmetic crap had me stuck, I didn't realize there was another 10mm behind that crap!
Craft beer is the best when doing chores around the house. Glad I could help!!
Thank you Chris! Went to change my girlfriend's bulb out thinking it was gonna be as easy as my vehicle's only to realize l was definitely gonna need a ratchet. Thanks for the video man! Helped a lot!
Appreciate the tutorial, helped me out on my 2009 Vue. Made quick work of it, thanks.
You're welcome!!
Exactly what I needed in order to do this repair. The manual that came with the car is actually for the previous year apparently when it was held in place by screws and a push-clip.
Thank you so much for your video!! You helped me sooo much!!!
thank you so much for this video i just finished changing my headlight bulb, so proud of myself lol 😊😊😊
That's awesome. Glad I could help!!!
2:55 earned my like haha
No sé que dijiste pero pues con simplemente ver jajaja ya quedó todo y el mismo primer foco con la baja quite todo y ya quedó, hice puntos con el suegro gracias viejon 😂🍻
Thank you. This video helped a lot. The Saturn owners manual left out a few important steps.
I'm sure beer was one of the things they left out. Just a guess.
Brother you must be from the South, White roads where I live would look just like the snowbanks....can we agree on maybe orange or yellow? Lmao good video! Also first video that told me sizes of wrench needed. Perfect.
Thank you. Not a lot of these videos out there. We own a 2008 and it's the same.
Thanks keeping my beers cold until tomorrow when I get it done
Very cool right to the point didn't miss any thing and after im done ill have 2 beers
Well done Wally. I feel like I've done my due diligence to teaching you how to change that headlight with the accompaniment of beer.
Dude…. Those little plastic suckers were nasty! Thanks a ton!
Thx for the video!! Yea those push pins suck I was able to just remove 2… I need a frickin beer!
If I ever get to meet you, 1st and 2nd rounds are on me. I was thinking I had to pull the bumper. Thanks!
You're on @tatj83 !
Thank Chris! We have a 2008 Vue and it is the same procedure. Really helped with showing what to do, but there was nothing could really help those F&@^#^* damn plastic pieces of chit screw things. Turned a 10 minute job into an hour..... and yes, I forgot to put one of the caps back on also. Luckily I had only screwed the main bolts back down, not everything.
Glad I could help. I've changed those so many times now that the little plastic rivets/screws are really tore up. I think, but I'm not positive, that you can buy new ones at the local hardware store. Seems like I stumbled across them once while at Lowes. Don't quote me on that.
Thanks, this made the change a breeze.
Dude made a 10 minute video for 3 bolts, had me worried when I seen how long the video was 😂
Those plastic fasteners are push pins. In the plant they just push in, the Phillips head is to back it out. You shouldn’t need to take the screw all the way out, only enough to pry the whole thing out. When you re-install them just push the screw in. Good video!
No problem everyone, glad I could help. Now I need to find something else that's broke on my Vue to do another video.
Maybe ......how to replace the driver side visor?! 👍 only the metal is there, when I slide the visor in, it no longer stays up, causing an obstruction.
Tks! You save my life! Great job!
Thanks, Chris!
You're very welcome!
Great video!!!!!! Have a 2009. Great car 116,000 miles.
You got me with the Beer.. ill subscribe
thanks, your video really helped!
Wow! This video help me a lot! Cheers!
It's nearly 2 years later, how well have the Ultra's been holding up in the Vue, my bulb finally gave way at 130k, time to change the bulbs....
Not all that well. I think I started changing bulbs every year or so because they kept blowing out. Although I was not using the bulb grease like I should have. This last time I changed one of the bulbs I did use it, so we'll see how long it lasts now.
Thanks for your reply, that is what I read from other reviewers that they get about a year. To me that is pathetic as I understand the light is better than standard, but I've owned my car for 5 years now and this is the first time I'm changing the bulb. Also possibly the first time the bulbs have ever been changed on the vehicle as it is a 2008 and I bought it with 43k. So, as far as bulb grease goes, you mean on the terminals? That won't make any difference if that is what you mean. I work for a industrial connector company and your multiple removal of the connector will only increase resistance at the terminals at worst case which will decrease the power to the connector(probably increasing the life of the bulb actually at a cost of a little less light. As far as I know grease is basically put on those to seal up around the connection points so it will not corrode. Yet grease is actually an insulator, so current is not going through the grease it is just keeping the touch points isolated from whatever is outside, ex. water etc. Yet the Deutsch connector with the silicone seal is plenty enough to keep any water etc. away from the terminal points. I'll look for another option, maybe the middle ground Sylvania, as I believe that is better life.... This upsets me though because obviously Sylvania is making a bulb that is setup to burn out earlier. More bulb changes, more money in their pockets and whatever the automaker gets is probably a top of the line non-consumer unit that lasts for these 5+ years, heck maybe 9 years....
The grease, from what I've been told, is basically to prevent the bulb from shortening out due to moisture. I agree though, the cap with the O ring, or the connector itself should keep water away from the connectors. But I do notice condensation or moisture on the inside of my headlights. So I used the grease this time as a
Yea if the ground was bad then the current going thru the filament decreases, and therefore the light decreases and the bulb should run longer. Basically I see it two different ways, either the quality has really dropped or the company is trying to make them drop off earlier. I've been noticing this with house bulbs they don't last anywhere close to where they did when I was a young kid. It almost makes it a no brainer at this point to buy LEDs, because I get tired of changing the bulb so much. I'll agree the stock light on my Vue kinda stinks, it seemed weak when I bought it and compared to my 2004 Accord or my Wife's Malibu the stock light on those was a little more. Yet, I don't want to change bulbs over and over. Therefore I'm gonna call the dealer up and see if they have the stock bulbs. When I check online it says they are discontinued. With my Wife's car I only replaced the 1 bulb on her drivers side that burnt out at about 130k. I put in a basic or the one level above that for Sylvania. So far it is holding up and the car is at 150k, but to replace bulbs on that I had to remove the entire front bumper and it is a huge pain. I read somewhere where someone replaced their bulbs twice on their Malibu due to using what your using and finally the 3rd time took it to the dealer, and the dealer told them the bulb ran too hot for the design of the enclosure. This could be the case, so I'll just deal with stock brightness and hopefully get new bulbs put in that will get me another 100k, the car should be long out of my hands by then.
I bought the dealer bulbs and put them in this weekend. Everything was pretty simple, except removing the lens assemblies as they have so many contours on them that lock in with the body I had a heck of a time removing them. At least they went back in place quite a bit better. The dealer bulbs are not OEM part number as that part number has gone obsolete. I'm hoping guessing because they were an inferior product in some way shape or form. The new bulbs seem brighter than the old bulbs, equal to my Wife's Malibu in brightness. I'm not sure if it has to do with being brand new or if the new bulbs are just brighter. Either way I'm happy with that outcome. Cost per bulb was 20.7 before tax so they weren't that cheap that's for sure. Now just need to wait and see how long they last. One thing I noticed was the moisture in the lamp assembly and I don't know if it was there before I opened them up or if by opening them the moisture got pulled in. Either way hope that doesn't shorten my life. Time will tell I guess.
Especially like the commentary and refreshment suggestions!
Thanks!! Beer definitely helped in the production of this video and the success of this project.
Very helpful, and funny! Thanks!
Helpful and to the point
Nice job thanks I’m trying led bulbs I’m 80 yro need all the light like th3 brew I make my own too 😀
How do you change the old bulb I've seen so many video telling me to replace but how you take the old one off??
What do you mean? This shows you how to take the old bulb off and put a new bulb in.
Hi Chris, I was wondering if you know if there are any 2009 Saturn vue that require the front bumper to be removed to change any of the lights in the front because my local mechanic said what was needed to be done and it cost me extra. Thanks for the video.
Hi Caveman. I'm not a mechanic but I didn't see any lights that required the bumper to be removed. it may be the fog lights on the bottom but even then you would think you'd be able to get to them from under the car. I did not have these lights on my model of Vue, so I can't speak from experience.
With that being said, I do know that some Saturn cars did require the bumper to be removed to just change the headlight bulbs. My wife had an Saturn Aura that required this. So we just flat-out sold the car. That's one way to change the headlight I guess. Get rid of the car altogether.
So my only guess is that the mechanic is assuming that the Vue will need its bumper removed in order to change any of the lamps, but hasn't really done his due diligence and finding out that this model of Vue does not require this.
Great video
Thanks Monica!!!
Is this a good car brand to buy?
Thanks king
Hey...no problem. Especially to a fellow Michigander!!
@ I knew I liked you!
thanks...very helpful
You can actually go under the fender to get to it that way I've done it before it's a lot easier than trying to remove the headlight cover their screws you got to take out to get to it and turn you have to divorce turn the tires to one way or the other depends on what side you need to get to
Thank you Chris! The service guy wanted to charge me WHAT to change a bulb that I had provided? Oh, that's right, he noticed I was a woman. I changed both bulbs after watching your video. And changed out some of the plastic crud screws in there that I broke along with two nails. Sigh. I probably hold my Jameson better than him too.
it's not just in golf where i say "get in the hole" its my usual tinder hookup....
Amen
Back again because I forgot how to change it.
This guy is funny.
Thanks Joshua!!!
why I was told my bumper had to be pulled off for the bulb replacement...
Some cars that is indeed the case. My wife's car at the time was a Saturn Aura, which did need the bumper to be removed. But as you can see from my video, that's not the case for the Saturn Vue.
Thanks.
Love beer! LOL!
Me too. You should check out my other You Tube channel where I review beers... th-cam.com/users/MrLiquidBreadvideos
You have to make more videos
I got a new truck and I haven't had to do any repairs on it. I have done some beer reviews on a different TH-cam channel, but I've gotten lazy and haven't done any new vids in quite awhile. Just search for MrLiquidBread on TH-cam...or here's the link to the channel. th-cam.com/users/MrLiquidBreadvideos
Love comment white roads!
I see you have founders on tap.
Actually...that's just a Founder KBS tap handle. I think the beer I was drinking was one of my home brews. Which reminds me...I need to brew some beer. It's been awhile.
Brrrrrrppppp! Thanks!
Those little black plastic screws wouldn't come out and now they are stripped. Driving me crazy
Nooooo you skipped the hardest plastic screw and did it off camera 😭
and beer. and beer.
Perhaps I will meet whomever invented these screw/plug things in Hell!!
Your instructions are the best, but I wish your language wasn't so vulgar.
hilarious commentary
that was not fun without a 10mm socket wrench. my front end was replace a while back, DEER! and the plastic bolts were replaced with anchors without a philips head hole. so i had to pop them off.
also that hidden bold was had lots of deposits on it, again not easy without a 10mm socket.
yay BEER!
Ok the big flat head does not "pop out" fucking hell
It was all good until i replace the lamp and everything, then realized i didnt put the dial back on after replacing bulb...dumb ass!
Do you know how many times I've done that exact same thing? You're not alone.
Cheap pos plastic screws stripped straight into circles, with next to no effort. Son of a Bitch this just got 100x trickier
I also recommend after-the-fact to use some of that dielectric grease on the light bulb connexion. Because I never used any I had to keep replacing my bulbs because water would get in and eventually burn the ball back out.
What a feckin pain in the ass!
Those are the worst lights sir. Silverstars are brighter. Fyi
😂
Everything was good. Except the liberal craft beer
No reason to have to use such foul language
very helpful thanks!