VUE windshield washer spray nozzle blowing out

I wonder if any other VUE owners are having a problem with the windshield
washer spray nozzles blowing out. I've had my VUE back 4 times now to have
nozzles replaced. I asked if Saturn is addressing the problem and the
manager told me no, but that they would replace it under warranty, until the
warranty expires, then it's on me.
Scout
"losing faith in Saturn"

In article >,
says...
> I wonder if any other VUE owners are having a problem with the windshield
> washer spray nozzles blowing out. I've had my VUE back 4 times now to have
> nozzles replaced. I asked if Saturn is addressing the problem and the
> manager told me no, but that they would replace it under warranty, until the
> warranty expires, then it's on me.
> Scout
> "losing faith in Saturn"

Blowing out how?

Is there dirt floating around in your washer fluid bottle? It would have
to be blowing out because of a restriction I would think.

The nozzles seem to be just pressed into a small well. They last a few
months and then, while using the washer fluid, you'll hear a "tink" on the
windshield and it's the nozzle, forced out of the well, and bouncing off the
windshield. I don't know if I'm the only one this is happening too, I was
wondering if the design didn't provide enough friction (around the well) to
hold in the nozzle. Dirt is always a possibility. I never use anything other
than Rain-x (pink) windshild fluid. Perhaps it's too viscous?
Scout

"Blah Blah" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> says...
>> I wonder if any other VUE owners are having a problem with the windshield
>> washer spray nozzles blowing out. I've had my VUE back 4 times now to
>> have
>> nozzles replaced. I asked if Saturn is addressing the problem and the
>> manager told me no, but that they would replace it under warranty, until
>> the
>> warranty expires, then it's on me.
>> Scout
>> "losing faith in Saturn"
>
> Blowing out how?
>
> Is there dirt floating around in your washer fluid bottle? It would have
> to be blowing out because of a restriction I would think.

In article >,
says...
> The nozzles seem to be just pressed into a small well. They last a few
> months and then, while using the washer fluid, you'll hear a "tink" on the
> windshield and it's the nozzle, forced out of the well, and bouncing off the
> windshield. I don't know if I'm the only one this is happening too, I was
> wondering if the design didn't provide enough friction (around the well) to
> hold in the nozzle. Dirt is always a possibility. I never use anything other
> than Rain-x (pink) windshild fluid. Perhaps it's too viscous?
> Scout
>

Rain-x could be softening the plastic or something.

happened to me so I used a sparingly amount of crazy glue.
"Scout" > wrote in message
...
> I wonder if any other VUE owners are having a problem with the windshield
> washer spray nozzles blowing out. I've had my VUE back 4 times now to have
> nozzles replaced. I asked if Saturn is addressing the problem and the
> manager told me no, but that they would replace it under warranty, until
the
> warranty expires, then it's on me.
> Scout
> "losing faith in Saturn"
>
>

"tony" > wrote in message news:<9TNgd.157$Z22.71@trndny04>...
> happened to me so I used a sparingly amount of crazy glue.
>
Happened to me too (I don't use Rain-X).
Pretty sad if they don't have a permanent fix for this simple problem!
Taking it back to the dealer soon to fix this and the LF wheel bearing.

Scout wrote:
> I wonder if any other VUE owners are having a problem with the
windshield
> washer spray nozzles blowing out. I've had my VUE back 4 times now to
have
> nozzles replaced. I asked if Saturn is addressing the problem and the

> manager told me no, but that they would replace it under warranty,
until the
> warranty expires, then it's on me.
> Scout
> "losing faith in Saturn"

Saturn recently replaced my driver-side nozzle (barely still under
warranty). Passenger side promptly popped out just out of warranty. I
just purchased 2 replacement nozzles ($7 ea. - yikes!). Rather than
pulling the cowl off to replace the entire little goose-neck assembly -
just to have the center nozzle blow out again - I whittled-down the
outer 'holder' until the keyed nozzle came loose. I then inserted the
nozzle half-way into the existing goose-neck, sparingly applied some
crazy glue around the perimeter and pushed the nozzle home. Hopefully
this will be a permanent fix.