How to Fix Saints Row 4 Crashes, Errors and Other Problems

We’ve talked a lot about Saints Row 4 lately, from having the review published to taking you all the way to the game’s secret ending and sharing with you the game cheats, but we haven’t talked about that fraction of gamers who are having problems with SR4. We’re going to fix that by posting this article with Saints Row 4 crash fixes, as well as tips and tricks on how to fix any other errors that you might encounter playing the game.

One of the most widespread problems is related to the controller not working in Saints Row 4. Fortunately, torabi1010 on the Steam forums found the solution and the fix:

“In case your xbox 360 PC controller is not working… Your problem might be with Razor Nostromo drivers. I couldn’t get my xbox 360 controller to work even after reinstalling drivers. I found a post of someone with a similar problem that mentioned he had a Nostromo. I uninstalled the Nostromo drivers, restarted the pc, and Saints Row 3 works just fine with the controller now.”

Other users say that the Nostromo controller problem can be solved if you unplug the controller, start the game, plug the controller back in and let the game work its magic.

If Saints Row 4 freezes while downloading the character, make sure that you don’t have in your download queue more than 9 characters in it.

If you have audio problems with Saints Row 4 and you don’t hear the character voices (or any trouble at all) this might be because of some settings configuration problems: double check the console settings or PC control panel to verify that the machine was set to output in stereo when on stereo speakers. Some users had some drop-downs set to 5.1 when wearing headphones… that’ll nuke a lot of the voice, especially the player.

If Saints Row 4 crashes or you have the black screen problem, updating your graphic card drivers will most likely solve your problem! Alternately, running the game in windowed mode helped many get past freezes and crashes, so if everything else fails, you should try doing this too.

And these are the recommended fixes for now for Saints Row 4 Crashes and other errors. If you have other problems or if you find some fixes that are worth sharing, let us know.

22 comments

Ren Collins September 14, 2013 7:35 am

Saints Row 4 is not starting at all, process shows in task manager for about a second and then disappears.

Vicelio November 12, 2013 1:07 am

At “Matt is Back” mission, The mech suit comes off immediately but the game continues as if I still have it on. I am really frustrated as I can not progress any more. Help ME ASAP PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Zay Purefide December 31, 2013 7:15 am

Take off unlockitall cheat

Jade Taylor December 8, 2013 5:38 am

I keep getting stuck at the defend the ship in Zero Cool. The ship stops and wont move while you can still shoot. Someone help please asap

johnyy January 2, 2014 4:58 am

Take off unlock it all cheat

johnyy January 2, 2014 4:54 am

When I get to the 4th mission of the intro of saint row iv for Xbox for some reasons I can’t move out of the space im in also no one is walking the streets and no cars

johnyy January 2, 2014 4:56 am

Really please help!!!

brian April 20, 2014 7:10 pm

same problem here :(

nikki January 8, 2015 8:55 pm

My character is invisable making things dificult it happend after completing the quest with cid Its an emergency….. Iv restarted my Xbox and nothing is changing

alec June 18, 2015 7:41 am

Same here my character is invisible out of no where and that was the only problem now its the sound effects glitching pr whatever it is. And I had this game less than a week.

insertnamehere February 21, 2015 9:15 am

Character freezes in the a game of clones mission during the training simulation. I still have the buff after i exit the mission but it says i haven’t completed the mission

Denzel Devitt April 22, 2016 11:45 am

Same thing is happening to me, did you ever find a solution?

Kelso April 25, 2015 4:53 am

It’s the same type of glitch that was in SR3, you need to disable the “vehicle no damage” cheat.

jason May 27, 2016 8:03 pm

On rescue Johnny gat when I need to find his pod the first door won’t open to let me through. I have no cheats on and restarted the game and mission multiple times with no luck. Any help?