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    <periodOfReport>2010-04-12</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001405424</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>VISION INDUSTRIES CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VIIC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001420852</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ICE CONVERSIONS INC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>22525 PACIFIC COAST HWY, #101</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MALIBU</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90265</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>President is Officer of Issuer</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-04-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>237885</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.45</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>396115</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Disposition pursuant to a Redemption Agreement for the Common Stock of Ice Conversions, Inc. and Cyclone Energy, Inc.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Disposition pursuant to the Redemption Agreement (see Note 1 above), Ice Conversions, Inc. and Cyclone Energy, Inc.'s Shareholders exchanged their respective stock for shares of Issuer (&quot;Vision Industries Corp&quot; or &quot;Vision&quot;) and Force Fuels, Inc. stock. Ice Conversion and Cyclone Energy Shareholders elected to redeem their Ice Conversion and Cyclone Energy stock as follows: For every $1.00 invested in Ice Conversions and/or Cyclone Energy, the Shareholders would receive One and One Tenth (1.1) Vision Share and One Tenth (0.1) Force Fuels Share from Ice Conversions' and Cyclone Energy's Vision and Force Fuel stock holdings.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Power of Attorney filed as an Exhibit to this Report.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Diane J. Harrison as attorney-in-fact for Lawrence Weisdorn, Prsident, Ice Conversions Inc.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-04-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
