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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2010-02-18</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>2010-02-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2250000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.45</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>59000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Disposition pursuant to the Redemption Agreement for the Common Stock of Ice Conversions, Inc. and Cyclone Energy, Inc.  Ice Conversions, Inc. (the &quot;Reporting Person&quot;) and Cyclone Energy, Inc. shareholders exchanged their respective stock holdings for shares of the Issuer (&quot;Vision Industries Corp.&quot; or &quot;Vision&quot;) and Force Fuels, Inc. stock.  Ice Conversions and Cyclone Energy shareholders elected to redeem their Ice Conversions and Cyclone Energy stock as follows:  for every $1.00 investd in Ice Conversions and/or Cyclone Energy, the Shareholder would receive One and One Tenth (1.1) share of Vision stock and One Tenth (0.1) share of Force Fuels stock from Ice Conversions' and Cyclone Energy's Vision and Force Fuels 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, President Ice Conversions, Inc.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-02-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
