Saturn Vue Complaints (2008)

417 consumer complaints on file.

#10851866March 28, 2016
STEERING
AFTER STARTING MY VEHICLE, THE STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT AND CANNOT TURN IT IN EITHER DIRECTION. IT'S LOCKED UP!!!! I'M JUST THANKFUL I WAS NOT DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851753March 26, 2016
POWER TRAIN
CAR HAS 40000 MILES ON IT . LOST REVERSE GEAR AND HAS TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS. IS IN SHOP. TOLD WE NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. PROBLEMS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851448March 24, 2016
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION HAS EPISODES WHERE IT WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR. I HAVE TO PULL OVER, TURN OFF THE CAR AND RE- START IT. MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL SHIFT INTO GEAR AFTER DOING THIS, BUT THIS PAST WEEK IT HAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF THE PROBLEM. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN OCT. 2015. AND IT STARTED DOING THIS 3 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. I AM AWARE THAT GM HAS SEVERAL MODEL VEHICLES, INCLUDING SOME SATURNS, WHICH HAVE ON- STAR THAT HAVE FAULTY WAVE PLATES AND HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. AFTER READING SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS FROM SOME OF THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES, IT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT MY CAR IS DOING.I DON'T KNOW WHO TO CONTACT ABOUT THIS. BUT FYI...SATURN HAS ALREADY HAD A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST THEM FOR THE 2004-2005 MODEL TRANSMISSION PROBLEM- OR SO I'M TOLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839067February 29, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN VUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED AAA ROAD SERVICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT A METAL PART WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SUBMIT A LETTER, DETAILING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822871January 28, 2016
STEERING
MY WIFE TOLD ME SHE WAS HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY STEERING SO I DROVE THE CAR MYSELF THIS MORNING. AS I STARTED OUT, YES, I FOUND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL FELT QUITE KLUNKY. WHEN I GOT UP ON THE FREEWAY ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STEERING WHEEL JUST LOCKED STRAIGHT AHEAD. I BUMPED THE BRAKES AND HIT THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET THE CAR TO VEER RIGHT TO GET ONTO THE EXIT. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I MADE IT. THEN IT ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT A BIT LOOSER AND I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK HOME. IT'S AT THE MECHANIC NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822410January 26, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
HOOD LATCH CABLE FAILED. HOOD WAS SHUT BUT STARTED TO LIFT AND VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. ALSO REAR LIFT GATE ELECTRICAL FAILED. COULD NOT OPEN. HAD LOTS OF GROCERIES IN REAR FORCING US TO PULL REAR SEATS DOWN TO RETRIEVE. WHY NO KEY HOLE TO OPEN. SOMEONE DROPPED THE BALL. LIGHT SHIELD ON OVERHEAD PANEL FALLS OUT CONSTANTLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10820805January 18, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
KEY STUCK IN IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. BRAKES LOCKED. SHIFTER LOCKED. EMERGENCY FLASHER LIGHTS NOT WORKING. ALL ELECTRICAL OFF, WINDOWS WOULD NOT OPEN. KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN LOCK CYLINDER. CAR WOULD NOT START. ONSTAR COMMUNICATION WAS DISABLED. LOCK CYLINDER HAD TO BE DRILLED OUT AND REPLACED. HOUSING IN STEERING COLUMN WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. SATURN VUES WERE RECALLED FOR IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER REPLACEMENT, BUT 2008 MODELS WERE LEFT OUT OF THE RECALL. THEY SHOULD BE ON THE RECALL LIST FOR IGNITION CYLINDER STEERING WHEEL LOCK PROBLEMS ALONG WITH THE OTHER SATURN VUE MODELS. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND PREVENTED ME FROM LEAVING A NEARLY EMPTY PARKING LOT AT DUSK. I HAD NO WAY TO CALL FOR HELP FROM THE CAR. I DEPEND ON ONSTAR FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WHERE CELL SIGNALS ARE WEAK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10819509January 11, 2016
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ARE THEIR ANY RECALLS ON ANY PARTS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10818804January 7, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN LOCK CYLINDER. CAR WOULD NOT START. ONSTAR COMMUNICATION WAS DISABLED. LOCK CYLINDER HAD TO BE DRILLED OUT AND REPLACED. HOUSING IN STEERING COLUMN WAS DAMAGED. SATURN VUES WERE RECALLED FOR IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER REPLACEMENT, BUT 2008 MODELS WERE LEFT OUT OF THE RECALL. THEY SHOULD BE ON THE RECALL LIST FOR IGNITION CYLINDER STEERING WHEEL LOCK PROBLEMS ALONG WITH THE OTHER SATURN VUE MODELS. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND PREVENTED ME FROM LEAVING A NEARLY EMPTY PARKING LOT AT DUSK. I HAD NO WAY TO CALL FOR HELP FROM THE CAR. I DEPEND ON ONSTAR FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WHERE CELL SIGNALS ARE WEAK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816752December 29, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE EMERGING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE NEXT DAY THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION MODULE WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10809554December 10, 2015
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. THIS MADE STEERING VERY DIFFICULT. AND DRIVING DANGEROUS. POWER STEERING LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON, WILL HAVE TO TAKE TO DEALER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807215November 27, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION BECAME INOPERABLE AS AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V200000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787147October 29, 2015
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK (DOWNTOWN) MY STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT ON MY 2008 SATURN VUE XE. I PULLED OVER, PARKED AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. WHEN I RESTARTED IT AND STARTED DRIVING EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THEN ABOUT 100 FT DOWN THE ROAD IT WENT OUT AGAIN AND I LOST ALL POWER TO MY STEERING WHEEL. I PULLED OVER AGAIN AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. THIS TIME I LOST ALL POWER TO THE CAR AND THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION. I SAT FOR 5 OR 10 MINUTES THEN TRIED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE CAR STARTED UP AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WAS OFF. I TRIED DRIVING AGAIN BUT HAD BARELY PULLED AWAY FROM THE CURB WHEN THE STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY TO BE IN THE CITY AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET TO A SIDE STREET AS CONTROLLING AND TURNING THE WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783508October 19, 2015
STEERING
INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT PROBLEMS NOISE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780960October 9, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE CODE READ. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS SYSTEM. IT SOUNDED SERIOUS SO I SAID JUST FIX IT. $600 LATER MY CAR WAS RUNNING GREAT WITH NO PROBLEMS. ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE SAME REASON. DEALERSHIP WONT FIX IT AGAIN AND BASICALLY TOLD ME THEY HAVE DONE ALL THEY CAN DO. THEY DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS. EVERYTIME I FILL MY GAS TANK MY CAR TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO START AGAIN AND IT STRUGGLES. LOTS OF SPUTTERING AND MOST OF THE TIME IT STARTS THEN DIES. IVE BEEN TOLD I WASN'T THE CAUSE AND ITS PROBABLY JUST A FAULTY GAS CAP SO I REPLACED THAT AND THE LIGHT IS STILL ON AFTER HAVING IT CLEARED. THEIR OTHER EXPLANATION WAS ITS A SATURN SO EXPECT PROBLEMS. I WAS NOT HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. THEY REPLACED THE PURGE VALVE, VENT VALVE, CHECKED FOR LEAKS AND EVERYTHING. THERE IS NO REASON IT SHOULD BE MESSED UP AGAIN ESPECIALLY THIS SOON AFTER REPLACEMENT. OTHER THAN THAT MY CAR RUNS GREAT AFTER 4 YEARS OF OWNING AND DRIVING IT ALL OVER THE STATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10779785October 5, 2015
POWER TRAIN
WHEN PARKING, WHETHER ON AN INCLINE OR LEVEL GROUND MY VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL FORWARD. SO A MAJORITY OF THE TIME I HAVE TO UTILIZE MY MANUAL BRAKE WHEN PLACING MY VEHICLE IN PARK JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE AND TO VOID ANY MISHAPS. ALSO, WHEN IN DRIVE MY VEHICLE MAKES A VERY STRONG NOISE THAT INTENSIFIES THE LONGER I AM DRIVING. WHEN I MAKE TURNS OR REVERSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS STRUGGLING TO PERFORM. THE BEST ANALOGY I CAN GIVE IS WHEN A PERSON WITH ASTHMA FIRST BEGINS TO STRUGGLE WITH BREATHING AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR RESCUE INHALER THAT STRUGGLE IMMEDIATELY BEGINS TO KICK UP A NOTCH. I REVIEWED THE OPEN RECALLS AND FOUND THAT THERE IS ONE REGARDING THE ISSUES THAT I AM EXPERIENCING WITH MY VEHICLE (CORRECT MAKE/MODEL) WHOEVER, I AM BEING TOLD THAT RECALLS ARE VIN SPECIFIC AND THAT MY VIN DOESN'T QUALIFY. IT WAS LIKE I WAS BEING HANDLED AND THE OH WELL TONE REGARDING MY CONCERN THAT IT CAN'T BE THAT ISSUE BECAUSE YOUR VIN IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL APPROACH WAS QUITE UNNERVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10777915September 27, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
POWER STEERING WOULD CUT IN AND OUT WHILE DRIVING. CHECK LIGHTS WOULD COME ON. LET CAR SIT A BIT RESTART ENGINE THEN WOULD STEER CORRECTLY BUT NOT FOR TOO LONG THEN STEERING WOULD BECOME VERY HARD AND CHECK LIGHTS WOULD COME ON AGAIN. A FEW DAYS WOULD PASS WITHOUT INCIDENT THEN IT WOULD FAIL TO STEER PROPERLY,(WITHOUT POWER). TOOK IN AND MECHANIC FOUND A CODE FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR FAILURE AND ALSO THE TORQUE SENSOR,( STEERING COLUM ANGLE SENSOR) WAS BAD. I READ AN ARTICAL SOMETIME IN 2013 THAT DESCRIBED MY PROBLEM AND IT WAS BEING FOLLOWED FOR A HISTORY BUT HAD NOT BECOME A RECALL YET. BEFORE WRINTING THIS COMPLAINT FORM I REVIEWED MY VIN # AND STILL NO RECALL :(
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10764720September 17, 2015
AIR BAGS
A CAR HIT ME FROM BEHIND AND PUSHED ME INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHERE I WAS HIT BY A CAR ON DRIVER FRONT. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THE CHEMICAL IN THE BAGS CAUSED 3RD DEGREE BURNS ON MY HAND AND ARMS. MEDICAL EXPENSES WERE NOT THAT MUCH BUT I HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH SCARRING THAT I THINK ARE UNATTRACTIVE. DOCTORS SAY IT IS PERMANENT.ARE AIRBAGS SUPPOSED TO EXPLODE AND THE CHEMICAL IN THEM BE RELEASED?
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10763321September 12, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I REPLACED ALERNATOR STARTER AND NEW BATTERY AND STILL HAVING POWER ISSUES WITH DRAINING BATTERY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10763243September 11, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN VUE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKES SEIZED, ALL OF THE CALIBERS SEIZED, AND THE ANTI-SKID AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS CONTAMINATION IN THE BRAKE FLUID. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE PADS, THE HOSES, AND THE BRAKE FLUID WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER; THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE BRAKE FLUID WAS FLUSHED AND THE BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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