Saturn Vue Complaints

2,395 consumer complaints on file.

#11151510November 14, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY IN PARKED LIKE MODE, WHEN GOING TO START THE ENGINE, THERE IS NOTHING. NO CLICKING, NO SOUND. OTHER TIMES IT WILL START BUT STRUGGLE AND OTHER TIMES WITHIN SECONDS OF THE FIRST 2 EXAMPLES ABOVE, IT WILL START RIGHT UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11150694November 10, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS SHUT OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2015.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11149630November 6, 2018
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN VUE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN THE PARK POSITION, THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN THE REVERSE POSITION, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO MOVE PARTIALLY AND STOPPED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE ANY FURTHER IN THE REVERSE POSITION. IN ADDITION, THE RPMS INCREASED RAPIDLY ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 30 MPH. A DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144514October 31, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 26, 2018, MY BATTERY DIED. I HAD IT REPLACED AFTER THE TOW COMPANY DIAGNOSED IT. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS MALFUNCTIONG. MY CAR ON A BUSY INTERSECTION JUST DIED WITH ON COMING HEAVY TRAFFIC. I COULD NOT MOVE OR PUT IT IN NUETURAL TO MOVE IT. IT HAD TO BE JUMPED IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE DANGEROUS SITUATION. MY CONCERN THAT THE CAR JUST LOCKED UP, NO POWER OR ABILITY TO MOVE. I COULD NOT USE MY HAZARD LIGHTS. A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND THEN I WAS ACCELERATING THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING WENT DARK. PLEASE ADVISE OF WHAT TYPE OF DOCUMENTATION YOU WILL NEED FOR THIS FILE? I AM JUST WRITING BECAUSE THIS WAS A SAFETY RELATED MALFUNCTIONING THAT WAS LIFE THREATENING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144053October 30, 2018
STEERING
POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING SOMETIMES AND IT'S VERY HARD TO TURN THE WHEELS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11140473October 15, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
KEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION IN THE ON POSITION WHEN IN MOTION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11138890October 7, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS. THEY LOCK AFTER I SHIFT OUT OF PARK. I STARTED TO LEAVE MY YARD THE REALIZED I FORGOT SOMETHING IN MY HOME. PROCEEDED TO PARK. GOT THE ITEM AND TRIED TO PUT IT IN THE DRIVERS SIDE BACK SEAT AND THE BACK DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN EITHER FROM OUT SIDE NOR THE INSIDE. SO THAT IS WHERE IT IS TO DATE. CAR IN MY YARD SITTING STILL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11133465October 5, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
WHEN YOU TRY TO STOP SOMETIMES PULLING UP TO A REDLIGHT OR STOP SIGN ITS LIKE THE BRAKE PEDAL DOESNT WANT TO MASH DOWN AND IT TAKES EVERYTHING TO MASH IT THEN IT SLAMS YOU ON YOUR HEAD.SOMETIMES IT STOPS FINE BUT ONCE OUT OF EVERY 10 TIMES IT KEEPS GOING.THE CAR HAD 107399 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT IN SEPTEMBER & THE BROKER REPLACED THE BRAKES HE SAYS.WE FOUND A RECIEPT IN THE DASH FOR HAVING THEM BLED SO DONT KNOW IF THEY WERE REALLY REPLACED OR NOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11132148September 28, 2018
STEERING
TAKATA RECALL - NO POWER STEERING WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS AND PULLING INTO PARKING SPOTS. TOOK TO DEALER WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED NEW POWER STEERING PUMP AND STEERING GEERS. MILEAGE 116787
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11131576September 25, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
EVERY TIME I AM DRIVING THE ABS BRAKES WILL START ENGAGING EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT HITTING THE BRAKES. THE ABS AND BOTH TRACTION LIGHTS COME ON. THEY ALSO ENGAGE WHILE I AM TRYING TO STOP EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT ON WET/ICY ROADS. NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE FIX FOR THIS. WE HAVE CHECKED AND REPLACED EVERYTHING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11131044September 24, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAD JUST RETURNED HOME FROM SHOPPING WHEN I EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. FORTUNATELY THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MY DRIVEWAY AS I WAS DRIVING UP TO THE FRONT OF MY GARAGE. SINCE I WAS MOVING VERY SLOW I WAS ABLE TO STOP BY SHIFTING THE TRANS INTO "PARK". I LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND SAW A PUDDLE OF BREAK FLUID ON THE DRIVEWAY AT EACH REAR WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP BY A TOWING SERVICE AND DELIVERED TO AUTO-LAB OF TROY, MI 48084. THEIR INSPECTION FOUND THAT BOTH BRAKE LINES AT THE REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH WHICH ALLOWED THE FLUID TO SPAY OUT OF THEM WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11128990September 13, 2018
STRUCTURE
2002 SATURN VUE. CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR VEHICLE AMOUNT. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRAME WAS BROKEN AND RUSTED MAKING VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS LOCATED AT AN IMPOUND YARD. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE REPAIRED. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11129400September 13, 2018
STEERING
THE VEHICLE IS HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIC STEERING. UNLIKE THE FULLY FUNCTIONAL POWER STEERING WHEEL DOES, IT MAKES THE DRIVING EXPERIENCE FEEL UNSAFE. IT FEELS EXTREMELY OBVIOUS WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS, WHICH COULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11122299August 25, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR HAS LOST POWER ON DASH LIGHTS, RADIO WHEN OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY OR AROUND TOWN ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNIN THE STEERING WHEEL, LOOSES POWER, AND SHE WAS FORCED TO GET INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. KEY GETS STUCK IN INGNITION UPON STARTING CAR INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT START WITHOUT JUMPING THE CAR OFF OR WITHOUT WIGGLING THE WIRES ON TOP OF THE BATTERY CONNECTING TO THE BRAIN. WE HAVE HAD THE BATTERY REPLACED. STABILITRACT LIGHT WAS ON AND WE HAD THE DEALER CHECK IT OUT THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE COMPUTER MODULE. RADIO WILL CUT OFF, DASH LIGHTS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11121824August 23, 2018
STEERING
POWER STEERING DOEN NOT WORK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11121870August 23, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY DOOR LOCKS DO NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK INTERMITTENTLY. IT MAY BE THAT THE DRIVERS DOOR UNLOCKS BUT NONE OF THE OTHERS AND AT TIMES NONE BUT THE REAR HATCH UNLOCK AND I HAVE TO CRAWL THRU THE SUV TO GET DOORS OPENED. WHEN NONE OF THE DOOR LOCKS OPEN, THE KEY WILL NOT UNLOCK THE DOOR EITHER. ALSO, ABOUT 1/3 OF THE TIME WHEN YOU USE THE CLICKER TO LOCK THE DOORS, THE HORN SOUNDS INDICATING IT LOCKED BUT WHEN I CHECK, SOME OR NONE LOCKED. WHEN I SHIFT INTO GEAR FROM PARK OR BACK TO PARK, THE LOCKS DO NOT ENGAGE OR DISENGAGE OR ONLY SOME DO. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID IT MIGHT BE THE LOCK ACTUATORS BUT HE SAID THAT IT COULDN'T BE IF THEY OPEN THE DOORS LOCKED OR UNLOCKED THE DOORS SOME OF THE TIME. HE SAID HE HAD ALSO HAD CUSTOMERS THAT OWNED GM CARS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL OF GM MODELS TO CORRECT IT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW MY LOCKS ARE WORKING PROPERLY. I WON'T LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE CAR WHEN SHOPPING OR PARKED BECAUSE I CAN'T TRUST THAT THE DOORS LOCKED. IF I FELT UNSAFE FOR ANY REASON GOING TO MY CAR, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IN AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN I COME OUT, IF SOMEONE IS ALREADY IN MY CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11121055August 20, 2018
STEERING
WE PURCHASED THIS CAR USED NOW HAS UNDER 90,000 MILES ON IT AND THE ENGINE STARTED LEAKING FROM ALL SEALS. $2700 TO REPAIR THIS NOW THE POWER STEERING SEEMS TO BE NOT WORKING MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. NO INDICATION OF ANY LEAKS JUST NOTICES WHEN THE GRINDING STARTED THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID ON THE DIP STICK. I SEE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND GIVEN THE SAFETY ISSUE FEEL IT SHOULD BE RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11119982August 14, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HYBRID BATTERIES ARE FULL OF CORROSION AND MOST LIKELY LEAKING. SAW SOME STUFF ABOUT A POSSIBLE RECALL ON THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11118685August 9, 2018
SUSPENSION
LOWER CONTOL ARM LEFT REAR SUSPENTION,PULLED OUT OF MOUNT. BODY RUSTED AND MAIN COMPONENT PULLED OUT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11118776August 9, 2018
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AIR BAG LIGHT WILL BE ON, OR FLASH PERIODICALLY WHEN ALREADY FASTENED. HAD AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF STEERING COLUMN 7/27/18. CRUISE GOES IN AND OUT. DIM/BRIGHT LIGHT COMES ON WHEN USING TURN SIGNAL. IGNITION SWITCH LOCKS UP FROM TIME TO TIME WHERE KEY CAN'T BE REMOVED AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP OR YOU CAN REMOVE KEY BUT SWITCH IS STILL ENGAGED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION WHEN MOST INCIDENTS OCCURRED AND LOCKUPS OCCUR DEPENDING ON WHAT POSITION THE STEERING WHEEL IS IN (ADJUSTABLE). THE ELECTRICAL FIRE HAPPENED JUST AS I EXITED THE HIGHWAY FROM A 30 MINUTE TRIP AFTER RELEASING THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY 4 BLOCKS FROM HOME. CFD WAS CALLED AND THEY DISMANTLED THE COLUMN, EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. I WAS BLESSED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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