Saturn Vue Complaints

2,395 consumer complaints on file.

#11030744October 1, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE HEATING AND VENTILATION IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THIS VEHICLE HAS AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL. THIS SAME CONDITION OCCURRED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE FAN IS ABLE TO BE VARIABLY CONTROLLED FOR SPEED. THE COLD/HOT SELECTOR DOES NOT CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE. THE MODE SELECTOR FOR THE AIR DISTRIBUTION IS STUCK ON VENT MODE. I HAVE NO HEAT OR FRONT DEFROSTER. THE WARRANTY FIX WAS A COMPUTER RE-FLASH THE THE H.V.A.C. PROGRAMMER. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR 7 DAYS. STATIC OR MOVING MATTERS NOT. I DO BELIEVE ALL MOTOR VEHICLE VENTILATION SYSTEMS SHOULD DEFAULT TO DEFROSTER MODE! REGARDS, M4RK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11025412September 25, 2017
STEERING
STIFF STEERING AT TIMES AROUND CORNERS. ALMOST LIKE NO POWER ASSISTING THE TURN. COMES BACK RIGHT AFTER THE TURN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11023651September 15, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V490000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) ON 9/5/17. THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS REPLACED BY DON NESTER AUTO GROUP (7566 WEST HOUGHTON LAKE DRIVE, HOUGHTON LAKE, MI 48629, PHONE: (989) 422-5126); HOWEVER, THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED TWO KEYS WITH THE REPAIR, BUT NEITHER OF THEM UNLOCKED THE VEHICLE DOORS. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE DOOR LOCKS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO ASSIST WITH REPLACING THE DOOR LOCKS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 162,479.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11023418September 14, 2017
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL, SAME AS OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG CAN BE DEACTIVATED WHEN SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY SITTING IN THE SEAT. THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON THE PANEL INTERMITTENTLY. THIS IS ALL WHILE DRIVING, I CAN BE DRIVING FOR AN HOUR AND THEN THE LIGHT COMES ON, OR BE DRIVING FOR AN HOUR WITH THE LIGHT ON AND THEN THE LIGHT GOES OFF. SOMETIMES IT COMES ON THEN GOES RIGHT BACK OFF. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY CONSISTENCY. SOMETIME SOMEONE IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WHEN IT DOES THIS AND SOMETIME THE SEAT IS EMPTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11022608September 11, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SATURN VUE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE PASSENGER DOOR AIR BAG AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER (CENTRAL BUICK GMC OF NORWOOD, 70 BOSTON PROVIDENCE HWY, NORWOOD, MA 02062; (781) 473-0908) STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR SINCE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11022539September 10, 2017
AIR BAGS, SEATS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN VEHICLE STARTS PASSAGER DASH BOARD MAKES TICKONG SOUND FOR ABOUT 2 MIN AND STOPS. PASSAGER SEAT WILL NOT GO BACK LATCH DOES NOT WORK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11022031September 6, 2017
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL MY DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF. IT WON'T COME FOR DAYS AND THEN IT WILL POP ON. THEN SOMETIMES IT WILL COME ON AND GO RIGHT BACK OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021504September 5, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN VUE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HEIDEBREICHT CHEVROLET (64200 VAN DYKE, WASHINGTON, MI 48095), BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW THE SPECIFIC PART THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,258.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021195September 2, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD HAS COME ON WHEN THE CAR IS BOTH IN MOTION. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS REALLY HOT, BUT THEN IT CAME ON WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 75 DEGREES OUTSIDE. IT SOMETIMES WOULD STAY ON FOR 50 OR MORE MILES AND OTHER TIMES IT WOULD STAY ON FOR ONLY A MILE OR TWO. THOSE SHORT TIMES IT WOULD GO OFF FOR MAYBE A MILE OR SOMETIMES 3-4 MILES THEN COME BACK ON. WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR WOULD SMELL FAINTLY LIKE SOMETHING WAS HOT OR MAYBE LIKE GUN POWDER. IT HASN'T COME ON FOR A MONTH NOW. SOMETIMES I THOUGHT IT WAS WHEN I HIT A BUMP THAT IT WOULD COME ON OR GO OFF. BUT IT DID IT WHEN THE ROAD WAS NOT BUMPY. IT DID IT LAST SUMMER AND THIS SUMMER. IT WOULD SOMETIMES BE ON WHEN I SHUT THE IGNITION OFF, BUT NOT ALWAYS. SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE ON WHEN I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN, BUT NOT ALWAYS. IT DID IT BOTH IN TOWN AND WHEN HIGHWAY DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11019927August 27, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT... WHEN IT GREEN AND TIME TO DRIVE THE GAS MOVED BY THE CAR WAS A COMPLETE STOP AND IT WONT NOT MOVE FOWARD OR BACKWARDS... LEAVING ME AND MY 2 TODDLERS STUCK INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11019968August 27, 2017
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY TRANSITION. I KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. WHEN I CALLED ABOUT THE RECALL THE WOMAN ON THE OTHER END SAID I WASN'T ABLE TO BE INCLUDED THAT'S WHY I WASN'T NOTIFIED. THE RECALL STATED ANY OWNER. AS EVEN THOUGH I WAS SOLD THE CAR AS NEW, THERE HAD BEEN A PREVIOUS OWNER. I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 420 MILES. MY CAR WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR SOMETIMES, WHEN IN PARK IT ROLLS ABOUT 8 TO 10 INCHES. WHEN MY CAR WON'T SHIFT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. I USE THE TIPTRONIC SHIFT AND WHERE THERE SHOULD BE A 1 FOR FIRST GEAR THERE IS NOTHING. ON THE HIGH WAY WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS MY CAR WON'T SHIFT TO A HIGHER GEAR TO PICK UP SPEED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11018783August 22, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
ALL FOUR HEAD LIGHTS OUT OF NOWHERE JUST STARTED TO FLASH AND IT WENT FROM A FLASH TO OUT NOT COMING ON AT ALL AND I HAVE CHECKED ALL FUSES RELAYS AND LIGHTBULBS JUST DRIVING DOWN A DRY ROAD NO WATER AT ALL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11016528August 21, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE KEY WHILE IN THE IGNITION PAST THE "ON" POSITION. THE CONTACT HAD DIFFICULTY REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. AFTER JIGGLING THE KEY AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL SEVERAL TIMES, THE KEY WAS ABLE TO COME OUT AND HAD DIFFICULTY BEING REINSERTED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ANYTIME WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR KIA DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 71,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11018632August 21, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO YEARS AGO, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED OFF AND ON. CURRENTLY, THE PASSENGER AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CARL BLACK CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (770-514-7607, LOCATED AT 1110 ROBERTS BLVD, KENNESAW, GA 30144), BUT NO DIAGNOSTIC FAILURE CODES WERE FOUND AND THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,407.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11015912August 17, 2017
AIR BAGS
I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 SATURN VUE STRAIGHT FORWARD AT 45 MPH, A BUICK ENCORE TURNED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME AND I SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF THEIR VEHICLE. MY CAR WAS TOTALED BUT MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY! I'M LUCKY I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON OR I WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11015121August 14, 2017
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
THE HORN WAS SOUNDING ALL THE TIME WAS INTERMITTENT NOW ON ALL THE TIME , HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11015279August 14, 2017
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY SATURN VUE, YEAR 2007, IS MAKING A SCREECHING SOUND COMING FROM THE AREA OF THE TRANSMISSION ON STARTUP AND GETS LOUDER ON ACCELERATION. THE RPM IS OVERLY AMPED. ON ACCELERATION IF STUTTERS OR FEELS LIKE IT'S SKIPPING BETWEEN GEARS. THIS TAKES PLACE ON STARTING THE CAR TO DRIVING ON CITY STREETS OR THE HIGHWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11014564August 11, 2017
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS RANDOMLY COMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11013899August 9, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IGNITION KEY FALLS OUT WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING AND IN GEAR, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11013448August 7, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
ON THE FIRST START OF THE DAY, AT OR BELOW 24 DEGREES F, THE INTERIOR ITEMS FLASH ON AND OFF UNTIL THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WARMED UP. I ALSO LEARNED THAT IF THE IGNITION WAS ON FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES IT WAS THE SAME AS IF IT WAS RUNNING. I LIVE IN NASHVILLE AND FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS IT ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 24 DEGREES OR BELOW. THE FLASHING ON AND OFF OF THE LIGHTS AND EQUIPMENT IS THE BODY CONTROL MODULE PROTECTING THEM WHEN THE CHARGE RATE IS TOO HIGH. IT WAS CONSIDERED AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND WHO CAN TROUBLESHOOT AT OR BELOW 24 DEGREES? A MONTH AGO (JULY) IT STARTED ALL THE TIME, NO FLASHING, NO STEERING, NO DASH INSTRUMENTS, ETC. LONGER STORY SHORT WITH THE PLUG REMOVED FROM THE ALTERNATOR (IT CONTROLS THE FIELD VOLTAGE THROUGH THE ECM/PCM) THE ALTERNATOR WAS STILL PUTTING OUT 18.5 VOLTS. THIS DEFINITELY SHOULD NOT OCCUR BUT SOMETHING WAS BAD WRONG INSIDE THE ALTERNATOR. IT WAS BOILING THE ACID OUT OF THE BATTERY TOO. ONCE THE ALTERNATOR WAS REMOVED (BENCH CHECKED FAILED) AND REPLACED IT ALL WENT AWAY. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WEATHER GETS BELOW 24 DEGREES AGAIN. THIS ALTERNATOR IS MANUFACTURED BY GM, IS DISCONTINUED AND NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM GM. ONLY REMANUFACTURED UNITS FROM CHINA ARE AVAILABLE AT THE AFTERMARKET PARTS STORES. THERE IS NO TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURE IN THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE ALTERNATOR PLUG CAN BE DISCONNECTED WITHOUT ANY DISASSEMBLY. THIS WAS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE ALTERNATOR ON THIS VUE THE FIRST OCCURRED AT 87,000 MILES. IT SEEMS THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE COMPONENTS OF THIS ALTERNATOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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