2002 SATURN VUE Complaints

DURING COLD WEATHER AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE HORN FAILED. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT CONSUMER HIT THE HORN PAD TOO HARD AND DAMAGED THE WIRING. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *TC

THE BATTERY DIES CONSTANTLY SINCE EARLY AUGUST OF 2002 (PURCHASED CAR ON JUNE 2002). UNABLE TO OPERATE CAR WHEN THE BATTERY DIES. MUST BE JUMPED TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND THE RADIO ALSO HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. THE BATTERY DIES IF THE CAR IS NOT USED FOR MORE THAN 3 DAYS. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE THE CAR WAS IDDLE FOR TOO LONG. VISITED THE DEALERSHIPS 8 TIMES IN 6 MONTHS FOR THIS PROBLEM - DEALERSHIP ACTIONS DO NOT FIX PROBLEM. I EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH AND THE LIGHTS COMING ON AND OFF. I EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ALARM - NOT ENGAGING AND MALFUNCTIONING. I ALSO EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE WHEEL STEERING - NEEDING REPLACEMENT.*AK

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HORN BLEW CONSTANTLY. I PRESSED THE AREA WHERE THE HORN IS TO TRY TO SHUT IT OFF, TO NO AVAIL. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, OPEN THE HOOD, PULL OFF THE FUSE COVER, FIND THE FUSE AND PULL IT OUT, WHICH FINALLY STOPPED THE HORN FROM BLAIRING. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THE WHOLE AIR BAG MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROX. $860.00. I CALLED SATURN HEADQUARTERS, AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE SITUATION. AND THE COST. THEY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND SAID THEY WOULD SPLIT THE COST. I AM STILL NOT SATISFIED, I THINK IT SHOULD BE REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME. THIS IS A 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE AND FOR THE HORN TO MALFUNCTION BECAUSE THE AIR BAG IS PRESSING ON IT, IS RIDICULOUS. SAFETY WISE, THE HORN JUST STARTED BLOWING AND NOT TURNING OFF, SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME, TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND FINDING A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER, I COULD OF INJURED MYSELF AND OTHERS WHEN THIS HAPPENED. WHEN I DO GET IT REPLACED, BECAUSE I STILL DO NOT HAVE A HORN, WHOSE TO SAY IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN WITH THE NEXT AIR BAG,(POOR DESIGN) !*AK

ON MY 2002 SATURN VUE (WITH A 4-CYLINDER ENGINE, 2 WHEEL DRIVE, AND MANUAL TRANSMISSION), THE AIR-CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CLUTCH UNIT BROKE OFF FROM THE COMPRESSOR. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE WAS A FAILURE IN THE ASSEMBLY ATTACHING THE COMPRESSOR CLUTCH TO THE COMPRESSOR. THE PHYSICAL BREAKAGE OF THE AIR-CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CLUTCH RESULTED IN PIECES OF THE ASSEMBLY COMING INTO CONTACT WITH OTHER ENGINE PARTS THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FAILURE OF THE ENGINE. HE FAILURE WOULD APPEAR TO INDICATE A DEFECT IN THE COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THE ENTIRE COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THAT THE TECHNICIAN WHO PERFORMED THE REPAIR ON MY SATURN VUE DID NOT SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF THE FAILURE BEING CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRIS OR VEHICLE ABUSE. MY SATURN VUE HAD APPROXIMATELY 52,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AT THE TIME OF THE REPAIR ON AUGUST 27, 2004. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN GENTLY DURING MY TWO YEARS OF OWNERSHIP AND HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED (NO FAST STARTS, FULL-THROTTLE ACCELERATIONS, ETC.). FORTUNATELY, THE FAILURE DID NOT LEAD TO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, OR, WORSE, TO AN ACCIDENT SINCE THE BROKEN PARTS COULD HAVE HIT OTHER PARTS OF THE ENGINE CAUSING IT TO STOP.*AK

PROBLEMS WITH THE 2002 SATURN VUE SUSPENSION.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE WHICH WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH THROUGH A RED LIGHT. INITIALLY THE CONSUMER HAD CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE THEN IT SUDDENLY PULLED THEN THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE FLIPPED TWICE. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, THE CONSUMER WAS NOT BADLY INJURED. THE CONSUMER WONDERS IF THE REAR SUSPENSION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM

I WRECKED A SATURN VUE GOING 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SWAY THEN SLDING TO THE LEFT HITTING A DITCH GOING AIRBORN ROLLING OVER SEVERL TIMES HITTING THE MOUNTAIN WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE AND ENDED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE REAR TIRE BROKE OFF THE BENT UNDER THE CAR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE TURNING RIGHT VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE LEFT. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

DIRT SUPPOSEDLY GOT IN MY STEERING WHEEL CASE AND HAS DAMAGED A COIL, NOW MY HORN BARELY WORKS AND MY AIR BAG IS AT RISK. SATURN WILL NOT REPAIR WITHOUT A COST OF $378.00 AND THE CAR IS 2YRS OLD ONLY THIS MONTH. I DRIVE THE CAR BACK AND FORTH TO WORK WITH THE AIR ON..AND DUST IN THE CASE PUTS MY LIFE IN DANGER WITHOUT THE POSSIBIITY OF AN AIRBAG. *AK