2008 SATURN VUE Complaints

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.

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 :(

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?

I REPLACED ALERNATOR STARTER AND NEW BATTERY AND STILL HAVING POWER ISSUES WITH DRAINING BATTERY

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN VUE. UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT SEIZED AND FRACTURED BEFORE THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STRAP ON THE SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE WAS 12,000.

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AND THEN CAME BACK ON.THEN THE NEXT DAY IT WENT OUT AGAIN AND NEVER CAME BACK ON.TOOK THE HEADLIGHT OUT AND THE CONNECTORS ARE MELTED..THIS I THINK IS NOT GOOD AND ITS GOING TO COST ABOUT $150 TO FIX

IVE HAD THIS ISSUE FIXED BY 2 DIFFERENT MECHANICS. I DIDNT LIST THE FIRST INCIDENT BECAUSE I DONT REMEMBER THE MILEAGE. WHAT HAPPENS IS EVERYTIME I PUT GAS IN MY VEHICLE IT WONT CRANK. THIS HAPPENS NO MATTER HOW MUCH GAS I PUT IN IT. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY I WAS COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN AND NEEDED GAS, BUT PRIOR TO THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK WHEN I TURNED ON THE AIR WHICH WASNT OFTEN IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE IT WAS MOSTLY COOL OUT. SO IVE HAD TO BUY BRAND NEW PARTS TWICE BECAUSE ITS WHAT THE COMPUTER READ AS AN ISSUE. THE OTHER ISSUE I HAVE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, I COULD BE JUST GETTING IN VEHICLE AND IT CRANKS FINE, I WOULD PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT AND IT WONT BULGE. ID THEN PUT IT BACK IN PARK THAIN DRIVE ITLL MOVE FORWARD PERFECTLY. WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE AGAIN IT WOULD BACK OUT WITHOUT CONTROL WITHOUT EASE. ONCE I ALMOSE HIT A CAR PASSING MY DRIVEWAY. THIS HAPPENS ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. IVE ALSO HAD THE ISSUE WITH THE DOOR OPENING HANDLES WHERE THEY STICK I JUST THOUGHT MY KIDS WERENT CLOSING THE DOOR ALL THE WAY. NOW THEYVE GOTTEN USED TO SLAMMING THE DOOR BECAUSE THEY DONT WANT TO HEAR MY MOUTH EVERYTIME I GET AN OPEN DOOR NOTIFICATION.

I HAD BEEN OUT TO LUNCH AND WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING PLACE IN MY WORKPLACE PARKING LOT. I EASED INTO THE PARKING SPACE AND NUDGED THE GAS TO GET COMPLETELY IN THE SPACE. WHEN I NUDGED THE GAS, MY CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WITH SUCH A FORCE THE CAR WENT OVER A CONCRETE BARRIER IN THE PARKING SPACE AND I THEN HIT A BRICK AND CONCRETE WALL THAT WAS KNOCKED DOWN. AN IRON RAILING WAS ON TOP OF THE CONCRETE AND THAT GOT SMASHED AS WELL. MY CAR WAS MOVING AT SUCH A FAST AND FURIOUS SPEED I HAD NO CONTROL OVER IT. AS A RESULT, MY CAR WAS TOTALED DUE TO THE REPAIRS THAT WERE NECESSARY. THIS EXACT THING HAPPENED EXACTLY THREE YEARS AGO IN THIS CAR AND IT WAS THE SAME SITUATION. I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING PLACE AT A SHOPPING MALL AND AS I EASED ON THE GAS TO PULL INTO THE SPACE, AGAIN, MY CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND I HIT A TRUCK THAT WAS IN THE SPACE IN FRONT OF WHERE I WAS PULLING IN AND MY CAR STOPPED WHEN IT HIT THE CAR NEXT TO THE TRUCK. MY CAR WAS REPAIRABLE. THANKFULLY, BOTH OF THESE TIMES I WAS IN THE CAR ALONE. I HAVE CALLED GM/SATURN AND MADE A COMPLAINT WITH THEM. ...UPDATED 09/28/15*BF

SINCE THE SATURN WAS PURCHASED IN OCTOBER OF 2013 IT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE A/C AND DEFROSTERS AND SOMETIMES HEATING, IT WORKS FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES AND QUITS AND SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. MAYBE NOT HAVING A/C DOES NOT CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES BUT NOT HAVING DEFROSTERS WORK WHEN IT IS POURING OUT AND YOU CAN"T SEE OUT THE WINDOW OR WHEN IT IS SNOWING AND YOU CAN'T DEFROST IT OFF YOUR WINDSHIELD TO SEE TO DRIVE THEN THESE THINGS INTERFERE WITH YOUR SAFETY. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUES WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR AND SHOULD BE A RECALL TO HAVE IT CORRECTED. 2 YEARS OF THIS EVERY SUMMER AND WINTER IS QUITE ENOUUGH.