2006 SATURN VUE Complaints

DRIVING FROM ONE WORK SITE TO ANOTHER, THROTTLE STUCK, NOT AS BAD AS PRIOR 2 TIMES BUT NONETHELESS STUCK. TACHOMETER READING WAS APPROX 6-7K. BREAKING NOR SHIFTING DOWN WORKED FOR ME, NOR DID NEUTRAL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL UP ON THE PEDAL THIS TIME AND IT SEEMED TO CLICK BACK INTO POSITION AND RELEASE. AS I DID SO, I WAS CLOCKED FOR SPEEDING. CLOCKED AT 83 AND SLOWLY BROUGHT IT BACK TO 81, AND COME TO STOP WITH E-BRAKE.CALLED HUBBY AND TOLD HIM EACH OF THE TIMES, HE DROVE FOR AWHILE AND NOTHING WAS FELT. *TR

ONCE AGAIN ON MY WAY TO WORK, THE THROTTLE STUCK IN THE DOWN POSITION AND WAS NOT RELEASING UNTIL THE TACHOMETER WAS UP ABOVE 8K. CAR WOULD NOT LET ME SHIFT AND SLOW, NOR BREAK. THIS TIME IT TOOK JUST UNDER A MILE TO RETURN TO NORMAL. NEITHER TIMES WERE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. CAR HAD BEEN WARMED UP PROPERLY BEFORE LEAVING. *TR

DRIVING TO WORK AND I WENT TO PASS ANOTHER CAR, THE THROTTLE STUCK DOWN IN THE PROCESS MAKING THE ENGINE REV AND RPM TACH UP TO OVER 8K,, SHIFTING DOWN WAS NO HELP, NEUTRAL WAS NO HELP, NOR WAS BRAKING. AFTER REACHING A SPEED OF OVER 90MPH FOR ABOUT 1 MILE IT LET UP ON ITS OWN. FORTUNATELY I HAD NO OTHER TRAFFIC OR RED LIGHTS. *TR

THE IGNITION LOCK ON MY SATURN VUE HAS BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEMS OVER MULTIPLE OCCASIONS SINCE MAY OF THIS YEAR. IT LOCKS AND AT TIMES DOESN'T ALLOW THE KEY TO TURN THE CAR ON AND SOMETIMES ONCE ON, IT DOESN'T ALLOW IT TO SHUT OFF. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO A CERTIFIED DEALER FOR REPAIR AND IT TOOK 3 TECH'S TO FIND THAT THE ONLY ISSUE THEY COULD FIND WAS A WIRING ISSUE UNDER THE CAR BUT STILL NOTHING WITH THE IGNITION LOCK AS IT WORKS ON AND OFF. I HAVE REPORTED THIS WITH SATURN ONCE ALREADY AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. I HAVE BEEN STUCK AT RANDOM STORES AND LATE FOR WORK AND EVEN HAD TO RENT A VEHICLE TO TAKE OUR SON TO SEE THE SPECIALIST IN ANOTHER STATE. WE TOOK IT FOR A OIL CHANGE TODAY AND NEW BATTERY AND ONCE AGAIN THE TECH HAD A DIFFICULT TIME WITH TURNING THE KEY. HOWEVER SEEING AS IT WAS AT A WALMART OIL & LUBE EXPRESS, THEY WERE NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THAT TYPE OF REPAIR. TODAY'S MILEAGE IS 132200. I AM HIGHLY RECOMMENDING AGAINST ANYONE I KNOW OF BUYING SATURNS AT THIS POINT. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS FAR LESS THAN DESIRABLE AND I WISH I HAD NEVER MADE THE PURCHASE MYSELF. *TR

EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR, THE AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM. THEY WERE REPLACED IN 2008 BY THE DEALER. WELL, AIR BAG LIGHT INDICATOR IS ON AGAIN. IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE HEATED SEATS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND AIR BAG INDICATOR. IF I TURN THE HEATED SEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE ON, THE VIEW MINUTES LATER THE AIR BAG LIGHT INDICATOR GOES OFF. ONCE I TURN OFF THE HEATED SEAT, THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES BACK ON. IT PRETTY STUPID TO RUN THE HEATED SEAT IN THE SUMMER TIME, BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS WILL WORK UNLESS I USE THE HEATED SEAT. I BELIEVE A RECALL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ON THIS BEFORE SOMEBODY ENDS UP KILLED BECAUSE OF THE AIR BAGS, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY. I AM ALSO AFRAID THAT CONSTANT CONTINUED USE OF THE HEATED SEAT WILL CAUSE A FIRE. *JS

MY REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WON'T CLOSE WHEN IT'S COLD AND AS OF JUNE 2013, WON'T OPEN. THE LATCH MECHANISM HAS SEIZED. I CAN HEAR THE DOOR UNLOCK AND LOCK BUT NOTHING HAPPENS. I'VE HAD A TODDLER IN THE CAR WHEN IT WON'T CLOSE AND A TODDLER AND AN INFANT WHEN IT WON'T OPEN. MY RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM. THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. GM SHOULD HAVE TO PAY THE $250 TO FIX THE DOOR. THEY ARE PUTTING MY CHILDREN IN DANGER. *TR

UPON LOWERING THE SEATBACK, THE MIDDLE SEATBELT BECAME "LOCKED" IN THE LOWERED. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE LOWERED THE SEAT.. *TR

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AND WENT OFF FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN, THE AIR BAG STATED IT WAS NOT ON EVEN WHEN SOMEONE WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. I TOOK IT THE GM DEALER IN MY AREA AND WAS TOLD THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR AND PASSENGER SIDE HEATER SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM ONLINE, I FOUND SEVERAL REPORTS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES OF THIS EXACT PROBLEM OCCURRING IN THIS SAME MAKE/MODEL OF VEHICLE REGARDING THE AIR BAG SENSOR/SEAT HEATER SENSOR. WHEN THE DEALER WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS CONCERN/REPAIR, WE WERE TOLD IT WAS NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE, EVEN THOUGH ONLINE REPORTS STATED DIFFERENTLY. MY QUESTION IS THAT SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE A REPETITIVE PROBLEM OF THE EXACT SAME NATURE WITH THIS VEHICLE MAKE/MODEL AND YEAR, WHY DID GM NOT SUBMIT A RECALL FOR THIS SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN REGARDING THE AIR BAG ISSUE? ..UPDATED 04/25/13 *BF

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT TRIGGERS THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO COME ON. DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE AIRBAGS NO LONGER WORK?

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NO LONGER OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THE DOOR LOCK BUTTON FOR THE DOOR GOES UP AND DOWN WHEN THE DOORS OR LOCKED OR UNLOCKED AND I CAN HEAR THE MECHANISM IN THE DOOR OPERATING. *TR