2008 SATURN VUE Complaints

PURCHASED IN 2011 FROM TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN LOUISVILLE. IT HAD THE TIRE SENSOR LIGHT ON. THEY SENT IT TO THE SHOP AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A SENSOR MALFUNCTION OVER AND OVER. THEN OTHER LIGHTS STARTED COMING ON ALONG WITH THE SLUGGISH FEELING AND AN ANNOYING RATTLING, ROLLING SOUND. DEALER SAID THAT THIS WAS FROM SPARK PLUGS???? I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEY WANTED 100.00 FOR DIAGNOSTIC 500 FOR SPARK PLUGS. I DECLINED. THE ROTOR AND STRUTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE CAR WOULD OFTEN TIMES BE RUNNING WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, GAS GONE, NOT TO MENTION DANGEROUS AND BAD FOR THE CAR. TRANSMISSION FAILURE STARTS AND CONTINUES. HAD A CAR ACCIDENT IN DECEMBER 2013. AIRBAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE. DEALERSHIP RECEIVED OVER $5000. AFTER A MONTH THEY SAY IT'S FINISHED BRING ME THE CAR. I GET HOME AND THE KEY WON'T COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT BECAUSE IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE ROCKING AND ROLLING SOUND IN THE STRUTS IS WORSE. THEY SAID THAT IS ALSO A KNOWN ISSUE ALONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND NOT FROM THE ACCIDENT. THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE. THEY FINALLY AGREED TO FIX IGNITION. THIS VEHICLE IS A FAILURE! NO WONDER SATURN IS OUT OF BUSINESS. AS FOR THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THE GM DEALER UNDER PROGRESSIVE INS. THIEVES! I TOOK PICTURES OF MY FILE AND HAVE WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DID FOR THE 5000. HOW MUCH THEY PAID FOR THE PARTS. I ALMOST THREW UP. IT WAS 300% MARK UP ON SOME THINGS. OTHERS WERE CHARGED FOR AND NOT REPLACED. AFTER THIS I LOST ALL FAITH IN TRUSTING DEALERSHIPS ETC. I STILL OWE ON THE CAR. I WILL CONTINUE TO EDUCATE MYSELF ON THE THIEVERY THAT GOES ON IN THE VEHICLE INDUSTRY. I PRAY EVERYDAY THAT KARMA WILL CATCH UP WITH THEM. DON'T BOTHER CONTACTING GM. THEY WILL ACT LIKE THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND NEVER GET BACK WITH YOU. *TR

THE C5 PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION SNAPPED CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. NO REVERSE EITHER. CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 30, RPM'S WERE HIGH. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. COST TO FIX $1794. RESEARCHED PROBLEM, BUNCH OF COMPLAINTS CAME UP, SAME PROBLEM, SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR. TRANSMISSION EXCHANGE IN LACKAWANNA NY VERIFIED THAT HE HAS DONE SIMILAR VEHICLES WITH SAME TRANSMISSION, SAME PROBLEM. I'M A SINGLE MOTHER NEEDING TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN LABELED A RECALL BEING IT'S A MANUFACTURER MALFUNCTION. *TR

MY WIFE IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AND HAS BEEN COMPLAINING THAT THE VEHICLE FEELS SLUGGISH LIKE DRIVING THROUGH QUICKSAND AND THAT THE STABILITRAK LIGHTS HAVE BEEN COMING ON EVERY SO OFTEN.TODAY I DROVE THE VUE TO WORK AND IN THAT 17 MILE DRIVE I EXPERIENCED EXTREME SHAKING LIKE A FLAT TIRE OR AN UNBALANCED RIM. I GOT OFF THE EXIT AND EXAMINED THE VEHICLE ENSURING THAT NO TIRES WERE FLAT AND THAT NO LUG NUTS WERE LOOSE. I DID NOTICE THAT THE RIMS FELT EXTREMELY HOT BUT SEEING AS I HAD DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY, THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT. I CALLED ONSTAR TO DO A DIAGNOSIS AND WAS INFORMED THAT TWO TIRES WERE A LITTLE LOW. I CONTINUED TO WORK AND RETURNED HOME WITH NO INCIDENT. AFTER WORK ON THE SAME DAY WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO DO SOME SHOPPING AND AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON, THE 2 STABILITRAK LIGHTS DID NOT TURN OFF. WE CALLED ONSTAR AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE STABILITRAK BUT NOT BRAKES AND THAT IT SHOULD BE SERVICED WITHIN THE NEXT 7 DAYS. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND SAW THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THE DEALERS NOT KNOWING HOW TO RESOLVE IT BUT CHARGING CONSUMERS ANYWAYS. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS IS GOING THE SAME ROUTE AS THE IGNITION RECALL AND IS GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN A DECADE BEFORE THE ISSUE IS ADDRESSED. I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AS WELL AS THAT FOR MY FAMILY. *TR

REPAIR SHOP SAYS THAT THE WAVE PLATE HAS CRACKED AND IS NOW CAUSING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THIS APPEARS TO BE SOME TYPE OF SMALL DEFECTIVE PART THAT WHEN IT FAILS RESULTS IN A NEW TRANSMISSION NEEDED. THIS KNOWN ISSUE IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND ALSO MY TRANSMISSION SHOP SAYS THEY HAVE HAD MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION REPAIRS DUE TO THIS ISSUE. IS THERE ANYWAY THAT WE HAVE RECOURSE WITH GM? *TR

WHILE DRIVING @ 60MPH ON I75 IN TOLEDO OH IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT OVER TO CURBSIDE. VEHICLE REFUSED TO RESTART I DRAINED BATTERY ATTEMPTING TO RESTART. MY AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT HAS BEEN ON IN MY VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS. WHEN I TURN KEY TO START MY VEHICLE I HAVE NO CONNECTION UNTIL I RELEASE KEY THEN IT KICKS IN AND STARTS. ON OCCASION WHEN DEPRESSING LEVER ON GEAR SHIFTER I HEAR A TICKING SOUND IN IGNITION SWITCH. ALL MYWARNING LIGHTS IN DASH COME ON AND SOME REMIN ON UNTIL NEXT START EXAMPLE: ABS BRAKE TRACTION CONTROL SEATBELT CHECK ENGINE. ETC *TR

EVERY TIME A I TAKE A LEFT HAND TURN WITH THIS CAR, THE TRACTION CONTROL, BRAKE LIGHT, AND ANOTHER LIGHT SYMBOL COME ON AND THE CAR STARTS DINGING. BECAUSE THIS IS A BREAKING ISSUE AND ISOLATED TO CERTAIN TURNS, THIS APPEARS TO BE AN UNSAFE SITUATION. *TR

HTTP://REPAIRPAL.COM/TRANSMISSION-FAULT-ANDOR-CHECK-ENGINE-LIGHT-WITH-CODE-P0716-P0776-P0717-P0777-P2714-P2715-AN-567 HOW IS THE TRANSMISSION NOT BEING RECALLED! SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT. DOES IT TAKE A DEATH BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE? GOOD GRIEF!! *TR

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING, WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. AFTER VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT WOULD SHIFT INTO DIFFERENT GEARS BUT WOULD NOT MOVE. DEALER REPAIR SERVICE CENTER STATES: "38909 TRANSMISSION 3-5-R WAVED PLATE BROKEN AND DAMAGED" PARTS REPLACED: SEAL KIT, GASKETS, NUT, VALVES, COVER, SPRING, PISTON, HOUSING, PISTON, PLATE KIT, PLATE TIMES 2 *TR

IN 2012 ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WENT OUT IN MY CAR,(SATURN VUE 2008 MODEL) WHEN THIS HAPPEN YOU LOSE ALL CONTROL OF CAR (POWER STEERING, BRAKES, ETC.) THIS OCCURRED AGAIN AUGUST 21 2014. SECOND OCCURRENCE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. JUST WONDERING IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. *TR

TRANSMISSION COMPLETE FAILURE @ 57520 MILES. TECHNICIAN AT CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP STATED SEVERAL GM VEHICLES USE THIS TRANSMISSION AND HAS SEEN MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION FAILURES, CAUSED BY THE SAME PART. THE 3-5 REVERSE CLUTCH PLATE IS THE COMMON COMPONENT CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE NHTSA SHOULD REQUIRE GM TO RECALL ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND REQUIRE THEM TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, FREE OF CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER. PULLED OUT FROM A GAS STATION, TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO 2ND GEAR. A LOUD BANG!, VUE (NOW AKA: CHEVROLET CAPTIVA) STUCK INTO SAME GEAR, LUCKY FOR US, PEOPLE SLOWED DOWN, VUE WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. *TR