2007 SATURN VUE Complaints

ENGINE DIED AT 89,000 MILES ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY FELL APART BOTH OF THEM VALVE WAS BENT, TIMING CHAIN CAME LOOSE JUST WENT TO START VEHICLE AND IT WOULDN'T START TOWED IN TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED AND FOUND IT TO BE ENGINE I TRIED TO GO THROUGH GM TO HELP WITH THIS IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOTHING ELSE HAS WENT WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE EVER AND I HAVE HAD OIL CHANGES NO REASON FOR IT TO FALL APART AND 4800 DOLLARS LATER I FEEL IT WAS A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE ITSELF I HAVE READ OTHER DEFECTS ON THIS 2.2 LITRE ENGINE OF COARSE NO HELP FROM MANUFACTURER EVEN THOUGH ITS A 2007 CAR THE ENGINE IS MADE SEPARATE FROM WHEN A CAR IS MADE I HAVE NOT HEARD OF TOO MANY VEHICLES WITH A DEAD ENGINE THIS EARLY...

I HAVE BEEN NOTICING A VERY STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE FROM MY SATURN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. IT IS MOST NOTABLE ONCE I STOP THE CAR AND GET OUT BUT IT IS ALWAYS THERE WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED. I TRACED IT TO AN AREA UP HIGH AND TOWARD THE REAR OF THE GAS TANK. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE STAINING FROM A LEAK ON A PIECE OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE BELOW THAT AREA. I HAVE LEARNED THE TWO SISTER VEHICLES OF THE SATURN VUE IN 2007, THE PONTIAC TORRENT AND THE CHEVROLET EQUINOX, WERE RECALLED IN CALIFORNIA LAST YEAR FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR THE VUE WAS. RECENTLY I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THE MY GASOLINE MILEAGE HAS DROPPED FROM AROUND 25 MPG TO JUST BARELY OVER 20 MPG WITH NO CHANGE IN DRIVING OR WEATHER.. *TR

RECENTLY WE HAVE BEEN GETTING THE STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE EMITTING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I TRACED THE SOURCE TO THE TOP OF THE TANK, THE FUEL PUMP. I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH ON LINE RESEARCH THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM ON SEVERAL 2007 GM MODELS WITH THE SAME FUEL TANK CONFIGURATION. SOME OF THE OTHER MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED, BUT THE VUE HAS NOT. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS 2007 SATURN VUE V6 AWD IN JULY 2012 FROM BRIGHTON FORD, BRIGHTON MI NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION WHEN TEST DRIVING. LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER I BUY IT THE AC GOES OUT, AND THE SHUTTERING GETS WORSE. TAKE IT BACK TO THEM TO LOOK AT AND GET REFERRED TO A TIRE SHOP. WAS TOLD THE AC COIL HAD A HUGE LEAK, AND WAS PROBABLY "TOPPED OFF" AT BY THE DEALER AND THAT THERE WAS SOME TIRE WEAR ISSUES. BRIGHTON FORD REFUSED TO FIX ANYTHING. DRIVE IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR THE SHUTTERING GETS WORSE AND WORSE TAKE IT IN TO BUD KOUTS CHEVROLET, LANSING, MI FOR A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT CAME ON, IT WAS BECAUSE OF A MISS FIRE IN TWO OF THE CYLINDERS. TOLD THEM ABOUT THE SHUTTERING, WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. 28 DAYS LATER I HAVE A TIRE EXPLODE, TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. TAKE IT BACK AFTER FINDING A HUGE HOLE IN THE SHOCK ABSORBER CASING. THIS TIME SPEAKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP OWNER DIRECTLY, AFTER TWO DAYS THEY FINALLY FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE SHUTTERING, A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER. THEY ADMITTED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE ON THE THESE VEHICLES, BUT STILL WANT ABOUT $2000 TO FIX IT. IF THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THIS THERE SHOULD BE. I WILL NEVER BY A GM MADE VEHICLE AGAIN. I'VE OWNED THREE NOW AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THEM. THE SUBARU I OWNED HAD WELL OVER 200,000 MILES AND NO ISSUES THE SAME GOES FOR A MAZDA I OWNED. *TR

WHEN YOU TRY TO START THE CAR, THE IGNITION WON'T TURN UNLESS YOU TRY TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE AS TIME GOES ON. *TR

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. STAYS ON FOR DAYS AT TIMES ,SOMETIMES ONLY 15 _ 30 MINUTES. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ,THEN STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN. CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAGS WON'T DEPLOY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, SMOKE EMERGED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN JULY 22, 2012 IN CITY KIA IN ORLANDO( USED CAR) WITH 37,299 MILES ON THIS DAY.2007 SATURN VUE. IN MARCH 2013 I TOOK A RIDE FROM KISSIMMEE TO MIAMI AND WHEN I CAME BACK HOME AND GOT OFF THE TURNPIKE I HEARD A BIG SOUND UNDER MY CAR AND IT STARED TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL IT STOPPED COMPLETELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, I HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION,THEY FIXED FOR $1,926. I ALSO HAS SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, ONCE IN A WHILE THE RADIO GOES RANDOMLY CHANGING CHANNELS BY ITSELF AND WHEN I OPEN OR CLOSE THE WINDOWS IT SOUNDS LIKE IT LOOSES ELECTRICITY, AND ALSO A LEAK FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR IS LEAKING A GREEN FLUID, ALSO THE AIRBAG GOES ON SOMETIMES BUT EVENTUALLY TURNS OFF. *TR

PULLED OUT OF A GAS STATION ON MARCH 20, 2013 AND HEARD SOMETHING FALL IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND DRAG THE GROUND. PULLED OFF TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND THERE WAS A BAR HANGING DOWN FROM THE CAR. TESTED THE CAR OUT AND IT WAS DRIVING AND STEERING FINE SO DROVE HOME. TRIED TO GO TO A GM DEALERSHIP (DUBLIN BYERS, DUBLIN, OH). THEIR HOURS SAID THEY WERE OPEN UNTIL 6:00 P.M AND IT WAS 5:45 P.M. BEEPED THE HORN AND THEY DID NOT ANSWER. WAS TAKING THE CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP ON THE 22ND TO GET A WHEEL BEARING REPLACED AND CALLED AND LEFT THEM A MESSAGE TO TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED. CHECKED MY CAR OUT ON MARCH 21, 2013 AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE STABILIZER BAR (SWAY BAR). I BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME BUT WHEN I WENT DOWN THE SLIGHT EMBANKMENT AT THE GAS STATION APPARENTLY THAT WAS ALL IT NEEDED TO FALL DOWN. IT IS A VERY CLEAN BREAK AND DID NOT BREAK AT THE BOLTS BUT IN THE MIDDLE. APPARENTLY THIS IS HAPPENING TO A NUMBER OF CARS AS FOLKS HAVE BEEN PUTTING IT ON THE INTERNET. I DID MAKE A COMPLAINT TO GM SATURN ON-LINE AND THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ME AND WANTED ME TO TAKE THE STABILIZER BAR TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET THROUGH TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. WENT TODAY AND HE NEVER EVEN CAME OUT AND MET ME. HE HAD ONE OF THE SERVICE TEAM MEMBERS JUST TAKE THE INFORMATION DOWN AND THEY MADE A COPY OF MY REPAIR BILL AND TOOK MY PHONE NUMBER AND SAID THEY WILL SUBMIT IT TO GM. I HEARD THAT THEY ARE STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH THE STABILIZER BAR ON THE NEW VEHICLES AS WELL. I BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE AND AM HOPING THEY REIMBURSE ME FOR THE PART. I AM INCLINED TO BELIEVE THESE PARTS ARE NOT SOLID METAL THAT THERE COULD BE SOME FILLER IN THEM AND BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. I CAN SEND YOU A PHOTO OF MY PART IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,000.