2003 SATURN VUE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 SATURN VUE, MY CAR HAS BEEN MAKING STRANGE NOISES, LIKE MY BRAKES WERE GOING, MAKING A SCRAPING NOISE. I WAS PLANNING TO TAKE MY CAR TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT TOMORROW, HAVE THE BRAKES LOOKED OVER. TONIGHT I WAS VISITING MY DAUGHTER AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE, IT WOULD NOT MOVE. SO I TRIED TO PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT MOVED A LITTLE AND STOPPED. NOW I CANNOT GET THE CAR TO MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. I AM FILING A COMPLAINT BECAUSE I HAD RECEIVED A LETTER CONCERNING A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AND I WAS READING ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS BY ANOTHER PERSON WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND THROUGH THE INFO PROVIDED BY THIS INDIVIDUAL TO CONTACT THIS SITE. I BOUGHT MY CAR USED IN 2007. IS THERE ANY RECALL??? I KNOW THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT BY GOING TO [email protected] BUT HAS THERE BEEN ANY RECALLS REGARDING THIS LAWSUIT. IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO SINCE THIS WAS SATURN'S MISTAKE. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE WAY THEY ARE HANDLING THIS. I REALLY DO LIKE MY SATURN VUE & YOU WOULD THINK SATURN WOULD DO RIGHT FOR THE CONSUMER OF THEIR DAMAGED VEHICLES. IF NOT I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE & LET EVERYONE KNOW NOT TO BOTHER TO DO SO TOO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN VUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS WILLING TO ASSIST 30% TOWARDS THE ESTIMATED REPAIR COST OF $5,000. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 110,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. BL

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER HE PROCEEDED THROUGH A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED GEARS WITHOUT WARNING. FIRST GEAR BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION AND THE RPMS WERE APPROXIMATELY 6000; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE DROVE AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY FOR A MONTH. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH JUNE 2009, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND DROVE AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL GEAR. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BELT SLIPPED AND THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMMON FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED VARIOUS PARTS WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS WHILE DRIVING UPHILL, THE RPMS RANGE FROM HIGH TO LOW. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 92,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN VUE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THERE WAS A NOISE PRESENT IN THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT DIDN'T NOTICE ANY WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND INSPECTED WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT NO COST TO THE OWNER. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ON FOUR OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE RISK SINCE THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE COULD CAUSE A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,085.

MY MANE IS NAKISHA PAUL AND I OWN A 2003 SATURN VUE.06/22/2007 MY TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AT 91206 MILES AND NEED TO BE REPLACED 6/29/2007TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED @ A COST OF $4159 7/29/2009THE NEW TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED @137,000 IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC W/O WARNING. *TR

I HAVE A SATURN VUE 2003, THAT SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH. I BELIEVE IT IS A VTI TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I FEAR THE WORSE WHEN DRIVING WITH MY KIDS, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE. I HATE TO DUMP ALOT OF MONEY INTO THIS VEHICLE IF THE PROBLEM WILL NOT BE PERMITTENTLY FIXED. THERE ARE ALOT OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS MATTER ON THESE VEHICLES. *TR

2003 SATURN VUE (2.2L) FUEL LINE FAILURE DRIVEN IN NW INDIANA - CORROSION OF LINE UNDER THE PLASTIC SHEATH.THAT ENDED IN PERFORATION AND STEADY DRIP OF FUEL. THIS FUEL LINE CONNECTS THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF THE FUEL FILTER TO THE ENGINE FUEL INJECTION RAIL. CORROSION OCCURRED WITHIN 2 FEET OF THE FILTER. 1. GASOLINE ODOR OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE WHEN PARKED IN ONE PLACE FOR AWHILE UP TO 30 DAYS PRIOR TO DISCOVERY. 2. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE A FEW MILES AND PARKING IT, UPON RETURNING TO IT DAMPNESS AND A STEADY DRIP OF GASOLINE WAS SEEN DRIPPING STEADILY. 3. ALL NEW REPLACEMENT LINE WAS ORDERED AND REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS APPROX 30K MILES AND, CURIOUSLY, SHOWS A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNDERCARRIAGE RUST FOR ITS AGE AND MILEAGE. BRAKE LINES ALSO SHOW SOME EXTERNAL RUST. OLD PERFORATED FUEL LINE STILL AVAILABLE. *TR

I PURCHASED A SATURN VUE IN 2003 WITH 7 MILES ON IT. 2 YEARS LATER AS I WAS DRIVING IT ON THE HIGHWAY, MY RPM'S GAVE WAY. CAUSE: TRANSMISSION... WAS COMPLETELY REPLACED BY SATURN, THANKFULLY WAS UNDER WARRANTY. NOW 3 YEARS LATER, I AM HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AGAIN. I CONTACTED SATURN AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR 25% OF THE COST. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THEY SOLD A CAR WITH DEFECTIVE PARTS. AS I HAVE RESEARCHED I HAVE NOTICED THAT MANY CONSUMERS ARE BEING HIT WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. GM/SATURN SHOULD REPLACE ALL TRANSMISSION AT NO COST, BEING THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE A TRANSMISSION THAT WOULD LAST. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS 2003 VUE USED FROM MY SATURN DEALER WITH 15,000 MILES ON IT. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, I NOTICED A GROWLING SORT OF NOISE WHEN I SLOWED DOWN AND WHEN TURNING. I BROUGHT THIS INTO THE DEALER ON A FEW OCCASIONS AND WAS TOLD "THEY COULDN'T HEAR THE NOISE". SINCE THEN (IN THE PAST YEAR) ON OCCASION THE CAR WON'T GO INTO GEAR; I STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL AND IT DOESN'T MOVE. I STOP THE CAR, PUT THE CAR IN PARK; THEN PUT THE CAR BACK IN DRIVE AND IT WORKS. THE SAME INITIAL NOISE IS STILL PRESENT AND RECENTLY I WAS TOLD BY THIS SAME SATURN DEALER THAT IT IS A TRANSMISSION NOISE THAT "MAY HAVE BEEN HELPED WITH LOWER MILEAGE" BY INSTALLATION OF AN UPGRADED SOFTWARE BUT MOST LIKELY WILL NOT HELP MUCH NOW (I HAVE 113,000 MILES ON MY CAR AT THIS TIME). I FEEL IF THIS TRANSMISSION WAS DEEMED DEFECTIVE THAT IT SHOULD BE REPLACED BY GM AT THEIR EXPENSE. I STILL HAVE TWO MORE YEARS TO PAY FOR THIS CAR AND WITH REDUCED VALUE I AM UPSIDE DOWN ON THIS CAR. PLEASE HELP AND ADVISE ~ THANK YOU! *TR

MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AS WELL AS IGNITION PROBLEMS. RECENTLY HAVE SMOKE COMING OUT OF MY STEERING WHEEL WHEN CAR IS STARTED. *TR