2007 SATURN VUE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN VUE HYBRID (NA). WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. THE RADIO, POWER ASSIST, ALL OF THE LIGHTING, AND THE WINDOWS SHUT DOWN, INCLUDING THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES, BUT THEY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. GENERAL MOTORS STATED THAT ALL THEY COULD DO WAS SEND INFORMATION TO THE DEALER TO ATTEMPT TO RECTIFY THE FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE REMAINS UNDETERMINED. THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

2007 SATURN VUE GREENLINE (HYBRID) HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE FAULTS RELATED TO ELECTRICAL CHARGING SYSTEM. ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURER'S ADVISORY LETTER, AFTER THE "CHECK BATTERY" LIGHT COMES ON, THE VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM IS DISABLED AND THE VEHICLE'S 12 VOLT BATTERY WILL PROVIDE 20-60 MINUTES OF RUN TIME BEFORE THE ENTIRE. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS TOTALLY DISABLED. AFTER 3 TRIPS TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THE "CHECK BATTERY" LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN VUE. ON AUGUST 3, 2007, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE IGNITION LOCK WAS STICKING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION LOCK HOUSING AND WIRING HARNESS. ON OCTOBER 12, 2007, THE CONTACT EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN TO THE DEALER REGARDING THE FAILURE AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE HIS VEHICLE TO HAVE THE FEATURES THAT ARE MENTIONED IN HIS OWNER'S MANUAL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,025 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,548. THE CONSUMER STATED THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION IN ANY GEAR. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE IGNITION FROM STICKING WAS TO TAKE THE STEERING LOCK OFF. THE CONSUMER DECLINED. UPDATED 12/04/07.

2007 SATURN VUE WAS SERVICED BECAUSE OF THE CHECK ENGINE AND BATTERY LIGHTS ILLUMINATING. DEALER REPLACED AND FIXED SEVERAL PROBLEMS. CONSUMER WAS STILL NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE VEHICLE RAN. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE RADIO WAS REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME, AND THERE WAS EVEN MORE WIND NOISE FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WITH THE NEW RUBBER SEAL. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED MAJOR LOSS OF POWER, ROUGH UPSHIFTING, DOUBLE DOWNSHIFTING WHILE BRAKING AND POOR FUEL ECONOMY. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD A NEW CALIBRATION WAS MADE TO THE PCM AS PART OF THE CORRECTION MADE ALONG WITH THE WIRING HARNESS TO MAKE THE CHECK ENGINE AND BATTERY LIGHTS GO OFF. *TR

I HAVE LESS THAN 12,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND IT HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN IN THE SHOP. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED, ALL ELECTRICAL SUDDENLY DIES, THE HYBRID HAS STOPPED WORKING SEVERAL TIMES. THE AIRBAGS HAVE HAD TO BE FIXED. THERE IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM. *TR

MY SATURN HYBRID VUE HAS HAD SEVERAL "INCIDENTS" SINCE IT'S PURCHASE. THE FIRST WAS AT AROUND 800 MILES. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND COULD NOT BE STARTED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. ALL ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WERE ON. WHEN IT FINALLY STARTED, IT JERKED SEVERELY AND LUNGED FORWARD SEVERAL TIMES. HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE OR A PEDESTRIAN BEEN IN FRONT OF ME THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED INTO SATURN SERVICE. THERE WERE SEVERAL PROBLEM CODES IN ECM. THEY SAID IT WAS A CHAFFED WIRE THAT NEEDED TO INSULATED. AT AROUND 1,200 MILES THE JERKING HAPPENED AGAIN. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THERE WOULD BE EPISODES OF WHERE THE ENGINE LIGHTS OR TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON AND IT WOULD STALL BUT THEN IT WOULD DRIVE FAIRLY NORMAL. I CHECKED WITH ONSTAR TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND THEY SAID EVERY THING SEEMED OK. I COMPLAINED TO THE SATURN DEALER BUT THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE PERSISTENT BUT INTERMITTENT. I BEGAN TO FEAR DRIVING THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN IN IT. ALL DURING THIS TIME THE MILEAGE WAS VERY LOW (ESPECIALLY FOR A HYBRID). THREE MONTH'S SINCE ITS FIRST FAILURE I TOOK THE SATURN VUE INTO SERVICE WITH ALL THE ENGINES LIGHTS ON -- THEY FOUND PROBLEMS WITH STARTER GENERATOR, AND THE CHARGING AND AUTOSTOP SYSTEMS RELATED TO THE 12 V AND 36 VOLT BATTERIES. THEY REPLACED THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS. NOW IT IS ONE MONTH LATER AND IT IS GOING BACK INTO SERVICE FOR LUNGING FORWARD AT A STOP SIGN, AND FOR ANSWERS ABOUT WHY I GET SUCH LOW MPG (22). *TR

HELLO, I AM WRITING CONCERNING ISSUES WITH MY BRAND NEW SATURN GREEN-LINE HYBRID VUE. I PURCHASED IT ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME FRIGHTENING ISSUES. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE ABOUT THE VOLUNTARY RECALL OF THE GREEN-LINE HYBRID VUE- THE FIX DOES NOT WORK. IT HAS PUT OUR FAMILY IN HARM'S WAY. I RECEIVED A VOLUNTARY RECALL NOTICE TO FIX THE ELECTRIC HARNESS WIRING ON MY HYBRID, TO PREVENT PROBLEMS. WELL, I TOOK IT IN TODAY, AND NOT LESS THAN 1 MINUTE AFTER I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON (FIRST TIME EVER). THEN ABOUT 8 MINUTES LATER, ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE IN THE CAR... ALL ELECTRONICS FAILED- RADIO LIGHTS, DASH LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, ENGINE WOULDN'T CHANGE GEARS, LIGHTS WERE FLASHING ON AND OFF, SPEEDOMETER DIDN'T WORK, THEN THEY WERE ALL FLICKERING, THEN THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, ONSTAR DIED, RADIO DIED, POWER STEERING DIED! ME AND MY FAMILY WERE IN THE CAR AND ALMOST DIED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION BECAUSE I COULDN'T BARELY STEER THE CAR!! WELL, FROM TAKING MY NEW CAR IN TO PREVENT A PROBLEM, TO THE SATURN TEAM ALMOST KILLING US, I AM FAR FROM HAPPY. PLEASE LET WHOEVER NEEDS TO KNOW THIS, KNOW IMMEDIATELY. IF WE HAD GOTTEN ON THE HIGHWAY AS PLANNED, WE MOST LIKELY WOULDN'T BE TALKING BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL ON THE HIGHWAY. *JB

2007 SATURN VUE GREEN LINE (HYBRID) REGARDING NEW (8/24/2007) CAMPAIGN #07195. SATURN OF TEMPE SERVICE ADVISOR JERED SCHAGER DESCRIBED TO ME A LOCAL INCIDENT, LIKELY RELATED TO THIS CAMPAIGN, WHERE THE VEHICLE QUIT RUNNING SUDDENLY DURING A MERGE ONTO A FREEWAY, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN 18-WHEELER CRASHING INTO THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO CRASH, BUT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE FREEWAY. THIS WAS NOT MY VEHICLE. THIS WAS RELATED TO ME WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. MY SYMPTOM OF THE PROBLEM WAS A "CHECK ENGINE SOON" LIGHT. I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT IF I HAD NOT TAKEN CARE OF THIS PROBLEM SOON, THEN I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED SOMEWHERE (HOPEFULLY NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT IN 130 DEGREE SUNSHINE), OR WORSE YET IN AN ACCIDENT. THE FIX TO MY VEHICLE WAS TO REROUTE SOME JUMPER WIRING AND REPROGRAM THE ECM & TCM.

I RAN INTO A BUILDING AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FRONT END HIT- BROKE INTO WALL, BRICK COLUMN SMASHED FRONT OF CAR. I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IN MY VEHICLE. IT'S A 2007 SATURN VUE--PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY OF 2007. *TR

VEHICLE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS PRIOR TO PURCHASE. PURCHASED 5/26/07 - 7/7/07 IN SHOP ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. CHK. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, GAUGES ERRATIC, POWER STEERING FAILS, MILEAGE 3,043. PROBLEMS PERSIST, EVENTUALLY ENTIRE MAIN WIRING HARNESS REPLACED (REMOVED SEATS, DASH, ETC. FROM INTERIOR). MORE PROBLEMS EACH TIME, GAUGES STILL ERRATIC, LOW POWER LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL COME ON. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, IF POWER LOST AT HIGH SPEED COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT. *TR