2008 SATURN VUE Complaints

DOOR HANDLES STICK IN THE OPEN POSITION NOT ALLOWING DOORS TO LATCH WHEN CLOSED. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN VUE. AT 52000 MILES MY WARNING LIGHT FOR MY TEMPERATURE OVERHEATING CAME ON. MY COOLANT TANK WAS EMPTY. MY COOLANT LEVEL SENSOR DID NOT COME ON. MY TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON ONLY WHEN MY TANK WAS EMPTY. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT MY HEATER CORE HAD WENT OUT. BECAUSE OF THIS COOLANT LEAKED UNDER MY DASH INTO MY CAR. I WAS TOLD IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING I HAD NOT DONE. IT JUST HAPPENS. WHEN I WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP A 2007 OUTLOOK CAME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SATURN REPLACED THE HEATER CORE AT A DISCOUNT COST TO ME. I ALSO WAS HAVING A RATTLING SOUND UNDER MY HOOD. NO ONE COULD TELL ME WHAT IT WAS. THE SOUND STARTED FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT MY VUE IN 10/08. IT HAD 22 MILES ON THE VUE AT THE TIME. I WOULD CALL AND AS IF ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD NO. EACH TIME I WOULD GO TO TAKE IT IN TO BE CHECK, THE VUE WOULD NOT MAKE THE SOUND. I WAS ALSO TOLD, BECAUSE IT WAS A NEW ENGINE IT WILL MAKE SOUNDS UNTIL THE ENGINE HAD SOME MILES PUT ON IT. WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR THE HEATER CORE PROBLEM, THAT IS WHEN I WAS TOLD IT HAS THE HEAT SHIELD. IT WAS FIXED AT A COST TO ME. MY QUESTION ALSO IS WHY WOULD IT NOT BE COVERED AND WHY WASN'T THE HEATER CORE COVER UNDER THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM WARRANTY. IF THE COOLANT SENSOR WOULD HAD CAME ON BEFORE THE TANK WAS EMPTY, IT COULD HAVE SAVED MY HEATER CORE. *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2008 SATURN VUE ON JUNE 28, 2008. THE PAST 3 WEEKS, THE KEY WOULD PERIODICALLY NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION - SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLACED THE SHIFTER SAYING IT WAS NOT COMPLETELY GOING INTO PARK. ALSO, THE AIRBAG LIGHT (FOR DRIVER) STARTING BLINKING AT THE TIME THE ABOVE OCCURRED (THIS WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION). WHEN I STARTED THE CAR, IT STARTED TO BLINK (ONLY LIGHT BLINKING) AND CONTINUED BLINKING WHEN ALL OTHER LIGHTS FADED. NO ERROR MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED BY THE CHIP. MILE ONE SATURN CLAIMS THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE AIR BAG ISSUE, THEREFORE THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT PERCEIVED THERE WAS NO ISSUE AND RELEASED THE CAR TO ME. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WENT BACK IN AND TOLD THEM I WAS NOT TAKING THE CAR UNTIL THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. *TR

WE A 2008 SATURN VUE ON JUNE 28, 2008. 4 MONTHS AGO, I STARTED BEING "SHOCKED" WHEN EXITING/CLOSING THE DRIVERS DOOR ON ALL OCCASIONS, THIS OCCASIONALLY HAPPENS TO PASSENGERS TOO. ONE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SHOCK STRIKE WHICH LEAVES A DULL ACHING PAIN IN A FINGER ON MY LEFT HAND. WE HAVE TRIED SEAT COVERS, STATIC GUARD, DRYER SHEETS, BUT NOTHING SOLVES OR LESSENS THE ISSUE. MAIN CONCERN IS WHEN FUELING BECAUSE IT COULD VERY WELL CAUSE AN EXPLOSION OR FIRE. WE THINK THERE IS SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL SHORT, BUT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DISMISSED OUR CLAIM WITHOUT CHECKING AND STATES THAT IT IS CAUSED BY THE MATERIALS USED IN MAKING THE SEATS, ISSUES STILL EXISTS. FOR PAST 6 MONTHS, WE'VE EXPERIENCED A TERRIBLE VIBRATION COMING FROM AND OCCURS WHEN THE SUN ROOF IS OPEN. SERVICE DEPART CLAIMS THIS IS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE WITH SUN ROOFS, BUT IT DID NOT OCCUR DURING THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF OWNING IT. WE TRIED RIDING WITH ALL WINDOWS DOWN WHILE THE ROOF IS OPEN, STILL OCCURS. OUTCOME - WE ARE UNABLE TO USE THE SUN ROOF BECAUSE IT CAUSES A VERY PAINFUL VIBRATION IN OUR EARDRUMS, I WAS TOLD BY AN ENT OUR EARDRUMS COULD BE DAMAGED WITH CONTINUOUS USE. THIRD ISSUE OCCURRED 2 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING. THE PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE SOMETIMES "STICKS" OPEN. THE DOOR WILL SHUT, BUT WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY SOUNDS OR LIGHT INDICATION THAT THIS IS OCCURRING. IT APPEARS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE DOOR SEEMS TO BE SHUT, IT IS NOT LATCHING. I WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE AND THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN, LUCKILY THERE WAS NO PASSENGER SITTING THERE. I PRESENTED OUR SERVICE DEPART WITH A PRINTOUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE FROM THIS WEBSITE, THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE, THEREFORE, THEY DON'T PERCEIVE THERE IS AN ISSUE UNTIL IT CAN BE REPLICATED OR WORSE. ISSUES ARE STARTING TO APPEAR SLOWLY, BUT ARE USUALLY DISMISSED. UNFORTUNATELY, NO ONE OTHER THAN A SATURN DEALER WILL WORK ON A SATURN VEHICLE - TOO COMPLICATED. THE OTHER NEAREST SATURN DEALER TO US IS ABOUT 100 MILES AWAY. WISHED I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT... *TR

I HAVE A SATURN VUE AND AM GOING TO BE HAVING ANOTHER BABY, I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY CAR SEAT INSPECTOR THAT THE ONLY SAFE AND CORRECT PLACE TO INSTALL A FORWARD FACING CAR SEAT IS IN THE CENTER SEAT, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO THEN FIT AN INFANT CAR SEAT NEXT TO IT. I AM NOT WILLING TO COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN BECAUSE SATURN CANNOT DESIGN A BACK SEAT TO ACCOMMODATE CHILD CAR SEATS. I HAVE HAD LITTLE HELP OR SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REMEDY THE SITUATION AND DO NOT WANT TO BE STUCK WITH A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT SAFE FOR MY FAMILY TO BE IN. *TR

I OWN A 2008 SATURN VUE AND MY DOOR LATCHES AND HANDLES HAVE FAILED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. PASSENGER SIDE HANDLE STICKS AND CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. PASSENGERS HAVE HAD TO CRAWL OVER THE SEATS TO EXIT. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH AND HANDLE DOESN'T FULLY CATCH EVEN THOUGH IT APPEARS TO BE IN A LOCKED POSITION. THIS DOOR HAS OPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS CAR HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THEY HAVE FAILED TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE. I WAS TOLD TO BRING THE CAR IN AS SOON AS THE PROBLEM OCCURS. I DID THAT LAST WEEK AND THEY FINALLY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. FAULTY DOOR HANDLES. THEY INFORMED ME THAT GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT FAULTY DOOR HANDLES FOR SOME TIME EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR MONTHS AND SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT.. NEW HANDLES ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE HANDLES WILL BE AVAILABLE. *TR

I OWN A 08 SATURN VUE. THE CAR WAS A YEAR OLD BEFORE THE PROBLEM STARTED. MY CAR STARTED HAVING A VERY CAUSTIC ODOR THAT MADE YOUR EYES BURN AS WELL AS YOUR THROAT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES & THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG & PUT AIR FRESHENER IN THE VENTS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, 4 MONTHS LATER I AM STILL BATTLING WITH THEM ABOUT THIS ISSUE & WE HAVE FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH GM. THE ODOR IS ALSO CORRODING THE INSIDE OF MY CAR. IT IS NOT ONLY CORRODING METAL TIE DOWNS IN THE BACK OF THE CAR, CREATING AN OILY FILM ON THE WINDOWS, BUT EATING THE LAMINATE OFF PARTS INSIDE THE CAR. SATURN HONESTLY DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE LOCAL DEALER IS DOING WHAT THEY CAN. IT IS GM THAT IS BEING DIFFICULT. WE FINALLY HAVE THEM CONVINCED TO DO AN AIR QUALITY TEST WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THE FT. WORTH POLICE FORENSIC LAB SAID THERE IS AN ACIDITY TO THE AIR. THEY TOOK SEVERAL SAMPLES TO RUN TESTS, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY WAITING THE RESULTS. THE FRUSTRATING PART IS THEIR DENIAL THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR & EVEN AFTER WE PROVED TO THEM THAT THERE WAS CORROSION ISSUES. I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED FOR MY HEALTH AFTER BREATHING THIS TOXIC AIR FOR 4 MONTHS & ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE THAT IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES & NOT GETTING ANYWHERE WITH SATURN OR GM. YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

2008 SATURN VUE IS A LEMON ,BOUGHT IN WEST NYACK NY,SATURN DEALER FOR 20,078.62..THE CAR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A LEASED CAR FOR 289 PER MO,,INSTEAD IT WAS SOLD,WITHOUT A WARRANTY ALL I WANT IS A WARRANTY POLICY..PLEASE HELP ME..DEALER TOLD ME FIRST I WOULD HAVE A POLICY, HE CHANGED HIS MIND DUE TO GREED FOR MONEY,,,,I HAVE A SATURN WITHOUT A WARRANTY DO I NEED A LAWYER....*TR

THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR ON THE VEHICLE DOES NOT LATCH AND FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE AS OF THIS DATE. *TR

ON 9/24/08 I PURCHASED A 2008 SATURN VUE XR AWD WITH 5945 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. IT WAS A CORPORATE FLEET VEHICLE PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE. IT HAS A "PREFERRED PACKAGE" INCLUDING A FACTORY-INSTALLED REMOTE START. IN THE SHORT 4 MONTHS I OWN IT I HAVE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL AT LEAST 10 TIMES OR MORE. SPECIFICALLY, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAY DOES NOT ILLUMINATE AT ALL. NO SPEEDOMETER, NO FUEL GAGE, RPM'S OR TURN SIGNALS YET THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE AND RUNNING. WHAT I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHEN I USE THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (RKE) TO REMOTE START THE VEHICLE & PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S EXTREMELY COLD OR THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING OVERNIGHT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. I REMOTE START THE VEHICLE THEN WITHIN 6-8 MINUTES I ENTER THE VEHICLE USING THE UNLOCK KEY ON THE REMOTE. I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURN IT TO THE "ON" POSITION WHICH SHOULD THEN ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE NORMALLY ONCE IT IS PUT IN GEAR. MY VEHICLE'S INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL IS COMPLETELY DARK WITH NO DISPLAY WHATSOEVER YET THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING AND IN MOTION. ONE DAY I TRIED TO REMOTE START IT AS I USUALLY DO BUT IT WOULD NOT WORK EVEN THOUGH I WAS IN RANGE AND THEN WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION IT STILL WOULD NOT START. ON ANOTHER DAY I WAS DRIVING WHEN SUDDENLY THE DASHBOARD JUST WENT COMPLETELY BLACK FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND THEN CAME BACK ON AGAIN. I HAVE BROUGHT MY VUE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES ALREADY AND THEY SAY THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO. I JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. UNACCEPTABLE RESPONSE ON SATURN/GM'S BEHALF. I KNOW THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BUT THEY WON'T LISTEN TO ME. I HAVE ALSO HAD A CONTROL ARM BUSHING REPLACED ALREADY. THE REAR WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID DOES NOT COME OUT WHICH THEY SAY WAS CLOGGED & FIXED. THANKS TO NHTSA'S WEBSITE I WAS ABLE TO FIND A POWER STEERING RECALL THAT THE DEALER DIDN'T ADDRESS - MY ENTIRE RESERVOIR NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *TR