2008 SATURN VUE Complaints

I PURCHASED A SATURN VUE 2008 AUTOMOBILE WHICH WAS PURCHASED ON FEB.18,2008. I'VE HAD TWO ACCIDENTS WITH THIS VEHICLE, BOTH DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. THE FIRST ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON JUNE 27,2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:15AM. I WAS MANEUVERING MY VEHICLE IN A GARAGE AREA WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE , THE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE THUS "STOPPING " THE CAR, THE CAR WAS MOVING 5-10 M.P.H. THE SECOND ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON JULY 17, 2008 AT 4:15PM. I WAS 3 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING 25 M.P.H WHEN I STEPPED ON MY BRAKE PEDDLE WHICH "AGAIN" WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND I CRASHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SATURN DEALER ON THE 17TH OF JULY 2008 AND AS OF THIS DATE, AUGUST 26, 2008, SATURN STILL RETAINS POSSESSION OF MY VEHICLE ALLEGING TO BE HAVING IT REPAIRED. THERE IS 8,283 MILES ON THIS CAR WHICH I AM APPREHENSIVE AND FRIGHTEN TO DRIVE. I FEEL THAT THE "NEXT" ACCIDENT WILL BE MY LAST.I HAVE "NO" CONFIDENCE IN THIS VEHICLE AND FEAR FOR MY LIFE. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THIS VEHICLE WHEN IT IS RELEASED FROM THE SATURN DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT. WHILE I AM "ALIVE" DO SOMETHING FOR ME CONCERNING A NEW REPLACEMENT VEHICLE OR MONEY REFUND. FORTUNATELY I AM ALIVE TO WRITE THIS MESSAGE TO YOU. THESE "TWO" ACCIDENTS OCCURRED BY NO FAULT OF MY OWN, BUT BY A MANUFACTURERS "DEFECT" LOCATED IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN VUE. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS STARTED, THE CONTACT HEARS A RUMBLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES BEFOREHAND. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 800.

AT 200 MILES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. TOLD ME THAT I PROBABLY DIDN'T PUT THE GAS CAP ON PROPERLY. THEY RE-SET THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AT 800 MILES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THEY WERE ABLE TO DETECT 2 ERROR CODES ON THE COMPUTER. THEY EXAMINED THE CAR AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A SMALL HOLE ON THE FLANGE OF THE FUEL PUMP. THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND RE-SET THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING FINE SINCE. OLD FUEL PUMP IS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

UPON GETTING IN MY TRUCK THE CHANGE TRAY WAS SLIGHTLY OPEN . I GOT IN AND IT CUT MY RIGHT LEG ONE INCH DOWN FROM MY KNEE. IT BEGAN TO BLEED AND SKIN WAS LEFT ON THE SHARP PART OF THE TRAY. IT HAS LEFT A SCAR AND I WANT TO ADVISE YOU HOW SERIOUS IT WAS. *TR

MY 2008 SATURN VUE REDLINE HAS EXHIBITED NEAR STALLING, SHUDDERING,AND BUCKING ON THREE (3) OCCASIONS WHEN SIMPLY DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. MY FEAR IS THAT I WILL BE REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE SINCE THERE IS NO WARNING AS TO WHEN THIS EVENT WILL OCCUR. IN AN EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, I CONTACTED TWO SATURN DEALERS, NEITHER OF WHOM WAS ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND DEALER THAT I CONTACTED INFORMED ME THAT SATURN MAY NOW, AS OF JULY 5, 2008, HAVE SOME IDEA AS TO THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT HAS NO IDEA HOW TO FIX IT. FOR THE RECORD, THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS IN APRIL 2008, WITH TWO SUBSEQUENT OCCURRENCES IN JULY OR 2008. THANK YOU, HDJ *TR

I CAN NOT UTILIZE THE INSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR TOTALLY, BECAUSE THE TOP HALF OF THE INSIDE MIRROR IS TAKEN UP BY THE BACKSIDE OF THE ONSTAR PANEL, IT IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MIRROR. ALSO, THE REAR SEAT HEAD REST TAKE UP THE LOWER HALF OF PORTIONS OF IT, SO I HAVE TO KEEP THE REAR SEATS LOWERED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO UTILIZE THE LOWER PORTION OF THE MIRROR. SO NOW I HAVE A 2 SEAT SUV. WHEN PEOPLE ARE SITTING IN THE REAR SEAT, ESPECIALLY WITH 3 PEOPLE, YOU HAVE NO MIRROR VIEW AT ALL. DEALER SAID FRONT MIRROR CANNOT BE RELOCATED AND GLUED BECAUSE OF THE WIRE GOING TO IT AND THE RAIN SENSING WINDSHIELD. THERE ARE A LOT OF DEAD SPOTS IN THIS VEHICLE, AS TO SEEING YOUR WAY CLEAR! TRIED TO REMOVE REAR HEADREST BUT WAS UNABLE TO. *TR

2008 SATURN VUE WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION GEARS DOWN ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. HE ALSO STATES THAT THE ENGINE WILL SPEED UP TO ABOUT 80 MPH BEFORE GOING BACK TO NORMAL SPEED. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE KICKED INTO GEAR WHILE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE GAS MILEAGE DOES NOT MEET THE STATED HIGHWAY DRIVING AVERAGE MILES PER GALLON FOR A 4 CYLINDER VEHICLE. *JB

THE DOOR LOCKS ON OUR 2008 SATURN VUE AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT INTO PARK. ALL FOUR DOORS UNLOCK. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURE, THERE IS NO WAY TO DISABLE THIS FEATURE. I THINK THIS IS UNSAFE WHEN PARKING, ESPECIALLY IN UNFAMILIAR AREAS. I WOULD LIKE THE OPTION OF HAVING THE DOORS REMAIN LOCKED UNTIL I WANT THEM UNLOCKED. *TR

AIRBAG ISSUE - REAR SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS WERE TESTED BY THE IIHS AND FOUND TO BE FAULTY - THEY DID NOT INFLATE QUICKLY ENOUGH, ALLOWING THE REAR OCCUPANTS' HEADS TO HIT THE WINDOW. IT IS STATED ON THE IIHS WEBSITE THAT GM REDESIGNED THESE AIRBAGS AND THAT MODELS MANUFACTURED AFTER DECEMBER 2007 HAVE THE NEW AIRBAGS THAT INFLATE MORE QUICKLY AND EXTEND FURTHER AND HAVE FIXED THIS PROBLEM. UPON CONTACTING GM CUSTOMER SERVICE CANADA, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THIS INFORMATION AND THAT THE VEHICLE HAS NO SAFETY ISSUES AND "MEETS AND EXCEEDS...GOVERNMENT STANDARDS." THEY TOLD ME THAT SHOULD A RECALL BE ISSUED, I WILL BE INFORMED. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY GM WOULD INVEST MONEY IN FIXING A PROBLEM THAT SUPPOSEDLY DOESN'T EXIST. WHEN I TOLD THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON THIS, THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE THEIR PRODUCTS AND THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE OLD AIRBAGS, THAT THEY REDESIGNED THEM ANYWAY. OF COURSE, WHEN I ASKED FOR A LETTER STATING THAT THERE WAS NO KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAGS IN MY VUE AND THAT THEY WILL PERFORM UP TO THE STANDARDS OF THE NEWLY DESIGNED AIRBAGS, THEY DECLINED. TYPICAL BUREAUCRATIC NONSENSE - I AM VERY UPSET AT GM'S ATTITUDE AND AM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING A DIFFERENT CAR MANUFACTURER FOR MY NEXT VEHICLE. I HOPE MY CHILDREN WILL BE SAFE WITH THE OLD AIRBAGS IN THE BACK SEAT... *TR

WHEN CAR IS IN CRUISE CONTROL IT IS CONSTANTLY DOWNSHIFTING TO MAINTAIN SPEED EVEN ON FLAT SURFACE. APPARENTLY THE GEARING ON THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SUPPORT TO WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT CANNOT MAINTAIN THE CRUISE CONTROL SPEED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. *TR