2009 SATURN VUE Complaints

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DUE TO A CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS A SURE FIX, I PAID 700 TO REPLACE AND A DAY AFTER PICKING UP FROM MY MECHANIC IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. IT WAS HESITANT AT FIRST BUT THEN IT STARTED AGAIN AND GOT WORSE. THE RPM ACCELERATING BUT SPEEDOMETER SLOWING DOWN. I TOOK IT BACK TO MY MECHANIC, HE READ SOMETHING TO ME ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT OF CONVERTER, IT SAID TO DRIVE IT FOR 1 HOUR AT HIGH SPEEDS TO BURN OFF INSIDE THE NEW CONVERTER, RESET THE LIGHT WHICH SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAD ALREADY DRIVEN FOR 1 HOUR BECAUSE I LIVE AN HOUR AWAY. I HEAD HOME AND AS I'M GETTING ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO I-75 SOMETHING CAME THROUGH MY VENTS AND IN MY THROAT AND CHEST AND I START COUGHING REALLY BAD AND TIGHTNESS IN CHEST. I GOT UP TO 55MPH AND THE TRUCK STARTED JERKING AND I NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND MY BRAKES LOCKED UP. IT WILL NOT GO MORE THAN 20-30MPH. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND WHILE STILL IN DRIVE THE TRUCK WILL NOT MOVE. CHECK ENGINE, ABS AND TRACTION LIGHTS CAME ON. I CALLED MECHANIC AND HE SUGGESTED I ROLL DOWN MY WINDOWS AND GET SOME AIR BECAUSE I WAS COUGHING SO BAD AND HAVE IT TOWED TO BE SAFE. CALLED ONSTAR AND NOW ABS CODES, TOLD TO TAKE IN FOR SERVICE WITHIN 7 DAYS, I ADVISED HER CANNOT DRIVE OVER 20MPH AND REQUESTED A TOW. A STATE TROOPER STOPPED TO ASSIST ME, SAID TO GET IN SAFER PLACE SO HE HELD TRAFFIC AND DROVE BEHIND ME TO GET OFF INTERSTATE WHILE I WAIT FOR TOW TRUCK. 7:32PM IN THE MIDST OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND 50 MILES FROM HOME. I WAS HORRIFIED! I WAITED 2 HOURS FOR A TOW THAT NEVER SHOWED, HAD TO GET A RIDE HOME AGAIN. EVENTUALLY GOT VEHICLE TO A GM DEALER. I RCVD A CALL FROM THE SERVICE DEPT WITH A QUOTE OF $5K OF REPAIRS TO INCLUDE A BRAKE JOB BECAUSE REAR PADS WERE METAL TO METAL. HAD BRAKES CHECKED 1WEEK BEFORE AND HAD 30% LEFT, LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT WAS BRAKE DUST MAKING ME SICK.

AUGUST 2015 I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AROUND 6:25PM ON I-75 THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING AND RPM WERE HIGH AND TRUCH FELT LIKE I WAS PUSHING GAS AND BRAKE PEDAL AT SAME TIME. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. I THOUGHT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING. CALLED ONSTAR FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND WAS TOLD THE CODE IS P0340, CONTINUE TO DRIVE AND IF MORE ISSUES TAKE IN TO DEALER. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY SPEED WENT FROM 65 TO 30 AND EVEN THOUGH I WAS FLOORING GAS PEDAL IT WOULD GO NO MORE THAN 20-30 MPH. I FRANTICALLY, SOMEHOW WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER 5-6 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND PULL OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER. NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAD TO BE TOWED. IT WAS ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT I WAS NOT HIT NOR CAUSED SOMEONE ELSE TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT ON I-75 IN BUSY ATLANTA. I WAS 50 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AND HAD TO GET A RIDE HOME. AFTER DAYS OF RESEARCH AND THE REPAIR SHOP DIAGNOSING THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE CODES, I HAD TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HUB 2.

SOMETIMES WHEN I TURN MY 2009 SATURN VUE OFF I CANNOT GET THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. I WILL HAVE TO PUT THE CAR BACK INTO DRIVE AND THEN BACK IN PARK BEFORE I CAN GET THE KEY OUT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD ACCELERATION SLOWED, ALL INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS CAME ON, LOSS FULL POWER STEERING & BRAKE FUNCTIONS, NO TURN SIGNALS, BRAKE LIGHTS, FUEL GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY, MESSAGES ON DRIVER AIR BAG, STABILITRAK,TIRE AIR PRESSURE,ABS, EVERYTHING WAS FLASHING. ALL INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WERE ON, RADIO STOPPED, SUDDEN INCREASED ACCELERATION THEN DECREASED AGAIN. I GOT PULLED OVER TO A PARKING LOT (WHICH WAS VERY HARD WITH BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR & STEERING ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE), TURNED OFF CAR & REMOVED KEY. STILL HAD ALL (4) OPEN DOOR LIGHTS ON AND ALL THE DOORS WERE SHUT. THEY STAYED ON MORE THAN 5 MINUTES BEFORE FINALLY GOING OFF. I SAT THERE 30 MINUTES BEFORE TRYING TO START THE CAR AGAIN. WHEN I STARTED IT EVERYTHING WAS WORKING AGAIN AS IF IT HAD RESET ITSELF. YESTERDAY AUGUST 31, 2015 WAS THE THIRD TIME THIS SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO ME WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH OR MORE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS I DRIVE DAILY ON HEAVILY TRAVELED PARKWAYS. DEALERSHIPS CAN NOT FIND A PROBLEM WHEN I TAKE IT TO THEM. THEY JUST WANT TO RESET THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. IT JUST OCCURS AGAIN SO THAT IS NOT THE SOLUTION. NEED HELP GETTING THIS RESOLVED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN VUE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE R/R HUB SPEED SENSOR AND STEERING ANGLE SENSOR WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE STEERING R/R HUB WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE POWER STEERING SEEMED TO FAIL AND IT TOOK A GREAT DEAL OF STRENGTH TO COMPLETE THE TURN. I HAVE ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS. IT HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS BEING THAT IT HAPPENS WHEN TURNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIME. I SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON SOME VEHICLES BUT NOT MINE FOR THE SAME TYPE OF ISSUE. I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL LOOSE CONTROL OF MY CAR. MY SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS A SATURN AUTHORIZED DEALER MENTIONED A STEERING SENSOR, BUT I BELIEVE IT IS A POWER STEERING ISSUE. THEY TOLD ME THE REPAIR WOULD COST OVER $500.

WHEN MAKING TURNS AT LOWER SPEEDS I HAVE TO USE TWO HANDS TO GET THE VEHICLE TO TURN AND THIS HAPPENS UNEXPECTEDLY AND HAS BEEN OCCURRING REGULARLY

ON FREEWAY @65 MPH, AFTER 10-12 MILES, SUDDEN DECELERATION, ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, CONTINUED DECELERATION, NO INDICATOR LIGHTS. ALL 4 BRAKES APPLIED WITHOUT PEDAL MOVEMENT. PULLED TO SIDE OF RODE. TURNED OFF CAR, INSPECTED TIRES AND UNDERSIDE OF CAR, NOTHING UNUSUAL. PARKING BRAKE CYCLED 2-3 TIMES. RESTARTED CAR AND DROVE ANOTHER 10-15 MILES, SAME UNEXPLAINED BRAKING, IN MODERATE TO SEVERE TRAFFIC VERY FRIGHTENING, DANGEROUS (05/30/2015). TAKEN TO DEALER 2 TIMES, STILL NOT REPAIRED AFTER REPLACING BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE (BPMV -06/05/215) AND THE EBCM (07/22/2015 0900). AND NOW A 3RD TIME. (7/22/2015 1600).

POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE TURNING AND VEHICLE HEADED INTO ONCOMING VEHICLE. WAS ABLE TO BRAKE AND STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE CRASH AND STEERING CAME BACK AFTER SLOWING DOWN. DRIVER INFO CENTER SHOWED A POWER STEERING MESSAGE BUT WAS UNABLE TO READ IT BEFORE IT WENT AWAY.

THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN MY 2009 SATURN VUE SHORTS OUT CAUSING ALL KINDS OF ISSUES, THE FIRST TIME WAS IN LATE 2013 WHEN NOTHING ON THE DASH CAME ON, MY RADIO DID NOT PLAY, NO GAGES WORKED. DROVE IT TO THE FIRST DEALERSHIP IN WATERFORD AND THEY GOT THE GAGES WORKING BUT HAD LITTLE NEWS TO SAY ABOUT IT, IT WAS A BAD EXPERIENCE TO SAY THE LEAST. THE 2ND TIME IT DIED IN MY DRIVE WAY ( IT HAD A BRAND NEW BATTERY IN IT AT THE TIME)I HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD AT FIRST THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THE HOOD LATCH LIGHT WAS ON AND WHEN THEY TRIED TO GIVE IT BACK THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF EVEN WHEN THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED MANUALLY AND WAS CORRECT . THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER BOARD AND IT WAS FIXED. THIS TIME I DROVE MY CAR FOR OVER A 2 MONTH PERIOD WHERE THE BLINKER WOULD CAUSE THE RADIO TO GO OUT, IF I TURNED ON THE BRIGHTS THE RADIO WOULD GO OUT, THEN ONE DAY I GOT OUT OF MY CAR AND REALIZED THE RADIO WAS STILL PLAYING. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR TO SHUT IT DOWN . LIGHTS FLICKER ON THE DASH AND THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. MY LAST STRAW WAS WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE STORE AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START, IT DID NOT DO ANYTHING, I SAT THERE FOR A MINUTE AND TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT STARTED UP, SO I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY HAD THE CAR FORM APRIL 23 THRU MAY 8 AND SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IN OCTOBER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY IS UP AND NO ONE HAS FOUND THE PROBLEM YET. I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE DROVE IT NOW FOR 4 DAYS AND NONE OF THE THINGS I DESCRIBED EARLIER HAS HAPPENED. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME, NOT FAIR TO HAVE THESE KINDS OF ISSUES ON A CAR OF THIS CALIPER.