NHTSA Complaint #10313867 — 2003 SATURN VUE

I PURCHASED A 2003 SATURN VUE WITH A DEFECTIVE VTI TRANSMISSION, DEC. 09. THE SATURN DEALERSHIP IN RALEIGH, NC, DID NOT INFORM ME OF THE DEFECT, UPON THE SALES TRANSACTION. A SERVICE BULLETIN CAME OUT 12/09, FROM GM TO APPEASE CONSUMERS, BY OFFERING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO HELP WITH THE COST TO REPLACE THIS DEFECTIVE PART, HOWEVER, GM NEEDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE VTI TRANSMISSION WITH A PART THAT IS NOT DEFECTIVE. INSTEAD, THEY LEAVE CONSUMERS WITH AN UNSAFE VEHICLE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN CAUSING SAFETY CONCERNS AND HUGE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES. THE CAR HAS LOST VALUE BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE PART AND WORST OF ALL I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT FOR FEAR OF BREAKDOWN, PARTICULARLY AT FREEWAY DRIVING, WHICH HAS BEEN NOTED BY OTHER CONSUMERS. GM LOSES 100M LAWSUIT BECAUSE OF EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN MORE THAN 90,000 SATURNS CARRYING THE VTI TRANSMISSIONS AND STILL THEIR HAS BEEN NO RECALL. THIS INVESTIGATION AND RECALL IS LONG OVERDUE AND AFFECTING USED VEHICLES THAT ARE STILL BEING SOLD TODAY, WITH THE 2002-2005 SATURN VUE AND IONS BETWEEN 2003-2004 AND 2000-2003 SATURN L-SERIES, CONTAINING THE VTI TRANSMISSIONS. *TR