NHTSA Complaint #10428146 — 2004 SATURN VUE

ERRATIC OCCURRENCE OF AIR CONDITIONING BLOWING HOT OR WARM SOMETIMES AT OUTSIDE TEMP RANGE 82-87 F. COMPRESSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS RECHARGED WITH FREON. WORKING WELL TODAY AND HAD IT CHECKED BY AN AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS SEVERAL TIMES IN ADDITION TO ORIGINAL REPAIRS PERFORMED BY SATURN DEALERSHIP BEFORE SATURN WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. THIS IS A SATURN VUE REDLINE 2004 WITH THIS ISSUE. NO ONE HAS FIXED THIS GM OR INDEPENDENT DEALERS. SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO MOTOR RPM WITH GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF MALFUNCTIONING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS 60-65 MPH AND MORE LIKELY TO OPERATE CORRECTLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS IDLING. ALSO, SOMETIMES THE ENGINE WILL NOT START IMMEDIATELY AND ACTS IF IT GAS FLOODED OR GAS STARVED. ENGINE TURNS OVER BUT DOES NOT START. COMPUTER HAS BEEN CHECKED RECENTLY AND THERE ARE NO ABNORMAL COMPUTER CODES. ON ONE OCCASION, ENGINE RAN AS THOUGH IT WAS TWO CYCLING AND DID NOT RUN NORMAL UNTIL THE IGNITION WAS SHUT OFF AND TURNED ON AGAIN. *TR