NHTSA Complaint #10604942 — 2009 SATURN VUE

THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT. I IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM IN APRIL AFTER I PURCHASED AN ADDITIONAL CAR. THEN I NOTICED MORE CLEARLY HOW THE SATURN STEERING PROBLEM HAD BECOME MORE SERIOUS AND NOTICEABLE. THE PROBLEM IS THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMS TO BIND WHEN THE DRIVER TURNS THE STEERING WHEEL. THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A DISTINCT SOUND LIKE IT IS BINDING. IT ALSO TAKES MORE EFFORT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL THAN IN MY OTHER GM CAR. THE STEERING DOES NOT QUITE RE-CENTER THE VEHICLE AFTER MAKING A TURN; THE CAR WILL REMAIN IN A SLIGHT DIRECTION LEFT OR RIGHT AFTER TURNING A CORNER; THE DRIVER MUST MAKE AN EFFORT TO RETURN THE STEERING TO POINT THE CAR DUE CENTER. THIS DEFECT IS WORSE IN THE COLD WEATHER. *TR