NHTSA Complaint #10608376 — 2005 SATURN VUE POWER TRAIN

Complaint Details

ODI Number	10608376
Vehicle	2005 SATURN VUE
Component	POWER TRAIN
Date of Incident	May 24, 2014
Date Filed	July 5, 2014
Mileage	152,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	AZ

Consumer Description

DRIVING 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT DOWN SHIFT (AUTOMATIC) AND STARTED MAKING A TERRIBLE LOUD VIBRATING NOISE. LETTING OFF THE GAS HOPING AND THINKING IT WOULD DOWN SHIFT, THE CAR STARTED TO TOTALLY SLOW DOWN. SCARED BEING ON A FREEWAY WE PULLED TO THE SIDE, PUT ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS - WE PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED STARTING AGAIN BUT THE CAR WOULD NEVER GET ABOVE 40MPH. WE CRAWLED ALONG AT ABOUT 30MPH TO FIND AN EXIT RAMP, CALLED A TOW TRUCK ($300 FOR BEING OUT OF TOWN) TO BE TOWED BACK TO OUR MECHANIC SHOP. FOUND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT BAD WHICH "TOASTED" THE TRANSMISSION. WE ENDED UP REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION WITH A SAME YEAR AND MODEL AS THE OLD ONE. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICES THAT THERE HAD BEEN PRIOR ISSUES AND I AM NOW TERRIFIED THAT THIS ONE WILL GO BAD AS I HAVE RECENTLY READ THAT THESE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS. *TR

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