NHTSA Complaint #10682001 — 2006 SATURN VUE

ON 1-19-2015 I STARTED MY CAR (AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR 2 DAYS/IT WAS VERY COLD) AND THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS, INTERIOR LIGHTS, DASHBOARD, RADIO, BLINKER SIGNALS, ALL BEGAN FLASHING. IT WOULD STOP FOR A SECOND AND START AGAIN, DURING THIS TIME THE CAR SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CONK OUT, BUT DIDN'T. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL THE FLASHING WOULD GO FASTER. ALSO THE SEAT CONTROLS AND DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT WORK. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES IT STOPPED AND THE CAR WAS FINE. THAT SAME THING HAS HAPPENED ROUGHLY 4-5 MORE TIMES, LASTING 5-10 MINUTES EACH TIME. THE CAR HAS ONLY STOPPED RUNNING 1 TIME (LUCKILY IN FRONT OF HOME) AND STARTED FINE THE NEXT DAY. TOOK VIDEO AND WENT TO LOCAL MECHANIC. THEY CHECKED THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR (BOTH FINE-NO $ CHARGE), ALSO CHECKED RECALLS FOR CAR (NOTHING). TOLD ME TO GO TO DEALERSHIP OR ELECTRICAL MECHANIC. THOUGHT PERHAPS THE ALARM SYSTEM, DUE TO FLASHING. AFTER GOING ONLINE, I HAVE FOUND ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS NOT CHEAP TO FIX. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED. I COULD CAUSE A SEVERE, DEADLY ACCIDENT IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING, ALSO THE DOORS WOULD BE LOCKED BECAUSE THEY LOSE POWER. *JS