2003 SATURN VUE Equipment Problems

2003 SATURN VUE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND MORE THE DATE OF SALE: 12/05/2008. THE LOAN OFFICER CLAIMS STATES EVERYTHING WAS OK WITH THE VUE BEFORE PURCHASE PER HER REVIEW. HOWEVER THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, REAR HUB BEARING, NOISE COMING FROM LEFT SIDE BEGINNING JAN 14, 2009- TO CURRENT. WE REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND RETURN TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING REPORT: BRAKES MAKING NOISE ALL THE TIME AND BURNING SMELL FROM VENTS. SATURN DEALERSHIP IN CONCORD REPAIR: FRONT BRAKE ROTOR REFINISHING AND THE TEACH COMMENTS: UNABLE TO VERIFY ANY SMELLS THIS VISIT. A/C DRAIN NOT RESTRICTED. CALLED GM IN DETROIT, MI (NO HELP) AND THEY ARE AWARE THAT THE VUE WAS RETURN BECAUSE OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS; MY DAUGHTER MET THE LADY WHO PURCHASES THE VUE 2003 AT A FOSTER CARE MEETING IN CONCORD IN 2009, SHE ASK ABOUT THE RACK THAT WAS ON TOP OF VUE 3/24/2009: FILED A...

IN 2007 I WAS DRIVING MY SATURN VUE AWD 4CL EQUIPPED WITH A VTI TRANSMISSION DOWN THE HWY 401 IN ONTARIO. I WAS GOING A SPEED OF 100KM/HR. WITHOUT WARNING MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND REDUCED POWER LIGHT WENT ON AND CAUSE MY POWER TO DROP FROM A SPEED ON 100KM/HR TO 0 IN ABOUT 3 SECONDS. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OF THE HIGHWAY AS MY SPEED WAS DECREASING BUT HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID TRAFFIC AND GET MYSELF TO SAFETY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHO HAD IT TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO INFORMED ME DUE TO THIS SPECIFIC TRANSMISSION (VTI) THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. I HAD IT FIXED AT COST OF $4500. I RECEIVE A LETTER IN THE MAIL IN NOVEMBER OF 2009, FROM GM CANADA ADMITTING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THEY WERE OFFERING VARIOUS INCENTIVES. (EX...

THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE COMPLAINT THAT I FILED YESTERDAY (# 10265132). I AM THE GUY WHO LIVES IN LAS VEGAS. I GOT MY CAR BACK FROM SATURN LAST THURSDAY WITH A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION IN IT. WHEN I STARTED MY CAR AND WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE THE DEALERSHIP I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE THAT WAS NEVER PRESENT BEFORE SO I TOLD SATURN TO TAKE IT BACK AND FIX IT AGAIN. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HEAR THE SOUND AND GAVE THE CAR BACK TO ME THE NEXT DAY (FRIDAY 04/10/09). I DROVE THE CAR HOME (ABOUT 4 MILES) AND DID NOT DRIVE IT UNTIL I WENT TO WORK ON MONDAY (04/13/09). WORK IS 15 MILES AWAY. WHEN I LEFT WORK I WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT WITH MY CAR IN DRIVE AND MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE ONLY! WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD LIKE AS IF...

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I OWN A 2003 SATURN VUE AND THE IGNITION KEEPS LOCKING UP ON ME. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO WORK IS TO GIGGLE THE KEY. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. NOW THE KEY WILL NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION AT ALL AND THE CAR HAS TO BE TOWED AND REPAIRED. MY FATHER HAS THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL AND HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. HE HAD IT FIXED AND IT HAS STARTED ALL OVER. SATURN SHOULD STOP PUTTING FAULTY PARTS IN ALL OF THEIR AUTOS. *TR

ON 11/19/2004 29,021 MILES. NOISE IN ENGINE AREA. SATURN REPLACED TRANSMISSION FLUID. WAS TOLD IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. 9/12/2005 61,695 MILES. CAR WOULDN'T GO WHEN PUT INTO GEAR. ALL GEARS WERE TRIED. CONTACTED SATURN WAS TOLD TO GET IT TOWED IN AND THEY WOULD INSPECT IT. BROUGHT TO ATTENTION THAT THE LETTER I RECEIVED ABOUT THE VTI TRANSMISSION HAVING PROBLEMS AND AGAIN WAS TOLD IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE CAR TOWED IN. ALSO HAD TO RENT MY OWN CAR. WAS REIMBURSED BUT ONLY FOR A SMALL PORTION ON THE RENTAL CAR COST AND NOTHING FOR THE TOW. FINALLY GOT MY CAR BACK ON 9/21/2005. 5/31/2006 89,412 MILES. AGAIN CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST AS I WILL NOT GO BACK TO SATURN. ANOTHER TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN ANOTHER VTI AS NO OTHER TRANSMISSION CAN BE PUT IN THIS...

I HAVE A 2003 SATURN VUE. SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE NOW HAD 5 WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED, ONE PER WHEEL AND 2 ON PASSENGER FRONT SIDE. THE FIRST 4 WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE LAST ONE COST $410 TO HAVE REPLACED. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE COST AND SINCE I HAD EACH WHEEL BEARING REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP, THEY ONLY CHARGED ME 25% OF THE COST. FIVE WHEEL BEARINGS IN 3 YEARS IN NOT A VERY GOOD RECORD. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESEARCHED BECAUSE, TO ME, IT SEEMS THAT IT IS EITHER A LEMON OR A RECALL ITEM. *NM

PURCHASED MY SATURN VUE USED IN MARCH 2005...AT THAT TIME I HAD 6K MILES LEFT ON THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY...IN JUNE 2005 TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL SATURN DEALERSHIP TO TAKE CARE OF ALL NORMAL ISSUES & GET A MAINT CHECKUP...AT THAT TIME THEY REPLACED THE RESISTOR- ENGINE COOLING FAN (DUE TO BLOWING HOT AIR WHEN AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON), HEAD LAMP ASSEMBLY COMPOSITE ON FRONT LEFT (CRACKED WHERE BOLTED TO FRAME), OBD SYSTEM UPGRADE (RECALL), REPLACEMENT OF REAR LATERAL LINK ASSEMBLY (RECALL), AND LAST THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE WAS REPLACED/ADJUSTED & LUBED DUE TO GOING BAD - AT THAT TIME THEY NEVER DISCLOSED TO ME THAT THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED 3X'S SINCE JAN 2003. ON DEC 24TH @ 10:00AM...MY ENTIRE GEAR SHIFT ASSEMBLY FAILED AND LEFT ME STRANDED...THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM...DUE TO ME BEING 5,000 OVER MY WARRANTY...THEY...