Noises During Shifting problems of the 2002 Saturn VUE

I had my 2002 Saturn Vue parked in a neighbor's driveway. Twenty to thirty minutes later, my car popped out of gear, backed up, turned, and rolled off an embankment, landing in between trees and onto shoulders. When I called the week before the acccident, I explained to the service department I had been experiencing problems getting my car into gear. I asked them to check that out and I also scheduled an oil change at that time. While servicing the vehichle, they told me that the gear problems had been a fluke of the Vue. Prior to that, I had no gear problems other than a noise when I shifted that I reported to the dealer in September. The dealer told me that the front axle nuts were not torqued properly. They were retorqued per bulletin 02t52. The house that my car had been parked at has a sensor in the driveway, so I know the car took at least 20-30 minutes before it popped out of gear. I reported the porblem on the morning after my accident and was told by the dealer to call the customer service center to report the problem, I have recommended that someone from the Saturn corporation come to look at my vehicle, and the scene of the accident. I believe that there is a problem with my transmission/ and perhaps the transmissions of other Saturn Vue's. Dt.

I have also found a metal clanking sound coming from the front driverã‚s side of the vehicle when shifting the car out of park, or reverse. It still continues to have problems between the speeds of 12 to 30 mph, again the problem presents itself mostly when the vehicle is coasting and losing momentum. The vehicle would be slowing down without any aid of braking of any kind and as the vehicle would attempt to down shift, it would sometimes make a clanking noise, or buck, or in the most extreme cases completely stall out. Also the wiper sprayers have broken twice, and the dealer expects them to break again.