Wiring problems of the 2007 Saturn VUE

Tl-the contact owns a 20078 satrun Vue. The contact stated that the vehicle's wiring was malfunctioning. The contact stated that the seat heater was turned on in order for the air bag to be activated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000. Sa.

2007 Saturn Vue green line (hybrid) regarding new (8/24/2007) campaign #07195. Saturn of tempe service advisor jered schager described to me a local incident, likely related to this campaign, where the vehicle quit running suddenly during a merge onto a freeway, which almost resulted in an 18-wheeler crashing into the vehicle. There was no crash, but the vehicle had to be towed from the freeway. This was not my vehicle. This was related to me while my vehicle was being repaired for this campaign. My symptom of the problem was a "check engine soon" light. I was led to believe that if I had not taken care of this problem soon, then I probably would have been stranded somewhere (hopefully not in the middle of the desert in 130 degree sunshine), or worse yet in an accident. The fix to my vehicle was to reroute some jumper wiring and reprogram the ecm & tcm.

2007 Saturn Vue greenline (hybrid) has experienced multiple faults related to electrical charging system. According to manufacturer's advisory letter, after the "check battery" light comes on, the vehicle charging system is disabled and the vehicle's 12 volt battery will provide 20-60 minutes of run time before the entire. Electrical system is totally disabled. After 3 trips to the dealer service department, the "check battery" light continues to come on.

2007 Saturn Vue hybrid model: known issue: wiring harness, but no recall. Car looses all battery power when driving. Very dangerous situation. Saturn knows of issue w bulletin to replace part of wiring harness.

The contact owns a 2007 Saturn Vue. On August 3, 2007, the contact took the vehicle to the dealer because the ignition lock was sticking. The dealer replaced the ignition lock housing and wiring harness. On October 12, 2007, the contact expressed his concern to the dealer regarding the failure and was informed that it was his responsibility. He stated that he would like his vehicle to have the features that are mentioned in his owner's manual. The current mileage was 5,025 and failure mileage was 1,548. The consumer stated the key could be removed from the ignition in any gear. The dealer informed the consumer the only way to stop the ignition from sticking was to take the steering lock off. The consumer declined. Updated 12/04/07.

The contact owns a 2007 Saturn Vue. After purchasing the vehicle in July of 2007, the contact had to take the vehicle back to get a new one three hours later. When he took the vehicle to the dealer for 5,000 mile servicing, the dealer discovered a recall, informed the contact, and made the repairs. Within twenty days, the contact had to have three hybrid electrical wiring harnesses replaced, the entire vehicle was re-wired, and a new transmission was installed. All the instrument panel and air bag lights illuminated intermittently. The dealer stated that if the air bag light is illuminated, it is inoperable. On two separate occasions, the contact had to have the failures repaired again. The dealer stated that there was a new recall related to the emission, but they could not perform the repair. They recommended a shop (freemond auto) and they replaced the factory fitting for that make and model. While at a traffic light with the brake pedal depressed, the engine shut off and restarted. The vehicle rolled back while the brake pedal was still depressed. The contact is still experiencing wiring and transmission failure. The failure mileage was 4,800 and current mileage was 16,311. Updated 4/7/08 updated 04/07/08.

2007 Saturn Vue green line (hybrid gas electric). The vehicle stalled in traffic and battery light was on after restart. The battery light problem was previously reported to Saturn of cerritos who did a firmware update to fix it. After 2nd occurrence vehicle was taken to Saturn of anaheim where a wiring harness was replaced.

2007 Saturn Vue was serviced because of the check engine and battery lights illuminating. Dealer replaced and fixed several problems. Consumer was still not happy with the way the vehicle ran. The consumer stated the radio was replaced for the third time, and there was even more wind noise from the driver side door with the new rubber seal. The consumer also stated major loss of power, rough upshifting, double downshifting while braking and poor fuel economy. The consumer was told a new calibration was made to the pcm as part of the correction made along with the wiring harness to make the check engine and battery lights go off.