general problems of the 2008 Saturn VUE - part 2

My power steering and transmission doesn't work, I just found out that my vehicle is on recall and the dealer never told me.

The contact owns a 2008 Saturn Vue. The contact stated that the ignition would not turn and the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was being diagnosed. The manufacturer has not been made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 83,000 and the current mileage was 84,000.

Since the Saturn was purchased in October of 2013 it has had problems with the a/c and defrosters and sometimes heating, it works for about 10 to 15 minutes and quits and sometimes it does not work at all. Maybe not having a/c does not cause safety issues but not having defrosters work when it is pouring out and you can"t see out the window or when it is snowing and you can't defrost it off your windshield to see to drive then these things interfere with your safety. Apparently this is a known issues with this make and model of car and should be a recall to have it corrected. 2 years of this every summer and winter is quite enouugh.

While driving I noticed the tachometer, speedometer, compass, and outside temp gauges were not working. I arrived at my stop and turned the engine off. Upon starting the engine and proceeding on home the gauges all worked fine and have done so since that day. After this happened, I noticed the automatic door locks no longer work. (which is a good thing in my opinion). This car has always had a history of the compass and temp gauge acting up. If it ain't broke they cannot fix it so they said at the dealer. Along with the gauges not working at times, I cannot get the change oil light to reset. I just gave up on that as I did on the other gauges. I have chalked it up to another cheap gm product with poor customer relations at the Saturn dealer before going out of business. No more gm products for me.

Power steering would cut in and out while driving. Check lights would come on. Let car sit a bit restart engine then would steer correctly but not for too long then steering would become very hard and check lights would come on again. A few days would pass without incident then it would fail to steer properly,(without power). Took in and mechanic found a code for electric power steering motor failure and also the torque sensor,( steering colum angle sensor) was bad. I read an artical sometime in 2013 that described my problem and it was being followed for a history but had not become a recall yet. Before wrinting this complaint form I reviewed my VIN # and still no recall :(.

In 2012 electronic control module went out in my car,(Saturn Vue 2008 model) when this happen you lose all control of car (power steering, brakes, etc. ) this occurred again August 21 2014. Second occurrence it was not under warranty. Just wondering if there has been a recall on this electronic control module.

Electrical issues with rear wiper and heating element(defogger) system. Pressing the rear defogger switch to turn on the heating element would instead start delivering windshield washing fluid continuously. Pressing the rear wiper switch would start the wiper in a very erratic and scary way. Whole system works in a spooky way.

While driving in the rain with the air conditioner going, the air conditioner all of a sudden started blowing hot air and at the highest fan speed. At first we could not turn down the speed and then as we played with the dials we were able to get it down to the lowest speed. Because the air flow is always moving in the Vue (according to the owners manual) were were not able to shut the fan off completely. Even turning the air control unit to manual the heat continued to blow. The top of the unit was getting extremely hot to the touch. We were stopping for lunch with and when we returned after the meal the unit had reset itself and we had no more problems on the return trip from va to OH. On 8/23/11 the problem occurred again and only turning off the engine reset the unit. Took the Vue in for service and they reprogrammed the air conditioner, evaced (?) the unit and recharged with freon. Two weeks later, on 9/6 /11 the same thing occurred twice within 6 hours. Will be calling the dealership again.

Ltr fwd email fm (al) re 2008 Saturn Vue. Vehicle experienced several defects and received notice that gm extended warranty will no longer cover this vehicle, reply to mobile, al ofc. The consumer stated the vehicle stalled when he attempted to accelerate, the vehicle had electrical problems, the front end made popping noises and a strange noise was coming from the dash.

When the vehicle is running, there are times when the air conditioner blows nothing but extremely hot air. It does not matter what you do with the controls. The fan is on high and the lights on the controls blink.

This is a continuous problem and, stability, antiskid lights stay on constantly. The car will die and restart w hike driving. The ac blows from bottom heater vents. Battery will acts as if dead until I bang terminal with a hammer.

The contact owns a 2008 Saturn Vue. The contact stated that the exterior thermostat has never worked since the vehicle was purchased. The dealer attempted to make repairs on several occasions, but was unsuccessful. The current mileage was 14,000 updated 1/6/09 updated 01/14/09.