Transmission Failure problems of the 2008 Saturn VUE

Tl the contact owns a 2008 Saturn Vue. While the vehicle was stationary and while driving various speeds, the transmission failed. While the vehicle was stationary in the park position, the vehicle rolled forward. The contact applied the brake pedal to stop the vehicle. While the vehicle was stationary in the reverse position, the vehicle was able to move partially and stopped. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to move any further in the reverse position. In addition, the rpms increased rapidly on more than one occasion and the vehicle would not accelerate beyond 30 mph. A dealer and the manufacturer were not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Saturn Vue. While driving approximately 30 mph, the rpms suddenly increased, but the vehicle failed to accelerate. The check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 63,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Saturn Vue. The contact stated that while attempting to reverse the vehicle the transmission became inoperable while the malfunction light was illuminated. The failure occurred once. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 08v200000 (power train). The contact also stated that the independent mechanic told her about that recall. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000. Ec.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Saturn Vue. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 mph, the speed of vehicle decreased to approximately 10 mph. The check engine warning light had illuminated and the contact noticed a burning odor. The contact maneuvered to the emergency lane and shut the vehicle off. The vehicle was able to restart but the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed as a transmission failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 73,400. Sms.

Driving on interstate 10 pensacola FL heading northwest going 70-75 miles an hour semi truck about 2 car lengths behind me I m int the right lane cars to my left traffic is heavy 3:45 in the pm. My car makes chunk then a bump engine shuts off no power no power steering semi locks up his brakes almost hits me pulled the car to side of the road. After I collected myself car wont turn over no smoke or fluids popped the hood nothing to indicate what happened. Had it towed to vinnc whibbs I was told the engine locked up no reason why. Put a new engine in found out in fact it was the transmission which caused the engine to lock up. I did research on this and come to find out it is a defective part in gm cars int the transmission the 35r wave plate has not been properly heat treated and can cause transmission failure it affects hundreds of thousands of cars 2007-2009 Saturns. Taverse, acadia, outlook, malibu, arura. Gm knows about this defect but wont do a recall. This is wrong as a consumer im suppose to be protected by law from defective products. This dept the NHTSA has looked in to this issue and your dept has detirmened it to be a defective part but no safety issues, I be g to differ I was almost in a terrible accident due to this defective part. Once again gm has a defective product, and no one is doing anything about it how many lives lost does it take before we take action.

The contact owns a 2008 Saturn Vue. The contact stated that transmission failed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the transmission was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 90,470.

On April 12, 2014 I was driving on a major boulevard towards interstate 5 when the transmission shifted itself into neutral and revved the engine to an extremely high rpm. It was hovering quite close to the red danger zone on the gauge. As it was doing this I lost forward power and was moving forward on momentum only. It then felt like it dropped in and out of gear several times in quick succession. I was close to a parking lot so I hit the brakes lightly to decrease my speed and managed to turn the car into the parking lot and into a parking space just as the transmission appeared to re-engage. I immediately turned the car off and called emergency roadside service to tow the car to the dealer. The dealer was able to drive the car forward into a service bay but advised me that reverse was completely gone. Although I did not crash or sustain an injury, it was only because I got lucky and had a safe place to turn into. If this had happened 5 minutes later on the freeway, I would have likely died as that section of interstate 5 has construction work and no shoulder, so I would have been stranded and blocking traffic on a freeway with other vehicles and big rigs traveling between 55 and 80 miles per hour. It would have taken a miracle for no one to hit me in that situation. The vehicle is a 2008 with just over 50k miles on it - way too soon for such a major transmission failure.

My transmission failed as I was accelerating off a stop line. The vehicle would not go above 30 miles an hour and was at 3000 rpm. When attempting to park and back into a parking spot the car would not go into reverse. There appears to be a recall on this model. Is my car under this recall.

My 2008 Saturn Vue steering failed and almost got into accident with only 40,000+ miles back in oct 2013, got it fixed that cost me close to $1000 and now June 2014 transmission failed with only 50,000 miles and was quoted $4,500 worth of repair which is to replace transmission, checked online regarding problem and looks like its a common issues on this model and other models as well of gm which have the same transmission, just wondering how come no one issues a recall on this. Thanks. . .

While attempting to merge from 38th street tacoma to i5 north accelerated from the off ramp vehicle tachometer climbed, loss of acceleration-power, transmission failure. Shifted to neutral then back to drive with no result. Almost got rear ended by i5 drivers doing 60-65 with my vehicle slowing, shifted into neutral again then back to drive for second time with no result, almost got hit a 4th time, vehicle finally responded to 4th gear in manual mode. Vehicle operated poorly for next few miles until I was able to get off the interstate. Vehicle had to be towed to dealership. There are numerous incidents of the Saturn/gm products that have a defective 35 wave plate associated with the transmission. This vehicle has been serviced regularly last service was 7 days prior to this near accident no error codes or engine lights had come on prior to this happening. Glad to see the federal govt. Can bail out a company that endangers the general public and gambles with the ideal of may it will maybe it won't break, as long as we get money. Society of automotive engineers they should have a new association society of cost benefit analysis. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).