general problems of the 2008 Saturn VUE

My 2008 Saturn Vue engine size 3600cc, 6 cylinders has been feeling like the transmission is slipping when you get up to a certain speed and this could be very harmful to other drivers that are driving. . Sometimes the car won't go into park or reverse and I feel that since there are 3 recalls on my vehicle and I was never notified that the gm place should have to fix this because someone could get hurt really badly if the transmission locks up while going down the road.

I push gas pedal no accel then it would take off. I hit a tree from this doing this and sl mm ost got hut by another car from behind.

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.

My Vue went out of control, after I slammed on the brakes, it took off like a rocket , going faster and faster up to 90 miles per hour, it would not stop and would not slow down, I threw it into neutral, after 1 min the engine died, and I coasted for a few min.

Upon trying to accelerate, the "kicked" and jerked, then slowed slightly. When traveling uphill, and parking, transmission seemed not to have enough power. Rolls backwards while idle before taking off.

Driving at speed and the transmission jerks causing the vehicle to slow down in traffic. Very scary feeling to not know what is causing your vehicle to suddenly fail and loosing control of your speed during travel. To have such a vital part able to fail in such a critical functioning of the vehicle is dangerous and potentially dangerous to drivers on the roads as well as the occupants of the vehicle. Please don't allow this to become a fatality before action is taken. The wave plate on these gm vehicles is breaking inside the transmission. Causing complete in motion failure of vehicle at speed. Thank you for what you do.

I was driving with my family in the car, going around another stalled vehicle on the highway when I was not able to accelerate past 25 mph. My vehicle acted like it went into neutral, when it should have gone into 3rd gear. I was able to maneuver the vehicle to the side of the road with only brakes and steering. If this had happened while trying to merge onto the highway, I could have been rear ended. From the research I have done online it appears that gm is aware of a faulty 3-5-r wave-plate used within many of their 6 forward gear transmissions used on vehicles from 2007 to 2009. I believe this part should be replaced through a recall to avoid any serious future injuries in all vehicles using this transmission with the faulty wave-plate. I believe this includes 6t70 and 6t75 transmissions in vehicles from 2007-2209.

Was driving on highway approx 50mph and speed dropped below 30mph. I had to immediately turn on my hazards and moved to the right lane and eventually pull over to service road. Drove car at 10mph to a secured location and had it towed to a mechanic in local area the next day.

The contact owns a 2008 Saturn Vue. The contact stated that while traveling various speeds, the vehicle hesitated to respond to acceleration attempts. The contact mentioned that the abs and traction control warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer who replaced the abs module, wire harness, and the driver side brake sensor but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 57,000.

Transmission not engaging properly. Vehicle jerks while shifting and does not reach over 60 mph without going to 6 rpms. While in heavy rush hour traffic, the car does not accelerate and the power steering locks.

I was merging onto highway 696 in detroit area. Semi to my left, thought I could accelerate and ease in front. Put foot on gas pedal strongly and it depressed all the way to the floor making the car quickly accelerate to well over 80 mph. Took foot off gas with no effect. Put foot on brakes and it tempered speed; no longer accelerated, but did not slow it down. All the while I could hear engine straining to accelerate but not being allowed to. Tried easing off brake but car started to speed up even further. Was practically standing on brake pedal now with left foot and did not slow. Hit gas pedal a couple times hard with right foot and pedal released and car started to slow, but have no idea if that was the reason it let up or just coincidence. Inspected gas pedal area. Nothing to encumber pedal. Nothing to catch on. No reason for it to stick. About scared me to death. If there had been a vehicle directly in front of me, I would have hit it. I was just shocked. I then had to pick up my kids in ann arbor and drive all the way back home to illinois worrying it would happen again. Will call Saturn in morning to see what should be done.

The contact owns a 2008 Saturn Vue. While traveling at relatively low speeds of 5 mph, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact was unable to stop the vehicle by applying the brakes and then shut the engine off completely. The vehicle was neither repaired nor taken to the dealer for further diagnostic testing. The current and failure mileages were 33,874. Updated 12/10/10. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer, but they were unable to duplicate the problem. As of November 28,2010 the problem had not returned. Updated 12/17/10.