Three problems related to car will not start have been reported for the 2009 Saturn VUE. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Saturn VUE based on all problems reported for the 2009 VUE.
Car would not start, when you put the key in the ignition will not start. After several attempts you can finally get it to connect. This is an ongoing issue I have had the car in the garage several times. I have been stranded three times in the last six months. It doesn't happen all the time and never happens when the garage has the vehicle. The last time was on Saturday 5/18/2014 the only way I could get the vehicle to start was to put it in neutral and turn the steering column, then when it would go back to the straight position the vehicle would stop again. After about five times trying it this way I left the wheels turned all the way to the left and put the vehicle into gear and made a u turn and keep going to home. I am afraid to try this car for fear it will cut out and someone will run into me.
The electrical system in my 2009 Saturn Vue shorts out causing all kinds of issues, the first time was in late 2013 when nothing on the dash came on, my radio did not play, no gages worked. Drove it to the first dealership in waterford and they got the gages working but had little news to say about it, it was a bad experience to say the least. The 2nd time it died in my drive way ( it had a brand new battery in it at the time)I had it towed to the nearest dealership and was told at first that they could not find the problem. The hood latch light was on and when they tried to give it back the tire pressure light came on and would not go off even when the tire pressure was checked manually and was correct . They said that they had to reboot the computer board and it was fixed. This time I drove my car for over a 2 month period where the blinker would cause the radio to go out, if I turned on the brights the radio would go out, then one day I got out of my car and realized the radio was still playing. I had to restart the car to shut it down . Lights flicker on the dash and the headlights would flicker back and forth while driving. My last straw was when I came out of the store and my car would not start, it did not do anything, I sat there for a minute and tried it again and it started up, so I scheduled an appointment at the dealership. They had the car form April 23 thru may 8 and said they could not duplicate the problem. In October my extended warranty is up and no one has found the problem yet. I have to say I have drove it now for 4 days and none of the things I described earlier has happened. Someone please help me, not fair to have these kinds of issues on a car of this caliper.
The contact owns a 2009 Saturn Vue hybrid. While driving 65 mph and exiting the freeway, the vehicle lost power steering and would not slow down when the brake pedal was depressed. The check engine, brake and abs lights illuminated. The contact pulled over but the vehicle would not restart after being turned off. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the hybrid battery needed to be replaced; the vehicle had not been repaired as the parts were on backorder. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 19,000.