Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Saturn VUE - part 1

Stalls stops, with engine power reduced, stabilitrak off. After turning or braking. Engine light with down arrow. Accident probability. Dangerous especially if on highway or country rd!.

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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.

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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.

I was driving on the highway going about 65 mph and the car started shaking,brakes. Got really tight car barely wanted to,stop transmissikn was overheating at the same time car wasnt passing second gear everything happened out of nowhere.

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While in motion on a city street going up hill, the car was having a problem accelerating up hill. When going downhill, the car would stop, and the brakes would lock up. Have to use acceleration when going downhill in order for it to move. Finally when I made it home and parked there was a loud noise (like something was scraping against something). And then the service traction control light came on. When I got out the car, it smelled like burnt metal. When I googled this problem, it appears that a lot of Saturn Vue users have had the same issues and it appears as if the dealerships are not sure how to fix this problem.

Takata recall security light comes on reduced power while driving all gas and speed gauges are all turned to the right car dosent move when cut on no power steering wheel gets hard unable to turn or steer this has been going on for 3 months now.

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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 Saturn Vue, year 2007, is making a screeching sound coming from the area of the transmission on startup and gets louder on acceleration. The rpm is overly amped. On acceleration if stutters or feels like it's skipping between gears. This takes place on starting the car to driving on city streets or the highway.

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.

Saturn Vue 2003 has stalled while driving on multiple occasions. Has stalled doing 80 mph on hwy has stalled doing 25-30 in town. Security light comes on, power is lost to engine and when security light goes off, then the engine will start again.

While driving at high speeds (70-80mph) on the freeway, for no reason at all my driving speed automatically drops to around 50mph and will stay that way even if I floor the gas pedal. The only way to pick speed back up is to slow down to about 35-45mph and then gradually pick speed back up. While this speed problem is occurring, an orange triangle with an exclamation mark lights up on right side of the dashboard.

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When it is cold, it is very difficult to turn the key in the ignition. Its takes approx. 30-45 minutes to try and get the key to turn over. Also, once the car is on it is extremely easy for the key to come out of the ignition while the car is running. My transmission also shakes uncontrollably in the park of brake position. When going up and hills or driving on rough roads my speed decreases with out my control. My check engine light comes on at least once a month. I have had to go it checked but, was told that the problems they are mentioned are not problems at all and they can not understand why the engine light keeps coming on.

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I was driving on the highway, cruising at 70 in the far left hand lane, and suddenly my vehicle speed dropped to 40 mph and error codes started flashing on the dash (decrease engine, engine, stability track system, traction control, and others I don't remember). With semi trucks and a high volume of traffic behind me and blowing their horns, I attempted to change lanes in an effort to pull over on the right shoulder as georgia law states. . . But it would not accelerate and continued to decrease. It was by the grace of god that I did not get hit by the vehicles and semi trucks slamming on their brakes to avoid hitting me. I nearly missed the off ramp. Off on the exit ramp was not able to make the light so pulled over to right side. My car made a high pitched sound like it does when I really step on the gas, it was revving and now pulling forward. It continued to make this noise while I was at a stop light, not moving, tried putting it in neutral, park, nothing would make the revving stop. Finally, light turned green and the car jerked me forward but then would not accelerate again as I attempted to make it to the gas station off the exit. I pulled into the lot and again when I braked to put in reverse to park it started revving high and jerked forward again then backwards. I turned off the car and let sit 10 minutes. Turned it on, it would not go away the engine was in revving so high I thought it might blow. I turn the engine off and had the vehicle towed from 30+ miles away from home.

This car has a wireless gas pedal. My car would go to idle while traveling freeway speeds! the only way to rectify this was turn off the car (on the freeway) and restart it! I had it replace $400! now, twice, it goes to idle by itself! the gas pedal does not work until I shut off the car and restart it! also my key stills falls out (since 2006) and was not included in the recall!.

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Saturn Vue. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 65 mph, the speed decreased, the vehicle locked up and the speed increased back up to 70 mph. The contact stated that at time the vehicle would completely shut off. There was warning indicators illuminated, the vehicle did restart and the failure recurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and was diagnosed with a gas cap replacement and reprogramming. The vehicle was repaired, however, was not repaired properly. The manufacturer was not notified and the approximate failure mileage was 80,000. Rw.

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.

The reducedpower light, service engine light, comes on on a everyday travel whether traveling near or far when the lights come on the vehicle power reduces and you are forced to pull off road, I keep taking it back to the mechanics they can not detect problem, also the key constantly get stuck I email Saturn about the problem I was told that other cars made by Saturn was recalled about the key ignition replacement but not the Vue. I have search the internet for solution to the reduced power problem an I found a extremely large amount of folks with the same year/make model with issues and no solution to the problem. Please help me, frust deborah briggs,.

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.

The contact owns a 2009 Saturn Vue. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph, the check engine warning light illuminated as the engine power reduced. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 140,000.

Was driving one day, and I noticed that it was running different. When I would come to a stop, then press the gas pedal to accelerate. It would take a while to shift into gear. It ran like that the first day. The next day when leaving my home, it wouldn't shift into gear. It finally moved after trying a few times, then stopped again. I took it to a shop to find out the problem. Turns out that it was the transmission.

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.

For the past year I have been having a very difficult time inserting the key in the ignition and turning the key to turn on the car. Once I get the key in I have to jiggle it over and over until the key is able to turn. Sometimes it takes me anywhere from 5-15 minutes. However lately when the key is finally in it gets stuck and it does not allow the key to be released leaving me stranded. I also noticed the airbag sensor light turns on and off randomly while I am driving the car and while there is a passenger in the car. My biggest concern is if the airbag fails to deploy in case of an accident. Another concern of mine is that sometimes when I am driving the car it accelerates itself for a moment or two and it is very scary. I am currently unable to drive my car because I am scared, especially because I drive my 5 and 1 year old everyday. I am unable to get the car looked at this time due to financial reasons. My Saturn Vue is not included in the recall however I really wish it were because all of the problems I am experiencing are very similar to that of the gm vehicles that were recalled. Please investigate the Saturn Vue 2007 ignition problem, airbag light problem, and accelerating problem. Thank you so much.

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.

My car has, again, demonstrated failure to accelerate during operation. The car has been "repaired" by the local GMC dealer in oct 2011 and again earlier this week for the same problem. I picked the car up on wed evening, two days ago, and the same problem recurred today on my way back to the office from lunch. I do not feel safe driving this car! once the gas pump fails to operate, it simply will not move until the car has been turned off and allowed to sit for a while.

Motor transmission fails to move forward or backwards even though engine starts fine.

Electrical system starting to act up (every dashboard light comes on) causing the vehicle to lose power and stall while driving. Steering power was lost and brakes became very soft. Happens at random speeds from 20mph and up to 65mph. Very scary! I have a child and I couldn't get my hazard lights to come on until the electrical calmed down. Was nearly rear-ended multiple times with a child in the vehicle. Finally had to replace the throttle body on the vehicle which is very expensive.

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My Saturn Vue 2003 experiences serious hestitation in power when traveling over 45 mph. The dangerous sputtering gets harder when I need to drive more than 45 mph such as when I have to travel on parkways or expressways. On December 3, 2011, I entered exit 36 of the grand central parkway and maintained a steady speed of 55 mph in light traffic. As the traffic increased to exit 17, the car began to hestitate and appear to want to come to a stop. It was difficult to maintain a decreased spead of 45 mph to avoid the sputtering and halting. I got into the right lane and exited the parkway as my car jolted then came to a sudden halt. I turned the car off, waited 15 minutes, put my car in drive and it would not drive forward. I put it in reverse and manuevered it into an open space along the curb on 78th avenue. I tried again and only with heavy pressure on the gas pedal was the car able to move forward enough to allow me to straighten into a position to be towed. I called aaa and was towed to a Saturn authorized service provider, northshore Chevrolet of smithtown, where it sits to this day. The brand new 2010 vt1 transmission needs to be replaced.

At slower speeds when cold the 2004 awd v6 Saturn Vue vehicle changed rpms (200-300rpm) with a steady pedal and load. The symptoms appeared to get better after driving for 15-20min. My repair shop first thought an eternal valve and then transmission software programming.

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The contact owns a 2003 Saturn Vue. The contact stated that there were multiple failures within the vehicle. The vehicle was hesitant to accelerate accompanied with a loud, humming noise. The horn sensor was melted, causing the horn to malfunction and sound continuously. The fuel tank was also fractured, causing a fuel leak and fumes to fill the vehicle cabin. The muffler was abnormally loud and the steering wheel would seize without warning and most frequently when attempting a left turn. In addition, the timing chain failed. The hazard light activation button also fractured therefore; the contact was unable to utilize the hazard lights. The dealer and manufacturer were contacted in regards to all of the failures experienced in the vehicle but neither provided any assistance to the contact. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 64,000.

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.

I have a Saturn Vue 2002. I took into a Saturn dealership for repairs in July 17, 08. Saturn repeatedly told me the part was coming. On Aug 3, 2008, they asked me to pick up my vehicle, I was informed that the part was not available and would not be in until the 18th of August. Now Saturn is stating the part may not come in until the end of September. My throttle body system needs to be replaced. My car will simple shut off while I traveling, I may be going 65 miles per hour and the vehicle will completely shut off with no warning. At times the vehicle will simply not start.

While passing another vehicle at around 50 mph, my wife's Saturn Vue (awd) began to accelerate on its own, and wouldn't stop. She floored the brakes hard enough to slow the vehicle down and pull over to the side of road. But the engine continue to run at a very high rpm, on it's own, until she shut it off.