At purchase given 2 key less entries -- matter of a month, BOTH inoperable pads fell OFF, told me not to touch pads with fingernail and only have 1 key on key chain as "TOO HEAVY" in the ignition, so I now have to use 2 separate key chains.
On the way to work I stopped for coffee and could not get the key in the ignition - called the service dept. and was told to wrestle the steering wheel back and forth while trying to get key in and turn -- TOLD THIS WAS AN ANTI THEFT FEATURE - great, the owner can't start the car.
THE CAR MAKES UNEXPLAINED NOISES.
Tires wore quickly and unevenly.
Car is all over the road with the slightest wind.
Car is lousy in snow, so I had to put logs in the back, to weigh it down to stay on the road.
Rear drive shaft problem.
Console has a poor arrangement. It's hard to clean the car. The paint finish stains quickly; within minutes of bird dropping, the car was wiped and it still stained.
This car is a pure LEMON - and Saturn does NOT NOT NOT stand behind its products! They are rude and disrespectful, and refuse to honor their own warranty. FORGET CORPORATE, THEY ARE WORTHLESS!
The car was in for an inspection and they informed me my rear drive shaft was MISSING -- asked me when I took it off. (I don't even know where the Hell it is), they then said it was "STOLEN" for use on black market. Never heard of drive shaft being a HOT theft item. Now have an AWD drive that is a 2WD.
This is a $30,000,00 piece of crap. Saturn should be ashamed, but people like that have NO conscience!
I WILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW, AND DRIVE WITH BAGS OF LEMONS ON THIS, TO WARN OTHERS NOT TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT.
First off, your Vue has the notoriously unreliable Honda drive train. Your dealer should have warned you of this when you bought the car. We test drove the 4-cylinder Vue, but wanted more power. However, in view of past bad experience with Honda and Honda's reputation for defective transmissions, we passed up the V-6 Saturn. You should have too.
I have a 05 Saturn Vue v6 FWD, going on 80k miles. I did some preventative maintenance on it and did the timing belt and water pump while they were in there doing the belt. No problems with it. I had done the brakes on the front and will do both front and rears on next brake job.
Took it on a long trip last summer for six weeks, driving all over the south and western states. Some of the driving was at high speeds and lots of mountains. Depending on the speed, doing about 68 to 75 avg on interstates... got 26 to 31 mpg.
Had to replace a battery and a tire on the trip. Otherwise, the auto has surprised me. My other auto is a Toyota 05 4Runner and hate to drive it on trips. Not that good of a traveling auto and gas mileage not good, either.. Had more problems with it than the Saturn Vue, that's for sure.
I purchased an '07 Vue last year, because I live in a part of Canada that can get a lot of snow. Well this past week we did get a pretty good amount of snow, and the Vue performed nothing short of excellent! I was surprised at the comment that it was lousy in snow.
I'm getting ready to purchase an 05 Saturn Vue and was happy to read the Canadians are happy with the way it handles in snow -- helped me make my final decision!
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