2003 Saturn VUE LX from North America - Comments

I have recently purchased a 2003 Vue, 4cylinder, 74000 miles, Auto.

You guessed it, the transmission is dead in my vehicle as well.

I too went to a Saturn Dealership and they snubbed there noses at me, told me they always go out, better luck next time they said. I was told I should have bought a newer model. This comment left me taken aback.

I have had Saturns before, this has left me with a bad taste in my mouth.

I have been told replacement will cost me around $5000.00 dollars.

The average person just hasn't got this cash sitting in his or her back pockets, or I certainly don't.

I put faith in to Saturn vehicles, and this is how they treat there customers. Boy, things have changed. I will definitely go in to a court room with other disgruntled Saturn owners.

I purchased a 2003 Vue in 2007. The vehicle only has 56,000 miles on it to date.

Recently I was getting on the bridge ramp, and as I stepped on the gas, the car was not moving as fast as it should; it was mighty sluggish. I waited a couple of weeks until the problem happened again, and it did. I headed to the dealership and had it checked; the mechanic told me it was my catalytic converter and replaced it. A few weeks after that, there was the sluggishness and lost of power again. My problem is not consistent, but reading everyone's comments, I might be heading towards tranny problems too.

2003 Vue-- Transmission problems started at 75,000 miles. Extended warranty has expired. I am going to go to dealership and try my luck with getting it repaired on their nickel anyway. From what I have seen on the internet, there is a class action suit in CA, Castill vs. GM case # 2:07-0948. Lakin Firm (618) 254-1127 Good luck everyone.

We bought a 2003 Vue in 2004 with 8k miles on it. We have also had the reduced power signal and SES light on 4-5 times a year, but the dealership says they don't know what is going on.

We were on vacation in Seattle (we live in Colorado) and on our last day of vacation, the transmission died. We had to have the vehicle towed to a local dealer, then we had to tow the paperweight home to Colorado - after spending $1400 more than we should have had to on our vacation (and taking an extra day and not being able to afford a hotel so we slept in our VUE on the back of the trailer), and being told Saturn would reimburse us for the tow BY THE SATURN DEALER IN WASHINGTON, they have not only refused to reimburse me for the tow, but they have refused to pay more than 75% of the repair costs.

I have been on the phone with customer service for 3 days. Their final decision is to not reimburse the tow and not pay more than 75%. So now I have to somehow pull $1,350 out of my rear end to fix the car.

Our other car is a Ford sedan, 12 years old with 190k miles on it and it runs rough but it is reliable. I am buying Ford again for our next vehicle. I have $1600 left to pay on my Saturn, and then we look for a new car...

You'd think that Saturn might be immune to the constant problems of Chevrolet vehicles since it's a sub-division of Opel. But somehow Chevy found some way to screw it up.

I own a 2003 Saturn Vue, purchased in August of 2003 brand new with 56 miles on it.

Within the first 6 months of ownership, the transmission had to be replaced twice at Saturns expense of course. Then I PCSed from my duty station in Norfolk, VA and went unaccompanied for 6 months to Texas for a school. I left the vehicle with my now ex wife, who by the way still has it to this day.

Since the transmission was replaced the two times when I had it, she has had to have it replaced an additional 4 times for a grand total of 6 times. Saturn refuses to do anything beyond replacing the broken down transmission, "update the internal computer", or some other temporary fix.

What has to be done to recall this vehicle? It seems as if they are losing more money replacing all of these transmissions than the car is actually worth. They have paid anywhere from $12,000 to $18,000 to replace this transmission 6 times, we paid $15,000 for it, not really worth it if you ask me. This car is a lemon, and with any luck it will be recalled.