2004 Saturn VUE from North America - Comments

The Vue is rated at 24/28 mpg. After my second fill-up it is barely getting 21.5 and I live 45 miles from the office so 95% of my driving is on the highway. I took the first one back after 800 miles because it was getting only 20 miles per gallon.

The little vehicle is great other than the poor gas mileage. My 1992 accord got 34mpg.

I hope that the gas mileage will get better. I traded in a 1999 Dodge Durango V8 Magnum because it was only getting 16mpg. I will be extremely dissatisfied if I gave up that big powerful engine, great ride and a third row seat for a 4 cylinder 5 speed that only gets 5.5 mpg more gas mileage.

Hi.

Although I do empathize with your problem, there is a break-in period for new cars, and especially their engines. Drive a couple thousand miles before you trade in a car for getting poor mileage.

I own an 03 VUE 2.2 AWD with approximately 15,000 kms. Gas mileage is rated for my vehicle to be 24/34. At first my City gas mileage read 16-17 and now it reads 23.5-26 and the highway mileage at first read 24 and now it reads 29-32.5.

There is a break-in period and your gas mileage will get better.

I just bought a VUE with the v6 as well, I have over 8000 miles on it at this point and I still get 20 mpg? Just how long of a break in period does the vehicle need?

I have a 2003 Vue with 4 cylinder and 5-speed manual. I have had it to the dealer to have the poor mileage checked out. I have been getting about 22 mpg combined city and highway. The dealer hooked it up to their OBD II reader and claim that after driving 7 miles it is getting 29 mpg, so there is nothing they can do. I have driven the the car for 28,000 miles and have never gotten any better then 25 mpg on it... If the dealer refuses to admit to the problem then what are we to do...............Mark.

The very best MPG I have got was 21. When I pull my 4 passenger Sea-Doo I get a LOUSY 16 mpg. Lousy gas mileage and a tiny little 15 gal. gas tank to boot.

My wife and I just got a 2003 Vue with a 6 cylinder. My first gas tanks was below 20 mpg. Her latest tank of gas netted 255 miles for 12.9 gallons. 19.76 mpg... this is not much better than her Mazda B4000 truck which she dearly loved and gave up for the "better" gas mileage vehicle. This is not funny. Wonder what I can do about it.