2006 Saturn Vue

I STARTED MY CAR AND AS USUAL THE AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHED LIKE IT ALWAYS DOES. HOWEVER, THE AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINED LIT UP, BUT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT NEVER LIT UP AS BEING "ON" EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT. I READ UP ON THE MATTER AND SAW THAT A LOT OF SATURN VUE'S HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND THAT IT COULD BE ELECTRICAL AND VERY COSTLY. HOWEVER, A RECALL HAS NEVER BEEN ISSUED EVEN THOUGH THE MANUAL CLEARLY STATES THAT IT COULD BE AN "ELECTRICAL" ISSUE AND TO HAVE THE MATTER TAKEN CARE OF "IMMEDIATELY!" HOW IS IT SAFE FOR A COMPANY TO SELL A CAR KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THERE COULD BE AND HAVE BEEN REPORTED CASES OF ISSUES WITH THE AIRBAGS. THE MANUAL WENT ON TO SAY THAT IT COULD RESULT IN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYING ON ITS OWN WITHOUT EVEN BEING IN AN ACCIDENT! SO WHAT I'M GATHERING IS THAT INSTEAD OF FIXING A PROBLEM BY ISSUING A RECALL THE COMPANY WOULD RATHER HAVE PEOPLE DRIVING THEIR CARS, QUITE POSSIBLY ON AN EXPRESSWAY THAT HAS A SPEED LIMIT OF 65 MPH AND WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS IN THE CAR, HAVE THE AIRBAG DEPLOY ON ITS OWN AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT: WHICH IN TURN CAN TURN INTO A TRIAL SUING THE COMPANY COSTING THEM MORE MONEY THAN IT WOULD TO FIX THE ISSUE! SEEING AS THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND THAT I DON'T HAVE THE CASH TO SHELL OUT TO FIX THIS AND THAT IT'S AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, I THINK THE COMPANY NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL AND HAVE IT FIXED OR FACE A LAWSUIT BY MANY UNSATISFIED CUSTOMERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH AND HARD TO TURN INTO THE ON POSITION TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE ORIGINAL KEY AS A TEMPORARY REMEDY AND WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A METAL PIECE AND SPRING FRACTURED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT ALSO HEARD A CLICKING SOUND UPON STARTING AND TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED BY A REPAIR SHOP AND LATER THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOOSE WIRE AND THE IGNITION CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR AND FIND WHERE THE SPRING CAME FROM, THE IGNITION CYLINDER WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS NOT TIGHTLY CONNECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I HAVE A 2006 SATURN VUE WITH IGNITION AND AIRBAG SENSING AND DIAGNOSTIC MODULE (SDM) ISSUES. I HAVE CHECKED ONLINE AT THE GM RECALL WEBSITE, CALLED MY DEALER TWICE AND FILED A CLAIM AT THE GM RECALL HOTLINE. I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF OR SLOW RESPONSE TO THIS PROBLEM AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY OUR MODEL YEAR WAS LEFT OUT OF THE RECALL CYCLE. MY SITUATION: MY IGNITION BECAME INCREASING TIGHT/STIFF/LOCKED TO WHERE I COULD NOT TURN MY KEY OR PULL IT OUT. I WOULD HAVE TO SHAKE THE CAR OR KEY TO GET IT TO TURN ON. MY KEY CAN SLIDE RIGHT OUT OF THE IGNITION WHILE THE CAR IS RUNNING, (BUT SOMETIMES I CAN'T PULL IT OUT). I HAVE ALSO RETURNED TO MY CAR AND FOUND IT RUNNING TWICE NOW AND NOTICED IT WAS NOT TOTALLY IN THE OFF POSITION ANYMORE). AT THE SAME TIME MY AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT BECAME INTERMITTENT AND FINALLY STAYED ON. OUR MECHANIC NOTIFIED US THAT THE AIRBAG SENSING AND DIAGNOTIC MODULE (SDM) IS NO LONGER WORKING. A DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. THE DEALERS SAY THAT PARTS ARE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR MY MODEL AND MY MECHANIC CAN NOT FIND THEM EITHER. THE COST IS RIDICULOUSLY HIGH! I HAVE NOW BEEN ON A MISSION TO PUT IN COMPLAINTS WITH THE APPROPRIATE DIVISIONS IN AN EFFORT TO SEE THIS SITUATION RESOLVED. (NOTE THIS WEBSITE LIST SEVERAL COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE AND OTHERS. THERE IS SOMETHING LINKING THE IGNITION AND THE AIRBAGS: (HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2006/SATURN/VUE/AIR_BAGS/PROBLEM.ASPX)) THE 2006 MODEL MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BEFORE THERE ARE SERIOUS INCIDENCES. COME ON GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. HELP US LIFE LONG LOYAL BUYERS OUT. LOYAL (BUT DISAPPOINTED) GM CUSTOMER WHITE KNUCKLING IT EVERYDAY. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SATURN VUE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE 2002 THRU 2004 VUE RECALL. I CAN ALSO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL, DRIVE AND PARK WHILE RUNNING. I READ ONE OTHER COMPLAINT FROM ANOTHER 2006 OWNER AND IT WAS EXACTLY HOW MY PROBLEM STARTED, THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK AND I WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE NOR REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THEREFORE I HAD TO CALL A LOCKSMITH TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION AND AS FAR AS TODAY THE KEY CAN STILL BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WHILE NOT IN THE PROPER POSITION. LETS SEE IF THE 2006 CAN BE INCLUDED WITHIN THIS RECALL. *TR

IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN - DEALER PULLED IGNITION TUMBLER, VACUUMED THE SOCKET WHERE A PILE OF METAL SHAVINGS WERE SEEN INSIDE THE SOCKET, INSERTED OLD TUMBLER, CUT A NEW KEY AND CHARGED 75 DOLLARS. 12 MONTHS LATER, SAME PROBLEM. I HAD A NEW KEY CUT, AND THE IGNITION SWITCH TURNS LIKE IT SHOULD. DOES MY CAR HAVE A POTENTIAL IGNITION SWITCH RISK???? AS GM DESCRIBES FOR A LOT OF OTHER CARS MY DAUGHTERS 2004 SATURN VUE V6, HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THREE KEYS LATER SHE SOLD IT AND BOUGHT A NEW CAR. *TR

THIS HAS TO WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. FOR AT LEAST THE LAST TWO YEARS AND MAYBE LONGER I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY IGNITION SWITCH. THE KEY WILL GET STUCK AND NOT MOVE IN THE IGNITION. THEREFORE I CANNOT START THE CAR. NOT GOOD IF YOU NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE OR ARE TRYING TO LEAVE SOMEWHERE. ALSO, I HAVE THE REVERSE PROBLEM, I WILL TRY TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THE KEY WILL NOT "SWITCH" ALL THE WAY TO THE RELEASE POINT, THEREFORE CAUSING ME TO OFTEN HAVE TO TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION A FULL STOP BEFORE IT IS TRULY OFF. THIS OF COURSE IS TROUBLESOME THE NEXT TIME I START THE CAR BECAUSE I HAVE TO TRY AND WORK THE KEY FIRST BACK TO THE INITIAL IGNITION POSITION AND THEN START THE CAR AS YOU WOULD NORMALLY. ALSO, I CAN PULL THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION GOING ANYWHERE FROM 0 - 65 MPH DOWN THE STREET / HIGHWAY WITH THE CAR OBVIOUSLY IN DRIVE. I CAN HAVE THE CAR IN PARK AND RUNNING AND PULL THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO RUN / OPERATE AS IF THE KEY WAS STILL IN THE IGNITION (OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE). SATURN / GM, YOU STATE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF YOUR CUSTOMERS, WHOM BY THE WAY, ENTRUST THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN TO GM CARS. PLEASE DO THE CORRECT THING AND IMMEDIATELY INCLUDE SATURN VUE 2006 OWNERS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL WHO CLEARLY HAVE AN IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM AS WELL. *TR

NOTICED RADIO SCREEN WAS NOT FULLY ILLUMINATED & MY SEAT BELT WARNING 'CHIME' STOPPED WORKING WHEN BELT WAS UNFASTENED. HAD THIS PROBLEM W/ ANOTHER VEHICLE (1999 ACURA INTEGRA) & IT RESULTED IN REPLACING THE IGNITION CYLINDER. AS A RESULT, I STARTED JIGGLING THE SATURN KEY TO SEE IF THERE WAS IMPROPER/ INADEQUATE CIRCUIT CLOSURE. WHEN I JIGGLED THE KEY, IT WAS LOOSE AND CAME OUT, BUT THE CAR REMAINED RUNNING! SINCE THEN I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL SIMILAR INCIDENTS AND THE RADIO DISPLAY STILL DOES NOT DISPLAY FULLY ACROSS THE SCREEN AND THE SEAT BELT CHIME STILL DOESN'T WORK. (APPROXIMATELY MAY 2013) I STARTED HAVING DIFFICULTIES GETTING KEY TO TURN IN IGNITION ENABLING THE VEHICLE TO START. I WENT TO GM DEALER TO GET A NEW KEY IN CASE THAT MIGHT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM - IT DID NOT. RECENTLY (AUGUST 2014) ASKED A NON-GM MECHANIC ABOUT KEY TURNING DIFFICULTIES. HE INDICATED 'TUMBLERS' GETS 'STICKY' & PREVENTS KEY FROM TURNING & THAT IT WOULD GET WORSE UNTIL I REPLACED IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER. I CHECKED ON-LINE FOR RECALLS, AS SO MANY GM VEHICLES WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR IGNITIONS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT. THE 2006 SATURN VUE WASN'T ON THE LIST. I WENT TO LOCAL GM DEALER (BUICK/ GMC DEALER IN NAPERVILLE, IL) IN SEPTEMBER 2014 & THEY CONFIRMED THE 2006 VUE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. I WENT AHEAD AND PROVIDED MY VIN #, PROOF OF OWNERSHIP (TITLE AND DRIVERS LICENSE) AND THEY QUOTED A PRICE OF $90 FOR THE IGNITION CYLINDER, $60. TO OBTAIN AND USE THE GM CODE TO PROGRAM THE NEW IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER, & THIS DID NOT INCLUDE A NEW KEY! THEY DID THEY WORK & EVEN INCLUDED A KEY @ NO ADDITIONAL COST. NOW I AM ATTEMPTING REPLACEMENT OF IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER, BUT IT REQUIRES KEY TO BE TURNED TO THE ACCESSORY POSITION TO REMOVE THE CYLINDER. I CAN'T GET KEY TO TURN, SO CAN'T REPLACE CYLINDER AND THE CAR IS NOT OPERABLE. I BELIEVE 2006 SATURN VUE SHOULD BE RECALLED TOO. *TR

ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE, STILL HAVE IT. THE IGNITION WASN'T RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. I COULD REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WHEN THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE ALARM - IT WOULDN'T GO OFF DESPITE THE KEYS BEING IN THE IGNITION. I TOOK THE CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE IGNITION ISSUE CORRECTED. THE ISSUE WE HAVE NOW IS THE IGNITION WON'T RESPOND TO THE KEY WHEN IT IS INSERTED. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS NOT RELEASING THE KEY WHEN WE TRY TO REMOVE IT. RIDICULOUS- AN OTHERWISE GREAT CAR AND WE HAVE HAD 3 OTHER SATURNS AND THE IGNITION WAS ALWAYS THE ONLY ISSUE- ION, VUE AND SC3. *TR

FIRST THE VEHICLE HAS MADE A STRANGE NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE SUV. I THOUGHT IT WERE JUST THE TIRES BUT I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND FOUND THAT THE BEARINGS ON ALL FOUR TIRES NEEDED REPLACED. SHORTLY AFTER, WE WERE STRANDED ON A RAINY FLORIDA AFTERNOON AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE.THE TRANSMISSION CAN GO INTO REVERSE BUT NO FORWARD GEAR. COST TO REPLACE/ REBUILT $2500.00, MORE THAN THE CAR IS WORTH. FURTHERMORE THE RADIO TURNS ON WHENEVER IT WANTS TO, IT FADES IN AND OUT OF ALL LOCAL STATIONS. WORST AMERICAN CAR I HAVE EVER PURCHASED. THAT IS PROBABLY WHY THEY WENT BANKRUPT. *TR