2008 Saturn Vue

MY HUSBAND DROVE THE CAR TO FLORIDA . DURING THE TRIP HE NOTICED THE LIGHTS OUT ON THE DASHBOARD. HE STOPPED FOR GAS AND WENT TO TURN IT OFF . WHEN HE GABBED THE KEY HE NOTICED THE LIGHTS ON THE RADIO CAME BACK ON. A FEW HOURS LATER HE NOTICED THE LIGHTS OUT AGAIN. PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND CAREFULLY LOOKED AT THE IGNITION SWITCH AND FOUND THE SWITCH TO BE IN BETWEEN POSITIONS. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN DURING HIS TWO WEEK STAY. BUT IT HAPPENED ON THE WAY HOME. *TR

I'M EXPERIENCING AN ENGINE LIGHT ON ALL THE TIME. REGARDLESS OF, THE WEATHER AND AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE CHECK FOR MAINTENANCE WORK. HAD A VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC DONE AND THE RESULTS WAS A CODE 10. WHICH MEANS CAM ACTUATOR SOLENOID, 2008 SATURN VUES ARE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM. REPLACE THAT PART THE ENGINE HAVE TO BE TAKEN APART. THIS ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON CONSTANTLY. IT BEEN ON SINCE MARCH 2014, IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT HANDLE MY VEHICLE WILL START HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING AND SHUTTING DOWN WITHOUT MY CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A POWER DRIVE AND IGNITION/STARTER PROBLEM. CAN YOU PLEASE RESEARCH THIS ISSUE AND ASSIST ME WITH THIS MATTER. ALL THE DEALER DID SINCE I COULDN'T BUY A NEW VEHICLE WAS SENT ME ON A TEST DRIVE AND WHILE I WAS GONE THEY WENT UNDER THE HOOD AND MADE THE LIGHT GO OFF. THAT WORK FOR ONLY A HOUR. PLEASE RESPONSE. THANKS. *JS

GOT IN CAR AND NOTICED THAT MY RADIO HAD BEEN RESET, AND THAT MY CAR WOULDN'T START. I GOT A JUMP FROM MY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND SHORTLY AFTER TURNING ON THE AIR, THE ODOMETER PANEL FADED OFF. YOU CAN NO LONGER SEE THE ODOMETER READING OR THE OUTSIDE WEATHER TEMP. THE CAR ALSO DELAYS WHEN IT STARTS. SOMETIME IT WONT EVEN START THE FIRST TIME AROUND, UNLESS YOU PUMP AT THE PEDAL A FEW TIMES. THIS CAR HAS HAD SEVERAL RECALLS IN THE PAST, AND I AM ALMOST CERTAIN NONE OF THE RECALLS WERE FIXED BY THE GM DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD IT TO ME IN 2011. *TR

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR AND BAR THAT EXTENDS VISOR WAS SCALDING HOT! I TURNED THE VISOR TO THE WINDOW FOR SUN AND BURNED MY HAND ON THE METAL BAR WHICH DID NOT HAVE A PLASTIC COVERING ON IT THIS TIME AFTER A REPAIR FROM OCTOBER FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE OVERHEAD AIRBAG WAS WARM TO TOUCH AND THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR WERE SHORTING ON AND OFF CONTINUOUSLY, EVEN AFTER THE CAR WAS OFF AND KEYS WERE OUT OF IGNITION.LAST TIME IN OCOBER 2013 HAD REPAIR AND BOUGHT ANEW BATTERY BECAUSE IT RUN DOWN AFTER LIGHTS STAYED ON ALL NIGHT AT THE DEALERS UNTIL THEY WORKED ON IT.THIS WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THE CAR SMELLED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE! I BURNED MY LEFT HAND FINGERS AND WENT TO URGENT CARE UPON RETURNING HOME, LUCKILY I WAS NOT TOO FAR AWAY. I HAVE PAID FOR THE REPAIRS FROM PAT MORAN'S CHEVROLET AND WOULD LIKE TO WARN YOU OF THE POSSIBLE FIRE ISSUE HERE. THE STRESS FROM THIS EXPERIENCE WAS AWFUL. THIS DEFINITELY SHOULD BE ON A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE, AS I HAVE HEARD OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING. .THE SIMPLE FACT IS THAT THE REPAIR SHOULD OF BEEN DONE IN OCTOBER AND THIS NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT I KNOW THEY DID NOT REPLACE THE PLASTIC COVERING ALSO ON THE METAL BAR WHICH EXTENDS THE VISOR AND THIS IS WHERE I TOUCHED IT TO TURN AND EXTEND. I WAS TOLD IT WAS DEEMED SAFE FROM A REPAIR IN OCTOBER, IT WAS NOT. I MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT THE HIGH RESISTANCE SHORT IN THE DRIVERS SIDE VISOR RESULTED IN THE BCM SENSING AN OVERCURRENT ISSUE. THE BCM MIGHT OF BEEN REMOVING POWER TO THAT CIRCUIT AS A MATTER OF PRESERVATION. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE NOW AFTER I HAVE HAD ANOTHER YET DRIVERS VISOR PUT IN AND ALSO A PASSENGER SIDE VISOR WHICH IS WHAT THE DEALERS BLAMED IT ON THIS TIME. LAST TIME THE BLAME WAS ON A PASSENGER PRES MODULE PROGRAM-- . *TR

INITIAL PROBLEMS (MAY 2011) WERE POWER DOWN WHILE DRIVING, LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING, ABS AND TRACTION DASH LIGHTS WENT ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING, ONSTAR ATTEMPTED TO CONNECT BY ITSELF EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF, DRAINING THE VUE BATTERY. IN DEC 2012, WHILE PARKED WITH RADIO ON, AN EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE WAS EMITTED THROUGH THE RADIO SPEAKERS. SHORTLY, THE IGNITION AND THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN (DOOR LOCKS, DASH LIGHTS,...). THE VUE WAS PICKED UP BY GM DEALER. EXTENSIVE TESTING OVER A WEEK OR MORE FINALLY INDICATED THAT THE BATTERY FOR ONSTAR (UNDER RIGHT PASSENGER SEAT) FAILED. THE VEHICLE COMMUNICATION INTERFACE MODULE BATTERY (VCIM) WAS REPLACED. THE VUE HAS NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE, ALTHOUGH SOME SENSORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT PROBLEM TO DIAGNOSE, AND IS POTENTIALLY A LETHAL DEFECT WITH THE VCIM. ALL TRADITIONAL TESTS FAILED TO PICK UP THE PROBLEM. ASTUTE TECHS AT GM FINALLY DID. *TR

MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL ISSUES. SOMETIMES CAR WOULD START AND OTHER TIMES IT WOULDN'T. THE RADIO WOULD TURN OFF WHEN TURN SIGNAL TURNED ON. THE IGNITION WOULD TRY AND EAT MY KEY AND NOT RELEASE IT. THE CD PLAYER WOULD CONTINUE TO CYCLE WITH KEY OUT OF IGNITION. ALL POWER IN CAR WOULD RESET. WAS JUST TOLD THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW CONTROL MODULE. *TR

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, MY CAR JUST QUIT, LOCKED UP STEERING, EVERYTHING DEAD. COULD NOT MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL OR ANYTHING. CAR DID START UP AGAIN. DROVE DOWN THE ROAD A 1/2 BLOCK AND CAR STOPPED AGAIN, DEAD IN ROAD, NO STEERING, COULD NOT OPERATE DOOR LOCKS OR ANYTHING. CAR STARTED AGAIN AND MANAGED TO MOVE THE CAR TO A SAFE SPOT BEFORE IT WENT OUT AGAIN. NOTHING WAS WORKABLE. WHEN THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO CHEVROLET DEALER IN LLANO, TX IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE POSITIVE CONNECTION TO THE MAIN FUSE BOX HAD COME LOOSE. THE ONLY FIX WAS COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE FUSE BOX ASSEMBLY BECAUSE THE MAIN POSITIVE LUG TO THE FUSE BOX IS ONLY HELD ON BY PLASTIC. THE DESIGN OF THIS FUSE BOX IS DEFINITELY POOR CREATING THE POSSIBILITY OF A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. HAD I BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLE DEATH. THIS POORLY DESIGNED FUSE BOX WITH MAIN LUG NUT HELD BY ONLY PLASTIC NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT FUTURE ACCIDENTS AND POSSIBLE DEATH TO OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE AUDIBLE TURN SIGNAL, FUEL GAUGE SIGNAL ALSO FAILED AND THE AIR BAG AND TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON MULTIPLE TIMES THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.