2008 Saturn Vue

ISSUE #1 ~ TRANSMISSION WHILE MERGING FROM ONE FREEWAY TO ANOTHER, DRIVING AT A STEADY PACE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIP. WHEN THE SLIPPING BEGAN, THE DELAYS WERE SHORT, MAYBE LASTING 10 SECONDS. HOWEVER AS I KEPT DRIVING, THEY BEGAN TO GET LONGER AND LONGER, IN THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO PUT MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON AND MOVE OVER TO EXIT THE FREEWAY. SINCE THE INITIAL TIME, THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITH THE VEHICLE. AND, BECAUSE THE SLIPPING DOESN'T OCCUR EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT, I'M BEING TOLD THE ISSUE CAN NOT BE DUPLICATED... ISSUE #2 ~ POWER STEERING AS LONG AS THE VEHICLE IS BEING STEERED STRAIGHT, I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS. HOWEVER, THE MOMENT THE VEHICLE IS STEERED EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT, IT BEGINS TO MAKE A LOUD ROARING LIKE SOUND. THE ROARING IS ESPECIALLY PREVALENT WHEN BEING STEERED TO THE LEFT. I'VE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TWICE NOW TO BE ATTENDED TO. EACH TIME I'VE TAKEN IT IN, THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND FLUIDS ARE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM IS STILL PRESENT. *TR

MY '08 VUE WILL NO LONGER SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE TRANSMISSION HANDLE DOES PHYSICALLY GO INTO THE REVERSE DETENT BUT THE GEARS DO NOT ENGAGE AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE. DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR ONLY INCREASES THE ENGINE RPMS. THE FIRST INDICATION OF A PROBLEM WAS SOME STUTTERING IN REVERSE TWO DAYS AGO. THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ANY ISSUES WITH THE FORWARD GEARS. TODAY, THE TRANSMISSION REVERSE GEAR WILL NOT ENGAGE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE GM/FOR 6T70 6SPD TRANSMISSION REVERSE GEAR WAVE PLATE. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY GM BRAND THAT USES THE TRANSMISSION HAS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A WELL KNOWN AND WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM, A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE. A TSB ALREADY EXISTS FOR THE ISSUE, PLEASE REFER TO TSB #09-07-30-012B. *TT

WEBASTO HOLLANDIA 600 SUN ROOF COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE CAR WHILE DRIVING ON THE PA TURNPIKE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE CAR AND IT WAS INSTALLED PRIOR TO MY PICKING IT UP AT THE FAULKNER DEALERSHIP, SATURN OF JENKINTOWN. THE ROOF WAS INSTALLED BY.RSC RESTYLING IN LEVITTOWN, PA. I TOOK THE CAR TO FAULKNER GM IN TREVOSE, PA FOR REPAIRS AND CONTACTED MY AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY. A FEW DAYS LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THE SUN ROOF MANUFACTURER HAD ISSUED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. THE SUN ROOF WAS REPLACED AT RSC AND I ATTEMPTED TO FIND OUT WHY I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL. FAULKNER GM WASN'T AWARE OF THE RECALL NOTICE. I CONTACTED THE OWNER OF RSC RESTYLING, [XXX}, WHO TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE ID NUMBERS OF CARS THAT HAD THESE ROOFS INSTALLED WERE FORWARDED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER'S REPS CLAIMED THAT MY VIN WAS NEVER PROVIDED TO THEM. THEREFORE NOBODY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COULD HAVE EASILY RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHE. A DEFECT MIGHT APPLY TO A WATER LEAK, NOISE, VIBRATION, FAULTY OPERATION. THIS "DEFECT" IS MORE APTLY DEFINED AS RISKING A CATASTROPHE. 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

DURING SLUSHY OR RAINY CONDITIONS, CAR LOSES POWER STEERING MOMENTARILY. ISSUE OCCURS SPORADICALLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. GM DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANY MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE POWER STEERING PUMP OR STEERING MECHANISM. SAME DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP ON THIS MODEL IS LOCATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT DURING WET DRIVING CONDITIONS THE DRIVE BELT TO THE PUMP CAN GET WET AND SLIP, CAUSING A MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *TR