2007 Saturn Vue Body & structure Problems

REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT LATCH CONSISTANTLY WHEN CLOSING FROM OUTSIDE.

NHTSA ID

11084517

Incident

Jan 2, 2018

Mileage

50,000 mi

ROOF RACK COLLECTS WATER RUSTING OUT BOLTS HOLDING CROSS MEMBER TO ROOF RAILS. DOING ROUTINE INSPECTION AND FOUND ONE CROSS MEMBER DETACHED. FORTUNATELY LOCATED BEFORE LOADING SURFBOARD TO RACKS WHICH COULD HAVE FAILED WHILE TRAVELING ON ROAD. IT APPEARS THE RAILS WHICH RUN THE LENGTH OF THE ROOF IS WHERE THE RACKS FAIL. THERE ARE HOLES WHICH COLLECT WATER CAUSING THE RUST AND EVENTUAL FAILURE OF THE BOLT(S) THAT THE CROSS MEMBER ATTACHES TOO. *TR

NHTSA ID

10692037

Incident

Mar 3, 2015

Mileage

45,000 mi

CAR PARKED AND ROLLED ACROSS LOT AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. KEY CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT BEING IN PARK. 3 ADDITIONAL INCIDENCES WITHOUT CRASH DUE TO SAFETY FUNCTION NOT ACTIVE HAVE OCCURRED. WAS TOLD THIS MODEL NOT PART OF RECALL.TOLD TO CALL DEALER BY GM RECALL OPERATOR AND TALK TO THEM. LEFT NUMBER AT 423 855-0550 TO SPEAK WITH SERVICE DEPARTMENT. WAITING FOR CALL BACK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10648899

Incident

Aug 31, 2012

Mileage

70,255 mi

I WAS DRIVING IN MY SUBDIVISION AND THE CURTAIN AIR BAGS WENT OFF IN MY 2007 SATURN VUE HYBRID. I SWERVED AND RAN INTO A TREE CAUSING MASSIVE FRONTAL DAMAGE AND THE DRIVER-SIDE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. MY 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BACK PASSENGER CHILD CAR SEAT AND WAS OK BUT I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CHEST, KNEE, HIP, AND NOSE CONTUSIONS, STILL HEALING AFTER 4+ DAYS. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS PER ALLSTATE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THE CURTAIN AIR BAGS TO GO OFF BUT SEE ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM THERE ARE MANY AIRBAG ISSUES. VERY MAD AND DEMAND ATTENTION FROM GM SINCE SATURN IS DEFUNCT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10554288

Incident

Nov 27, 2013

Mileage

44,200 mi

MY TRUCK ONLY HAD 60,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING HOME I BEGAN TO NOTICED SOME SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK. BEING ONLY A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE HOUSE I PROCEEDED TO THE STOP SIGN. I WAS GOING TO PARK AND CHECK IT OUT THINKING THAT IT WAS SOMETHING MINOR. JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO TURN THE CORNER THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED. WHILE AT THE STOP SIGN THE SMOKE QUICKLY IGNITED INTO FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK. I QUICKLY PULLED OVER IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. TURNED OFF TRUCK, JUMPED OUT AND RAN TO THE SIDE YARD FOR THE HOSE. I YELLED OUT FOR MY WIFE CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SHE CALLED IMMEDIATELY AND I TRIED TO CONTROL THE FIRE UNTIL THE POLICE AND FIRE TRUCK ARRIVED. I WAS AFRAID THAT IT WOULD EXPLODE AND DAMAGE OTHER CARS AROUND IT. THE FIRE SPREAD UNDER THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK, UNDER THE CAR AND QUICKLY INTO THE INTERIOR THOUGH THE DASHBOARD. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. MY WIFE IS PREGNANT AND WE HAD JUST DRIVEN TO HER DOCTORS APPOINTMENT EARLIER THAT DAY IN THE TRUCK AND IT DROVE WELL. THERE WAS NO INDICATOR LIGHT ON TO WARN ME OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE, FUEL OR ANY OTHER VEHICLE HAZARDS. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED WELL. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY MAIL OR EMAIL NOTIFICATION ABOUT RECALLS THAT DISCLOSED A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE NEXT DAY I RETRACED MY PATH HOME AND SAW A TRAIL OF FLUID IN THE STREET THAT LEAD TO THE SPOT THAT THE CAR FINALLY ENDED UP IN. SO SOME KIND OF LEAK AND ENGINE FAILURE TOOK PLACE THAT CAUSED THIS AWFUL FIRE.I AM JUST SO GLAD THAT I MADE IT OUT ALIVE AND THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO HER WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING BECAUSE SHE USUALLY DRIVES THIS VEHICLE. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT RECOURSE I HAVE NOW TO DEAL WITH THIS MATTER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10548167

Incident

Oct 14, 2013

Mileage

60,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE CONTACT BEGAN TO HEAR EXTREME OUTSIDE NOISES AND WIND BLOWING INTO THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS BEGAN TO SHAKE ABNORMALLY FOLLOWED BY RAIN LEAKING IN THROUGH BOTH DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS SIDE DOORS WOULD NEED THE ALIGNMENT READJUSTED AND RESEALED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

NHTSA ID

10398277

Incident

Aug 15, 2009

Mileage

25,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN VUE. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR APPROXIMATELY 12 TIMES, THE CONTACT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ALL THE OTHER DOORS ON THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND ALLOWED HIM TO ENTER AND EXIT. THE DEALER ADVISED HIM TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION SO THEY COULD ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 45,000.

NHTSA ID

10235099

Incident

Jul 20, 2008

Mileage

45,000 mi

2007 SATURN VUE WAS SERVICED BECAUSE OF THE CHECK ENGINE AND BATTERY LIGHTS ILLUMINATING. DEALER REPLACED AND FIXED SEVERAL PROBLEMS. CONSUMER WAS STILL NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE VEHICLE RAN. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE RADIO WAS REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME, AND THERE WAS EVEN MORE WIND NOISE FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WITH THE NEW RUBBER SEAL. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED MAJOR LOSS OF POWER, ROUGH UPSHIFTING, DOUBLE DOWNSHIFTING WHILE BRAKING AND POOR FUEL ECONOMY. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD A NEW CALIBRATION WAS MADE TO THE PCM AS PART OF THE CORRECTION MADE ALONG WITH THE WIRING HARNESS TO MAKE THE CHECK ENGINE AND BATTERY LIGHTS GO OFF. *TR

NHTSA ID

10207210

Incident

Jan 1, 1901