Saturn VUE Won't Start

Replying to: giseeu (Dec 03, 2007 10:59 am)

We must be driving the same car... What you described is exactly what our 2006
Vue did. The cure is simple either insist they exchange our cars under the lemon law or remove the cables off the negative battery terminals for a minute.
 
Then replace the ground cable and the vehicles wiring harness and wait to the next time it refuses to start.
 
I believe the problem is the ECM does not reset to the manufactures ignition mode. The technician in our case can find an error code but it only gives him a
starting point to troubleshoot from.
 
Our problem occurs about every three to five weeks. I've experienced the interior light will not extinguish, the security system is dead as is the gauges and the On Star system.
 
It is one of the three computer modules that control everything electrical in our cars.
The reason our cars refuse to run is the vehicles fuel pump will not function plus the ECM module will not allow the engine to be started.
 
If you are in an place where no help is available to remove the ground battery and the harness to the fuses and you do not have the tools. Then your only hope is
keep trying to start the car it will turn over but not run for more then a second. Do that a dozen or more times and the engine will start.
 
Your still not out of trouble as the power steering, instrument lights and gauges
plus the On Star will not operate. It will allow you to drive home or in a better location. I must warn you without the power steering it is really difficult to steer.
 
We have a 2004 Ion 2 and we never had the slightest problem. I can only hope enough complaints to Saturn headquarters will get them to recall their problem cars.
Saturn will not ever use the term recall. They use campaign so people like us will not know there is a problem even the best trained Saturn technicians can not solve.
 
Other then the intermittent problem and the fact is the closest Saturn dealer is an hours drive away we like the car. We live in Pahrump Nevada and their must be at least 30 Vues and several hundred Saturn sedans driving around town every day. Let's hope someone at Saturn headquarters will issue another campaign..

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• joye2 (Dec 07, 2007 6:19 pm)
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    • trinisaturn (Sep 05, 2008 5:41 pm)

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Replying to: joye2 (Dec 07, 2007 6:19 pm)

We agree Saturn Headquarters is not going to recall these cars until more of us complain. I thank everyone who has taken the time to share thier experiences.
 
Other then two flat tires and the ECM problem the car has been trouble free.

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• giseeu (Jan 20, 2008 2:06 pm)
• trinisaturn (Sep 01, 2008 7:32 pm)

Replying to: kingcat (Dec 08, 2007 7:00 am)

Replying to: joye2 (Dec 07, 2007 6:19 pm)

Good news to pass along. Our 2006 Vue that had to be hauled 60 miles to Las Vegas several times with the same problem the motor refused to run.
 
I found by accident that after removing the cables (2) from the ground side of the battery re-boots the ECM. Our Vue has not had that problem since I discounted the ground cables waited five minutes and replaced them.
 
The reason I disconnected the grounding strap and the cars ground wires off the battery terminal was the interior lights our not turn off. Had I not removed the ground cables the cars battery would have been dead.
 
I discussed the problem recently with the service shop foremen. They do not recommend anyone getting under the hood. Batteries are devices with lots of amps. I can only guess that the ECM did not drop the data in the computers
memory. The other could have been a bad connection in the ground cable or the ground return wires could have caused the problem.
 
It has been two months since I took the cables off and waited five minutes and carefully replaced them on the ground terminal.
Do not attempt to remove the positive cables off the battery.
 
If the car is under warranty have an authorized Saturn Technician solve the problem. If the dealer is not near you then find an auto electrical repair shop. Batteries are dangerous so do not attempt this unless you are a highly skill mechanic.

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• trinisaturn (Sep 01, 2008 7:42 pm)

I have had the same problem with the locking system and the light won't go off. now the battery won't start the car.. Does anyone know of a recall on this problem email sss_signs3yahoo.com .. thank you for your post I will try this that others have tried.

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Replying to: saturnvue6 (Mar 04, 2008 9:31 am)

I am having the same issues, and I was starting to think it was only me. My 2006 VUE would start and then die within a few seconds, and then after that the interior lights and the headlight would not turn off. I have tired this a few times, and still the same thing. This has happened to me 3 times every 6 months and the last time was this past weekend. 2 times I got strained at a super market, and the other time was at home. I had to call road side assistants for them to call me a tow truck, and then had to wait over an hour for the tow truck to come. By the time they arrived, my car was completely dead. They towed it to the dealer ship I have bought my car from in Trevose PA, and every time I called them they told me it was something different then the first time it had happened, and then they couldn't find nothing wrong with it and always winded up with a new battery. I knew since I got a new battery, this shouldn't happen. But when I talked to the mechanic they kept telling me it was something different then last time and that nothing was wrong. So now after I have read all this, next time my car does it, I'm gonna ask them about the Main Control Module or the ECM? I'm just getting tired of wondering when my car will do this again especially when I'm out at a store. I hope they post a recall or notice that there is a lot of people out there with the same problems. So if anybody else knows anything about recalls or problems with the 2006 VUE please post. I think next time I'm gonna tell them I want a new car, since this is a new car and see if they have ever heard of the lemon law!!!

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