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56 messages, Last post on Aug 11, 2009 at 3:27 PM
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Replying to: joye2 (Aug 21, 2007 8:42 pm) The problem I had was the car would crank over but not start.
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Replying to: jarheadwarren (Aug 22, 2007 5:33 am) |
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Replying to: jarheadwarren (Aug 01, 2007 6:18 pm)
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Replying to: jnixon1966 (Aug 30, 2007 6:15 pm) |
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Replying to: jarheadwarren (Aug 22, 2007 5:33 am) |
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Replying to: jnixon1966 (Jul 29, 2007 12:35 pm) |
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 I hope no one has suffered through the same problem and can tell me if this is a lemon I'm driving? The battery is not the problem. Three months ago our 2006 2.2L Vue was at a gas station. I put the ignition key in the ignition switch. The motor kicked over but would not stay running. It ran for a second and then stopped. I noticed the On Star system was not working and the instrument gauges were also dead. It was hauled 60 miles to a Saturn dealer. They replaced the main control module. The Vue was OK when I picked it up the following day. It started and drove normal until a month later. The same problem the engine would not stay running. It was hauled 60 miles back to the dealer. They could not find any error codes so I went and picked it up. The third time it refused to run and the instrument electrical system has not working. The interior lights between the front seats would not turn off. The security door locks were not working. The shop foreman drove it for a week to see if it would fail again. When I removed the cables at the cars battery I had a feeling to put them back on and see what happens. That did as I expected it reset the computer and the car seem normal. The dealer has found error codes but they can not find the problem. We know that removing the ground from the battery re sets the computer and the car will run and operate normally. I learned trying to start the car a dozen times or more when it would not run Saturn has a fail safe mode. The engine will run but the power steering will not work and the instruments will not work. It will allow the car in an emergency to be moved. I bought the car in California and they have a lemon law. I now live 250 miles from the dealer who sold us this SUV. I am considering filing a complaint in CA, as who wants to get under the hood of a car because the dealers service can not find the problem? If anyone has had a similar problem please post it. We like the car and the dealer 60 miles away wants to correct the problem. I do not blame the dealer.
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Replying to: kingcat (Nov 26, 2007 8:36 am) In Feb. 2007 I went out to go to work the interior lights were on. They wouldn't turn off. The car would start up then die within just a few seconds. I was already running late for work so I just took our spare car. My husband tried everything he could think of to get them off however nothing worked. He even noticed the mirror (On Star, 911, etc) features were dead. The vechile ended up having to be towed around 60 miles to the dealership. They had it a week before they said it was fixed. I don't go along with what they told us it was but what can you say. They charged the battery & put a new OnStar antenia on the back to fix the issues. It's now November 2007. We are having the same issue again & the keyless remote will not work as well. This time I was at work when it happened. Again had to be hauled in however this time it was taken to a different Saturn dealership due it was closer to my work. This dealership just called they are going to replace the Body Control Module. Back during the summer I also had to have the key ignition switched replaced due to issues of it locking/sticking. This is the first Saturn I've owned and it will be the last at this rate of issues. The only reason we purchased it was due to it had a manual transmission & they are getting harder to find.
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Replying to: giseeu (Dec 03, 2007 10:59 am) 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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Replying to: kingcat (Dec 04, 2007 7:41 pm) Oh I forgot to mention, we also had to replace the ignition. They also said we need a new steering column. WHAT NEXT, HUH?? |
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