8.6
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $3,570
- Average Mileage:
- 107,550 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 29 complaints
Most common solutions:
- rebuild or replace the transmission (18 reports)
- not sure (10 reports)
- turn it into a 5sp (1 reports)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Saturn dealer.
« Read the previous 20 complaints
At 62,000 miles the transmission on my Vue went out. They were very nice and got a rental car and a lot of ass kissing. 32,000 miles later the same thing happened. There has been two law suits and they at one time added miles onto the warranty for the first suit and now in the second suit they offered to paid for half the cost. I can't see paying $2500.00 to drive a car 32,000 more miles. I see no answer without a new kind of transmission. I tried to talk with GM and got nowhere so I've turned it over to a lawyer.
- konotahe, Horn Lake, MS, US
So... Old GM lost the class action suit and was replacing the transmissions at no cost. After the bankruptcy, New GM will not honor any obligations set on them by the suit. The lawyers refile and New GM counter sues asking for sanctions against the lawyers.
In the meantime I have a large boat anchor on my drive because I can't afford $5300.00 Canadian to replace the cvt with a rebuilt one that has a warranty of 30 days or 6500 km's! OR... GM has graciously offered me $1500.00 credit for the car to be used towards the purchase of a new GM vehicle. I THINK NOT!!!
- Curtis H., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
THIS CAR WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY SISTER BECAUSE SHE BOUGHT NEW CAR. BUT SHE HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. AND SHE HAS A MOTION AGAINST THE PERSON THAT WAS TO FIX IT . THEY FIXED IT BEFORE AND IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY FOR A YEAR .THAN THE TRANSMISSION ACTED UP BEFORE THE YEAR WAS UP . SO ALL IN ALL THE CAR WAS NOT FIX.
- Sherry S., Phillipsburg, NJ, US
i bought this car thinking that 2.2 awd what a great deal. i paid 8600 for it. i got to drive it for 2 months. it stinks. then i find out that the trans are bad in all off them. the drive belt is what breaks. they are poorly made.
- tiffanyu740, Newark, OH, US
saturn refuses to replace their defective replacement transmission with only 16,000 miles on it. best they can do is a 10% discount cost is 5700. get real. i own 5 gm cars and never again.
- Mark S., Mcdonough, GA, US
contacted Saturn to no avail. fortunately we had purchased extended warranty and that covered it. really disappointed that Saturn wasn't more helpful. they almost had a Vue left on their lot.
- Bill G., Sabattus, ME, US
The transmission will sometimes disengage while sitting in gear @ a light or such. When given throttle to proceed motion the transmission will slip then hit hard, jerking the car. This happens in reverse as well. Happens on incline or on level ground. I have replaced the fluid with OEM products (@ 85,000 miles) and the belt was replaced @ 40,000 miles.
- adams ii, Nashville, TN, US
I hate GM. They make the flimsiest cars in the world. I'd rather own a Tata than a GM, or a Ford with 385,000 miles, than a GM car. But I have to give them credit in this situation. My Vue was whirring like a Cuisinart, so I took it to my local Saturn dealer. They kindly informed me that I needed new wheel bearing ($800), which was pretty abnormal for a car with 43,500 miles in my opinion. They also rebuilt the transmission, which, fortunately, GM did under an extended warranty. I must give them credit for doing this- I can't get Nissan to replace my lemon engine in my Altima...
- Chuck W., Columbus, OH, US
I have seen the other complaints, and believe we all need to contact the News Media , call the GM DEALER at 1-800-630-2438 and tell them what you plan on doing, I called this morning , they told me mine was not one that was under a recall, told them it was awful funny there were many on the NADA page of complaints concerning the GM Company format, on their recalls. But that is alright I will contact the NEWS MEDIA and let GM deal with them. So that is what I plan on doing. If you all stick together and call something might get done.
Update from Jan 6, 2012: Have taken my Saturn to a Certified Transmission place, they are rebuilding it for 1067.00 so this amount will be added to the Court Case I am about to bring against the Repair place that created the problem in the first place, how ever this does not stop , from contacting the Media. I did contact the Media and did not get a response, so they do not care either that the public get ripped off.
- Gabriella M., Nelsonville, OH, US