2005 Saturn Vue: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Jun 10, 2015 · 123,000 miles · NY

I bought my 2005 saturn vue in december 2013 and have had nothing but problems since. When I first bought it I noticed a problem with the brakes. They have always worked poorly. I replaced the pads, then both front calipers 3 times. Then finally the hoses which helped somewhat. I recently had to replace the carrier bearing which helped the shaking and clunking I have read about in other posts. Just last month though right after I had spent the money on the carrier bearing I attempted to leave my driveway and when I tried to shift it hesitated then once it did start moving there is a loud grinding sound and jerking. My transmission now needs replaced. I have researched recalls and have found none that will help me with this. I regret ever buying this vue and now I still owe 2000 to the bank for a vehicle I cannot afford to fix.

Filed Jan 7, 2015 · Transmission · 35,000 miles · NC

I was driving down the road when the transmission started making a grinding sound. I pulled over and had the car towed to the saturn dealership in durham nc. They fixed the transmission at no cost except I was out the money for towing. At this time the service technician told me that there was a class action suit and that the transmission would be replaced at no cost. For me and if I sold it. The next person to own the vehicle. Approximately a month later the transmission went out again on the car. I once again had it towed to the durham saturn and they fixed it at not price. It has just gone out again 1-6-2015 and when I called the gm dealership, I called two of them thompsons gm in raleigh and hendricks in raleigh they told me that they won't fix it anymore that they only had to fix it for 5 years or 75,000 miles or it was then increased to 8 years or 100,000 miles. So I am outside of either of these parameters so they said it was going to cost 5000.00 dollars to fix the transmission. 4000.00 for parts and approx.1000.00 for the work or they will give me 5000 dollar credit for the car as a trade in on a brand new gm vehicle that I will have to buy to get any trade in value for the vehicle. The vehicle is still in perfect condition because I have taken really good care of it. It is the first vehicle that I have driven off the showroom floor and I love it, but they need to make this right. The should at least of let me know that they weren't going to honor the class action lawsuit anymore so that I had a chance to get rid of it before it came to this. They said that they sent out paperwork to extend the warranty on the car, but I wasn't going to spend thousands of extra dollars paying for a warranty that would have obviously not been worth it since nothing else has gone wrong with the car. The one issue I was worried about I thought was covered in the suit.

Filed Mar 17, 2009 · Transmission · 59,000 miles · AR · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 saturn vue. The contact stated that the transmission failed twice while merging into traffic at various speeds. Before the failure, the transmission made a grinding noise. The vehicle was unable to be driven and was towed to the dealer. The dealer stated that a new transmission was needed. Three months prior to the most recent failure, the dealer claimed to have installed a new transmission in the vehicle; however, the failure recurred and the consumer had a crash. The consumer hit the side of a tunnel. The failure mileage was 59,000. Updated 4/14/09 *cn the consumer did not state if she reported it to the police. Updated 04/17/09.

Filed Jul 15, 2008 · Transmission · 54,000 miles · NC

I own a 2005 saturn vue with 54,000 miles and have, for the past year, experienced a shudder in the transmission between 25 and 40 MPH. The shudder occurs regularly during slow acceleration. The dealership hasn't, until recently, been able to diagnose the problem. The dealership has now told me that I need a new torque converter, which will be installed tomorrow. In addition, I've been experience squeaking in my suspension everytime I turn or go over a bump in the road. My car is only 3 years old and shouldn't be experiencing these problems. I will now be taking my car back to the dealership to have the suspension looked at.

Filed Jan 18, 2006 · Brakes, Seat belts · 100 miles · FL

The vehicle has major wind noise...you can not even hear the radio or conversations in the vehicle due to this noise. The car also has a rattling coming from the driver and passenger side of the car, we can not identify the source. The vehicle also rolls back on a hill when in drive. The brakes also squeal and the dealership says they are fine, but we do not believe they are. These problems have been going on since may 2005 and till now (1/18/06) saturn has not fixed any of them.