2008 Saturn Vue acceleration problems

Filed Aug 6, 2021 · Acceleration, Engine · NC

My 2008 Saturn vue Engine size 3600cc, 6 cylinders has been feeling like the transmission is slipping when you get up to a certain speed and this could be very harmful to other drivers that are driving.. Sometimes the car won't go into park or reverse and I feel that since there are 3 RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED THAT THE GM PLACE SHOULD HAVE TO FIX THIS Because someone could get hurt really badly if the transmission locks up while going down the road.

Filed Mar 7, 2021 · Acceleration, Electrical · 216,000 miles · TN · crash · 2 injuries

I push gas pedal no accel then it would take off. I hit a tree from this doing this and sl mm ost got hut by another car from behind

Filed Dec 11, 2019 · Acceleration · 119,850 miles · AZ · crash · 1 injury

My vue went out of control, after I slammed on the brakes, it took off like a rocket , going faster and faster up to 90 miles per hour, it would not stop and would not slow down, I threw it into neutral, after 1 min the engine died, and I coasted for a few min

Filed Nov 6, 2018 · Acceleration, Transmission · 140,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn vue. While the vehicle was stationary and while driving various speeds, the transmission failed. While the vehicle was stationary in the park position, the vehicle rolled forward. The contact applied the brake pedal to stop the vehicle. While the vehicle was stationary in the reverse position, the vehicle was able to move partially and stopped. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to move any further in the reverse position. In addition, the rpms increased rapidly on more than one occasion and the vehicle would not accelerate beyond 30 MPH. A dealer and the manufacturer were not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

Filed Feb 17, 2015 · Acceleration · 100,000 miles · CO

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn vue. While driving approximately 70 MPH with the cruise control activated, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The cruise control warning light illuminated. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Sep 5, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 38,909 miles · MI

Vehicle stalled while driving, was able to safely pull over to side of road. After vehicle was restarted, it would shift into different gears but would not move. Dealer repair service center states: "38909 transmission 3-5-r waved plate broken and damaged" parts replaced: seal kit, gaskets, nut, valves, cover, spring, piston, housing, piston, plate kit, plate times 2

Filed Jun 18, 2014 · Acceleration, Transmission · 100,000 miles · TN

Driving at speed and the transmission jerks causing the vehicle to slow down in traffic. Very scary feeling to not know what is causing your vehicle to suddenly fail and loosing control of your speed during travel. To have such a vital part able to fail in such a critical functioning of the vehicle is dangerous and potentially dangerous to drivers on the roads as well as the occupants of the vehicle. Please don't allow this to become a fatality before action is taken. The wave plate on these gm vehicles is breaking inside the transmission. Causing complete in motion failure of vehicle at speed. Thank you for what you do.

Filed Jun 16, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 89,212 miles · CA

Upon trying to accelerate, the "kicked" and jerked, then slowed slightly. When traveling uphill, and parking, transmission seemed not to have enough power. Rolls backwards while idle before taking off.

Filed May 19, 2014 · Acceleration, Transmission · 54,383 miles · CA

On april 12, 2014 I was driving on a major boulevard towards interstate 5 when the transmission shifted itself into neutral and revved the engine to an extremely high RPM. It was hovering quite close to the red danger zone on the gauge. As it was doing this I lost forward power and was moving forward on momentum only. It then felt like it dropped in and out of gear several times in quick succession. I was close to a parking lot so I hit the brakes lightly to decrease my speed and managed to turn the car into the parking lot and into a parking space just as the transmission appeared to re-engage. I immediately turned the car off and called emergency roadside service to tow the car to the dealer. The dealer was able to drive the car forward into a service bay but advised me that reverse was completely gone. Although I did not crash or sustain an injury, it was only because I got lucky and had a safe place to turn into. If this had happened 5 minutes later on the freeway, I would have likely died as that section of interstate 5 has construction work and no shoulder, so I would have been stranded and blocking traffic on a freeway with other vehicles and big rigs traveling between 55 and 80 miles per hour. It would have taken a miracle for no one to hit me in that situation. The vehicle is a 2008 with just over 50k miles on it - way too soon for such a major transmission failure.

Filed May 12, 2014 · Acceleration, Transmission · 76,300 miles · MN

I was driving with my family in the car, going around another stalled vehicle on the highway when I was not able to accelerate past 25 MPH. My vehicle acted like it went into neutral, when it should have gone into 3rd gear. I was able to maneuver the vehicle to the side of the road with only brakes and steering. If this had happened while trying to merge onto the highway, I could have been rear ended. From the research I have done online it appears that gm is aware of a faulty 3-5-r wave-plate used within many of their 6 forward gear transmissions used on vehicles from 2007 to 2009. I believe this part should be replaced through a recall to avoid any serious future injuries in all vehicles using this transmission with the faulty wave-plate. I believe this includes 6t70 and 6t75 transmissions in vehicles from 2007-2209.