Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / VUE / 2002

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002213338 Incident Date: Dec, 26 2002
Consumer's City: SOUTH HAVEN Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: VUE Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 05 2003 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The consumer insisted the 2002 saturn vue was a potential death trap for anyone with significant driving requirements. according to vue owner's manual all-wheel drive (awd) system has the following fatal flaw. if vehicle is exposed to extended heavy usage, the awd system will shut off to protect the system from over heating. when the system cools, the awd system will activate itself again automatically. cool down period can take up to 20 minutes depending on outside temperature and vehicle use. consumer presented the following arguments to saturn, and they refused to do anything about them. *ak *jb