| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004314540 | Incident Date: Dec, 22 2004 |
| Consumer's City: WEST NEW YORK | Consumer's State: NJ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: S UTILITY | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:driveline:differential unit |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5GZCZ63444S | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 22 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 29 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I recently had my 2004 saturn awd vue serviced at saturn of livingston, nj, and had two recalls performed. one was for the voluntary recall of a rear suspension link which was changed due to a nhtsa test failure. the other was the recall of the rear drive module (rdm), which was causing a moaning noise in all awd versions of this vehicle. after the rdm was changed i immediately noticed a change in the vehicles awd function characteristics. when on a slight incline in wet conditions a full throttle acceleration from a stop resulted in severe front wheel spin without engagement of the awd system. in fact i could hear a discernable clicking noise emminating from the rdm which sounded as though the awd faunctionality was in effect being neutralized. i have performed this maneuver several times with my vehicle in the past year (with the original rdm), and the awd system has been successful in eliminating front wheel spin and providing ample traction going up the incline. i believe the new version of the rdm being rolled out to the masses has only served to convert all the awd versions of this vehicle to fwd, and i believe saturn must be persuaded to re-engineer their rdm to restore the awd functionality.*ak |
