Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / VUE / 2004

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005100137 Incident Date: Jun, 24 2005
Consumer's City: RIPON Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: VUE Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 26 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 17 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: July 2005 - while driving on the freeway my dash gauges began dropping to zero and all the dash lights came on (abs, tc, check engine, etc) and the alarm bells starts dinging. the car died and i was able to get off the side of the road. when i started the car again.. all was well for a few miles when bells starts going off and all dash warning lights again come on. car dies several times on freeway before able to get it home. taken to saturn dealer and they replaced a body control module.. all was well. october 2006 - another module went out - the power control module. march 24 2007 - went out to car around 11 am and started it only to notice tc warning light on. turned ignition off and restarted - light went out. got two block away from home and alarm bells begin dinging, all dash warning lights come on and gauges (fuel, temp) flatline. taken to saturn dealer and told that the body control module is out again. car has 64000 miles on it total and has three times had a module replaced. twice it has been the same one for over $500 each time.*jb