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Excellent quality love this van
Have now over 100k miles with no problems. Excellent van that does everything right, everything is still in perfect working order and exterior and interior still looks brand new with no inside garaging. This is my 5th Saturn vehicle and I have had no problems with any of them and I have had all models. Love this car. Stuck in a southern California blizzard once and this car was the only one able to negotiate the freeway safely and did so well I felt like I was driving under normal conditions. Also, really liked the buying experience with Saturn and all the service experiences. This car was very stress free to own
DON'T BUY THIS VAN
This vehicle is horrible. Yes the interior is nice but the ABS and stablization controls are always broken. Sliding doors will randomly open - or they may not open at all - it's a gamble. Have to press the gas to get it started - engine has a hard time turning over. Lights flicker. Saturn will tell you this is "normal" - but it's still not acceptable. They should all be recalled and demolished.
Crapola from GM
Three years on I am still kicking myself for buying this horrible vehicle! I have never in all my life seen a more poorly made vehicle on the road. This includes a mid 80's Sonata. This car has been in the dealer more times than all of my precious cars combined. Faulty ABS system, Bad brakes, bad A/C, bad DVD, bad front wheel bearings, bad side doors, bad suspension, bad parking brake adjuster, bad side trim, and overall horrendous build quality. I would sell it but it has NO replacement value and I foolishly took out a loan to buy it. so it is now worth about 8 grand less than I owe. I tried to have the warranty extended as a courtesy but I was told to take a hike and with 34000 on th
2005 Saturn RElay AWD Don't go near one of these
This is the worse van on the market. GM designed this in 2005????? It reminds me of a mid 1990's Chyrsler. It's heavy, seats weigh a ton, under powered -- it's a dog with the 3.5 slow.... Forgrt about the power doors - pull fuse 21, or your batterey will drain every 2 days. The air Conditioning is terrible - with a full charge. My instrument panel looks like Christmas - abs warning - gas cap warning - service light is on - Too much to list . Oh, the gas mileage - 15 mpg overall - take out all the seats - I swear they weigh a 100 pounds each - and you will average 16 mpg. DO NOT BY A RELAY< UPLANDER< MOUNTAINER< OR THE BUICK version. I really believe GM stoped caring and went so cheap with this one. Seats wear and crack after the first year. Gm is doing well now - maybe 2008 - they almost lost the ship - woke them up.
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Great choice for this family of 6
Getting a Saturn Relay turned out to be one of the best moves we've made. Having four kids, we wanted to make sure we got a vehicle that would be convenient for all of us. Sometimes you don't know if it's the right vehicle until it's too late. And that can be unfortunate. as it turns out we picked the right one. The kids all have their "favorite seats" and they enjoy long rides keeping occupied by watching a movie, listening to music, or playing video games, all with the option of using dual channel wireless headphones. As far as driving goes, it handles great, I like the way the Relay sits up, it's not to high off the ground like some SUV's, it's perfect.