Used 2002 Saturn VUE AWD 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A) Consumer Reviews
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How do you spell "lemon?"
Babs, 10/05/2005
Saturn VUE AWD 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
I am truly disappointed with this vehicle. Though you might expect one or two small things to need adjustment, in 35 years of driving, the VUE has been the worst overall of vehicles I have driven. As a low mileage driver, I've had 3 flat tires (tread seems to attract foreign objects) numerous "service engine soons," antifreeze leaks twice, a broken gas gauge, shorted electrical cell in the dash, blown fuel cell leaving me stranded on a busy street in rush hour traffic, and a crack in the exhaust system that made me sound like a tank. Service department less capable in some ways than I would expect, and patronizing at times, I guess because I'm a woman. My next car will be a Honda.
Never again
Lu, 11/01/2005
Saturn VUE AWD 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
This car has been a nightmare from the beginning. Seems like ever 3 months something strange and new goes wrong with this car. If I could afford it I would dump it today and buy anything else. Today my husband is coming back from a trip and just called me to say the check engine light came on, and it won't accelerate going up hills. It's okay on flat ground. What a mess, we have to go find another dealer.
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Buyer Beware
Heather, 12/12/2006
Saturn VUE AWD 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
What a pile of junk. We traded in our Ford Escape for this and I wish we hadn't. This car has been into the service department 5 times for the stupid check engine light. We have paid them over $1000 dollars and the check engine light still stays on. The car will not accelerate and I was almost run down by a semi truck on I-25 due to this stupid problem. I will never buy a Saturn again!
Saturn Vue Lemon
Never again, 01/13/2009
Saturn VUE AWD 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought my used 2002 Saturn Vue AWD in 2007 from a Saturn dealer in Downers Grove. It had 53,000 miles on it. From the start it had problems--a loud whining noise which was the vacuum. Then the ABS light went on, along with a fluid leak under the engine The service engine soon light went on with loss of power. I took it to a Saturn dealer in Savoy. They put in a new water pump/wheel speed sensors/hub assembly. That took care of some problems. I took it in seven times to get the service engine soon light and hesitation/loss of power problem solved. It never was solved and my engine ended up ruined with metal shavings in it. I need a new engine-big bucks. I will never buy a Saturn again.
Will it last in the long run?
CindyinSacTown, 03/30/2004
Saturn VUE AWD 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Like the car, but the transmission is never confident. Have had problems since day 1 and have heard every excuse. Hope this one lasts as long as my last 2 Saturns. Loved the 92 and 94 SL1's. 92 saved our lives in a rollover.