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4.75 out of 5 stars

Very Comfortable Ride!

Isis2883, 07/25/2002
2003 Saturn VUE AWD 4dr SUV (2.2L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

WORDS OF ADVISE: TEST DRIVE TO FEEL THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS MINI-SUV FROM ALL THE OTHERS, YOU WILL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED! The new Saturn VUE is Sleek in design, Comfortable and head-roomy, and oh so smooth to drive!

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4.75 out of 5 stars

Way to Go Saturn

Flynch, 05/27/2003
2003 Saturn VUE AWD 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

This is Saturn number 7 in our family. We have long expected good things from this branch of GM and have always found it. This is our first SUV in the family and we couldn't be happier. This SUV runs with the best of them, gives great milage for an SUV and to top it all off it's fun to drive. I use this a my daily commuter and I always receive great raves about how great the car looks. If Saturn can keep up the good work on these cars they will always have my business.

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4.38 out of 5 stars

My First Car!

KRamos, 02/11/2010
2003 Saturn VUE Fwd 4dr SUV (2.2L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

this was the first car that i got to buy by myself...i have driven many, many miles - long highway trips between texas, utah, colorado, and idaho, and have never had a problem. I had over 100,000 miles on it and had owned it for 5 years before the air conditioning went out and needed to be fixed...absolutely nothing else has gone wrong with the car! i have had no engine problems...i have kept it maintained and took it in for all it's "check-up's"...the only reason i even traded it in was because i now have four children, and my whole family no longer fits in!!

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2.13 out of 5 stars

Do not buy this vehicle

Scott, 10/24/2008
2003 Saturn VUE AWD 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

We bought our 2003 AWD V-6 because my wife liked the styling, the AWD, the 4 doors and heard Saturns were good cars. Please take it from me, it's junk. The front end rattles and shakes. We have had brakes replaced, tires replaced, it still shakes. The transmission just went out, a $5,900 fix, more than the car is worth! The Saturn dealer said it would cost more to rebuild the transmission than to replace it with a new one. To me, that is simply crazy. Buy a Ford or a Toyota but stay away from this piece of junk!

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2.25 out of 5 stars

LEMON!

Aimee Steven Perry, 09/08/2010
2003 Saturn VUE Fwd 4dr SUV (2.2L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

We purchased our Vue in March of 2008, the first weekend driving it the axle broke going up the steepest hill in our city. We were rolling backwards and could not stop, cost of repair 800. The next thing to go was in October of 2008, the BCM blew, the car would not start. Saturn told us it was not under warranty and not sure why it broke the repair would be $2000 Then the exhaust manifold cracked not only once but twice, cost of that $1000, when we replaced that we found that the bearings all needed to be replaced Dec 09.Most recent, our car stopped dead in traffic, we had to push if off the road, the car is not getting gas so it stalls unless you keep your foot on the gas.

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