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4.5 out of 5 stars

Consider VUE on your list as number 1

Tazulica, 11/17/2002
2003 Saturn VUE Fwd 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Just parked a V6 Vue last night in the driveway. Great dealership experience. What you see is what you get! Salesman drove almost 100 miles to 2 different other dealerships to bring us the silver V6 that we wanted . He delivered the car to my home with a full gas tank. Try this in a Japanese dealership...Other two options were Honda CRV and Xterra. Honda - too pricey for a 4 cylinder/160 hp car; Nissan - pricey, poor built, bad design on the rear seats if you want to fold them down. VUE have a kick-a$$ V6/181 hp with plenty of power, designed in Germany by Opel/GM. 5 Speed auto is smooth. Car drives like a sedan. Plenty of cargo room. Great looking design.

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2.13 out of 5 stars

Avoid 2003 model of Saturn VUE

Paul, 08/19/2008
2003 Saturn VUE AWD 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

I have a 2003 Saturn VUE with 87,000 miles on it. Below are parts that had to be replaced: * water pump at 42,000 miles * rear differential at 48,000 and 84,000 miles * heater motor * rear wiper motor *steering pinions Additionally, the leather seats have cracked on a side despite bi-weekly conditioning. I do not plan to purchase another GM product.

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2.75 out of 5 stars

Big Mistake

fallbeauty, 10/20/2010
2003 Saturn VUE Fwd 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
2 of 5 people found this review helpful

There isn't enough characters allowed to explain the last four years with this car. It was in the shop more than it was in our driveway. We spent thousands of dollars in repairs only to be treated like dogs by the Saturn customer service. Have never experienced anything like it. Do not buy this car. Run fast. It is a money pit and has many flaws, major flaws. The latest was the computer system. Everything was acting all crazy. It would have loss of power. Sometimes it would start and other times it wouldn't. The brakes vibrated, the hood cable wore out the hood was stuck closed. The throttle body had to be replaced several times. Nightmare.

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2.38 out of 5 stars

Glad To Drive a Standard!

ifmullins891, 06/05/2011
2003 Saturn VUE Fwd 4dr SUV (2.2L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 6 people found this review helpful

My Saturn (which we purchased used) has been great...until recently. We put a lot of miles on the poor thing and use it for all that it's worth and it still starts up! If you're looking for a car to get you from point A to point B with no particular thrills or any real "excitement," then I would absolutely recommend only this model. However, I highly recommend you DON'T tow anything heavy with this car...it just can't handle it! However, I have no real complaints (didn't replace the clutch until recently and have only started to see some problems with the car). She has almost 168,000 miles and she's still going (fairly) strong. Go VUE!

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3.88 out of 5 stars

Do not buy!

tigerlily, 03/03/2009
2003 Saturn VUE AWD 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful

We bought to replace a too small Honda Civic. I loved it for the first year and it's been nothing but problems since. We had to replace the thermostat and the driver's side seat heater. he check engine light goes on and off all the time and the low coolant light comes on and off as well. The brakes don't last and now we have coolant leaking out and mixing with the oil. Getting rid of it as soon as possible!! Loved the interior design, just hate the problems.

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