2005 Saturn Vue: problems, recalls and reliability

“When traveling at 65 miles an hour on the freeway for an hour and a half and come to a complete stop whether it's in traffic or getting off the freeway the car suddenly jerks violently back and forth and clunking sounds like something is slipping the car will all of a sudden just died and stop running.by putting the car into neutral the car will come to a stop the jerking of the transmission releasing the gears”Owner report · Power Train · Apr 2020

“Tl* the contact owns a 2005 saturn vue. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to shamrock auto brokers, llc (322 b nh-104, new hampton, nh 03256, (603) 548-3165) to get the vehicle inspected, however the vehicle failed the state inspection. The contact was informed that there were perforations on the subframe due to rust. Greenwood auto (6 farrarville rd, belmont, nh 03220, (603) 528-0158) was contacted however, the dealer was no longer in business. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 169,540.”Owner report · Structure · Mar 2020

“This is a known problem with these saturn views it is where the engine carriage bolt attaches to the frame the water from the road in everything shoots right up on it and rust this area where I had to work on this area and remove the bolts in the front there was so much rust that now the bolt cannot be reattached this would cause problems on the road if in a wreck it would fold up now I'm trying to find somebody to fix it. I have never had this issue with any of the cars I have previously worked on. The frame of a car should not rust out like this. Should b the last thing to rust out.the vehicle was stationary at the time was replacing sway bar components.”Owner report · Structure · Jan 2020

“Takata recall my family and I were in a roll over accident on august 20th 2019 our airbags did not deploy at impact. We were in motion going 60mph on cournty road 799 going towards george west tx when my vehicle was headed towards a covert and jerked the wheel to the left to avoid the ditch but the steering wheel jerked back to the right sending us on the 2 side passenger wheels and then rolling over 3 times I blacked out and when we stopped the air bags still didnt deploy.”Owner report · Air Bags · Aug 2019

“The key can be removed from the ignition when the ignition is not in the "off" position. There was a recall (#14v490000 on 08/08/2014) for 2002-2004 saturn vue vehicles manufactured september 11, 2001, to april 6, 2004, however, I have a 2005 saturn vue that has the exact same problem and there is no recall or remedy available.”Owner report · Electrical System · Aug 2019

“The key will not turn in the ignition even after jiggling the steering wheel and flipping the key back and forth. When driving down the road your are able to pull the key out of the ignition and continue driving”Owner report · Unknown Or Other · Jun 2019

“I had just returned home from shopping when I experienced a complete brake failure. Fortunately the incident happened on my driveway as I was driving up to the front of my garage. Since I was moving very slow I was able to stop by shifting the trans into "park". I looked under the vehicle and saw a puddle of break fluid on the driveway at each rear wheel. The vehicle was picked up by a towing service and delivered to auto-lab of troy, mi 48084. Their inspection found that both brake lines at the rear wheel cylinders were completely rusted through which allowed the fluid to spay out of them when the brake pedal was applied.”Owner report · Service Brakes · Sep 2018