2008 Saturn Vue Electrical System Problems

Alternator I changed the starter I changed the alternator brand new it ran but then it stopped in mid drive and I won't just start and that's how I crashed into something now my car is wreck in the fridge and it won't start and if it does it stops

OCTOBER 22 2020 MY HUSBAND AND I HAD PURCHASED A 2008 SATURN VUE (LIC PLATE # 6EZZ507)FROM A PRIVATE PARTY. ON MARCH 25 2021 THE CAR SUDDENLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES THEN EXPLODED. MY HUSBAND MANAGED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE IN JUST SECONDS BEFORE THE CAR EXPLODED. WE'VE COME TO FIND OUT AFTERWARDS THAT THIS PARTICULAR YEAR,MAKE,MODEL HAD BEEN RECALLED. IS THERE ANYTHING COULD POSSIBLY BE DONE?

I PUSH GAS PEDAL NO ACCEL THEN IT WOULD TAKE OFF. I HIT A TREE FROM THIS DOING THIS AND SL MM OST GOT HUT BY ANOTHER CAR FROM BEHIND

DROVE TO A STORE .5 MILES FROM MY HOUSE NOTICED MY CAR WAS SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DROVE BACK HOME, PARKED, AND TURNED THE CAR OFF, THEN RAISED THE HOOD AND THE WIRE HARNESS BY MY STARTER WAS ON FIRE.

VEHICLE HASN'T RETAINED CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL. VEHICLE HAS ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ISSUES OUT OF NO WHERE. DRIVER SEAT HAS ISSUES THAT WILL NOT ALLOW FOR THE SEAT TO INCLINE BUT ONLY RECLINE WHICH HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE VEHICLE AND I'VE ONLY HAD IT FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS.

THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH ARE SOMETIMES ON, SOMETIMES NOT ON OR SOME OF THE LIGHTS COME ON BUT NOT OTHERS. WE THINK THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER SYSTEM.

THE KEY WILL NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION WHEN THE SHIFTER IS PUT IN PARK. THE KEY STUCK IN THE KEY LOCK CYLINDER AND WOULD NOT TURN. ALL LIGHTS STAY ONE IN THE VEHICLE

THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH WHEN I PARK MY CAR. I HAVE THE BARREL TWO TIMES 2017 AND 2018. MY KEY CHAIN ONLY HAS MY CAR KEY AND THE REMOTE AND I'M THE ONLY DRIVER. I HAVE CHANGED THE BARREL TWO TIMES AND APPARENTLY I HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. THIS REPAIR IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND I FEEL VERY UNSAFE AND I WASTE A LOT OF TIME WAITING FOR THE SWITCH TO RELEASE MY KEY. I'M AFRAID I MAY DAMAGE THE GEAR.

WHEN MY VEHICLE IS STOPPED I CANNOT ROTATE THE IGNITION KEY TO THE OFF POSITION. THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEALER AS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION PARK SHIFTER. THE CAR DOESN'T KNOW WHAT POSITION THE SHIFT SELECTOR SWITCH IS "IN" AND DOESN'T SIGNAL THE IGNITION. THE WINDOWS WON'T COME DOWN WITH THE CAR STARTED, BECAUSE THE POSITION OF THE CAR IS NOT CORRECT OR NOT RECOGNIZED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT, WHEN YOU CAN'T LOWER YOUR WINDOWS OR MUST LEAVE THE CAR RUNNING, FOR FEAR OF AUTO THEFT. THE OTHER SAFETY IMPLICATIONS ARE NOT KNOWN AS FAR AS DRIVING AND CAN'T LOWER WINDOWS OR OTHER MISHAP BASED ON THE UNKNOWN TRANSMISSION SELECTOR SWITCH POSITION. THERE IS A BULLETIN OUT #14633C, BUT IT DIDN'T COVER MY VIN #, BUT I BELIEVE THE RECALL OR SPECIAL ADJUSTMENT SHOULD BE EXPANDED.

CAR GOES INTO REDUSED ENGINE POWER ON THE HIGHWAY. ENGINE SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY. PULL OVER SHUT OFF CAR WAIT AND RESTART CAR. SOMETIMES IT HAPPENES AGAIN RIGHT AWAY SOMETIMES IT DOESNT HAPPEN FOR MONTHS LATER.

WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY IN PARKED LIKE MODE, WHEN GOING TO START THE ENGINE, THERE IS NOTHING. NO CLICKING, NO SOUND. OTHER TIMES IT WILL START BUT STRUGGLE AND OTHER TIMES WITHIN SECONDS OF THE FIRST 2 EXAMPLES ABOVE, IT WILL START RIGHT UP.

A/C UNIT WILL STOP BLOWING HOT AIR, THIS WILL FOG UP WINDOWS IN MORNINGS AND ON RAINY DAYS CAUSEING YOU NOT TO SEE AND CRASH NO VISABLE OUT OF WINDSHIELD, CAN NOT SEE..VERY DANGEROUS

AFTER SITTING FOR AWHILE, I TRIED TO USE THE KEY FOB TO UNLOCK THE CAR. IT DID NOTHING. I USED THE KEY THEN TO UNLOCK THE DOORS AND THE DOME LIGHTS DID NOT WORK. HOWEVER, THE CAR STARTED UP WITH THE SECOND TURN OF THE KEY. AFTER DRIVING HOME, THE KEY FOB WORKED AGAIN ALONG WITH THE DOME LIGHTS. WHILE DRIVING AT SEVERAL OTHER TIMES, THE RADIO WILL SHUT OFF AND THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO MIDNIGHT AND THE CALENDAR WILL RESET. THIS WILL HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING AS WELL AS WHEN THE ENGINE IS FIRST STARTED. THIS WILL HAPPEN AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.

MY DOOR LOCKS DO NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK INTERMITTENTLY. IT MAY BE THAT THE DRIVERS DOOR UNLOCKS BUT NONE OF THE OTHERS AND AT TIMES NONE BUT THE REAR HATCH UNLOCK AND I HAVE TO CRAWL THRU THE SUV TO GET DOORS OPENED. WHEN NONE OF THE DOOR LOCKS OPEN, THE KEY WILL NOT UNLOCK THE DOOR EITHER. ALSO, ABOUT 1/3 OF THE TIME WHEN YOU USE THE CLICKER TO LOCK THE DOORS, THE HORN SOUNDS INDICATING IT LOCKED BUT WHEN I CHECK, SOME OR NONE LOCKED. WHEN I SHIFT INTO GEAR FROM PARK OR BACK TO PARK, THE LOCKS DO NOT ENGAGE OR DISENGAGE OR ONLY SOME DO. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID IT MIGHT BE THE LOCK ACTUATORS BUT HE SAID THAT IT COULDN'T BE IF THEY OPEN THE DOORS LOCKED OR UNLOCKED THE DOORS SOME OF THE TIME. HE SAID HE HAD ALSO HAD CUSTOMERS THAT OWNED GM CARS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL OF GM MODELS TO CORRECT IT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW MY LOCKS ARE WORKING PROPERLY. I WON'T LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE CAR WHEN SHOPPING OR PARKED BECAUSE I CAN'T TRUST THAT THE DOORS LOCKED. IF I FELT UNSAFE FOR ANY REASON GOING TO MY CAR, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IN AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN I COME OUT, IF SOMEONE IS ALREADY IN MY CAR.

TAKATA RECALL THIS AFTERNOON, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I WAS NOT MOVING. PREVIOUSLY, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT OUT AND WAS COSTLY TO REPAIR, HAD TO BE TOWED FROM PITTSBURGH TO CLEVELAND.

MY AIRBAG LIGHT WON'T TURN OFF. MY DASHBOARD LIGHTS WON'T RESET. THE STAIRCASE LIGHT IS ON, THE OIL LIGHT, THE SUSPENSION LIGHT. I'VE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR WHICH NOW HAS 99,972 MILES ON IT.

IT'S MY TURN SIGNALS MY LOCKS AND MY FLASHERS HEADLIGHTS

ALL OF MY DASHBOARD LIGHTS INCLUDING MY BRAKE LIGHT IS ON MY EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT BEEPS WHILE I'M DRIVING BUT IT'S NOT ENGAGED MY SHIFTING IS VERY CHOPPY AND I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE TIRE PRESSURE AS WELL A FEW WEEKS AGO I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS LIGHTS ON MY DASHBOARD I WENT TO A AUTOMOBILE PLACE THEY ERASE ALL THE CODES SO WE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT AND EVERY SINGLE THING THAT COULD GO WRONG WITH IT THEY'RE SAYING IT'S WRONG WITH IT BUT IT STILL DRIVES IT HAS A HARD TIME SHIFTING AND THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC SO I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF THE SHIFT IT'S VERY CHOPPY WHEN IT SHIFTS INTO DIFFERENT GEARS THE AUTOMOBILE PLACE THAT IT'S EITHER THE COMPUTER OR THE TRANSMISSION THIS CAR HAS MILE NUMBER 134380 ON IT IT ALWAYS HAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF FLUIDS IN IT I ALWAYS GET OIL CHANGES ON TIME I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS CAR

I HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL AND CLIMATE CONTROL PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR. MOST OF THE A/C COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY A/C AT ALL. I'VE ALSO HAD HEATING PROBLEMS THAT REQUIRED TWO DIFFERENT REPAIRS WHICH WERE VERY EXPENSIVE. MY CAR IS GARAGE KEPT, WELL MAINTAINED AND IT ONLY HAS 30,000.

THE KEY STUCK IN THE KEY LOCK CYLINDER AND WOULD NOT TURN. THE SATURN VUE 08 HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND THE KEY LOCK CYLINDER DRILLED OUT AND REPLACED. THE NEW KEY LOCK ASSEMBLY IS PERFORMING SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT FAILED. THE KEY STICKS IN THE CYLINDER AND REQUIRES 4 OR 5 TRIES TO TURN THE IGNITION ON. IT WILL NOT PULL OUT EASILY, BUT JAMS AT THE INSIDE EDGE WHERE THE METAL SHANK OF THE KEY MEETS THE BLACK PLASTIC KEY CASING. THE NEW KEY LOCK ASSEMBLY METAL COVER ON THE STEERING COLUMN APPEARS TO BE CATCHING, AND SHOWS BENDING. THE NEW KEY SHOWS SEVERE SCRATCHES. THE REPLACEMENT KEY LOCK ASSEMBLY SILVER RECTANGULAR OPENING WHERE ONE INSERTS THE KEY DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE STURDY ENOUGH, AND IT BENDS EASILY CAUSING THE KEY TO CATCH. THE PROBLEM IS PROGRESSING, AND THE KEY IS STARTING TO STICK AS BEFORE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN AND START THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN A POORLY LIT PARKING LOT, IN LINE AT DRIVE THROUGHS, AND AT THE FILLING STATION. THE PROBLEM IS WORSENING. THE DEALER PROMISED THAT THE INITIAL $700-PLUS REPAIR IS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT DID NOT KEEP THE SCHEDULED REPAIR DATE.