2007 Saturn Vue Body and structure Problems

“My truck only had 60,000 miles on it. While driving home I began to noticed some smoke coming from the hood of the truck. Being only a block away from the house I proceeded to the stop sign. I was going to park and check it out thinking that it was something minor. Just as I was about to turn the corner the unthinkable happened. While at the stop sign the smoke quickly ignited into flames under the hood of the truck. I quickly pulled over in front of my house. Turned off truck, jumped out and ran to the side yard for the hose. I yelled out for my wife call the fire department. …”

“Roof rack collects water rusting out bolts holding cross member to roof rails. Doing routine inspection and found one cross member detached. Fortunately located before loading surfboard to racks which could have failed while traveling on road. It appears the rails which run the length of the roof is where the racks fail. There are holes which collect water causing the rust and eventual failure of the bolt(s) that the cross member attaches too.”

“The contact owns a 2007 Saturn VUE. After attempting to open the driver's side door approximately 12 times, the contact was unsuccessful. All the other doors on the vehicle functioned properly and allowed him to enter and exit. The dealer advised him to bring the vehicle in for inspection so they could attempt to identify the defect. The failure and current mileages were 45,000.”

“The contact owns a 2007 Saturn VUE. The contact was driving approximately 60 MPH when the contact began to hear extreme outside noises and wind blowing into the vehicle. The front driver and passenger side doors began to shake abnormally followed by rain leaking in through both doors. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician stated there was no recall for the failure and advised that both the driver and passengers side doors would need the alignment readjusted and resealed. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 25,000.”

“2007 Saturn VUE was serviced because of the check engine and battery lights illuminating. Dealer replaced and fixed several problems. Consumer was still not happy with the way the vehicle ran. The consumer stated the radio was replaced for the third time, and there was even more wind noise from the driver side door with the new rubber seal. The consumer also stated major loss of power, rough upshifting, double downshifting while braking and poor fuel economy. …”