2004 Saturn Vue

I HAVE A 2004 SATURN VUE WITH AN IGNITION SWITCH THAT ALLOWS THE KEY TO BE REMOVED AT ANY TIME, IN ANY POSITION, WHETHER THE ENGINE IS RUNNING OR NOT. WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE KEY CAN BE REMOVED, CREATING THE POTENTIAL TO NOT BE ABLE TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. WITH THE RECENT RECALLS AND INJURIES INVOLVING OTHER SATURN VEHICLES MADE AT THE SAME TIME, I BELIEVE THIS SITUATION NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED...UPDATED 06/09/14 *BF UPDATED 06/10/2014 *JS *TR

IGNITION KEY LOCK HAS BEEN REPLACED/REPAIRED 5 TIMES. ONCE UNDER WARRANTY. WHEN IT FAILS I CAN REMOVE THE KEY, WHILE DRIVING, BUT WHEN I TURN OFF THE CAR, I CANNOT TURN IT ONCE THE KEY IS INSERTED AGAIN. THIS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO RE-START THE VEHICLE. I WAS SURE MY CAR WOULD BE ON THE LIST OF RECENT RECALLS, BUT IT IS NOT. CAN YOU HELP US? I HAVE MANY OF THE BILLS TO HELP MY CASE. ..UPDATED 04-16-14 *BF UPDATED 8/23/2017*CN

AFTER DRIVING TO WORK I PARKED MY 2004 SATURN VUE AND REACHED FOR THE KEYS TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I TOUCHED THE KEY IT FELL OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING. WHEN I INVESTIGATED FURTHER, I FOUND I WAS ABLE TO INSERT AND REMOVE THE KEY REPEATEDLY AND WITHOUT FORCE WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS IN THE RUN POSITION. I SHOT A VIDEO OF THIS WHICH IS VIEWABLE AT HTTP://YOUTU.BE/RVEMLYQXPP8&FEATURE=YOUTU.BE. *TR

ERRATIC OCCURRENCE OF AIR CONDITIONING BLOWING HOT OR WARM SOMETIMES AT OUTSIDE TEMP RANGE 82-87 F. COMPRESSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS RECHARGED WITH FREON. WORKING WELL TODAY AND HAD IT CHECKED BY AN AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS SEVERAL TIMES IN ADDITION TO ORIGINAL REPAIRS PERFORMED BY SATURN DEALERSHIP BEFORE SATURN WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. THIS IS A SATURN VUE REDLINE 2004 WITH THIS ISSUE. NO ONE HAS FIXED THIS GM OR INDEPENDENT DEALERS. SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO MOTOR RPM WITH GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF MALFUNCTIONING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS 60-65 MPH AND MORE LIKELY TO OPERATE CORRECTLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS IDLING. ALSO, SOMETIMES THE ENGINE WILL NOT START IMMEDIATELY AND ACTS IF IT GAS FLOODED OR GAS STARVED. ENGINE TURNS OVER BUT DOES NOT START. COMPUTER HAS BEEN CHECKED RECENTLY AND THERE ARE NO ABNORMAL COMPUTER CODES. ON ONE OCCASION, ENGINE RAN AS THOUGH IT WAS TWO CYCLING AND DID NOT RUN NORMAL UNTIL THE IGNITION WAS SHUT OFF AND TURNED ON AGAIN. *TR

WENT TO USE HORN TO WARN ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT THEY WERE SWAYING INTO MY LANE AND WHEN DID SO HORN KEPT GOING OFF AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. HAD TO PULL OFF ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO PULL HORN RELAY IN ORDER TO GET HORN TO STOP BEFORE BURNING IT OUT. DUE TO LOCATION OF HORN SWITCH (INSIDE AIRBAG) THE APPROXIMATE COST FOR WHAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE AN EASY FIX COULD COST UPWARDS OF $700. OUTRAGEOUS! NOW DUE TO HIGH COST VEHICLE WILL BE WITHOUT AN IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE....A HORN. RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HORN ENGAGED WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE HORN MODULE HAD FAILED AND BURNED A HOLE THROUGH THE SAFETY AIR BAG. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 48,000. UPDATED 06/25/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/07/10*JB

FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE POWER LOCKS IN MY 2004 SATURN VIEW WHERE THE UNLOCK BUTTON DID NOT WORK ON RANDOM OCCASIONS. IT THEN SEEMED THAT IF IT HAD RAINED THIS IS WHEN THE PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR. IT HAS SINCE BECOME A CHRONIC ISSUE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO USE MY DOOR LOCKS FOR UNLOCKING WHETHER WITH THE REMOTE OR THE BUTTON. THIS MORNING THE LOCKS UNLOCKED THEMSELVSE AND CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT UNLOCKING FOR THE ENTIRE HOUR LONG DRIVE AT RANDOM INTERVALS. I HAVE HAD OTHER ELECTRICAL ISSUES AS WELL WITH THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE GOTTEN NO WHERE WITH INQUIRES TO SATURN AS TO THE ISSUE. SINCE PURCHASE THE REAR WIPER WORKS WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO MY HORN BEGAN TO BLARE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY ALL BY ITSELF. THE REMEDY FOR THE HORN WAS TO REMOVE THE RELAY AS THE MECHANIC I DEAL WITH DID NOT HAVE THE CODE TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL ISSUE. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE COST I WILL INCUR TO RECTIFY THESE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT SATURN NO LONGER OFFICIALLY EXISTS.

A 2004 SATURN VUE IS HAVING IGNITION PROBLEM. WE HAVE YET TO REPLACE THE IGNITION DUE TO TRICKS TO CAUSE THE IGNITION TO RELEASE AND START THE VEHICLE. I FULLY EXPECT THIS INCONVENIENCE TO BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM AT SOME POINT DUE TO THE POOR QUALITY MATERIALS USED TO PRODUCE THE IGNITION SWITCH. SHOULD THIS STRAND US, THE TOWING FEE WILL BE $75 PLUS A MINIMUM OF $400 FOR THE MECHANIC AND PARTS. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCT AND HAD A CUSTOM PART MADE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. GM SHOULD BE THE ONE PRODUCING A QUALITY REPLACEMENT PART AND ISSUING A RECALL INSTEAD OF GOUGING CONSUMERS ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR SALES PLUNGE OF LATE. THEY DON'T NEED ANOTHER HIT ON THEIR QUALITY PERCEPTION. *TR.