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2004 Saturn Vue power train problems

93 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2004 Saturn Vue34% of all complaints for this model year.

93
Power Train complaints
34%
share of all complaints
87,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
5 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Transmission has Lube issues for Honda and TRANSGO HONDALK fixes that but requires several hours labor pulling transmission. Transmission and torque converter overheat causing failure. Mine overheated and stalled crossing traffic, wouldn't go into gear. Caused accident.

    filed Nov 5, 2023

  • While driving transmission will jump out of gear,need to shift gear selector into neutral,then back into drive,sometimes more than once.we have avoided several serious incidents since this problematic issue started.vehicle was checked out several times at saturn of modesto.ca.now out of…

    filed Nov 22, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Power Train problems in other Vue years

YearReportsShare
2009 Vue1412%
2008 Vue12030%
2007 Vue269%
2006 Vue269%
2005 Vue3018%
2003 Vue31451%
2002 Vue2414%
Vue power train problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.