# 2007 SATURN VUE — ENGINE
> NHTSA complaint `994773` · 2013-07-17 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** SATURN
- **Model:** VUE
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ENGINE
- **Miles at failure:** 89,000
- **Speed:** 22 mph
## Narrative
I BOUGHT THIS 2007 SATURN VUE V6 AWD IN JULY 2012 FROM BRIGHTON FORD, BRIGHTON MI  NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION WHEN TEST DRIVING. LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER I BUY IT THE AC GOES OUT, AND THE SHUTTERING GETS WORSE.  TAKE IT BACK TO THEM TO LOOK AT AND GET REFERRED TO A TIRE SHOP.  WAS TOLD THE AC COIL HAD  A HUGE LEAK, AND WAS PROBABLY "TOPPED OFF" AT BY THE DEALER AND THAT THERE WAS SOME TIRE WEAR ISSUES.  BRIGHTON FORD REFUSED TO FIX ANYTHING.  DRIVE IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR THE SHUTTERING GETS WORSE AND WORSE TAKE IT IN TO BUD KOUTS CHEVROLET, LANSING, MI FOR A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT  THAT CAME ON, IT WAS BECAUSE OF A MISS FIRE IN TWO OF THE CYLINDERS.  TOLD THEM ABOUT THE SHUTTERING, WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG.  28 DAYS LATER I HAVE A TIRE EXPLODE, TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG.  TAKE IT BACK AFTER FINDING A HUGE HOLE IN THE SHOCK ABSORBER CASING.  THIS TIME SPEAKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP OWNER DIRECTLY, AFTER TWO DAYS THEY FINALLY FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE SHUTTERING,  A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER.  THEY ADMITTED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE ON THE THESE VEHICLES, BUT STILL WANT ABOUT $2000 TO FIX IT.  IF THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THIS THERE SHOULD BE.  I WILL NEVER BY A GM MADE VEHICLE AGAIN.  I'VE OWNED THREE NOW AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THEM.  THE SUBARU I OWNED HAD WELL OVER 200,000 MILES AND NO ISSUES THE SAME GOES FOR A MAZDA I OWNED.    *TR
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