THE HORN ON MY 2003 SATURN VUE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN AN EMERGENCY. UNLESS YOU PRESS WITH YOU THUMB EXACTLY ON THE HORN SYMBOL, IT WILL NOT BLOW. THE DEALER AND I BOTH TRIED BY HITTING THE SPOT WITH OUR FIST. SOMETIME IT BLOWS AND SOMETIMES IT DID NOT. EVERYTIME IT BLEW WHEN YOU PRESS EXACTLY ON THE HORN SYMBOL WITH YOUR THUMB. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. IN AN EMERGENCY, FINDING THAT EXACT PLACE ON THE STERLING WHEEL IS DIFFICULT. I HAVE HAD AT LEAST 4 INCIDENTS WHERE AN ACCIDENT ALMOST OCCURRED BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIND THE HORN. *JB
2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL ON THE HIGHWAY, MY 2004 SATURN VUE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN IN TRAFFIC. MY CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED AND WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. ALL THE CARS BEHIND ME HAD TO SWERVE AROUND ME QUICKLY AS NOT TO HIT US. A COP AND ANOTHER CAR STOPPED TO PHYSICALLY PUSH MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE POLICE OFFICER THEN HAD TO PUSH MY CAR TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP OFF THE HIGHWAY. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. AFTER THE AUTO REPAIR CHARGED ME FOR A DIAGNOSTIC, I WAS TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPAIRED AND THAT GM HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THESE ENGINES.. I CANT UNDERSTAND HOW TOYOTA CAN ISSUE A RECALL, BUT GM CAN'T. WILL IT TAKE SOMEONE "IMPORTANT" TO GET KILLED IN ONE OF GM'S CARS BEFORE OUR GOVERNMENT DOES ANYTHING FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE? *TW