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11-12-2004, 03:33 PM
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I work at a Saturn Dealership in canada.
We have an 02 4 banger 5 speed on our lot right now..
I think i'm getting the same shift sounds as you.. i'll get our tecks to pull it into the shop and get back to you..
but if you can afford it, get into the v6... the v6 vue is a BLAST to drive..
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11-13-2004, 04:08 AM
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#12 | | Senior Member
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saturn also has a 30 day exchange program. you can exchange it within 30 days or 1500 miles whichever cmoes first for another car.
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11-24-2004, 05:57 PM
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#13 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michigan
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|  Vue 4 banger - 5 speed
2003 Vue IS a cheap car....but you CAN make it show & go !
It's tough because your trail blazin' here.
All the Vue stuff out there is weak and BORING...
But...
get a custom exhaust (ditch the resonator) and it sounds better...
get lowering springs and you get better handling...
get a turbocharger ($$, my next mod) and it will haul....
I hear kits to update Ecotec engines will someday come to dealers...
Kits are $2000 , save your pennies !
but hey this was a cheap car with NO power options.
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09-13-2005, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by MD_BLUE_SL2 welp...you bought the "cheap" POS vue...and ya got it. I read many reviews of the 4cyl, and the pre 2004 V6s. Steer clear. I love our Redline Vue. | Yes MD_BLUE_SL2, I too bought the 4cil 2004. And I agree with you on the "cheap" part I get 30 mpg city 36 mpg highway  . Are you getting that with your BIG V6?  Did you have to change your timing belt yet?I guess that if you can afford the extras then you can afford the pump prices. I have to say that my VUE is not a POS. One more thing HA! :P
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09-13-2005, 06:48 AM
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/me puts on garlic cloves, bottle of holy water, and grabs cross.
gotta protect against the zombie thread back from the dead. 
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09-13-2005, 02:44 PM
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Acceleration was not what I'd hoped for and I could not get used to the shiftless VTi transmission.
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VTi tranny, source of problem, and no longer available, i believe, saturn had too many problems with it.
exchange the sucker under the 30 day return policy, and get one with a regular automatic or a manual tranny, and the v6 if you want some power. a fully loaded VUE with a four banger is going to be way short on horsepuckies.
this is the purchasers mistake, but with Saturn's 30 day exchange policy it can be rectified, i would be exchanging and upgrading ASAP. even if the payment went up a bit.
baldy
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09-21-2005, 12:45 AM
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#17 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Nashua, NH
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| Another '03 VUE 5-speed clutch issue!
Friend buys a '03 Vue 5-speed with 45k for $14g's!!! First 30 days she had it it developed a CV problem even with warrenty cost her $600. Now at 63K the clutch is shot can't get it out of N and the stealership wants $1800 to fix. She can only sell it for $5k. 
Anyone else fry a clutch in a Vue this fast!! Not like she is DRAG racing guys.
I guess what I have heard about the newer Saturns is true they ARE junk except for the Honda powered Redline!!  | |
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09-27-2005, 01:49 PM
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#18 | | Senior Member
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| Re: Another '03 VUE 5-speed clutch issue!
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Originally Posted by shortlid Friend buys a '03 Vue 5-speed with 45k for $14g's!!! First 30 days she had it it developed a CV problem even with warrenty cost her $600. Now at 63K the clutch is shot can't get it out of N and the stealership wants $1800 to fix. She can only sell it for $5k.
Anyone else fry a clutch in a Vue this fast!! Not like she is DRAG racing guys.
I guess what I have heard about the newer Saturns is true they ARE junk except for the Honda powered Redline!! | the standard V6 Vue's have the same Honda engine, it is not just the redline. At any rate, I have had my 5-speed 2.2L Ecotec Vue for a while now and have had no problems with it. | |
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09-27-2005, 03:26 PM
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Ok, thanks I did not know that. So, thats why the V6's are so much better they have the Honda powerplant!  | |
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11-10-2005, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by shortlid Ok, thanks I did not know that. So, thats why the V6's are so much better they have the Honda powerplant! | the problems have nothing to do with the engine, be it Ecotec or Honda based. If you read this thread nobody had any engine problems, anythign mentioned was tranny/drivetrain. So the Honda Engine is no better than the Ecotec. | |
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