I first I had a cranking noise if you were to turn the wheel. That was fixed with a the transmission being flushed.
I than began having the shuddering upon take off or at a stop. which little by little got worse to the point of then lagging, shuddering while in drive. I am a long time diesel mechanic. I tried to call a few local transmission shops, they almost REFUSED to work on them. They said "we could buy a "newer" trani and they would put it in, but would not rebuild it. I then got it to a local GM dealership. They stomped the [censored] out of it and told me it would cost around $5000- $8,000 to replace the trani and the labor! The receptionist gave me the diagnostic print out I noticed all the times work was done on the Vue and seen that 20,000 miles ago Saturn REPLACED the transmission! I drove the Vue in and then went to drive it out it would not go into reverse I had to go back into the dealership to have them push me out of the parking area and got it into drive and did make it home only to have it sitting!
I got real frustrated and took the entire engine, transmission out of the Vue. I purchased a Master rebuild Kit and changed the clutches and the pistons, put all new CVT fluid in.
The Vue still does not move forward or reverse and makes a whining noise. What is the next step before the scrap yard!?
I than began having the shuddering upon take off or at a stop. which little by little got worse to the point of then lagging, shuddering while in drive. I am a long time diesel mechanic. I tried to call a few local transmission shops, they almost REFUSED to work on them. They said "we could buy a "newer" trani and they would put it in, but would not rebuild it. I then got it to a local GM dealership. They stomped the [censored] out of it and told me it would cost around $5000- $8,000 to replace the trani and the labor! The receptionist gave me the diagnostic print out I noticed all the times work was done on the Vue and seen that 20,000 miles ago Saturn REPLACED the transmission! I drove the Vue in and then went to drive it out it would not go into reverse I had to go back into the dealership to have them push me out of the parking area and got it into drive and did make it home only to have it sitting!
I got real frustrated and took the entire engine, transmission out of the Vue. I purchased a Master rebuild Kit and changed the clutches and the pistons, put all new CVT fluid in.
The Vue still does not move forward or reverse and makes a whining noise. What is the next step before the scrap yard!?
