I posted this a while back in regard to the problems we had with out 2008 Vue. This list was from after the vehicle was only about 6 months old (2008 3.6 V6 Vue redline purchased brand new):
-Shifter, when put into 'manual mode' stuck in the downshift position and didn't spring back.
-Front passenger seat headrest wouldn't raise/lower (fabric from the seat was stuck in the track)
-one of the screws holding the driver side visor came out (it fell to the floor when I was driving it after having the car for about a week)
-something was leaking into the grill. The big red Saturn logo in the middle of the front end grill was getting discolored. The dealership had to order a new part and replace it.
-a hose for the windshield washer fluid had to be replaced. About the time we got our first oil change, the washer fluid stopped working.
-The steering wheel has started "creaking" pretty badly when making a turn. Kinda sounds like something is rubbing when you turn the steering wheel (almost like 2 pieces of plastic or rubber rubbing together.)
-Follow up on steering issue..took it to the dealership when I had my last oil change, they told me they put some kind of oil in a part near the steerign wheel. The problem was solved for 24 hours..the very next day it started creeking and has been doing so since.
-the seat has just developed a bit of a tear where the threads are coming loose. I certainly am not a big heavy guy, so there isn't a lot of pressure that I put on it, yet that is an issue now.
-just 2 weeks ago, a ticking noise developed from the AC vents after running the AC unit (even when you turn the car off). If you put the vent controlls on defrost, it isn't there, but if it is on the vent or floor positions, it ticks.
-Below the headlight controlls, there is a small compartment with a spring loaded door. I sometimes keep my cell phone in there. I opened it the other day, and it opened but it wouldn't close (the spring seemed to come loose). I tried to open and close it a few more times, and then the entire compartment (it's about 2 inches by 3 inches) just fell right out and now there is a whole in the bottom part of the dash where it used to be.
-there seems to be something wrong with the rear wiper (maybe an electrical issue) also. When you put on the rear wiper and turn it off, sometimes the wiper goes back down to its 'off' position on the bottom of the window...other times it goes there and then 'kicks back up' a few inches and stops part way up the window.
-there was a crackling noise coming from the vents when the AC was on (and even sometimes after the car was off), it took the dealership a long time to diagnose, but it turns out it was a bad actuator that needed to be replaced.
Since then the vehicle has been to the dealer for many other problems, most of the NOT mechanical, until just recently. The vehicle now has almost 80,000 miles on it, but in the last year we had a couple problems with the suspension that cost us about $700 total, plus one of the motors in the power mirror broke.
We still have the car and for now it is running OK...and it never got to the point where there were multiple problems at the same time....but when I look back at it..the history of problems with the vehicle was terrible....if someone had the problems with this vehicle that I had, I can understand them not ever wanting to buy a GM product again. BUT, on the other hand, we had a 2008 Malibu and 2009 Traverse that had virtually no problems at all (with close to 100,000 miles on them between them) and now have a Dodge Avenger (2011 V6 model) that all the magazines say is not a good car but we are happier with it than any car we have had (including the Malibu and the Traverse).....so a lot of the problems people have are not because a brand is 'good' or 'bad', but are very random.