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tonight went to swap out a front drive axle on 2002 Saturn vue . what do I discover is my stabilizer bar is broke in two . go checking tonight on all the local car part stores sites and find its a dealer only item. figures way my day been going .so now im look at about a $250 repair in just parts . 2 stabilizer link pins, stabilizer bar ,plus bushings kits for the stabilizer bar. plus a whole lot of work and time in locating parts . don't have a clue how this happen it broke inside a bushing snap in half.

Maybe you should get a priest to bless the car. I hate to hear anyone having to much trouble with any car.

You may wish to look on e-bay. Just pick a high rated seller and you should be fine.

getting lucky today located the bar for about $80 thanks to a friend at the local dealership .list was over $100 . now to order new bushings and asst parts for about $100.00.

Sounds like the car is a money pit. May want to consider getting rid of it, and maybe look for a 2yr old car at a decent price with low miles.

There were good reasons why they stopped making Saturns. They didn't have a good reputation for longevity w/o costly problems.

total parts cost was or is $160.00 so that's not bad . maybe 4 hours for me to do the repairs Im looking at right now. car has just over 100.000 miles on it body solid and been holding together good for its age . figure its cheaper to put this money in a car. we just use as a second and sit's 8 months a year then buying a replacement car for the wife . having to make payments of $400 or more per month for like 5 years .unless you lease try getting a car payment under that . I guess were the person auto company's really dislike we try keeping are cars. 10 years or longer before we replace them. as Im looking back at the cars we have owned I think everyone we have keep 10 years or long. after we have bought them new. if used with a loan at least double the years of the loan .

nice surprize at the dealer today the stabilizer bar was $10 less then price quoted.
also all the replacement parts arrived today . plus 2 more surprize boxes from my daughter for the wife and I's anniversary.

I rarely get good news when a part arrives.

I guess I shouldn't talk. I just spent $1500 on my 200 F-150 crew cab to repair the air conditioning. Needed a new compressor and a bunch of other parts. They had to also flush the condenser several times. Considering how hot it gets where I live, it lasted 15 years.