Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn sky. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system). The dealer stated that the parts were unavailable to repair the vehicle and could not provide an estimate date of arrival. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure.
2008 Saturn Sky electrical complaints
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Passenger air bag light says off when someone is seated or unseated. Also shows red error airbag light on dash. Per the gm dealer, they say the passenger airbag will not deploy. This is a major safety issue that needs to be recalled.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn sky. The contact received the federal safety agency recall campaign id number 14v047000 (air bags , electrical system) and for 14v171000 (electrical system however, the dealer informed the contact that the repair could not be performed because the necessary parts were unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified of the delay. There were no failures.
The vehicle was being driven at highway speeds, upon avoiding a collision with another vehicle, the saturn sky I was in had collided with the concrete center divider and became airborn. The airbags did not deploy after first colliding with the divider, nor after it had landed back onto its wheels. Hazard lights were operable, onstar did not activate. Injuries were sustained to both the driver and passenger.
I have a saturn sky in the recall and it's my understanding we can get a loaner for free while we wait for parts to come in. Orr chevrolet in texarkana said all they have to loan is cobalts, and this concerns me for obvious reasons. I asked if he knew those are also recalled and he laughed and said yes but that's all they got. I suggested they take a vehicle off their used sales lot that isn't made by gm but they can't do that. Obviously I didn't take the even less safe cobalt and I'm still driving my sky, but I'm concerned that they're offering the most deadly car of them all and that other drivers may end up taking them, possibly for months.
I have seen the recalls in the news for the saturn sky 2006-2007 models, and looked up what happened, and I think the ignition switch problem has happened to me in the 2008 model. I was driving on a state road, and suddenly the car just stopped. I was able to restart it, and nobody was around to hit me, but I never understood what happened. I remember being very afraid of another car coming along and hitting me. Now I see this is exactly what happened to other people. This never happened to me again, and I forgot all about it until now. I just thought it was a freak thing at the time, but I wonder if the 2008 model also needs to be in the recall. I'm not feeling very safe right now, given that gm did not recall all affected cars in the past.
While driving on the expressway, the car completely lost power for several seconds, and some of the trouble lights on the dash lit up. While trying to exit the expressway, power came back and the dash returned to normal. The same scenario happened again nearly a year later. Gm technicians could not find anything wrong.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 saturn sky. While driving approximately 55 MPH on normal road conditions, the check engine warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. Immediately, white smoke appeared from the instrument panel, which resulted in reduced visibility. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road with caution and roadside assistance was called to the scene. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer for inspection and they stated that the heating and air conditioning system caused the failure. The system was replaced. The contact smelled a strong odor of coolant inside the vehicle following the repair and the traction control failed to operate. Whenever the vehicle was in operation, the ABS warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. On six separate occasions, the vehicle was taken to the authorized dealer for identical failures, but there were no resolutions. The failure mileage was 2,000 and current mileage was 15,500.
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