Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn sky. While reversing down a hill, the brake pedal was depressed and started to shake without warning. The contact stated that the brakes failed and the vehicle rolled backwards and stopped at the bottom of the hill. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 34,000.
Saturn Sky brake failure problems
15 of the 516 owner complaints about the Saturn Sky describe brake failure.
- owner complaints
- 15
- typical mileage
- 250
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 200815
Often reported together
What owners say
After first starting, the vehicle has no brakes. This issue occurred the first time I backed it out of the garage. The brakes were very soft and I had to keep pumping them. I contacted the dealer and they said that you have to let it warm up first. I took the car in and told them that this was unacceptable and could result in an accident. They made an adjustment to the brakes, however, they are very hard. This is a very serious problem and it needs to be addressed.
Brake failure. Hard brake pedal resulting in the brakes not holding the car at a stop. On july 4, 2012 while stopped at an intersection the brakes failed to hold the car inplace resulting in the car creeping into the center of the intersection into oncoming traffic. A jeep with 6 people and an infant hit the right front side of the car and flipped over. The infant and 2 of the people in the jeep are in the hospital. The accident happened on hwy. 84 in daleville, alabama.
My car is at saturn of hickory for the third time because of the brakes they said they cannot fix them it is a defect I have asked for my money back with no answer as of yet my brakes were like this from the very first day. The first day I went to drive the car I called the sales person that sold us the car and told her hey something is wrong I have no brakes !!!! They have said that you have to let the car warm up first but that is not in the manual nor did the sale person tell us this. I have almost hit something numerous times in this car already and it only has about 2000 miles on it. I should not have to sit and wait for a car to warm up before I can drive it in the summer time !!!!
Saturn sky redline when start car you have no brakes.
No brakes on cold start. First thing in the morning or when car sit for more than 4 hours. Terrified to try cruise control as I heard it will cause brake failure while driving. Dealership said it was "normal" and needed to let vacuum build.
Since purchasing the 2008 saturn sky in september 2007 the brakes do not work when first starting the vehicle. The car must warm up before the brakes work properly. The car was brought back to the dealer several times and I was advised that nothing was wrong with the vehicle. Recently the brakes failed when I had the cruise control on at 65 MPH. The cruise did not shut off, the brakes did not even slow the vehicle. Every time the car has gone back to the dealer they tell me that there is no problem. Last week they advised that they had to re-calibrate the brakes- this did not work, I still have the problem when I first start the car, I have not used the cruise control since.
2008 sky redline turbo..no brakes or very hard brakes when first starting car. Car has only 55 miles on it.
I am so disappointed in my new 2008 saturn sky. I've had to take it to las vegas 3 times for brake problems. At start up there are no brakes for the first 45 to 60 seconds. The brakes go from rock hard, to crunchy, and then finally working. The dealer is telling us now, that this is normal for this car. We were not warned of the brakes before we bought the car! The 3rd time we took it in for the start up brake problem and for the brakes not working when stepping on the brake while using cruise control! This happened to me going 55 miles per hour down the highway. Was told by the dealer that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle and was given a print out saying that the vehicles brakes are normal for this vehicle! The brakes failed to work again going down the highway at 75 miles per hour! This can not be normal. Anyone else having cruise control brake problems with their 2008 saturn sky?? Does someone have to die before they decide it is not normal for the brakes not to work??? On this form I put the incident date as september, which is right after I bought the car. The cruise control issue started in feb 08.
My 2008 saturn sky has a brake problem when the engine is first cranked after sitting for a few hours, there are no brakes until the car warms up.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
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The model years with the most reports are 2008 (15 complaints).
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