NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Saturn Sky Recalls
The 2008 Saturn Sky has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 26, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Saturn Sky. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 186
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Saturn Sky, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2008 Saturn Sky
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 17V061000
- Reported
- January 26, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 91,007
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Sky, 1 other model
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V171000
- Reported
- April 10, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,191,014
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Sky, 5 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V047000
- Reported
- February 10, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,190,934
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Sky, 5 other models
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 07V454000
- Reported
- September 26, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,482
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 207, seating systems
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 14E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Sky, 6 other models
2008 Saturn Sky complaints by year
NHTSA has received 186 owner complaints about the 2008 Saturn Sky, the newest on July 21, 2025. Of these, 8 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Saturn Sky, the component group named most often is the air bags (51%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (32%) and the electrical system (10%).
2 of the 2008 Saturn Sky's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Saturn Sky owners gave the mileage (137 complaints), the median was 27,900 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags94
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic59
- Electrical System18
- Service Brakes11
- Seats6
- Unknown Or Other6
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 37 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 26 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 25 | |
| 2017 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Saturn Sky peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 37. 34% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 186 complaints about the 2008 Saturn Sky are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Saturn Sky by model year
Other 2008 Saturn models
Newest record on this page: July 21, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted