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2008 SATURN SKY — Complaint #661375

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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC filed March 13, 2008

NHTSA complaint #661375 (ODI reference 10221054) concerns a 2008 SATURN SKY and was filed on March 13, 2008. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 26, 2008. The vehicle had 1,191 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:hydraulic, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same SATURN SKY cohort independently describe similar service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:hydraulic failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2008 SATURN SKY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2008 SATURN SKY
Component
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC
State
California
Mileage
1,191 mi

Complaint Description

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN SKY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE REQUIRES EXCESSIVE BRAKE PEDAL EFFORT IN ORDER TO STOP. THE FAILURE OCCURS AFTER A COLD START AND TYPICALLY AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEEDS. AFTER THE VEHICLE IS WARMED UP, THE FAILURE CEASES. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 1,191.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 661375
ODI Number 10221054
Date Filed March 13, 2008
Failure Date February 26, 2008
VIN 1G8MF35X08Y

Similar SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC Complaints for 2008 SATURN SKY

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.