There are 7 owner-reported speed control & cruise complaints for the 2008 Saturn Vuein NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
MY VUE WENT OUT OF CONTROL, AFTER I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, IT TOOK OFF LIKE A ROCKET , GOING FASTER AND FASTER UP TO 90 MILES PER HOUR, IT WOULD NOT STOP AND WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN, I THREW IT INTO NEUTRAL, AFTER 1 MIN THE ENGINE DIED, AND I COASTED FOR A FEW MIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN VUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CRUISE CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY APPROX 50MPH AND SPEED DROPPED BELOW 30MPH. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY TURN ON MY HAZARDS AND MOVED TO THE RIGHT LANE AND EVENTUALLY PULL OVER TO SERVICE ROAD. DROVE CAR AT 10MPH TO A SECURED LOCATION AND HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC IN LOCAL AREA THE NEXT DAY. *TR
WHILE ENTERING I-880 @ 45 MPH INCREASED SPEED TO 60 MPH TO GET INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. CAR ACCELERATED TO 70-80 MPH. ATTEMPTS TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN BY STEPPING ON BRAKE DID NOT WORK BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE TO 80-85 MPH. I HAD TO SWITCH LANES TO NOT HIT CAR IN FRONT. ALL ATTEMPTS TO BRAKE DID NOT SLOW THE CAR DOWN. STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDDLE NUMEROUS TIMES FINALLY ALLOWED THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN. INITIALLY BELIEVING CAR WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL I DID NOTHING. THIS HAPPEN 3 MORE TIMES WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE TO PASS A CAR ON THE FREEWAY AND ONCE ON A PRIVATE ROAD. THE LATTER WAS DONE INTENTIONALLY, LATE AT NIGHT, TO ASSURE MY MIND IT WAS REALLY HAPPENING. CAR IS IN THE DEALER NOW AND THEY ARE TELLING ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTED SINCE THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN WHEN A DRIVER HAS NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES A LOT OF LIVES SEEM TO BE AT RISK INCLUDING MY OWN. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY PLACE TO FILE THIS INFORMATION SINCE DEALER STATED THAT CONSUMER COMPLAINT CANNOT BE FILED SINCE SATURN NO LONGER MAKES VEHICLES. AS I STATED TO DEALER SATURN IS COVERED UNDER GMC. *TR
I WAS MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY 696 IN DETROIT AREA. SEMI TO MY LEFT, THOUGHT I COULD ACCELERATE AND EASE IN FRONT. PUT FOOT ON GAS PEDAL STRONGLY AND IT DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR MAKING THE CAR QUICKLY ACCELERATE TO WELL OVER 80 MPH. TOOK FOOT OFF GAS WITH NO EFFECT. PUT FOOT ON BRAKES AND IT TEMPERED SPEED; NO LONGER ACCELERATED, BUT DID NOT SLOW IT DOWN. ALL THE WHILE I COULD HEAR ENGINE STRAINING TO ACCELERATE BUT NOT BEING ALLOWED TO. TRIED EASING OFF BRAKE BUT CAR STARTED TO SPEED UP EVEN FURTHER. WAS PRACTICALLY STANDING ON BRAKE PEDAL NOW WITH LEFT FOOT AND DID NOT SLOW. HIT GAS PEDAL A COUPLE TIMES HARD WITH RIGHT FOOT AND PEDAL RELEASED AND CAR STARTED TO SLOW, BUT HAVE NO IDEA IF THAT WAS THE REASON IT LET UP OR JUST COINCIDENCE. INSPECTED GAS PEDAL AREA. NOTHING TO ENCUMBER PEDAL. NOTHING TO CATCH ON. NO REASON FOR IT TO STICK. ABOUT SCARED ME TO DEATH. IF THERE HAD BEEN A VEHICLE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME, I WOULD HAVE HIT IT. I WAS JUST SHOCKED. I THEN HAD TO PICK UP MY KIDS IN ANN ARBOR AND DRIVE ALL THE WAY BACK HOME TO ILLINOIS WORRYING IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. WILL CALL SATURN IN MORNING TO SEE WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN VUE. WHILE TRAVELING AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEEDS OF 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THEN SHUT THE ENGINE OFF COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER REPAIRED NOR TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 33,874. UPDATED 12/10/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AS OF NOVEMBER 28,2010 THE PROBLEM HAD NOT RETURNED. UPDATED 12/17/10
WHEN CAR IS IN CRUISE CONTROL IT IS CONSTANTLY DOWNSHIFTING TO MAINTAIN SPEED EVEN ON FLAT SURFACE. APPARENTLY THE GEARING ON THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SUPPORT TO WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT CANNOT MAINTAIN THE CRUISE CONTROL SPEED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. *TR
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
Data synced from NHTSA on May 4, 2026