At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, "Sabotage" won the award for "Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman)".
The car used in the video is a 1983 Ford LTD Crown Victoria. In an interview for Vanity Fair, Mike D described the poor condition of car as "a car that was about to die".
During the production, one Canon Scoopic and one Arriflex SR3 camera has been destroyed by accident. $84,000 worth damage tripled the cost of the video.
Band members did all their own stunts, including driving.