NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Chevrolet Avalanche Recalls
The 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 258
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V050000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,641,272
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 Avalanche, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V052000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 557,023
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Avalanche, 13 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 10V240000
- Reported
- June 4, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,365,070
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Avalanche, 16 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 08V441000
- Reported
- August 28, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 857,735
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Avalanche, 14 other models
2008 Chevrolet Avalanche complaints by year
NHTSA has received 258 owner complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche, the newest on August 7, 2024. Of these, 7 describe a crash (3%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche, the component group named most often is the air bags (51%), followed by the structure (17%) and the electrical system (8%).
2 of the 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche owners gave the mileage (144 complaints), the median was 73,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags132
- Unknown Or Other53
- Structure44
- Electrical System21
- Engine15
- Latches/Locks/Linkages13
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 30 | |
| 2017 | 52 | |
| 2018 | 30 | |
| 2019 | 35 | |
| 2020 | 27 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 52. 5% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Avalanche year in the same window: 5th highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 258 complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Avalanche by model year
Other 2008 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 7, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted