NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Chevrolet Aveo Recalls
The 2008 Chevrolet Aveo has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on May 19, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Chevrolet Aveo. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 163
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
16 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Chevrolet Aveo, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2008 Chevrolet Aveo
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 14V261000
- Reported
- May 19, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 218,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007 Aveo
2008 Chevrolet Aveo complaints by year
NHTSA has received 163 owner complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Aveo, the newest on March 22, 2026. Of these, 17 describe a crash (10%) and 16 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Aveo, the component group named most often is the air bags (43%), followed by the electrical system (27%) and the exterior lighting (18%).
The 2008 Chevrolet Aveo's only recall also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2008 Chevrolet Aveo owners gave the mileage (132 complaints), the median was 59,747 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags70
- Electrical System44
- Exterior Lighting30
- Engine20
- Power Train15
- Suspension9
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 33 | |
| 2015 | 26 | |
| 2016 | 16 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Aveo peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 33. 18% 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 Aveo drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Aveo year in the same window: 7th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Aveo years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 163 complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Aveo are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Aveo by model year
Other 2008 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: March 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted