NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Chevrolet Cobalt Recalls
The 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 10, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 845
- Crashes reported
- 76
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V171000
- Reported
- April 10, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,191,014
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007, 2009–2010 Cobalt, 5 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V047000
- Reported
- February 10, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,190,934
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007, 2009–2010 Cobalt, 5 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 12V459000
- Reported
- September 19, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 49,768
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Cobalt, 4 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 10V073000
- Reported
- March 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,050,889
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007, 2009–2010 Cobalt, 1 other model
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 14E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007, 2009–2010 Cobalt, 6 other models
2008 Chevrolet Cobalt complaints by year
NHTSA has received 845 owner complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt, the newest on July 23, 2026. Of these, 76 describe a crash (9%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 79 injuries and 13 deaths.
In complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt, the component group named most often is the steering (37%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (24%) and the electrical system (20%).
1 of the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt's 5 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt owners gave the mileage (676 complaints), the median was 75,248 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering309
- Fuel/Propulsion System202
- Electrical System166
- Air Bags98
- Fuel System, Gasoline40
- Engine36
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 25 | |
| 2010 | 92 | |
| 2011 | 55 | |
| 2012 | 78 | |
| 2013 | 42 | |
| 2014 | 146 | |
| 2015 | 80 | |
| 2016 | 61 | |
| 2017 | 56 | |
| 2018 | 51 | |
| 2019 | 42 | |
| 2020 | 39 | |
| 2021 | 34 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 146. 21% 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 Cobalt drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Cobalt year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Cobalt years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
The 845 complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Cobalt by model year
Other 2008 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: July 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted