NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Chevrolet Colorado Recalls
The 2008 Chevrolet Colorado has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 18, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Chevrolet Colorado. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 81
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Chevrolet Colorado, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado
Child seat
- Campaign
- 10V575000
- Reported
- November 18, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 192,676
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007, 2009, 2011 Colorado, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 09V310000
- Reported
- July 29, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 185,903
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007, 2009 Colorado, 1 other model
2008 Chevrolet Colorado complaints by year
NHTSA has received 81 owner complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado, the newest on November 24, 2025. Of these, 6 describe a crash (7%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado, the component group named most often is the electrical system (40%), followed by the air bags (17%) and the engine (10%).
None of the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 Chevrolet Colorado owners gave the mileage (71 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System32
- Air Bags14
- Engine8
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic8
- Exterior Lighting7
- Power Train7
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 12. 30% 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 Colorado drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Colorado year in the same window: 13th highest of the 15 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Colorado years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 81 complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Colorado by model year
Other 2008 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: November 24, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted