NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Chevrolet Silverado Recalls
The 2008 Chevrolet Silverado has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 28, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 162
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
On a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado, 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 Silverado
2008 Chevrolet Silverado complaints by year
NHTSA has received 162 owner complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Silverado, the newest on March 8, 2023. Of these, 13 describe a crash (8%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Silverado, the component group named most often is the air bags (38%), followed by the electrical system (30%) and the latches/locks/linkages (11%).
1 of the 2008 Chevrolet Silverado's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 Chevrolet Silverado owners gave the mileage (118 complaints), the median was 65,300 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags62
- Electrical System48
- Latches/Locks/Linkages18
- Structure14
- Power Train12
- Engine11
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 22 | |
| 2015 | 47 | |
| 2016 | 29 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Silverado peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 47. 15% 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 Silverado drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado year in the same window: 15th highest of the 17 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Silverado years.
The 162 complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Silverado are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Silverado by model year
Other 2008 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: March 8, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted