NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Recalls
The 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe 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 Tahoe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 528
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe, 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 Tahoe
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 Tahoe, 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 Tahoe, 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 Tahoe, 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 Tahoe, 14 other models
2008 Chevrolet Tahoe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 528 owner complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe, the newest on April 19, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (1%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe, the component group named most often is the air bags (44%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the structure (15%).
2 of the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe owners gave the mileage (294 complaints), the median was 72,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags233
- Unknown Or Other92
- Electrical System87
- Structure79
- Latches/Locks/Linkages60
- Engine27
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 22 | |
| 2011 | 26 | |
| 2012 | 33 | |
| 2013 | 28 | |
| 2014 | 25 | |
| 2015 | 34 | |
| 2016 | 64 | |
| 2017 | 106 | |
| 2018 | 56 | |
| 2019 | 66 | |
| 2020 | 22 | |
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 106. 12% 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 Tahoe drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Tahoe year in the same window: 12th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 528 complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Tahoe by model year
Other 2008 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: April 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted