NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Chrysler 300 Recalls
The 2008 Chrysler 300 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 24, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Chrysler 300. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 714
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Chrysler 300, 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 Chrysler 300
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V352000
- Reported
- May 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,648,270
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007, 2009–2012 300, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V313000
- Reported
- May 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,077,169
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007, 2009–2010 300, 12 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V567000
- Reported
- September 17, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 292,798
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Power train: axle hubs
- Campaign
- 08V295000
- Reported
- July 2, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,509
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2008 Chrysler 300 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 714 owner complaints about the 2008 Chrysler 300, the newest on December 8, 2025. Of these, 27 describe a crash (4%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2008 Chrysler 300, the component group named most often is the electrical system (70%), followed by the air bags (26%) and the engine (7%).
1 of the 2008 Chrysler 300's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 Chrysler 300 owners gave the mileage (366 complaints), the median was 76,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System502
- Air Bags185
- Engine53
- Unknown Or Other31
- Power Train30
- Engine And Engine Cooling25
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 60 | |
| 2015 | 426 | |
| 2016 | 91 | |
| 2017 | 38 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Chrysler 300 peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 426. 5% 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 Chrysler 300 drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Chrysler 300 year in the same window: 9th highest of the 15 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 714 complaints about the 2008 Chrysler 300 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chrysler 300 by model year
Other 2008 Chrysler models
Newest record on this page: December 8, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted