NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Dodge Dakota Recalls
The 2008 Dodge Dakota has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 24, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Dodge Dakota. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 91
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Dodge Dakota, 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 Dodge Dakota
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, 2011 Dakota, 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, 2011 Dakota, 12 other models
2008 Dodge Dakota complaints by year
NHTSA has received 91 owner complaints about the 2008 Dodge Dakota, the newest on March 24, 2021. Of these, 5 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Dodge Dakota, the component group named most often is the air bags (32%), followed by the steering (19%) and the electrical system (12%).
2 of the 2008 Dodge Dakota's 2 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Dodge Dakota owners gave the mileage (61 complaints), the median was 55,623 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags29
- Steering17
- Electrical System11
- Power Train10
- Exterior Lighting8
- Service Brakes7
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Dodge Dakota peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 17. 20% 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 Dodge Dakota drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Dakota year in the same window: 9th highest of the 10 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Dodge Dakota years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 91 complaints about the 2008 Dodge Dakota are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Dakota by model year
Other 2008 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: March 24, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted