NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Dodge Durango Recalls
The 2008 Dodge Durango 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 Durango. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 97
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Dodge Durango, 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 Durango
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 2004–2007, 2009 Durango, 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 2004–2007 Durango, 12 other models
2008 Dodge Durango complaints by year
NHTSA has received 97 owner complaints about the 2008 Dodge Durango, the newest on January 29, 2023. Of these, 3 describe a crash (3%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Dodge Durango, the component group named most often is the air bags (27%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (22%) and the fuel system, gasoline (20%).
2 of the 2008 Dodge Durango's 2 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Dodge Durango owners gave the mileage (69 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags26
- Fuel/Propulsion System21
- Fuel System, Gasoline19
- Electrical System10
- Engine8
- Steering8
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 19 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Dodge Durango peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 19. 28% 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 Durango drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Durango year in the same window: 19th highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Dodge Durango years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 97 complaints about the 2008 Dodge Durango are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Durango by model year
Other 2008 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: January 29, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted