NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Ford F-250 Recalls
The 2008 Ford F-250 has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 25, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Ford F-250. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 197
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
On a 2008 Ford F-250, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2008 Ford F-250
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery
- Campaign
- 08V191000
- Reported
- April 25, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 64,754
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 301, fuel system integrity
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Seats
- Campaign
- 08V096000
- Reported
- February 28, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 87,515
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 207, seating systems
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 07V541000
- Reported
- November 21, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 45
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 07V139000
- Reported
- March 26, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33,169
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery
- Campaign
- 07V140000
- Reported
- March 26, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,022
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 11T002000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009 F-250, 1 other model
2008 Ford F-250 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 197 owner complaints about the 2008 Ford F-250, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (5%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2008 Ford F-250, the component group named most often is the steering (41%), followed by the suspension (18%) and the engine (10%).
None of the 2008 Ford F-250's 6 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2008 Ford F-250 owners gave the mileage (161 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering80
- Suspension35
- Engine19
- Tires16
- Engine And Engine Cooling15
- Power Train14
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 20 | |
| 2014 | 21 | |
| 2015 | 14 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2008 Ford F-250 peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 21. 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 Ford F-250 drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Ford F-250 year in the same window: 9th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 197 complaints about the 2008 Ford F-250 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford F-250 by model year
Other 2008 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted