NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Ford F-350 Recalls
The 2008 Ford F-350 has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 28, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Ford F-350. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 131
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
On a 2008 Ford F-350, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2008 Ford F-350
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 08V344000
- Reported
- July 28, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 108
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 8 other models
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-350, 1 other model
2008 Ford F-350 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 131 owner complaints about the 2008 Ford F-350, the newest on January 17, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (5%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Ford F-350, the component group named most often is the steering (36%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (24%) and the engine (14%).
None of the 2008 Ford F-350's 7 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2008 Ford F-350 owners gave the mileage (117 complaints), the median was 67,532 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering47
- Engine And Engine Cooling31
- Engine18
- Suspension15
- Service Brakes9
- Structure7
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Ford F-350 peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 14. 29% 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-350 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ford F-350 year in the same window: 8th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 131 complaints about the 2008 Ford F-350 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford F-350 by model year
Other 2008 Ford models
Newest record on this page: January 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted