NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Ford Ranger Recalls
The 2008 Ford Ranger has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 10, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Ford Ranger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 326
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Ford Ranger, 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 Ranger
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V158000
- Reported
- March 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,602,668
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009, 2011 Ranger, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V081000
- Reported
- February 16, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,067
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007, 2009, 2011 Ranger, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V024000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 654,695
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Ranger, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V384000
- Reported
- May 31, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,892,343
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009, 2011 Ranger, 8 other models
Exterior lighting: tail lights
- Campaign
- 11V352000
- Reported
- July 13, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,715
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007, 2009, 2011 Ranger, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21E013000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009, 2011 Ranger, 5 other models
2008 Ford Ranger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 326 owner complaints about the 2008 Ford Ranger, the newest on August 14, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2008 Ford Ranger, the component group named most often is the air bags (90%), followed by the structure (3%) and the electrical system (2%).
5 of the 2008 Ford Ranger's 6 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Ford Ranger owners gave the mileage (71 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags295
- Structure10
- Electrical System7
- Unknown Or Other5
- Engine4
- Exterior Lighting3
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 23 | |
| 2017 | 165 | |
| 2018 | 96 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Ford Ranger peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 165. 4% 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 Ranger drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Ford Ranger year in the same window: 14th highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Ford Ranger years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 326 complaints about the 2008 Ford Ranger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Ranger by model year
Other 2008 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted