NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 GMC Canyon Recalls
The 2008 GMC Canyon has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 18, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 GMC Canyon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 38
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 GMC Canyon, 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 GMC Canyon
Child seat
- Campaign
- 10V575000
- Reported
- November 18, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 192,676
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007, 2009, 2011 Canyon, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 09V310000
- Reported
- July 29, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 185,903
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007, 2009 Canyon, 1 other model
2008 GMC Canyon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 38 owner complaints about the 2008 GMC Canyon, the newest on June 17, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire.
In complaints about the 2008 GMC Canyon, the component group named most often is the electrical system (39%), followed by the engine (37%) and the service brakes (21%).
None of the 2008 GMC Canyon's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 GMC Canyon owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 68,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System15
- Engine14
- Service Brakes8
- Unknown Or Other5
- Vehicle Speed Control5
- Exterior Lighting4
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 GMC Canyon peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 8. 5% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 38 complaints about the 2008 GMC Canyon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Canyon by model year
Other 2008 GMC models
Newest record on this page: June 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted