NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 GMC Yukon Recalls
The 2008 GMC Yukon has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 GMC Yukon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 187
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 GMC Yukon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2008 GMC Yukon
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V050000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,641,272
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 Yukon, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V052000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 557,023
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Yukon, 13 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 10V240000
- Reported
- June 4, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,365,070
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Yukon, 16 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 08V441000
- Reported
- August 28, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 857,735
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Yukon, 14 other models
2008 GMC Yukon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 187 owner complaints about the 2008 GMC Yukon, the newest on July 31, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 GMC Yukon, the component group named most often is the air bags (51%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the structure (14%).
2 of the 2008 GMC Yukon's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 GMC Yukon owners gave the mileage (91 complaints), the median was 84,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags96
- Electrical System29
- Unknown Or Other29
- Structure26
- Latches/Locks/Linkages17
- Engine13
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 20 | |
| 2017 | 35 | |
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 GMC Yukon peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 35. 12% 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 GMC Yukon drew 0.4× the complaints of the median GMC Yukon year in the same window: 12th highest of the 17 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 187 complaints about the 2008 GMC Yukon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Yukon by model year
Other 2008 GMC models
Newest record on this page: July 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted