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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2008 Nissan 350Z Recalls

The 2008 Nissan 350Z has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on October 7, 2008.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Nissan 350Z. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
24

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
0

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2008 Nissan 350Z, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2008 Nissan 350Z

Air bags

Campaign
08V521000
Reported
October 7, 2008
Vehicles affected
up to 204,361
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2007 350Z, 7 other models

08V521000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2008 Nissan 350Z complaints by year

NHTSA has received 24 owner complaints about the 2008 Nissan 350Z, the newest on May 8, 2019.

In complaints about the 2008 Nissan 350Z, the component group named most often is the power train (88%), followed by the air bags (13%) and the engine (4%).

The 2008 Nissan 350Z's only recall also concerns the air bags.

Where 2008 Nissan 350Z owners gave the mileage (18 complaints), the median was 27,863 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Power Train21
  • Air Bags3
  • Engine1

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2008 Nissan 350Z received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20086
20094
20102
20124
20133
20163
20181
20191

Complaints about the 2008 Nissan 350Z peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 6. 50% 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 Nissan 350Z drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Nissan 350Z year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.

That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Nissan 350Z years.

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NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 5/5

The 24 complaints about the 2008 Nissan 350Z are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Nissan 350Z by model year

Other 2008 Nissan models

Newest record on this page: May 8, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted