NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Nissan Xterra Recalls
The 2008 Nissan Xterra has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 10, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Nissan Xterra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 119
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Nissan Xterra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2008 Nissan Xterra
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 23V067000
- Reported
- February 10, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 404,690
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2011 Xterra, 5 other models
Equipment: electrical: navigational system(global positioning system)
- Campaign
- 10V401000
- Reported
- September 10, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,948
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Xterra, 5 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: auxillary tank
- Campaign
- 10V075000
- Reported
- March 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 80,689
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Xterra, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 08V690000
- Reported
- December 29, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 242,720
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007, 2009 Xterra, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 08V045000
- Reported
- January 25, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,523
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 07V528000
- Reported
- November 16, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,115
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2008 Nissan Xterra
Service brakes, air: antilock: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 07E105000
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 10E019000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007, 2009–2010 Xterra, 4 other models
2008 Nissan Xterra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 119 owner complaints about the 2008 Nissan Xterra, the newest on August 11, 2025. Of these, 9 describe a crash (8%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Nissan Xterra, the component group named most often is the power train (39%), followed by the air bags (19%) and the engine (19%).
2 of the 2008 Nissan Xterra's 8 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Nissan Xterra owners gave the mileage (105 complaints), the median was 95,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train47
- Air Bags23
- Engine23
- Electrical System11
- Fuel/Propulsion System9
- Engine And Engine Cooling8
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 20 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Nissan Xterra peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 20. 21% 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 Xterra drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Nissan Xterra year in the same window: 7th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Nissan Xterra years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 119 complaints about the 2008 Nissan Xterra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Xterra by model year
Other 2008 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: August 11, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted