NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Toyota Yaris Recalls
The 2008 Toyota Yaris has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 17, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Toyota Yaris. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 218
- Crashes reported
- 51
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Toyota Yaris, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2008 Toyota Yaris
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V741000
- Reported
- October 17, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 928,220
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2012 Yaris, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V006000
- Reported
- January 9, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 577,875
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009, 2012 Yaris, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V340000
- Reported
- May 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,754,517
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2011 Yaris, 9 other models
Visibility: power window devices and controls
- Campaign
- 15V689000
- Reported
- October 22, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,814,284
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2010 Yaris, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 14V168000
- Reported
- April 9, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,486,413
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2010 Yaris, 5 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 14V169000
- Reported
- April 9, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 472,388
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2010 Yaris, 1 other model
Visibility: power window devices and controls
- Campaign
- 12V491000
- Reported
- October 10, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,519,424
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Yaris, 11 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V035000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 271,417
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Yaris, 18 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V036000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,418
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2010 Yaris, 17 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 09V223000
- Reported
- June 15, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,080
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Yaris, 9 other models
2008 Toyota Yaris complaints by year
NHTSA has received 218 owner complaints about the 2008 Toyota Yaris, the newest on August 1, 2024. Of these, 51 describe a crash (23%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 57 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2008 Toyota Yaris, the component group named most often is the air bags (49%), followed by the service brakes (10%) and the vehicle speed control (9%).
4 of the 2008 Toyota Yaris's 10 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Toyota Yaris owners gave the mileage (130 complaints), the median was 56,900 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags107
- Service Brakes22
- Vehicle Speed Control20
- Electrical System18
- Suspension16
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic12
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 21 | |
| 2011 | 17 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 17 | |
| 2014 | 33 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 42 | |
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2008 Toyota Yaris peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 42. 24% 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 Toyota Yaris drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Toyota Yaris year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 218 complaints about the 2008 Toyota Yaris are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Yaris by model year
Other 2008 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: August 1, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted