FaultScore

2008 car problems

Owners have filed 86,168 complaints with NHTSA about cars from the 2008 model year, across 387 models with enough data to report on.

86,168

Complaints

23

Cars graded F

4,622

Crashes reported

1,871

Fires reported

The 2008 cars to avoid

Graded D or F against the other years of their own model.

What broke on 2008 cars

Airbags 13,623 15.8%
Electrical System 12,178 14.1%
Engine & Cooling 7,938 9.2%
Steering 7,262 8.4%
Brakes 7,032 8.2%
Fuel & Propulsion 4,910 5.7%
Body & Structure 4,108 4.8%
Other & Unspecified 3,607 4.2%
Lights 3,392 3.9%
Suspension 2,679 3.1%

2008 complaints by make

Chevrolet 9,966 11.6%
Ford 9,474 11.0%
Toyota 8,048 9.3%
Dodge 7,621 8.8%
Jeep 5,937 6.9%
Honda 5,684 6.6%
Chrysler 5,028 5.8%
Nissan 4,109 4.8%
BMW 2,703 3.1%
GMC 2,661 3.1%
Saturn 2,602 3.0%
Hyundai 2,495 2.9%
Pontiac 2,493 2.9%
Mercedes Benz 1,796 2.1%
Mercury 1,591 1.8%
Buick 1,443 1.7%
Mazda 1,430 1.7%
KIA 1,310 1.5%
Lexus 1,275 1.5%
Volkswagen 974 1.1%

The cleanest 2008 cars on record

Graded A against the other years of their own model.

Nearby model years