2008 Chrysler Aspen problems
Owners have filed 101 complaints with NHTSA about the 2008 Chrysler Aspen. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 27% of complaints. Next are fuel system (20%) and electrical system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 101 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 108,000 miles 60 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 19 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 10 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 60 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 108,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 7 injuries reported.
It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler aspen. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, the vehicle hydro-planned and crashed into a wall. None of the air bags deployed. The contact suffered a neck injury but did not receive medical treatment. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact did not call the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 117,000.
My lift gate on my 2008 chrysler aspen struck me in my head as I was standing under my gate to put something in my trunk of my vehicle which gave me a serious concussion. I feel as though this is very dangerous because of the speed of which the gate hit me in the head. Chrysler did not pay for this defect in which they told me it would be repaired after they sent a adjuster from detroit mi. To inspect my vehicle that was found defective. Thankyou
When I put fuel in my vehicle it stalls within 5 minutes. It does it once and then doesn't do it again until I fill up the next time. If I fill it before it gets below a half tank it doesn't seem to do it. The problem is I don't always remember to do that and I am worried that the next time it stalls I will be in the middle of an intersection. I have seen where other chryslers with v8 hemi engines are covered under warranty but chrysler told me that my vehicle is not.
After filling the fuel tank, the motor shuts off while driving down the road. It used to only happen when you go past the first "click" of the gas pump. Today it did it by just filling the tank to first shut off. This leaves you with no steering, no brakes and no power while going down the road. This is dangerous on several levels. This happened while the vehicle was moving down a four lane road in moderate traffic with five passengers-two infants, two children and one adult.