Vinfast VF 8

Owners filed 65 complaints across 4 model years of the Vinfast VF 8. The 2023 drew the most (40).

Model years4
Complaints65
Recalls10
Fires1
Deaths4

Which Vinfast VF 8 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Vinfast VF 8 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Vinfast VF 8 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2025Too new6
2—1Electrical SystemRoutine
202419
3—5SteeringRoutine
202340
415SteeringFatalities reported
20220
1———Routine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.