VinFast VF 8
Registered from 2022 to 2027.
About this model
The VinFast VF 8 is a battery electric mid-size SUV (D-segment) manufactured and marketed by VinFast of Vingroup from 2022. The model made its debut in the second half of January 2022, as one of the products to support the automaker's planned expansion to global markets.
From the Wikipedia article VinFast VF 8, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | Standard |
| Lane departure warning | Standard |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 473 Wh/km · 412 km electric range |
| 2026 | 2618 kg · 2950 mm wheelbase · Suv, 4-door |
| 2025 | 348 hp · 2618 kg · 2950 mm wheelbase · 287 Wh/km · 412 km electric range · Suv, 4-door |
| 2024 | 348 hp · 2618 kg · 2950 mm wheelbase · Suv, 4-door |
| 2023 | 348 hp · 2600 kg · 2950 mm wheelbase · 261 Wh/km · 333 km electric range · Suv, 4-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Lane Keep Assist System
Preliminary evaluation, opened September 2024, closed October 2025.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
VinFast filed 3 bulletins about the 2023 VF 8.
- Electrical system: 1
- Equipment: 1
- Visibility: 1
- Battery chiller O-ring replacement & AC compressor oil addition. · June 2023
- Active Grille Shutter [AGS] pigtail wiring harness rework. · June 2023
- Rework on coolant hoses for cabin cooling performance increase. · June 2023
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.