2023 Vinfast VF 8

No clear pattern

1.2% of complaints about the 2023 Vinfast VF 8 arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2023 vehicle, but with only 86 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is lane departure (21 complaints), typically at 1.8 yr or about 5 miles.

Complaints: 86
Median age at failure: 1.8 yr
Median mileage: 1,400 n=6
Crash / fire / tow: 7% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

25V559000 2025-08-28

Lane departure: lane keep: automatic steering

VinFast Auto, LLC (VinFast) is recalling certain 2023-2025 VF8 vehicles. The Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) may activate during wide turns, causing unexpected steering wheel movements that are difficult for the driver to override.

A steering wheel that moves unexpectedly may increase the risk of a crash.

In owners’ own words

Lane departure mileage not reported 1.5 yr in service

At early morning 6am, the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems malfunction cant detect the lane on the highway. while traveling the car suddenly steering randomly and almost cause a accident twice, before i have time to turn off the system.

Lane departure mileage not reported 1.5 yr in service

At early morning 6am, the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems malfunction cant detect the lane on the highway. while traveling the car suddenly steering randomly and almost cause a accident twice, before i have time to turn off the system.

Lane departure mileage not reported 1.6 yr in service

1) Forward collision detection doesn't work. Very rarely screen shows a pop up, but never applies automatic brakes. Especially when we were in traffic and if vehicle infrant suddenly stops. ..then it doesn't detect the forward stopped objects and fail to apply breaks 2) we need to push break paddle hard to stop the vehicle completely when car is below 10Mil/hrs speed . It feels like at lower speeds break paddle doesn't work. 3) The lane keeping assistant never worked. 4) Sometimes a car drags to one side of the traffic even when it is going at a speed of 25Mph.

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2023 Vinfast VF 8

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

How to read this