Tire blowout or tread separation on the 2015 Hyundai Sonata
Only 3 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When tire blowout or tread separation gets reported
There are 5 reports of tire blowout or tread separation on the 2015 Hyundai Sonata, 3 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 38,000 miles. It is the 53rd most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 17,560 miles | — | — |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $200–$1,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
This mode is classified as critical, which means a failure can leave the car unable to stop, steer, or stay out of the way of traffic. It is weighted accordingly in the risk score.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 6 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2003, at a median of 100 miles, and latest on the 2011 at 95,000 miles.
By volume the 2011 carries the most reports, with 7; the 2015 has 5. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
On january 16, 2017, at approximately 3:50pm arizona time, on westbound I-40 about two miles from exit 9, the left front kuhmo solus ta31 tire blew out its sidewall at 45mph in a construction zone. The result was the tire was destroyed with damage to both driver-side wheels. In addition, a bulge was noticed in the left rear tire. All four tires were replaced. The damage to the wheels is considered cosmetic and they were not replaced due to a cost of $427 each. The road condition and visibility at the time of the accident were excellent. The tires had 17,560 miles on them and were maintained according to manufacturer specifications regarding pressure and rotation.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 hyundai sonata equipped with hankook kin energy tires (na), size: 205/65/r16 (na). While driving approximately 70 MPH, the rear passenger side tire blew out. The contact pulled over to the shoulder of the road. The vehicle was towed to the house. The contact took the tire to the dealer and the contact was advised to talk to the tire manufacturer. The tire manufacturer was notified of the failure. The tire was replaced at the owner's expense. The DOT number was unknown. The approximate tire and vehicle failure mileage was 16,000.
Tire complaint, not about the vehicle itself. I see no where to file a complaint specifically about tires. 2015 hyundai sonata sport 2.0t purchased new 3/24/16. Equipped with hankook ventus s1 noble2 tires - 235/45r18 DOT # t7n9 1a h 4214. Immediately purchased a tire protection package from discount tire which entitled me to: free flat repairs, free rotation & balance, and road hazard protection. The tires were maintained by me - a semi-retired mechanic at 35 psi and checked regularly. The vehicle also displays tire pressure information in the drivers' information display. Tires were rotated every 5,000 miles with each oil change. On december 11,2017 at approximately 27,500 miles (tire is rated as a 50,000 miles tire by hankook), I noticed a vibration at highway speeds that was increasingly getting worse as the day progresses. Pictures attached show the driver's side front (left front) tire. Tread separation was occurring around 1/3rd of the tread diameter. It is not alignment wear as the picture of the same wheel turned to the right clearly shows the remainder of the tread in near perfect wear pattern. Tread depth was 6/32nds…
Also reported on the 2015 Hyundai Sonata
Other engine problem
Other electrical problem
Excessive oil consumption
Other powertrain problem
Other body or interior problem
Other steering problem
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 5 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 5 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does tire blowout or tread separation happen on the 2015 Hyundai Sonata?
Across 3 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 20,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is tire blowout or tread separation on the 2015 Hyundai Sonata?
5 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.0 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed