Tire blowout or tread separation on the 2008 Sprinter 3500
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 3 reports of tire blowout or tread separation on the 2008 Sprinter 3500, 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 1st most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 28,000 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.
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl*the contact owns a 2010 fleetwood quest rv built on a 2008 dodge sprinter chassis with rear dual wheels. The vehicle was equipped with kumho road venture tires, tire size 15/85r/16. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the rear outer passenger tire exploded. The contact pulled over to the side of the road. The tire was replaced with the emergency spare tire. The vehicle was taken to an independent auto facility where the tire was replaced. In addition, the rear outer driver side and front driver side tires sidewall exhibited tread separation which was replaced with new tires at the same time as the other defective tire. The contact stated the tires air pressure had been properly maintained. The manufacturer was notified which provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 28,000. The DOT number was h20fyd4a. The contact was in the process of filing another complaint on the other three tires which had a different DOT number. Updated 11/12/10 *cn updated 11/26/10
Tl*the contact owns a 2010 fleetwood quest rv built on a 2008 dodge sprinter chassis with dual rear wheels. The vehicle was equipped with kumho road venture tires, size 15/85r/16. The contact observed that the front passenger tire, rear inner driver side and rear passenger side tires sidewall exhibited tread separation. The tires were replaced along with three other defective tires equipped on the vehicle. The contact filed a complaint regarding the other tires on august 12, 2010. The contact stated that the tires air pressure had been properly maintained. The manufacturer was notified which provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 28,000. The DOT number was h20fyd4a1607. Updated 11/12/10 *cn updated 11/26/10*jb
Kuhmo tire road venture at 215 85r16 tread separated from casing causing minor damage to my 09 monaco covina motor home. These tires came as original equipment on the monaco. This is the fourth of seven of these tires that has failed in this fashion. The tires have been inspected, rotated, and maintained at appropriate air pressure. I contacted kuhmo and they agreed to replace the two tires that threw off rubber on my last trip with the monaco. I just completed another trip (the first since replacing the two original defective tires) and had two more go bad within a day of each other. The monaco has less than 30,000 miles on it. It was not overloaded nor are there any mechanical deficiencies. Both tires were on the rear outside of duals. Both appeared to have blistered prior to tread separation. In the previous incidents, one front and one rear inside dual separated. Both held air allowing transportation to a tire shop for replacement. There must be a systemic problem with these tires. Please investigate and recall if appropriate. *tr
Also reported on the 2008 Sprinter 3500
Other body or interior problem
Other wheel or tire problem
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 3 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 3 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 2008 Sprinter 3500?
Across 3 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 30,000 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 2008 Sprinter 3500?
3 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 65 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