2008 Ford F-250: tire blowout or tread separation

8 of the 197 complaints about the 2008 Ford F-250 describe tire blowout or tread separation.

owner complaints: 8
of this car's complaints: 4%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below

Tire blowout or tread separation by model year

2014
2
2013
1
2012
7
2011
3
2010
1
2009
3
2008
8
2007
1
2006
7
2005
3
2004
4
2003
12
2002
15
2001
34
2000
55
1999
50
1998
1
1997
16
1996
21
1995
5
1994
4
1993
2
1992
7
1991
7
1990
2

What owners say

Filed Jul 14, 2025 · Tires · MO

Cooper Discoverer AT3 tires LT275/70R18 D1 I purchased these tires on 11/08/2019. My truck had 166,736 miles it now has around 202,000. I experienced a blow out where the total tread separated from the rear driver side side walls. The tread separated piece was in one piece. As if a re-tread tire. It caused extensive damage to my rear quarter panel among a list of other damaged parts. The tread was on the tires were still in excellent shape.

Filed Apr 27, 2022 · NE

Driving down the highway and my truck started to violently shaking. I pulled over to see if tire blew. Tires where fine. Drove it another 5 miles and it did it again. Felt worse then having a blown tire until I stopped.

Filed Sep 17, 2015 · Tires · FL

Cpsc: i1590170a. 2008 ford f-250. Consumer stated that on two different occasions the tires failed. *ln the consumer stated the passenger side rear tire tread separated as a portion of the tread began peeling off while driving. The next month, the driver's side rear tire failed while driving on the interstate and caused nearly $3,00 in damage to the truck.

Filed Jul 12, 2015 · Tires · 78,655 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

Driving texas highway 183 near bertram tx, rf drivers side bf goodrich baja champion truck tire exploded causing vehicle to serve into oncoming traffic, I recovered. Tire exploded with great force causing the outer tread to dislodge causing 4000 dollars damage to f250. The tire spilt into two exposing the wire steel belts. The belts look as of they were ripped apart similar to ied explosions experienced in persian gulf. It was cool that saturday in the mid to upper 80's. Almost killed me as the vehicle fell to the rim immediately after catastrophic failure.

Filed Jan 7, 2015 · Tires · CA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford f-250 equipped with federal tires, tire line: couragia a/t, and tire size: lt245/75r16 120/116q. The contact stated that while driving 65 MPH, the front driver's side tire tread separated. As a result, the contact crashed into a concrete median. The front driver's side tire was not the original. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The dot number was unavailable. The failure tire mileage was 14,000 and the vehicle failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Mar 5, 2014 · Tires · 79,000 miles · AZ

Today I replaced the second tire from a set of four lt275/70r18e1 bfg commercial t/a a/s tires purchased on november 23, 2010. Both tires were replaced with less than 30,000 miles of wear because of tread separation. Fortunately, in both cases the issue was discovered before catastrophic failure. The separation events happened about 3,000 miles apart. Because of the dangers of tread separation, I went ahead and replaced the other two tires on the vehicle. Because those two tires were not currently exhibiting signs of separation, the tire service company was not able to obtain any warranty proration. I complained in writing to the manufacturer and asked for a full replacement set. I received a reply that basically said for me to work with the tire service company and that the only thing they would agree to would be a proration. This response is totally unacceptable as it is my understanding that tread separation is the result of a manufacturing defect, and since two out of the four tires from the same set exhibited this defect it is highly probable that it was merely a matter of time before the other two exhibited the defect as well. I also found the response to be totally unacceptable because this company has a recall in place for similar tires and therefore should be fully aware of the safety implications.

Filed Jun 17, 2013 · Tires · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford f-250 equipped with continental contitrac tires, size 275-70-18. The contact stated that all four tires displayed signs of tread separation. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where all four tires were replaced. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 38,000. The dot number was not available.

Filed Jun 14, 2011 · Tires · 24,552 miles · TX

Within the last 2 weeks I have had tread separation on 2 of my truck tires. I was able to discover the problem before a complete failure due to abnormal vibration and subsequent inspection. These were continental contitrac lt275 65r18 tires on my ford f250. Dot p5b9 1vub with no apparent manufacture date code. The first failure occurred at 24554 miles and the second at 26000 miles. The tires were carefully maintained, the vehicle stored indoors and never off road. The dealership replaced the first with a replacement dot a3b9 479b 4710. I will now fight with ford to replace the other defective tire and the 2 that have not yet failed. After reviewing the internet it is apparent that there have been a lot of problems with this brand of tire. I felt compelled to report my experience because it is clear to me that this is a defective batch and if it has not happened already, somebody is going to get killed or injured. Please investigate.