2008 Freightliner Sprinter 3500 Wheels Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 29%of 7 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 65,779miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the wheels of the 2008 Freightliner Sprinter 3500, 29% of the 7 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 65,779 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Approx. 6:00am monday morning july 6th of 2015 I had a flat tire on the passenger side when I went to get in my truck for work. Upon inspection the leak was seeping thru the steel inner surface of the rim. Approx. 2 inches away from valve stem area. For the time being I decided to have the like new tire just put onto my oem spare (wheel & tire) and just used that to carry on with business. The tire store said they have never seen a factory steel wheel just leak air without a obvious reason. The only answer to continue to use the wheel was to have a inner-tube put in it. …”
NHTSA complaint #10760892, filed 2015-09, 118,000 miles“2010 solera forest river motorhome built on a2008 Freightliner sprinter chassis. Consumer states failure related to rivets which hold the friction locking devices on the chrome artificial wheel covers the consumer stated there is a defect on the rv which can lead to loss of air pressure in both or all four dual rear wheels simultaneously. Failure of the rivets causes the wheel cover to become loose and attach to the vehicle only by the air valve extension hoses which are attached to the wheel cover with a nut. …”
NHTSA complaint #10420242, filed 2011-08, 13,558 milesWheels: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2 | 29% |
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About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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