Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,245,377 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA, including 140,173 crashes, 56,794 fires, and 8,580 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim, NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,245,377 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports, when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report, that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints, specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened, feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
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Showing 44,841 complaints - component: TIRES
MICHELIN
LTX M/S2 ORWL
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 7, 2016
Incident date: Mar 3, 2016
MICHELIN TIRES DRY ROTTING AND CRACKING 4 YEARS OLD, SIMILAR TIRES RELLED BY MICHELIN BUT NOT MINE
Incident date: Mar 6, 2016
4 ASPEN TOURING TIRES PURCHASED IN 8/2015. IN DEC 2015, 1 OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT. BIG O SAID IT WAS SOMETHING OWNER RAN OVER BUT OWNER SAYS SHE DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING AND THE BLOW OUT WAS ON THE SIDE NOT ON THE TREAD. OWNER REPLACED WITH NEW ASPEN TOURING TIRE ON 1/14/2016. ON 3/6/2016, OWNER NOTICED A BLISTER ON THE SIDEWALL OF ONE OF THE TIRES. SHE WILL NEED TO REPLACE ANOTHER ONE OF THE TI... Read more
BIG O
BIG O ASPEN
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 6, 2016
Incident date: Mar 6, 2016
4 ASPEN TOURING TIRES PURCHASED IN 8/2015. IN DEC 2015, 1 OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT. BIG O SAID IT WAS SOMETHING OWNER RAN OVER BUT OWNER SAYS SHE DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING AND THE BLOW OUT WAS ON THE SIDE NOT ON THE TREAD. OWNER REPLACED WITH NEW ASPEN TOURING TIRE ON 1/14/2016. ON 3/6/2016, OWNER NOTICED A BLISTER ON THE SIDEWALL OF ONE OF THE TIRES. SHE WILL NEED TO REPLACE ANOTHER ONE OF THE TI... Read more
FORD
F SERIES (LIGHT)
(1991) - TIRES
Mar 6, 2016
Incident date: Mar 1, 2016
UNIROYAL LIBERTATOR AT LT 2357515 TIRE SPLITING 2 INCHES FROM TOP WITH 17000 MILES UNIROYAL OFOUNDER 80 PERCENT OF REPLACEMENT COST THIS 3 SET I HAVE HAD DO THIS SINCE 2008 SHOULD RECALLED AND FREE
Incident date: Mar 1, 2016
UNIROYAL LIBERTATOR AT LT 2357515 TIRE SPLITING 2 INCHES FROM TOP WITH 17000 MILES UNIROYAL OFOUNDER 80 PERCENT OF REPLACEMENT COST THIS 3 SET I HAVE HAD DO THIS SINCE 2008 SHOULD RECALLED AND FREE
Incident date: Feb 29, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HYUNDAI GENESIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V864000 (TIRES) REQUIRED THE DEALER TO REPROGRAM THE TIRE LIMITER. THE TIRE LIMITER WOULD NEED TO BE REPROGRAMMED IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE FACTORY TIRES; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR WOULD REDUCE THE SPEED FROM 149 MPH TO 130 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS DISPLEASED WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE SPEED... Read more
Incident date: Jul 4, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA FORTE EQUIPPED WITH NEXEN N5000 TIRES, SIZE: 215/45ZR/17 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THE BLOWOUT AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS AND THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS R... Read more
Incident date: Jul 4, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA FORTE EQUIPPED WITH NEXEN N5000 TIRES, SIZE: 215/45ZR/17 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THE BLOWOUT AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS AND THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS R... Read more
Incident date: Feb 6, 2015
2013 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DEFECTIVE TIRES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER, HE DISCOVERED THE ENTIRE FACTORY INSTALLED TIRE HAD BLOWN AND DISINTEGRATED. NO TIRE INFO WAS GIVEN. *JB
Incident date: Feb 29, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-350 SD EQUIPPED WITH GENERAL GRABBER HTS TIRES, SIZE 245/75R17 (NA). WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSIDE OF ONE OF THE TIRES WAS FLAT. THE TIRE WAS REMOVED AND TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.
GENERAL TIRE
GRABBER HTS
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 29, 2016
Incident date: Feb 29, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-350 SD EQUIPPED WITH GENERAL GRABBER HTS TIRES, SIZE 245/75R17 (NA). WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSIDE OF ONE OF THE TIRES WAS FLAT. THE TIRE WAS REMOVED AND TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.
Incident date: Feb 16, 2016
2013 TUNDRA WITH MICHELIN LT285/65R (DOT B713) WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON THEM HAD INNER SIDE WALL SPLIT AND TIRE BLOW OUT AT 60 MILES PER HOUR. ALMOST CAUSED VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. EVENT OCCURRED 2/16/16. TIRES PURCHASED 6/20/15.
MICHELIN
X RADIAL LT2
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 27, 2016
Incident date: Feb 16, 2016
2013 TUNDRA WITH MICHELIN LT285/65R (DOT B713) WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON THEM HAD INNER SIDE WALL SPLIT AND TIRE BLOW OUT AT 60 MILES PER HOUR. ALMOST CAUSED VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. EVENT OCCURRED 2/16/16. TIRES PURCHASED 6/20/15.
Incident date: Jan 20, 2015
FRONT TIRES. TIRES WEAR UNEVEN. MOSTLY PASSENGER SIDE. CUPPING OF OF BOTH. NOTICEABLE VIBRATION. SAME THING HAPPENED WITH MY 2011 MODEL OF THE SAME VEHICLE.
CONTINENTAL TIRE
29575R225
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 26, 2016
Incident date: Jan 20, 2015
FRONT TIRES. TIRES WEAR UNEVEN. MOSTLY PASSENGER SIDE. CUPPING OF OF BOTH. NOTICEABLE VIBRATION. SAME THING HAPPENED WITH MY 2011 MODEL OF THE SAME VEHICLE.
CHEVROLET
SILVERADO 3500
(2012) - TIRES
Feb 26, 2016
Incident date: Feb 22, 2016
GENERAL GRABBER AT2. TRUCK PARKED IN LOT WHEN TIRE BLEW AT BEGINNING OF WORK DAY BEFORE USE. EMPLOYEES HEARD NOISE AND CAME OUT OF DISPATCH TO CHECK WHAT HAPPENED. RT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN.
GENERAL TIRE
GRABBER AW
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 26, 2016
Incident date: Feb 22, 2016
GENERAL GRABBER AT2. TRUCK PARKED IN LOT WHEN TIRE BLEW AT BEGINNING OF WORK DAY BEFORE USE. EMPLOYEES HEARD NOISE AND CAME OUT OF DISPATCH TO CHECK WHAT HAPPENED. RT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN.
HOLIDAY RAMBLER
ALUMA LITE
(1995) - TIRES
Feb 26, 2016
Incident date: Nov 17, 2015
WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON MO-7 APPROX 2 MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY, THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT ON OUR BUMPER TOW 1995 HOLIDAY RAMBLER TRAVEL TRAILER WITH TANDEM TIRES. THE TIRE WAS LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD, AND HAD LESS THAN 3,000 MILES ON IT ON THIS TEMPERATE FALL DAY, WHEN THE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE APPROX. 6 FT LONG LOOSE TREAD FLAILED THE WHEEL WELL AND SEVERELY DAMAGE... Read more
POWER KING
TOWMAX
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 26, 2016
Incident date: Nov 17, 2015
WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON MO-7 APPROX 2 MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY, THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT ON OUR BUMPER TOW 1995 HOLIDAY RAMBLER TRAVEL TRAILER WITH TANDEM TIRES. THE TIRE WAS LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD, AND HAD LESS THAN 3,000 MILES ON IT ON THIS TEMPERATE FALL DAY, WHEN THE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE APPROX. 6 FT LONG LOOSE TREAD FLAILED THE WHEEL WELL AND SEVERELY DAMAGE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 26, 2016
CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC P235/70R16 DOT A308 46KW 311 NOTICED VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING, TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING; INSTALLED SPARE. HAD VIBRATION AGAIN A MONTH LATER. BOTH TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION. INSTALLED IN 2013; APPROX 20K MILES. REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES; HAVE OLD TIRES.
CONTINENTAL
CONTITRAC
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 26, 2016
Incident date: Feb 26, 2016
CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC P235/70R16 DOT A308 46KW 311 NOTICED VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING, TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING; INSTALLED SPARE. HAD VIBRATION AGAIN A MONTH LATER. BOTH TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION. INSTALLED IN 2013; APPROX 20K MILES. REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES; HAVE OLD TIRES.
R-VISION
TRAIL-LITE
(2005) - TIRES
Feb 25, 2016
Incident date: Jan 5, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 R-VISION TRAIL-LITE EQUIPPED WITH UNIROYAL LAREDO HD/H TIRES, SIZE: 225/75/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE INNER TIRE BLEW OUT AND DETACHED THE PROPANE TANK LINES. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED ON THE TIRE AND, AS A RESULT, THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE TIRES AND OBSERVED THAT THE T... Read more
UNIROYAL
LAREDO HD/H
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 25, 2016
Incident date: Jan 5, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 R-VISION TRAIL-LITE EQUIPPED WITH UNIROYAL LAREDO HD/H TIRES, SIZE: 225/75/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE INNER TIRE BLEW OUT AND DETACHED THE PROPANE TANK LINES. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED ON THE TIRE AND, AS A RESULT, THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE TIRES AND OBSERVED THAT THE T... Read more
Incident date: Feb 13, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-350 SD EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH BAJA CHAMPION ALL TERRAIN (NA) TIRES, SIZE: FT285/75/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMALLY LOUD POPPING NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE LOWER PART OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDER, WHERE IT WAS WITNESSED THAT A REFLECTOR HAD LODGED ITSELF INTO THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE V... Read more
BFGOODRICH
LT285/75R16 126/123R TL RUGGED TERRAIN T/A LRE ORWL GO
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 25, 2016
Incident date: Feb 13, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-350 SD EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH BAJA CHAMPION ALL TERRAIN (NA) TIRES, SIZE: FT285/75/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMALLY LOUD POPPING NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE LOWER PART OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDER, WHERE IT WAS WITNESSED THAT A REFLECTOR HAD LODGED ITSELF INTO THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE V... Read more
Incident date: Aug 19, 2015
THE TREAD ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID THROUGH THE NORTHBOUND LANES AND THEN INTO THE DIRT MEDIAN AND FINALLY BECOMING CAUGHT ON THE CABLE DIVIDER, TOTALING THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE THAT SEPARATED FROM IT'S TREAD WAS A FIRESTONE FR380 E26L 38B. THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED IN 2009 WITH A 55,000 MILE LIMITED WARRANTY. WHEN THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED THE ODOM... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Aug 19, 2015
THE TREAD ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID THROUGH THE NORTHBOUND LANES AND THEN INTO THE DIRT MEDIAN AND FINALLY BECOMING CAUGHT ON THE CABLE DIVIDER, TOTALING THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE THAT SEPARATED FROM IT'S TREAD WAS A FIRESTONE FR380 E26L 38B. THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED IN 2009 WITH A 55,000 MILE LIMITED WARRANTY. WHEN THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED THE ODOM... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Feb 9, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NISSAN NV200 EQUIPPED WITH JK TYRE TIRE (N/A) AND TIRE SIZE: 185/60/R15C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FA... Read more
Incident date: Feb 9, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NISSAN NV200 EQUIPPED WITH JK TYRE TIRE (N/A) AND TIRE SIZE: 185/60/R15C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FA... Read more
Incident date: Feb 21, 2016
TREAD SEPARATION CONTINENTAL TIRES IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS. 2011 FORD F 250 25,800 FIRST TIME, 33500 2ND TIME . FORD DEALER NOR CONTINENTAL WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. THESE TIRES ARE GOING TO KILL SOMEONE IF SOMETHING ISN'T DONE
CONTINENTAL
CONTITRAC
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 22, 2016
Incident date: Feb 21, 2016
TREAD SEPARATION CONTINENTAL TIRES IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS. 2011 FORD F 250 25,800 FIRST TIME, 33500 2ND TIME . FORD DEALER NOR CONTINENTAL WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. THESE TIRES ARE GOING TO KILL SOMEONE IF SOMETHING ISN'T DONE
Incident date: Jan 23, 2016
TIRE SEPARATION - FACTORY ORIGINAL TIRES WERE REPLACED FOR THE SAME REASON UNDER A RECALL.
CONTINENTAL
CONTITRAC TR
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 20, 2016
Incident date: Jan 23, 2016
TIRE SEPARATION - FACTORY ORIGINAL TIRES WERE REPLACED FOR THE SAME REASON UNDER A RECALL.
Incident date: Apr 1, 2014
BIG COUNTRY FIFTH WHEEL RV. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RV TIRES ISSUE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AND HER HUSBAND NOTICED A SEPARATION OF THE TREAD FROM THE INNER BELT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER AND HER HUSBAND, THEN EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOW OUT AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AS REPLACED AT A PRO-RATED AMOUNT. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THEIR DESTINATION, THEY NOTICED ANOTHER T... Read more
POWER KING
TOWMAX
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 18, 2016
Incident date: Apr 1, 2014
BIG COUNTRY FIFTH WHEEL RV. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RV TIRES ISSUE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AND HER HUSBAND NOTICED A SEPARATION OF THE TREAD FROM THE INNER BELT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER AND HER HUSBAND, THEN EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOW OUT AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AS REPLACED AT A PRO-RATED AMOUNT. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THEIR DESTINATION, THEY NOTICED ANOTHER T... Read more
Incident date: Feb 17, 2016
I WAS DRIVING AND THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW (SOUNDED LIKE A CANNON GOING OFF) THE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE AND I COULD NOT FIND IT (HAVE PHOTO). THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED NEW WITH THE TRUCK 2010 DODGE 2500 SLT CREW CAB. THE BRAND BF GOODRICH LT265/70R17 121/118R. DOT INFO IS M3AH DR11 0510.
B.F.GOODRICH
RADIAL STEEL BELT
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 18, 2016
Incident date: Feb 17, 2016
I WAS DRIVING AND THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW (SOUNDED LIKE A CANNON GOING OFF) THE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE AND I COULD NOT FIND IT (HAVE PHOTO). THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED NEW WITH THE TRUCK 2010 DODGE 2500 SLT CREW CAB. THE BRAND BF GOODRICH LT265/70R17 121/118R. DOT INFO IS M3AH DR11 0510.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLS
(2013) - TIRES
Feb 17, 2016
Incident date: Aug 27, 2014
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 2 MONTHS. ROUTINE DRIVING THE FIRST TIME. TIRE PUNCTURED BY SMALL SCREW, THIS TIME BY A COPPER SHIPPING STAPLE, JUST PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. NO TIRE AND WHEEL COVERAGE, THAT'S ANOTHER $165 PER MONTH FOR 2 YEARS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, THE TUBE GOT PUNCTURED SERVICE DEPT SAYS THE 112 DOLLAR REPAIR IS NOT ENOUGH, THE TIRE IN QUESTION HAS 300 MILES ON IT. TIRE HIG... Read more
Incident date: Aug 27, 2014
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 2 MONTHS. ROUTINE DRIVING THE FIRST TIME. TIRE PUNCTURED BY SMALL SCREW, THIS TIME BY A COPPER SHIPPING STAPLE, JUST PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. NO TIRE AND WHEEL COVERAGE, THAT'S ANOTHER $165 PER MONTH FOR 2 YEARS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, THE TUBE GOT PUNCTURED SERVICE DEPT SAYS THE 112 DOLLAR REPAIR IS NOT ENOUGH, THE TIRE IN QUESTION HAS 300 MILES ON IT. TIRE HIG... Read more
Incident date: Dec 15, 2015
DRIVING AT 70MPH THERE WAS A THERE WAS A LARGE INCREASE IN NOISE AND VIBRATION FOR A MINUTE FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT AN EXPLOSIVE TIRE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED. SEVERAL PLACES ON THE SIDEWALL WERE TORN AND THE TREAD HAD BULGES ON IT. THE DEFECTIVE TIRE WAS REPLACED. 2 MONTHS LATER THE SAME BRAND AND MODEL TIRE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR STARTED TO RUMBLE - FORTUNATELY AT... Read more
Incident date: Dec 15, 2015
DRIVING AT 70MPH THERE WAS A THERE WAS A LARGE INCREASE IN NOISE AND VIBRATION FOR A MINUTE FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT AN EXPLOSIVE TIRE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED. SEVERAL PLACES ON THE SIDEWALL WERE TORN AND THE TREAD HAD BULGES ON IT. THE DEFECTIVE TIRE WAS REPLACED. 2 MONTHS LATER THE SAME BRAND AND MODEL TIRE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR STARTED TO RUMBLE - FORTUNATELY AT... Read more
Incident date: Nov 14, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: LTX/AT, (NA) TIRE SIZE: LT275/65/R20, AND DOT NUMBER: B70T003X3011. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT COULD FEEL SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE TIRES, WHICH BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH REAR TIRES EXHIBITED T... Read more
Incident date: Nov 14, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: LTX/AT, (NA) TIRE SIZE: LT275/65/R20, AND DOT NUMBER: B70T003X3011. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT COULD FEEL SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE TIRES, WHICH BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH REAR TIRES EXHIBITED T... Read more
Incident date: Feb 12, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA OPTIMA EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK TIRES, TIRE LINE: OPTIMO H431, AND TIRE SIZE: 225/45/R18V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXHIBITED BUBBLES ON THE SIDE WALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE... Read more
HANKOOK
OPTIMO H431
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 12, 2016
Incident date: Feb 12, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA OPTIMA EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK TIRES, TIRE LINE: OPTIMO H431, AND TIRE SIZE: 225/45/R18V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXHIBITED BUBBLES ON THE SIDE WALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 30, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE DEFROSTER WAS ENGAGED, IT FAILED TO DEFROST THE WINDOW AND OBSCURED THE DRIVER'S VISION WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,100. UPDATED 04/14/16*LJ *JS
Incident date: Nov 26, 2013
2009 GMC ACADIA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DISSATISFACTION OF TIRE MANUFACTURER AND QUALITY OF THE VEHICLE TIRES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED A YEAR AFTER PURCHASING THE TIRE, HE WAS INFORMED THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BECAUSE THE THREADS WERE EXPOSED AND THE TIRES WERE SEVERELY WORN AND LOOSING AIR,
MULTI-MILE
TOUR PLUS
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 3, 2016
Incident date: Nov 26, 2013
2009 GMC ACADIA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DISSATISFACTION OF TIRE MANUFACTURER AND QUALITY OF THE VEHICLE TIRES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED A YEAR AFTER PURCHASING THE TIRE, HE WAS INFORMED THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BECAUSE THE THREADS WERE EXPOSED AND THE TIRES WERE SEVERELY WORN AND LOOSING AIR,
Incident date: Feb 1, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BMW 650I EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE TIRES, TIRE LINE: POTENZA RE050A, TIRE SIZE: 275/35/R19 AND DOT NUMBER: EJ9HDJH4311. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE OBSERVER A BLISTER IN THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE SIDEWALL. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THE TIRE WAS ALWAYS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VE... Read more
BRIDGESTONE
POTENZA RE050A
(9999) - TIRES
Feb 3, 2016
Incident date: Feb 1, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BMW 650I EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE TIRES, TIRE LINE: POTENZA RE050A, TIRE SIZE: 275/35/R19 AND DOT NUMBER: EJ9HDJH4311. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE OBSERVER A BLISTER IN THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE SIDEWALL. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THE TIRE WAS ALWAYS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VE... Read more