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
Incident date: Nov 25, 2015
COOPER ZEON LTZ 275/60R20 M + S DOT # UTW0 CN9 TIRES DEVELOPED CRACKS WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL AND LEAKS AIR TIRE IS NOT LISTED IN THE AVAILABLE NAMES SECTION ON THIS WEBSITE
Incident date: Nov 25, 2015
COOPER ZEON LTZ 275/60R20 M + S DOT # UTW0 CN9 TIRES DEVELOPED CRACKS WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL AND LEAKS AIR TIRE IS NOT LISTED IN THE AVAILABLE NAMES SECTION ON THIS WEBSITE
Incident date: Nov 15, 2015
TIRES ARE UNSAFE DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE MANUFACTURED. NO TRACTION IN WET, SNOW OR ICE, CONSTANT PULLING IN THE WHEEL DUE TO THE TIRE TREAD DESIGN, PRIOR SET ON DAUGHTERS CAR LASTED ONLY 19,000 MILES, THIS TIRE HAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR SAFETY REASONS,
Incident date: Nov 15, 2015
TIRES ARE UNSAFE DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE MANUFACTURED. NO TRACTION IN WET, SNOW OR ICE, CONSTANT PULLING IN THE WHEEL DUE TO THE TIRE TREAD DESIGN, PRIOR SET ON DAUGHTERS CAR LASTED ONLY 19,000 MILES, THIS TIRE HAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR SAFETY REASONS,
Incident date: Nov 21, 2015
ON SAT. 11/21/15 I WAS DRIVING EAST ON I-80 AT MARTIS VALLEY IN TRUCKEE, CA. SUDDENLY, I FELT A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. AS I SLOWED TO MERGE INTO THE RIGHT LANE, SO THAT I COULD PULL OVER, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLOWS TO PIECES, MY TRUCK LUNGES INTO THE RIGHT LANE, NARROWLY MISSING A SUBARU, AND I FINALLY GET SAFELY PULLED OVER. THE TIRES, BFG KO2 ALL TERRAIN, ARE BRAND NEW, LESS THAN 1000 MILES... Read more
BFGOODRICH
KO ALL TERRAIN (A/T)
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 25, 2015
Incident date: Nov 21, 2015
ON SAT. 11/21/15 I WAS DRIVING EAST ON I-80 AT MARTIS VALLEY IN TRUCKEE, CA. SUDDENLY, I FELT A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. AS I SLOWED TO MERGE INTO THE RIGHT LANE, SO THAT I COULD PULL OVER, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLOWS TO PIECES, MY TRUCK LUNGES INTO THE RIGHT LANE, NARROWLY MISSING A SUBARU, AND I FINALLY GET SAFELY PULLED OVER. THE TIRES, BFG KO2 ALL TERRAIN, ARE BRAND NEW, LESS THAN 1000 MILES... Read more
Incident date: Nov 12, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: LATITUDE TOUR, TIRE SIZE: P255/55/R18 N/A. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAD THREAD SEPARATION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TIR... Read more
MICHELIN
LATITUDE TOUR
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 24, 2015
Incident date: Nov 12, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: LATITUDE TOUR, TIRE SIZE: P255/55/R18 N/A. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAD THREAD SEPARATION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TIR... Read more
Incident date: Oct 31, 2015
I HAVE A 2014.5 TOYOTA CAMRY ROUTINE MAINTAINED COMPLETED. AT 10000 MILES AIR LEAK OCCURRED TIRE NOT REPAIRABLE TIRE REPLACED. 3 WEEKS AGO AT 15,000 MILES TIRE HAD CATROPHIC FAILURE TIRE BLEW AT 25 OR LESS MILES PER HOUR CAUSING 3000.00 DAMAGE TO CAR INCLUDING ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON FREEWAY I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD. TIRE IS MICHELIN PRIMISE 215517 MXV4 DT000 835 70M I
Incident date: Oct 31, 2015
I HAVE A 2014.5 TOYOTA CAMRY ROUTINE MAINTAINED COMPLETED. AT 10000 MILES AIR LEAK OCCURRED TIRE NOT REPAIRABLE TIRE REPLACED. 3 WEEKS AGO AT 15,000 MILES TIRE HAD CATROPHIC FAILURE TIRE BLEW AT 25 OR LESS MILES PER HOUR CAUSING 3000.00 DAMAGE TO CAR INCLUDING ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON FREEWAY I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD. TIRE IS MICHELIN PRIMISE 215517 MXV4 DT000 835 70M I
Incident date: Jan 15, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE EQUIPPED WITH MIRADA CROSS TOUR SLX TIRES, SIZE: 245/60R18 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THERE WAS A KNOT AND VIBRATION IN THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE THREAD AND SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM ALL THE TIRES. THE FRONT TIRES AND THE REAR DRIVER TIRE WERE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. ... Read more
MIRADA
CROSS TOUR SLX
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 23, 2015
Incident date: Jan 15, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE EQUIPPED WITH MIRADA CROSS TOUR SLX TIRES, SIZE: 245/60R18 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THERE WAS A KNOT AND VIBRATION IN THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE THREAD AND SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM ALL THE TIRES. THE FRONT TIRES AND THE REAR DRIVER TIRE WERE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. ... Read more
Incident date: Nov 20, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD PROBE EQUIPPED WITH HERCULES RAPTURE (NA) TIRES, SIZE: 18570R14 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A BUBBLE STICKING OUT OF THE TIRE TREAD AREA. THE TIRE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000.
Incident date: Nov 20, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD PROBE EQUIPPED WITH HERCULES RAPTURE (NA) TIRES, SIZE: 18570R14 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A BUBBLE STICKING OUT OF THE TIRE TREAD AREA. THE TIRE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000.
Incident date: Nov 10, 2015
SO FAR 3 OF 4 TIRES HAVE LOST THEIR SHAPE BY BELT SEPARATION. THEY ALL WENT AROUND 25 THOUSAND MILES.
NITTO
TERRA GRAPPLER ALL TERRAIN
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 23, 2015
Incident date: Nov 10, 2015
SO FAR 3 OF 4 TIRES HAVE LOST THEIR SHAPE BY BELT SEPARATION. THEY ALL WENT AROUND 25 THOUSAND MILES.
MINI
COOPER CONVERTIBLE
(2009) - TIRES
Nov 21, 2015
Incident date: Mar 30, 2014
BLIZZAK LM-60 RFT. 195/55-16, RUN FLATS. RIGHT REAR TIRE SPLIT ON TREAD SO THAT ONE CAN SEE STEEL BELTS. SPLIT IS FROM OUTSIDE EDGE TO ABOUT 2-3 INCHES TOWARDS MIDDLE OF TREAD. JUST REPLACED IT, SO DO NOT HAVE DOT NUMBER. TIRE PURCHASED TWO YEARS AGO, DRIVEN ONLY ONE WINTER SEASON (DECEMBER 2013-MARCH 2014.) NOT DRIVEN ON LAST YEAR. NOTICED DEFECT WHEN CHANGING TIRES IN THE SPRING.
BRIDGESTONE
BRIDGESTONE
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 21, 2015
Incident date: Mar 30, 2014
BLIZZAK LM-60 RFT. 195/55-16, RUN FLATS. RIGHT REAR TIRE SPLIT ON TREAD SO THAT ONE CAN SEE STEEL BELTS. SPLIT IS FROM OUTSIDE EDGE TO ABOUT 2-3 INCHES TOWARDS MIDDLE OF TREAD. JUST REPLACED IT, SO DO NOT HAVE DOT NUMBER. TIRE PURCHASED TWO YEARS AGO, DRIVEN ONLY ONE WINTER SEASON (DECEMBER 2013-MARCH 2014.) NOT DRIVEN ON LAST YEAR. NOTICED DEFECT WHEN CHANGING TIRES IN THE SPRING.
Incident date: Feb 28, 2014
FACTORY OEM GOODYEAR EAGLE LS-2S CLAIM TO BE ALL SEASON. FROM THE FIRST TEST DRIVE THESE TIRES FAILED TO HAVE ANYTHING CLOSE TO REASONABLE TRACTION ON SNOW AND ICE, RESULTING IN THE SALES-REP BEING BARELY ABLE TO BACK THE CAR OUT OF THE LOT FOR A TEST-DRIVE. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WASN'T THRILLED ABOUT THEM. AFTER GETTING THE CAR ONTO THE ROAD, IT SEEMED TO DO BETTER, SO I WENT AHEAD AND PURCHASED T... Read more
Incident date: Nov 17, 2015
FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BEGAN PREMATURELY CRACKING ALONG THE OUTER SIDEWALL. VEHICLE HAS APPROX 35600 MILES. TIRES CAME NEW WITH VEHICLE.
MICHELIN GREEN X
RADIAL X
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 18, 2015
Incident date: Nov 17, 2015
FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BEGAN PREMATURELY CRACKING ALONG THE OUTER SIDEWALL. VEHICLE HAS APPROX 35600 MILES. TIRES CAME NEW WITH VEHICLE.
KEYSTONE
SPRINGDALE
(2013) - TIRES
Nov 18, 2015
Incident date: Nov 15, 2015
CARLISLE RADIAL TRAIL RH ST205/75R15 107B (LRD) TRAILER TIRE BLOW OUT. MANUFACTURE DATE '1914'. 7,684 MILES ON SET OF TIRES, 7/32 TREAD DEPTH REMAINING. MAX SPEED OF 65 MPH OBSERVED. TIRE PRESSURES MAINTAINED AND MONITORED WITH TST 507 TPMS. NO EXTERNAL SIGNS OF PENDING FAILURE. HUB OF AXLE REPACKED 1 1/2 YEARS PRIOR, NOT HOT TO TOUCH WHEN CHANGING TIRE. TRAILER WEIGHT 75% OF CARRYING CAPACITY OF ... Read more
CARLISLE
RADIAL TRAIL
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 18, 2015
Incident date: Nov 15, 2015
CARLISLE RADIAL TRAIL RH ST205/75R15 107B (LRD) TRAILER TIRE BLOW OUT. MANUFACTURE DATE '1914'. 7,684 MILES ON SET OF TIRES, 7/32 TREAD DEPTH REMAINING. MAX SPEED OF 65 MPH OBSERVED. TIRE PRESSURES MAINTAINED AND MONITORED WITH TST 507 TPMS. NO EXTERNAL SIGNS OF PENDING FAILURE. HUB OF AXLE REPACKED 1 1/2 YEARS PRIOR, NOT HOT TO TOUCH WHEN CHANGING TIRE. TRAILER WEIGHT 75% OF CARRYING CAPACITY OF ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 6, 2015
ON OCTOBER 6, 2015, I WAS TRAVELING ON I-70 IN SOUTHERN UTAH WHEN THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS A YOKOHAMA GEOLANDER G91, DOT FDF5 PC50814, SIZE P225/65R17/60H. THIS TIRE WAS ON MY 2015 MAZDA CX5 WHEN I PURCHASED IT IN LATE AUGUST 2014. IT HAD 10559 MILES ON IT. ROAD CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE BLOW OUT WERE EXCELLENT AND THE ROAD WAS VERY SMOOTH AS IT HAD BEEN RECENTLY PA... Read more
Incident date: Oct 6, 2015
ON OCTOBER 6, 2015, I WAS TRAVELING ON I-70 IN SOUTHERN UTAH WHEN THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS A YOKOHAMA GEOLANDER G91, DOT FDF5 PC50814, SIZE P225/65R17/60H. THIS TIRE WAS ON MY 2015 MAZDA CX5 WHEN I PURCHASED IT IN LATE AUGUST 2014. IT HAD 10559 MILES ON IT. ROAD CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE BLOW OUT WERE EXCELLENT AND THE ROAD WAS VERY SMOOTH AS IT HAD BEEN RECENTLY PA... Read more
Incident date: Nov 2, 2015
S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING- LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM CONSTITUENT RE COPY OF A LETTER TO MAZDA MOTORS NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER JIM O'SULLIVAN REGARDING A SAFETY ISSUE WITH A MAZDA 6. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED HE NEEDED THREE NEW TIRES BECAUSE OF DAMAGES FROM HITTING A CURB. *JB
Incident date: Nov 2, 2015
2015 CHEVROLET CITY EXPRESS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE TIRES ISSUE. CONSUMER HAS PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS WITH DIFFERENT VEHICLES LISTED IN ARTEMIS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES WERE WEARING OUT ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE EDGES PREMATURELY. THE ALIGNMENT WAS CHECKED AND IT WAS WITHIN THE RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATIONS. *JB
Incident date: Nov 5, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CONTI PRO CONTACT TIRES, SIZE: P215/55R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRES BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO DEBRIS ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,364.
CONTINENTAL
CONTI PRO CONTACT
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 16, 2015
Incident date: Nov 5, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FOCUS EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CONTI PRO CONTACT TIRES, SIZE: P215/55R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRES BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO DEBRIS ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,364.
CARGO EXPRESS
CARGO TRAILER
(2016) - TIRES
Nov 16, 2015
Incident date: Nov 10, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DIAMOND CARGO (NA) TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH ARISUN ST205/75R15 TIRES (NA). WHILE INSPECTING THE TIRES, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS BUBBLING AND THE PRESSURE WAS BELOW THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75.
GENERIC
MENTOR ALL TERRAIN RADIAL SXT
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 16, 2015
Incident date: Nov 10, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DIAMOND CARGO (NA) TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH ARISUN ST205/75R15 TIRES (NA). WHILE INSPECTING THE TIRES, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS BUBBLING AND THE PRESSURE WAS BELOW THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75.
Incident date: Feb 14, 2015
DRY ROT IS SHOWING IN BETWEEN THE TREAD OF ALL 4 TIRES. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED NEW FROM SAM'S CLUB. TOURING T/A DOT (AP5M) (A721) (0212). THERE IS 8/32 OF THE TREAD REMAINING, MEASURED BY SAM'S. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES ROTATED EVERY 4500 MILES. I ASKED ABOUT THE DRY ROT AND THE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT I WASH THE CAR TOO MUCH. THE MANUFACTURER AND SAM'S WILL NOT WORK WITH ME TO REMOVE THE DANGER OF A B... Read more
B.F.GOODRICH
TOURING T/A
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 16, 2015
Incident date: Feb 14, 2015
DRY ROT IS SHOWING IN BETWEEN THE TREAD OF ALL 4 TIRES. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED NEW FROM SAM'S CLUB. TOURING T/A DOT (AP5M) (A721) (0212). THERE IS 8/32 OF THE TREAD REMAINING, MEASURED BY SAM'S. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES ROTATED EVERY 4500 MILES. I ASKED ABOUT THE DRY ROT AND THE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT I WASH THE CAR TOO MUCH. THE MANUFACTURER AND SAM'S WILL NOT WORK WITH ME TO REMOVE THE DANGER OF A B... Read more
Incident date: Nov 28, 2014
BLEW 3 TIRES IN LESS THAN 3000 MILES. FIRST WAS ON DELIVERY OF VEHICLE FROM MANUFACTURER, NEXT 2 WERE ON SAME DAY LESS THAN 200 MILES APART (ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF VEHICLE). 2ND ONE LITERALLY EXPLODED NEARLY CAUSING A CRASH. DYNAMIC TIRE SAYS NOTHING WRONG WITH TIRES.
POWER KING
TOWMAX
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 15, 2015
Incident date: Nov 28, 2014
BLEW 3 TIRES IN LESS THAN 3000 MILES. FIRST WAS ON DELIVERY OF VEHICLE FROM MANUFACTURER, NEXT 2 WERE ON SAME DAY LESS THAN 200 MILES APART (ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF VEHICLE). 2ND ONE LITERALLY EXPLODED NEARLY CAUSING A CRASH. DYNAMIC TIRE SAYS NOTHING WRONG WITH TIRES.
Incident date: Nov 13, 2015
BOUGHT 2013 REGAL BUICK OCTOBER OF 2013. I HAD 2 TIRES TO BLOW OUT LAST YEAR AND 1 YESTERDAY. THIS IS 3 TIRES I HAD TO REPLACE. THIS CAN'T BE NORMAL.
MICHELIN
ENERGY SAVER A/S
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 14, 2015
Incident date: Nov 13, 2015
BOUGHT 2013 REGAL BUICK OCTOBER OF 2013. I HAD 2 TIRES TO BLOW OUT LAST YEAR AND 1 YESTERDAY. THIS IS 3 TIRES I HAD TO REPLACE. THIS CAN'T BE NORMAL.
Incident date: Sep 19, 2014
I PURCHASED 4 MICHELIN TIRES FROM SEARS IN JULY OF 2013. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2014 I TOOK MY CAR FOR ITS NORMAL OIL CHANGE AND MY MECHANIC TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW TIRES. I LOOKED AT HIM STRANGELY AND TOLD HIM I JUST PURCHASED THE TIES LAST YEAR. HE THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO GO BACK TO WHERE I PURCHASED THE TIRES AND TELL THEM THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE BECAUSE CHUNKS OF THE TREADS WERE SEPARATING FROM T... Read more
MICHELIN
LATITUDE TOUR
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 13, 2015
Incident date: Sep 19, 2014
I PURCHASED 4 MICHELIN TIRES FROM SEARS IN JULY OF 2013. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2014 I TOOK MY CAR FOR ITS NORMAL OIL CHANGE AND MY MECHANIC TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW TIRES. I LOOKED AT HIM STRANGELY AND TOLD HIM I JUST PURCHASED THE TIES LAST YEAR. HE THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO GO BACK TO WHERE I PURCHASED THE TIRES AND TELL THEM THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE BECAUSE CHUNKS OF THE TREADS WERE SEPARATING FROM T... Read more
FORD
CROWN VICTORIA
(1994) - TIRES
Nov 13, 2015
Incident date: Oct 15, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD CROWN VICTORIA EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN LTX M/S TIRES, SIZE: P235/75R-15. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. SUDDENLY, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER, VIN, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNAVA... Read more
Incident date: Oct 15, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD CROWN VICTORIA EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN LTX M/S TIRES, SIZE: P235/75R-15. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. SUDDENLY, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER, VIN, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNAVA... Read more
Incident date: Feb 15, 2015
CPSC: GENERAL TIRE EXCLAIM: CONSUMER STATED TWO TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITHIN USE OF 1,000 MILES. *SS THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH TIRES HAD SIDEWALL FAILURE IN THE EXACT PLACE. BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE DIRECTIONAL TIRES, ONE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE, THE OTHER ON THE INSIDE WALL. *JB
GENERAL TIRE
UNKNOWN
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 12, 2015
Incident date: Feb 15, 2015
CPSC: GENERAL TIRE EXCLAIM: CONSUMER STATED TWO TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITHIN USE OF 1,000 MILES. *SS THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH TIRES HAD SIDEWALL FAILURE IN THE EXACT PLACE. BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE DIRECTIONAL TIRES, ONE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE, THE OTHER ON THE INSIDE WALL. *JB
MAZDA
MX-5 MIATA
(1995) - TIRES
Nov 12, 2015
Incident date: Nov 10, 2015
DOUGLAS TIRE I GOT TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT HAD A BOLT MOLDED IN THE SIDEWALL. THIS ONE HAD A LARGE FLAT SPOT ON HALF OF THE CONTACT PATCH. IT WAS EASY TO SEE WITH BY EYE AND WOULD NOT EVEN SIT CORRECTLY. I NEVER MOUNTED IT CAUSE IT WAS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE. TIRE LABEL WAS PLACED DIRECTLY OVER THE DEFECTIVE AREA LEADING ME TO BELIEVE SOMEONE WAS COVERING THEIR DANGEROUS MESS. POORLY PUT TOGETHER AND P... Read more
DOUGLAS
DUG PERFORMANCE GT-H
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 12, 2015
Incident date: Nov 10, 2015
DOUGLAS TIRE I GOT TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT HAD A BOLT MOLDED IN THE SIDEWALL. THIS ONE HAD A LARGE FLAT SPOT ON HALF OF THE CONTACT PATCH. IT WAS EASY TO SEE WITH BY EYE AND WOULD NOT EVEN SIT CORRECTLY. I NEVER MOUNTED IT CAUSE IT WAS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE. TIRE LABEL WAS PLACED DIRECTLY OVER THE DEFECTIVE AREA LEADING ME TO BELIEVE SOMEONE WAS COVERING THEIR DANGEROUS MESS. POORLY PUT TOGETHER AND P... Read more
Incident date: Sep 7, 2015
BRIDGESTONE GREATEC M885 SUPER SINGLE TIRES.ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THROUGHOUT OUR FLEET THER HAVE BEEN MANY INCIDENTS OF THESE TIRES LOSING TRACTION AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DRIVING CONDITIONS
BRIDGESTONE
BRIDGESTONE
(9999) - TIRES
Nov 11, 2015
Incident date: Sep 7, 2015
BRIDGESTONE GREATEC M885 SUPER SINGLE TIRES.ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THROUGHOUT OUR FLEET THER HAVE BEEN MANY INCIDENTS OF THESE TIRES LOSING TRACTION AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DRIVING CONDITIONS
Incident date: Oct 29, 2015
TWO RAPID DEFLATIONS OF TIRES, JUST WEEKS APART, DUE TO SIDEWALL FAILURE. FIRST HAPPENED ROUNDING A CORNER AT ABOUT 20 MPH, AND THE SECOND WHILE PARKED.
Incident date: Oct 29, 2015
TWO RAPID DEFLATIONS OF TIRES, JUST WEEKS APART, DUE TO SIDEWALL FAILURE. FIRST HAPPENED ROUNDING A CORNER AT ABOUT 20 MPH, AND THE SECOND WHILE PARKED.
Incident date: Nov 10, 2015
(ACCIDENTALLY FILLED THIS OUT ALREADY ON THE VEHICLE COMPLAINT PAGE, SORRY) I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN FOR ITS 90,000 MILE SERVICE AND THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME BOTH REAR TIRES HAD CRACKS BETWEEN THE TREAD AND THE SHELL OF THE TIRE. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE INSTALLING TIRE SHOP FOR EVALUATION. IT TURNS OUT ALL FOUR TIRES HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND WERE REPLACED ON A PRORATED BASIS. THIS... Read more