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
POWER KING
TOWMAX
(9999) - TIRES
Jan 13, 2015
Incident date: Oct 24, 2014
ON OUR 2013 CRUSADER WE EXPERIENCED OUR FIRST BLOWOUT. ON 4/25/14 ABOUT 4 MILES FROM HOME TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR ON NEWLY BLACKTOP ROAD(LEFT REAR). WITH ONLY 2000 MILES ON THE CAMPER NO DAMAGE WAS DONE. ON 10/24/14 ABOUT 30 MILES FROM HOME TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MILES AN HOUR OUR SECOND BLOWOUT OCCURRED ON RIGHT FRONT. THIS TIME EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO SLIDE TRIM, TIRE SKIRT, STEPS, TIRE AND RIM... Read more
Incident date: Jan 13, 2015
I WAS DRIVING ON THE IH-93 NB AT 55 MPH. SUDDENLY THE CAR BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT. I STOPPED AND CHECKED THE TIRES, BUT DID NOT SEE ANY PROBLEMS. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE INFLATED TO THE SPECS (35 PSI). I KEPT DRIVING, AND AFTER 20-25 MILES I HEARD A SOUND AS IF SOMETHING WAS RUBBING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER FENDER AREA. I BEGAN SLOWING DOWN AND WANTED TO STOP. AT THAT MOMENT MY FRONT RIGHT TIRE SEPAR... Read more
Incident date: Jul 3, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Incident date: Jan 12, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES). HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
AMERIVAN
TOYOTA SIENNA
(2011) - TIRES
Jan 12, 2015
Incident date: Sep 15, 2014
RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THE CUT AND REMOVED THE SUPPORTING CARRIER ASSEMBLY. AND STATED THERE WAS NO CURRENT FIX , BUT THAT ONE WOULD BE AVAILABLE BY DEC 2014. WELL IT IS NOW JAN 2015 AND STILL NO FIX AND I'M HAULING THE SPARE IN THE CARGO AREA---NOT A GOOD IDEA. SO I'M LOOKING FOR SOME ASSISTANCE TO GET A FIX OR FOR THEM ,TOYOTA, TO REPLACE ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 9, 2015
HAD CONTINENTAL TIRE BLOW OUT ON REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF 2014 BUICK VERANO WITH 1,096 MILES. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH IN THE CITY. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND WAIT FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO INSTALL SERVICE TIRE AND THEN TOOK IN NEXT DAY FOR REPLACEMENT AT MY COSTS. $225 FOR ONE TIRE AND LOW MILEAGE. WAS TOLD THIS IS COMMON WITH THE CONTINENTAL TIRES. FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE CON... Read more
CONTINENTAL
UNKNOWN
(9999) - TIRES
Jan 10, 2015
Incident date: Jan 9, 2015
HAD CONTINENTAL TIRE BLOW OUT ON REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF 2014 BUICK VERANO WITH 1,096 MILES. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH IN THE CITY. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND WAIT FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO INSTALL SERVICE TIRE AND THEN TOOK IN NEXT DAY FOR REPLACEMENT AT MY COSTS. $225 FOR ONE TIRE AND LOW MILEAGE. WAS TOLD THIS IS COMMON WITH THE CONTINENTAL TIRES. FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE CON... Read more
Incident date: Oct 20, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK OPTIMO H426 TIRES, SIZE: P205/55R16. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CONTACT COULD FEEL A VIBRATION IN THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,300. THE DOT WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
HANKOOK
OPTIMO H426
(9999) - TIRES
Jan 9, 2015
Incident date: Oct 20, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK OPTIMO H426 TIRES, SIZE: P205/55R16. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CONTACT COULD FEEL A VIBRATION IN THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,300. THE DOT WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Incident date: Jan 8, 2015
THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR ILLUMINATED AND I CHECKED TO SEE IF THE TIRE WAS FLAT. IT WAS NOT. I DROVE TO A FILLING STATION TO TOP OFF THE PRESSURE AND AS I WAS DRIVING AWAY FROM THE AIR PUMP THE VALVE STEM TO THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BROKE AND THE TIRE DEFLATED INSTANTLY. THE VALVE STEM WAS CORRODED. APPARENTLY IT WAS INITIALLY CRACKED SLIGHTLY CAUSING THE TIRE TO FIRST LOSE AIR SLOWLY. THEN, ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 20, 2013
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE TIRE VALVE STEM AND PRESSURE MONITOR BLEW OUT OF TIRE WHEN NUT BROKE CAUSING IMMEDIATE FLAT. VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND ALMOST WENT INTO DITCH. *TR
Incident date: Jun 10, 2013
TIRE SENSOR DOES NOT MATCH THE CORRECT TIRES. ALSO, THE SENSOR SAYS THAT ONE OF THE TIRES IS AT ZERO EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AIR IN ALL MY TIRES. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT REMAINS ON. *TR
Incident date: Feb 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA FORTE EQUIPPED WITH FOUR NEXEN CP671 TIRES, SIZE P215/45R17. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEVELOPED A BLISTER AND EVENTUALLY FLATTENED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SAME MODEL, BUT EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40.
Incident date: Feb 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA FORTE EQUIPPED WITH FOUR NEXEN CP671 TIRES, SIZE P215/45R17. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEVELOPED A BLISTER AND EVENTUALLY FLATTENED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SAME MODEL, BUT EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40.
Incident date: Dec 12, 2014
WARNING LIGHT FLASHES FOR 30 SECONDS THEN STAY ON. CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE. ALL WERE GOOD. *TR
Incident date: Jan 1, 2015
CUSTOMER HAS NUMEROUS CONCERNS REGARDING TRUCK TIRES AND RE-TREADING. *TA
Incident date: Jan 2, 2015
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 8 IN AZ TRAVELING AT 65 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT ON MY MONTANA 5TH WHEEL RV AND DAMAGED THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER. THE TIRES HAD ONLY ABOUT 7500 MILES ON THEM AND THEY WERE GOODYEAR MARATHON ST235/80/R16. THE TRAILER WAS NOT OVER LOADED.THESE TIRES SHOULD LAST LONGER THEN THAT.I STOPPED IN YUMA, AZ AND REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. *TR
GOODYEAR
MARATHON ST
(9999) - TIRES
Jan 7, 2015
Incident date: Jan 2, 2015
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 8 IN AZ TRAVELING AT 65 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT ON MY MONTANA 5TH WHEEL RV AND DAMAGED THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER. THE TIRES HAD ONLY ABOUT 7500 MILES ON THEM AND THEY WERE GOODYEAR MARATHON ST235/80/R16. THE TRAILER WAS NOT OVER LOADED.THESE TIRES SHOULD LAST LONGER THEN THAT.I STOPPED IN YUMA, AZ AND REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. *TR
Incident date: Jan 7, 2015
AS I WAS ENTERING THE RAMP TO GET INTO I-95, I HEARD A LOUD BAND AND HEARD DEBRIS HITTING THE BOTTOM OF MY CAR. CAR INSTANTLY STARTED STEERING ROUGH. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND NOTICED MY TIRE LOW PRESSURE LIGHT ON. UPON INSPECTION , NOTICED THAT MY RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS FLAT. UPON LOOKING UNDER THE CAR AT THE WHEEL I SAW A 5 INCH DIAMETER SECTION OF THE METAL ALLOY WHEEL MISSING. CALLED TOYOTA R... Read more
Incident date: Dec 24, 2014
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 N... Read more
Crash
FEDERAL
COURAGIA A/T
(9999) - TIRES
Jan 7, 2015
Incident date: Dec 24, 2014
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 N... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Jul 8, 2014
I PURCHASED MY 2014 HONDA CRV AWD BRAND NEW FROM THE DEALER AND WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE SALE I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SEVICE DUE TO SEVERE VIBRATIONS THROUGOUT THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 55 MPHBOR HIGHER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES THUS FAR AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN I WAS TOLD 1. A CUPPED REAR TIRE, 2. FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS OUT OF BALANCE 3. TIR... Read more
MAZDA
MX-5 MIATA
(2003) - TIRES
Jan 6, 2015
Incident date: May 1, 2013
TREAD SEPARATION ON ALL 4 TIRES. CLEAR MANUFACTURER DEFECT.
Incident date: May 1, 2013
TREAD SEPARATION ON ALL 4 TIRES. CLEAR MANUFACTURER DEFECT.
Incident date: Oct 31, 2014
I HAVE PUT SO MUCH MONEY IN THIS CAR. ALTERNATOR, TRANSMISSION, BRAKES, TIRES AND BALL JOINTS. NOW THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS REPLACED, WIPER MOTOR AND QUARTER PANELS ARE ALL RUSTED OUT. I AM DISABLED AND THIS IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION. SHOULD ALL OF THIS SHOULD OF GONE WRONG? IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR EIGHT YEARS. *TR
Incident date: Dec 20, 2014
I WAS DRIVING ON A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD STREET AND WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP AT A VERY SLOW SPEED (2 MPH). I HAD NOT HIT NOR DID I HIT ANYTHING IN THE STREET. REAR PASSENGER TIRE POPPED AND WENT FLAT. RUPTURE WAS ON THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED 28TH WEEK OF 2013. TIRES WERE PUT ON MY 2003 HONDA CIVIC LX ON JULY 30, 2014 AT 53496 MILES AND BETWEEN JULY 30 AND DECEMBER 20... Read more
Incident date: Dec 20, 2014
I WAS DRIVING ON A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD STREET AND WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP AT A VERY SLOW SPEED (2 MPH). I HAD NOT HIT NOR DID I HIT ANYTHING IN THE STREET. REAR PASSENGER TIRE POPPED AND WENT FLAT. RUPTURE WAS ON THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED 28TH WEEK OF 2013. TIRES WERE PUT ON MY 2003 HONDA CIVIC LX ON JULY 30, 2014 AT 53496 MILES AND BETWEEN JULY 30 AND DECEMBER 20... Read more
JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
(2007) - TIRES
Jan 5, 2015
Incident date: May 24, 2014
WHILE DRIVING MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH, THE LOW TIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. LESS THAN A MILE LATER, MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW AND THE WHEEL CUT INTO THE TIRE EFFECTIVELY DESTROYING THE TIRE. ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THE TIRE WAS A RUBBER BAND AROUND THE WHEEL AND 25% OF ONE SIDEWALL. THE REMAINING RUBBER PIECES WERE STREWN ACROSS THE INTERSTATE. LUCKILY, I WAS DRIVING DOWN A... Read more
MICHELIN
CROSS TERRAIN
(9999) - TIRES
Jan 5, 2015
Incident date: May 24, 2014
WHILE DRIVING MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH, THE LOW TIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. LESS THAN A MILE LATER, MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW AND THE WHEEL CUT INTO THE TIRE EFFECTIVELY DESTROYING THE TIRE. ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THE TIRE WAS A RUBBER BAND AROUND THE WHEEL AND 25% OF ONE SIDEWALL. THE REMAINING RUBBER PIECES WERE STREWN ACROSS THE INTERSTATE. LUCKILY, I WAS DRIVING DOWN A... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2015
CONSUMER WOULD LIKE THE LATEST COPY OF THE "UNIFORM TIRE QUALITY GRADING" PAMPHLET. *TA
HEARTLAND
ROAD WARRIOR
(2013) - TIRES
Jan 5, 2015
Incident date: Jun 8, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HEARTLAND ROAD WARRIOR EQUIPPED WITH TOWMAX POWER KING TIRES, TIRE SIZE 235/80/16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE TIRE POPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.
TOWMAX STR
ST
(9999) - TIRES
Jan 5, 2015
Incident date: Jun 8, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HEARTLAND ROAD WARRIOR EQUIPPED WITH TOWMAX POWER KING TIRES, TIRE SIZE 235/80/16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE TIRE POPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.
Incident date: Apr 12, 2014
I STARTED BRINGING MY 2014 HONDA CR-V TO NARDY HONDA ON APRIL 12, 2014 BECAUSE THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT WAS ON, ON APRIL 12TH THEY TOLD ME IT MAY NEED TO HAVE THE SOFTWARE UPDATED, HOWEVER AFTER HONDA MECHANICS SEEING THE CAR THEY DETERMINED IT WAS THE LATEST SOFTWARE AND NEEDED NO UPDATE. THEY SET THE TIRE PRESSURE AND RESET THE SYSTEMS DETERMINING THERE WERE NO LEEKS IN ANY OF THE TIRES. ON ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 4, 2015
TIRE WOULD DEFLATE ON AND OFF. WENT IN TO THE SHOP TODAY TO GET IT REPAIRED. THERE WAS A RIP IN SIDEWALL. REPAIRMEN STATED IT WAS A DEFECTIVE TIRE, NOT ANYTHING I DID. HAD TO BUY A NEW TIRE. *TR
COOPER
CS4 TOURING (VR)
(9999) - TIRES
Jan 4, 2015
Incident date: Jan 4, 2015
TIRE WOULD DEFLATE ON AND OFF. WENT IN TO THE SHOP TODAY TO GET IT REPAIRED. THERE WAS A RIP IN SIDEWALL. REPAIRMEN STATED IT WAS A DEFECTIVE TIRE, NOT ANYTHING I DID. HAD TO BUY A NEW TIRE. *TR
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR LIGHT COMES ON WHEN IT IS COLD AND STAYS ON. CHECK PRESSURE AND TIRES ARE OK. SAFETY ISSUES ARS YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. CALLED NISSAN AND THEY SAID NOT TO WORRY WHEN IT GET WARMER THE SENSOR LIGHT WILL GO OFF, BUT WHEN DO YOU KNOW IF YOU REALLY HAVE A TIRE PROBLEM AND A POTENTIAL CRASH? I WANT THE SENSOR REPLACED. *TR
Incident date: Mar 31, 2014
TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING LIGHT COMES ON EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. CHECKED TIRES AND PRESSURE EVERYTHING IS OK HAVE TO RESET., THEN IS OK FOR AWHILE THIS IS VERY ANNOYING HAVE TO PULL OVER TO CHECK EVER TIME.THIS CAN BE UNSAFE AT TIMES. HONDA CALLS IT TPMS LIGHT. *TR
Incident date: Dec 3, 2014
DURING THE DRIVE TO FLORIDA, A HARD BRAKE (NO SKID) AND STEER TO THE LEFT WAS NECESSARY. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT, THE STEERING BECAME SHAKY AND A ROAD RUMBLING NOISE WAS NOTICED. AFTER SETTLING IN, WE TOOK THE CAR TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AND THEY RE-BALANCED THE TIRES. THAT DID NOT STOP THE SHAKY STEERING WHEEL OR THE ROAD NOISE. ONE WEEK LATER, WHILE CHANGING LANES, THE TIRES RAN OVER LANE D... Read more
FIRESTONE
AFFINITY TOURING
(9999) - TIRES
Jan 2, 2015
Incident date: Dec 3, 2014
DURING THE DRIVE TO FLORIDA, A HARD BRAKE (NO SKID) AND STEER TO THE LEFT WAS NECESSARY. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT, THE STEERING BECAME SHAKY AND A ROAD RUMBLING NOISE WAS NOTICED. AFTER SETTLING IN, WE TOOK THE CAR TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AND THEY RE-BALANCED THE TIRES. THAT DID NOT STOP THE SHAKY STEERING WHEEL OR THE ROAD NOISE. ONE WEEK LATER, WHILE CHANGING LANES, THE TIRES RAN OVER LANE D... Read more
Incident date: Aug 14, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STRAPPED THE SPARE TIRE TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AS A TEMPORARY REMEDY. THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFA... Read more
Incident date: Jan 2, 2015
TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING STEM BROKE OFF WHEN TIRE WAS BEING REPAIRED. MECHANIC SAYS OTHER VALVE STEMS ON THE CAR ARE ALSO FRAYING AND COULD BREAK. CAR HAS LESS THAN 60,000K MILES. STEM FRAGILITY POSES AN IMMEDIATE AND VERY DANGEROUS THREAT TO SAFETY. *TR
Incident date: Dec 27, 2014
CONTINENTAL CONTI-PRO CONTACT TIRES P225-60R18 99H TOOK CAR IN FOR VALVE JOB AND WHILE DRIVING HOME THE FRONT END WAS SHAKING. TOOK BACK AND WAS DUE TO BAD TIRES, STEEL BELT COMING THROUGH ON FRONT CONTINENTAL CONTI PRO CONTACT TIRES. THE TIRES HAD AT LEAST ANOTHER 20,000 MILES WEAR LEFT ON THEM. THIS WAS THE SECOND SET OF TIRES (NOT ORIGINAL TIRES) ON THIS VEHICLE SO SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER ... Read more
Incident date: Dec 19, 2014
WHILE DRIVING A 2012 KIA FORTE EX WITH 21000 MILES AND NEXEN 195/65/15 CP671 TIRES,, A FRONT TIRE SEPARATION OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. 10 DAYS LATER A REAR TIRE SEPARATION OCCURRED ALSO DURING NORMAL HIGHWAY DRIVING. *JS
Incident date: Dec 19, 2014
WHILE DRIVING A 2012 KIA FORTE EX WITH 21000 MILES AND NEXEN 195/65/15 CP671 TIRES,, A FRONT TIRE SEPARATION OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. 10 DAYS LATER A REAR TIRE SEPARATION OCCURRED ALSO DURING NORMAL HIGHWAY DRIVING. *JS
Incident date: Nov 20, 2014
TRUCK WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 81 IN VA, 208MM. AS TRUCK WAS CHANGING LANES THE LEFT STEER TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING OVER $10,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO TRUCK AND LEAVING DRIVER STRANDED ON LEFT SHOULDER OF INTERSTATE. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED OR KILLED BUT TRUCK WAS IN DANGEROUS LOCATION. VA STATE POLICE WERE VERY HELPFUL AND THE CREW FROM PETRO TRUCK STOP CAME OUT QUICKLY AND R&R TIRE A... Read more
Incident date: Nov 20, 2014
TRUCK WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 81 IN VA, 208MM. AS TRUCK WAS CHANGING LANES THE LEFT STEER TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING OVER $10,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO TRUCK AND LEAVING DRIVER STRANDED ON LEFT SHOULDER OF INTERSTATE. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED OR KILLED BUT TRUCK WAS IN DANGEROUS LOCATION. VA STATE POLICE WERE VERY HELPFUL AND THE CREW FROM PETRO TRUCK STOP CAME OUT QUICKLY AND R&R TIRE A... Read more
CHEVROLET
S10 PICKUP
(1991) - TIRES
Dec 29, 2014
Incident date: Dec 25, 2014
REGULAR DRIVING, IN TOWN, TREAD BLOW OUT, RIGHT REAR, HIGHWAY DRIVING,RIGHT REAR SIDE WALL, FRONT RIGHT TREAD FAILURE, REPLACED BEFORE COMPLETE BLOW OUT, ONE TIRE WAS NEW, TWO TIRES LESS THAN 90 DAYS OLD, REPLACED WITH NEW AND DIFFERENT BRAND. *TR
Incident date: Dec 25, 2014
REGULAR DRIVING, IN TOWN, TREAD BLOW OUT, RIGHT REAR, HIGHWAY DRIVING,RIGHT REAR SIDE WALL, FRONT RIGHT TREAD FAILURE, REPLACED BEFORE COMPLETE BLOW OUT, ONE TIRE WAS NEW, TWO TIRES LESS THAN 90 DAYS OLD, REPLACED WITH NEW AND DIFFERENT BRAND. *TR