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
ITASCA
SUNCRUISER
(2006) - TIRES
Oct 29, 2014
Incident date: Oct 14, 2014
WE PURCHASED FOUR (4) NEW MICHELIN TIRES FOR THE REAR OF OUR 2006 ITASCA SUN CRUISER IN JUNE, 2014. THESE ARE THE MICHELIN XRV TIRES (235/80R22.5). WHILE DRIVING ON I-24 IN MANCHESTER, TN, WE HAD A BLOW OUT ON ONE OF THE NEW TIRES (REAR, OUTSIDE TIRE BUT THE DAMAGE WAS ON THE INSIDE NEXT TO THE AXLE TIRE). LUCKILY, WE CARRY A SPARE TIRE ON A RIM. CONTACTING THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS IN THE AREA,... Read more
Incident date: Oct 14, 2014
WE PURCHASED FOUR (4) NEW MICHELIN TIRES FOR THE REAR OF OUR 2006 ITASCA SUN CRUISER IN JUNE, 2014. THESE ARE THE MICHELIN XRV TIRES (235/80R22.5). WHILE DRIVING ON I-24 IN MANCHESTER, TN, WE HAD A BLOW OUT ON ONE OF THE NEW TIRES (REAR, OUTSIDE TIRE BUT THE DAMAGE WAS ON THE INSIDE NEXT TO THE AXLE TIRE). LUCKILY, WE CARRY A SPARE TIRE ON A RIM. CONTACTING THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS IN THE AREA,... Read more
Incident date: Oct 25, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND EXHIBITED NUMEROUS OTHER MECHANICAL ISSUES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE BALD, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES, TIRES, AND PARTS OF THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MA... Read more
Incident date: Jun 5, 2014
CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN GAYLORD, MICHIGAN INSTALLED DUNLOP AT20 GRANDTREK P245/75R16 TIRES ON MY HD 2500 SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCK. THIS TRUCK IS A 3/4 TON PICKUP. THESE TIRES WERE PASSENGER TIRES RATED AT 4 PLY AND NEVER DESIGNED TO BE INSTALLED ON A 3/4 TON PICKUP TRUCK. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS UNTIL JUNE 2014 WHEN I LEARNED THIS FROM THE GOODYEAR TIRE CORP. AFTER THEY SENT ME TO HAVE THEIR TIRES ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 24, 2014
AKURET ST235/80R16 TIRE - CATASTROPHIC TIRE SEPARATION ON 5TH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILER. TRAVELING SOUTH ON SC HWY 31. NO ROAD HAZARDS, ROAD IN GREAT CONDITION. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT. CAUSED IN EXCESS OF $2000.00 DAMAGE TO TRAILER. COMPLETE LOSS OF THE TOP RADIAL LAYER AND TREAD, IN ONE PIECE. TIRES HAVE LESS THAN 1000 MILES. DATE STAMP IS 2011, TIRES PUT INTO SERVICE EARLY (JAN/FEB) OF 2012. PROPE... Read more
Incident date: Oct 26, 2014
AKURET ST235/80R16 TIRE - CATASTROPHIC TIRE SEPARATION ON 5TH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILER. TRAVELING NORTH ON HWY 701. NO ROAD HAZARDS, ROAD IN GREAT CONDITION. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT. COMPLETE LOSS OF THE TOP RADIAL LAYER AND TREAD, IN ONE PIECE. TIRES HAVE LESS THAN 1000 MILES. DATE STAMP IS 2011, TIRES PUT INTO SERVICE EARLY (JAN/FEB) OF 2012. PROPER INFLATION (80 PSI). THIS THE SECOND COMPLAINT FILE FOR ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 16, 2011
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE AWL, PURSHCSED NEW FROM MAGUIRE NISSAN LEBANON, PA THE ORIGINAL TIRES ARE DUNLOP SP SPORTS 7000AS LINE SIZEP225/55R18/SL. THE VEHICLE UNDER 10,000 MILES PRODUCED A WHIPPING SOUND WHICH ALTERED IN PITCH WITH THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. THESE TIRES WERE ROTATED PER MANUFACUTES INSTRUCTION, ALIGNED AND BALANCED EVERY 5000 MILES. THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO MAGUIRE NI... Read more
Incident date: Oct 16, 2011
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE AWL, PURSHCSED NEW FROM MAGUIRE NISSAN LEBANON, PA THE ORIGINAL TIRES ARE DUNLOP SP SPORTS 7000AS LINE SIZEP225/55R18/SL. THE VEHICLE UNDER 10,000 MILES PRODUCED A WHIPPING SOUND WHICH ALTERED IN PITCH WITH THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. THESE TIRES WERE ROTATED PER MANUFACUTES INSTRUCTION, ALIGNED AND BALANCED EVERY 5000 MILES. THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO MAGUIRE NI... Read more
Incident date: Aug 30, 2013
MY CAR IS A 2013 HYUNDAI WHICH CAME WITH KUHMO SOLUS TIRES... THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF, BECAUSE ALL FOUR TIRES HAD MULTIPLE BUBBLES ON EACH ONE.. COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER MORE THAN (4) TIMES, TO NO AVAIL... ALL THEY WOULD SAY IS I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TIRES,AND THEY WEREN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I FEEL THAT SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THESE TIRES...EVERY HYUNDAI... Read more
Incident date: Apr 13, 2014
WARNING ON DASH BOARD TELLING FLAT TIRE. NO SIGN OF ANY RUPTURE OR NAIL BUT END UP REPLACING IT. A SIMILAR INCIDENT ON AUGUST, SEPT AND NOW IN OCT.I STRONGLY BELIEVE THOSE RE DEFECTIVE TIRES. REPLACED FOUR TIRES IN LESS THAN A YEAR WITH REPLACEMENT COST OF $2000 PLUS. BMW REFRAIN TO HELP AND SO IS GOOD YEAR THE MANUFACTURER. TIRES BURST EVEN YOU PASS A ROUGH BUMP. IN OVER 30 YEARS OF DRIVING NEVER... Read more
Incident date: Sep 25, 2014
LEFT PENSACOLA, FL AND DROVE 200 MILES TO SLIDALE, LA. RR AKUPET HF188 ST235/80 R16 TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING EAST ON I-10. GOT TO CAMPGROUND AND CHANGED TIRE OUT. PUT ON SPARE. BOUGHT NEW TIRE AND PUT ON CAMPER AFTER GETTING BACK TO PENSACOLA, FL. CONTACTED LIONSHEAD SPECIALTY TIRE & WHEEL. LLC AND THEY WON'T RETURN MY PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS CAN'T BE DELIVERED. LEFT PENSACOLA, FL 10/23/14 ... Read more
Incident date: May 17, 2013
PULLED CAMPER FROM PENSACOLA, FL TO SHREPORT, LA. 495 MILES PULLED INTO CAMPGROUND, REGISTERED, CAME OUT AND TIRE ON RR HAD BLEW OUT AT THE SIDE WALL. (WAS NO STRESS TURNING CAMPER INTO CAMPGROUND). MAKE OF TIRE WAS AKUPET HF 188 ST235/80 R 16, CHANGED TIRE TO SPARE OF SAME SIZE AND DROVE TO TULSA OKLA NEXT DAY. GOT NEW GOODYEAR TIRE AND PUT ON CAMPER. LEFT TULSA AND WENT ON. WHILE DRIVING HO... Read more
Incident date: Sep 27, 2014
KUMHO TIRE KL21 P235/65R/17 PURCHASE 2013, SLOW AIR LEAKED AND TIRE HAS LESS 10K MILES AND CHECKED BY DEALER/TIRE CENTER WITH NO APPARENT PUNCTURE ON TIRE. *TR
KUMHO
SOLUS KL21
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 26, 2014
Incident date: Sep 27, 2014
KUMHO TIRE KL21 P235/65R/17 PURCHASE 2013, SLOW AIR LEAKED AND TIRE HAS LESS 10K MILES AND CHECKED BY DEALER/TIRE CENTER WITH NO APPARENT PUNCTURE ON TIRE. *TR
Incident date: Oct 25, 2014
PURCHASED 4 NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE 265/70/16 TIRES IN JULY. WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED VIBRATING OF CAR AROUND 60 MPH. PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED TIRES. 3 OF THE 4 TIRES ARE MISSING LARGE CHUNKS OF TREAD. ONE OF THE TIRES HAS WIRES AND INNER TIRE EXPOSING CAUSING VIBRATION. UNACCEPTABLE. *TR
Incident date: Oct 24, 2014
TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON ROUTE 78 WEST JUST OUTSIDE OF ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA, THE LEFT REAR TIRE -POWER KING TOWMAX ST 235/80 R 16 LOAD RANGE (E) ON OUR HEARTLAND BIGHORN 3185 (2013) SUSTAINED A BLOWOUT CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR END OF OUR 5TH WHEEL TRAILER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COSMETIC DAMAGE (FENDERS ETC) REAR AXL DAMAGE, BRAKE DAMAGE, HYDRAULIC LINES, BRAKE LINES... Read more
Incident date: Oct 9, 2014
I HAD A MECHANIC ROTATE MY TIRES AND NOTICED THE FRONT TIRES WERE MAKING ALOT OF NOISE. I RETURNED TO THE MECHANIC FOR AN INSPECTION AND HE SAID THAT THE TIRES CURRENTLY ON THE FRONT THAT WERE ON THE REAR HAVE SEVERE CUPPING PROBABLY DUE TO A SUSPENSION PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO RECALL NOTICE FOR THE PROBLEM. I HAD THE MECHANIC ROTATE ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 21, 2014
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK MY WIFE MADE A LANE CHANGE ON THE FREEWAY AND AS SHE CROSS THE LANE DIVIDE. THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE FAILED. THE TIRE PRESSURE DEFLATED RAPIDLY CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY AND DISCOVERED THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS DO TO A SLIT IN THE SIDEWALL. THE RIM WAS DAMAGED AND THE TIRE COULD NOT BE SAVED. *TR
FIRESTONE
FIREHAWK GT V
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 23, 2014
Incident date: Oct 21, 2014
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK MY WIFE MADE A LANE CHANGE ON THE FREEWAY AND AS SHE CROSS THE LANE DIVIDE. THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE FAILED. THE TIRE PRESSURE DEFLATED RAPIDLY CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY AND DISCOVERED THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS DO TO A SLIT IN THE SIDEWALL. THE RIM WAS DAMAGED AND THE TIRE COULD NOT BE SAVED. *TR
HYUNDAI
ELANTRA TOURING
(2012) - TIRES
Oct 23, 2014
Incident date: Aug 11, 2014
I PURCHASED 4 TIRES ON 6/14/2013, AND HAD TO REPLACE THEM ALL OF THREE OF THEM ON 8/11/2014. FOR BELT SEPARATION. THE COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR, IT WOULD NOT STAY ON THE ROAD. I CONTACTED BRIDGESTONE ON 8/20/2014, TO REPORT THE 3 FAULTY TIRES, AND THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN BACK WITH ME. I HAVE REACHED OUT SEVERAL TIMES TO THEM WITH NO REPLY. THEY GAVE ME A REFERENCE# AND THAT WAS IT. I DROVE APPROX.20,00... Read more
Fire
FUZION
FUZION HRI
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 23, 2014
Incident date: Aug 11, 2014
I PURCHASED 4 TIRES ON 6/14/2013, AND HAD TO REPLACE THEM ALL OF THREE OF THEM ON 8/11/2014. FOR BELT SEPARATION. THE COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR, IT WOULD NOT STAY ON THE ROAD. I CONTACTED BRIDGESTONE ON 8/20/2014, TO REPORT THE 3 FAULTY TIRES, AND THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN BACK WITH ME. I HAVE REACHED OUT SEVERAL TIMES TO THEM WITH NO REPLY. THEY GAVE ME A REFERENCE# AND THAT WAS IT. I DROVE APPROX.20,00... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Oct 21, 2014
I PURCHASED FOUR NEW HIFLY HF201 TIRES, SIZE 185/65R15, ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2014. ON OCTOBER 21, 2014, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE FREEWAY. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF HOLES -- ONE AS LARGE AS A BASEBALL -- ALONG THE OUTER SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE TIRES WERE A LITTLE OVER ONE MONTH OLD, WERE PURCHASED NEW, AND WERE PROFESSIONAL INSTALLED. I D... Read more
Incident date: Oct 23, 2014
THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD A MECHANIC MAKE SURE ALL TIRES WERE 32 PSI AND RESET THE LIGHT. IT CAME BACK ON 30 MINUTES LATER. PULLED IN THE NEAREST HONDA DEALERSHIP AND SERVICE DEPT. TOLD ME THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2014'S THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX. GOT HOME AND GOOGLED IT-FORUMS SAY IT IS A GLITCH IN THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SOFTWARE. NOW CAN I TRUST MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES?? MY CAR IS O... Read more
Incident date: Oct 16, 2013
THE FRONT TIRES WEAR QUICKLY ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES. BOUGHT VAN NEW AND WITHIN 5,000 MILES THE FRONT TIRES WERE BALD ON OUTSIDE EDGE OF BOTH TIRES. ALIGNMENT WAS CHECKED AND DETERMINED TO BE IN SPEC. ROTATED TIRES TO BACK AND NOW ROTATED TIRES EXHIBITING SAME WEAR PATTERN. TIRES WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO WEAR ON OUTSIDE EDGE AND LOOSE TRACTION IN WET WEATHER. *TR
VOLKSWAGEN
CC
(2013) - TIRES
Oct 22, 2014
Incident date: Dec 9, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VOLKSWAGEN CC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES RUBBED AGAINST THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TIRES WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,891.
Incident date: Aug 18, 2014
THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I STOPPED TO FILL MY TIRES, THE FORCE OF THE AIR HOSE BLEW THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR INTO MY TIRE. I HAD TO HAVE THE SENSOR REPLACED, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE OTHER 3 SENSORS WERE CLOSE TO WEARING THROUGH AS WELL. *TR
FOREST RIVER
RANCE
(2013) - TIRES
Oct 21, 2014
Incident date: Oct 9, 2014
WE HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT ON OUR TRAVEL TRAILER WHILE TRAVELING 60 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY. THE TIRES WERE AT PROPER INFLATION AND WERE NOT OVERLOADED. THE TIRES WERE LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD. *TR
LIONSHEAD
TRAIL EXPRESS
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 21, 2014
Incident date: Oct 9, 2014
WE HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT ON OUR TRAVEL TRAILER WHILE TRAVELING 60 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY. THE TIRES WERE AT PROPER INFLATION AND WERE NOT OVERLOADED. THE TIRES WERE LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD. *TR
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
COMPLAINT: UNAVAILABILITY OF MICHELIN 235/80R 22.5 XRV TIRES. THESE TIRES ARE SPECIFICALLY MANUFACTURED FOR CLASS A MOTOR HOMES. MY ORIGINAL TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED AND I CANNOT LOCATE THESE TIRES FOR PURCHASE ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. COMPLAINTS/QUESTIONS TO MICHELIN HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED. TIRE DEALERS ONLY KNOW THAT "THEY ARE ON BACK-ORDER". FORD HAS INCREASED THE PRODUCTION OF CLASS "A" MOT... Read more
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
COMPLAINT: UNAVAILABILITY OF MICHELIN 235/80R 22.5 XRV TIRES. THESE TIRES ARE SPECIFICALLY MANUFACTURED FOR CLASS A MOTOR HOMES. MY ORIGINAL TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED AND I CANNOT LOCATE THESE TIRES FOR PURCHASE ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. COMPLAINTS/QUESTIONS TO MICHELIN HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED. TIRE DEALERS ONLY KNOW THAT "THEY ARE ON BACK-ORDER". FORD HAS INCREASED THE PRODUCTION OF CLASS "A" MOT... Read more
JAYCO
GREYHAWK CLASS C
(2008) - TIRES
Oct 21, 2014
Incident date: Sep 19, 2014
I PURCHASED SIX NEXEN TIRES OVER A YEAR AGO FOR MY JAYHAWK CAMPER. THREE WEEKS AGO I TOOK A TRIP TO ASHVILLE NC AND DURING THE TRIP TWO OF THE BACK TIRES --ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE RV DEVELOPED RIDGES DOWN THE CENTER OF THE TIRE AND CAME APART. I TOOK THE TIRES BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD ONLY GIVE ME $75 FOR ONE OF THE TIRES BECAUSE ONE HAD BEEN DRIVEN WHILE FLAT. I A... Read more
NEXEN
ROADIAN HP
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 21, 2014
Incident date: Sep 19, 2014
I PURCHASED SIX NEXEN TIRES OVER A YEAR AGO FOR MY JAYHAWK CAMPER. THREE WEEKS AGO I TOOK A TRIP TO ASHVILLE NC AND DURING THE TRIP TWO OF THE BACK TIRES --ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE RV DEVELOPED RIDGES DOWN THE CENTER OF THE TIRE AND CAME APART. I TOOK THE TIRES BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD ONLY GIVE ME $75 FOR ONE OF THE TIRES BECAUSE ONE HAD BEEN DRIVEN WHILE FLAT. I A... Read more
Incident date: Oct 23, 2013
THE TPS INDICATOR LIGHT HAS BEEN ON ALMOST SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. DEALER SAYS TIRE PRESSURE IS OK, BUT AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, THE LIGHT WILL COME ON AGAIN. IT IS VERY ANNOYING DOES NOT OFFER A SENSE OF SECURITY AND SAFETY. WE HAVE OWNED 3 HONDAS INCLUDING A 2009 CRV AND NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS TSP INDICATOR LIGHT ISSUE EXCEPT WHEN THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS LOW. *TR
Incident date: Oct 5, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TR TIRES, SIZES LT275/70R/ 18, DOT NUMBER P515 46XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THERE WAS VIBRATION AND THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. ALSO, THE TIRE EXHIBITED TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE... Read more
CONTINENTAL
CONTITRAC TR
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 20, 2014
Incident date: Oct 5, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TR TIRES, SIZES LT275/70R/ 18, DOT NUMBER P515 46XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THERE WAS VIBRATION AND THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. ALSO, THE TIRE EXHIBITED TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE... Read more
MERCURY
MOUNTAINEER
(2007) - TIRES
Oct 19, 2014
Incident date: Oct 19, 2014
PURCHASE 4 NEW TIRES MARCH 9, 2013 FROM OUR LOCAL MR. TIRE IN MARION OHIO. THEY STARTED GOING BAD THIS SUMMER. WENT TO MANAGER AND WAS TOLD YOU NEVER HAD THEN ROTATED AS TOLD. WE DID GO AFTER 6 MONTHS OF PURCHASE AND TOLD TO COME BACK NEXT DAY SINCE THEY WERE TOO BUSY THAT DAY. THEY WERE NOT NICE AND I CALLED TIRE COMPANY GITI TIRE AND WAS TOLD TO HAVE THE STORE CALL THEM WHICH MR. TIRE NEVER D... Read more
Incident date: Aug 27, 2014
PREMATURE TIRE CUPPING OF REAR TIRES. ALL TIRES ROTATED ACCORDING TO MAZDA MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. RESULT IN TIRE ROAD NOISE, UNEVEN WEAR, EARLY REPLACEMENT. REAR CAMBER SETTING IS POSSIBLE ISSUE. *TR
Incident date: Oct 11, 2014
ON 10/11/14 WE WERE TRAVELING FROM OUR HOME IN HAVELOCK, NC TO THE CHARLOTTE AREA. WITH ABOUT 20 MINUTES INTO THE TRIP WE FELT A VIOLENT VIBRATION AND THEN THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW! MIRACULOUSLY, MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO PULL HIS FORD F-250 PICKUP TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT! THE TIRE WAS FLAT WITH MUCH OF THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. ALSO, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE... Read more
Incident date: Jul 10, 2014
THE DAY, JULY 10, 2014, STARTED OUT WITH MY WIFE, GRANDDAUGHTER AND ME GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE IN MY 2008 JEEP LIBERTY. WE WERE BACK BY NOON, HAD SOME LUNCH AND ABOUT 1:30PM PUT GRANDDAUGHTER DOWN FOR A NAP. ABOUT 2:00PM WIFE NEEDED TO GO INTO TOWN FOR AN ERRAND. SHE BACKED THE JEEP OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND CONTINUED DOWN THE ROAD GOING ABOUT 15 MPH. THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLOWS (4 TIRES O... Read more
Incident date: Oct 15, 2014
OEM TIRES FOR REAR P245/55-18 NOT AVAILABLE FROM MANUFACTURER FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. PART # SHOWS TIRE IS NOT DISCONTINUED YET NO TIRES ARE AVAILABLE BY B.F. GOODRICH. NO SOLUTION IS OFFERED AND BF GOODRICH DOES NOT RETURN PHONE CALLS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. REPEATED PHONE CALLS TO BF GOODRICH OVER EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME SHOWS PROBLEM IS RECOGNIZED-NO PRODUCTION DATE OF THIS TIRE KNOWN. ... Read more
Incident date: May 3, 2010
CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A BLOWN TIRE AND WARRANTY. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED A TIRE ON THE TRAILER BLEW OUT AND SHREDDED AND ANOTHER TIRE, HAD A BULGE IN IT. THE CONSUMER CHECKED THE REMAINING TIRES, AND DISCOVERED BUBBLES WERE FORMING ON THEM. *JB
Incident date: May 3, 2010
CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A BLOWN TIRE AND WARRANTY. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED A TIRE ON THE TRAILER BLEW OUT AND SHREDDED AND ANOTHER TIRE, HAD A BULGE IN IT. THE CONSUMER CHECKED THE REMAINING TIRES, AND DISCOVERED BUBBLES WERE FORMING ON THEM. *JB
Incident date: Dec 23, 2013
REAR TIRES ARE CUPPING EVERY 10,000 MILES. I HAD FRONT AND REAR ALIGNMENT DONE AND NO CHANGE. READ ONLINE IT IS A BIG ISSUE WITH THESE. MAYBE FAULTY MANUFACTURER STRUTS? SOUNDS LIKE TIRES ARE ABOUT TO FALL OFF THE REAR HUBS. VERY LOUD. AND KEEP HAVING TO BUY NEW TIRES. *TR
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
2014 CHEVROLET CAMARO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO KEY PROBLEM RECALL NOTICE AND EXPRESSES DISCONTENT OVER VEHICLE TIRES. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHO COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE TEMPERATURE, WAS BELOW 35 DEGREES, BECAUSE THE CAME EQUIPPED WITH SUMMER TIRES.
Incident date: Oct 7, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIE ROD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AFTER EVERY FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V528000 (STEERING), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 11, 2014
MY DAUGHTER HAS A HYUNDAI ELANTRA 2013 WITH 6700 MILES, SHE WAS DRIVING AT 60MPH ON A FREEWAY AND HER PASSENGER FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. SHE LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO THE CONCRETE BARRIER ON THE FREEWAY. SHE HAS FRAME AND BODY DAMAGE TO HER FRONT END. THANK GOD SHE IS OK EXCEPT FOR HER COLLAR BONE AREA BEING BRUISED FROM HER SEAT BELT. SHE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING BEFORE THE BLOW OUT. SHE COULD HAVE BEE... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 17, 2014
ON MY LAST 2 VISITS TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, I HAVE BEEN TALKED WITH ABOUT REPLACING MY TIRES. THE TIRES ARE ORIGINAL TO THE CAR AND ARE THE CONTINENTAL 4X4 CONTACT M&S 225165R 17 102T. I HAVE 18,00 MILES ON THE CAR AND IT IS KEPT IN A GARAGE WHEN NOT DRIVING. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRES WERE "SOFT" AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $633.60 PLUS. I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I THOUGHT TIRES LA... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2012) - TIRES
Oct 13, 2014
Incident date: Oct 11, 2014
2012 JETTA WITH SEVERE CRACKING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES. 205/55/16. CALLED HANKOOK AND THEY RESPONDED THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. VW DEALER HAS PHOTOS OF 20 CARS WITH THE SAME CONCERN, BUT TIRES ARE NOT COVERED BY VW, ONLY THROUGH TIRE MANUFACTURER. AFTER READING ALL THE OTHER HANCOOK OPTIMO 725A TIRE SEVER CRACKING, THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND NEEDS INVESTIGATION. *TR
HANKOOK
OPTIMO H725A
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 13, 2014
Incident date: Oct 11, 2014
2012 JETTA WITH SEVERE CRACKING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES. 205/55/16. CALLED HANKOOK AND THEY RESPONDED THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. VW DEALER HAS PHOTOS OF 20 CARS WITH THE SAME CONCERN, BUT TIRES ARE NOT COVERED BY VW, ONLY THROUGH TIRE MANUFACTURER. AFTER READING ALL THE OTHER HANCOOK OPTIMO 725A TIRE SEVER CRACKING, THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND NEEDS INVESTIGATION. *TR
Incident date: Jul 25, 2014
ALL 4 TIRES ON MY 2013 FORD MUSTANG MILEAGE 18598 HAS SLIPPED BELTS PER BOB RIDINGS FORD DECATUR IL & NEAL TIRES DECATUR ILL.SENT PAPER WOOK IN TO PIPELLI TIRE. I REPLACED WITH NEW TIRES AT MY EXPENCE. THIS TIRE A P 235/ZR18 97W & IS ON THE RECALL LIST ALL 4 TIRES ARE BAD. *TR