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
JEEP
COMPASS 4X4
(2009) - TIRES
Mar 18, 2014
Incident date: Jan 5, 2010
THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH COMES ON CONTINUALLY ON THIS VEHICLE; EVEN WHEN ALL FOUR TIRES ARE PROPERLY INFLATED. AS AN EXAMPLE, I JUST HAD NEW TIRES INSTALLED, ALL WERE SET TO THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE, AND WITHIN HOURS OF LEAVING THE TIRE SHOP, THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT BEGAN COMING ON. IT COMES ON CONTINUALLY. THERE WILL BE PERIODS W... Read more
MASERATI
QUATTROPORTE
(2007) - TIRES
Mar 18, 2014
Incident date: Jan 3, 2014
HAD 2 BLOW OUTS ON A TRIP TO RALEIGH NC CHANGED FIRST ON WAY THEIR & JACK WORKED FINE TO REPLACE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WITH MY SPARE, ON TRIP HOME HAD A BLOW OUT ON REAR PASSENGER TIRE SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER SPARE TIRE I HAD TO BE PICKED UP 60 MILES FROM HOME BY MY WIFE & WENT NEXT DAY WITH SPARE TIRES TO CHANGE TIRES AND BRING CAR HOME. UPON CHANGING FIRST TIRE JACK WORKED FINE THEN UPON... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2014
THE DOOR LOCKS KEEP MAKING A CLICKING NOISE EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS NOT STARTED. HAVE TO TURN THEM OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES TO MAKE IT STOP BUT A FEW DAYS LATER IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I HAVE 4 BRAND NEW TIRES AND THE TIRE SENSOR LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. THE FRONT DRIVER TIRE KEEPS LOSING AIR. HAVE HAD IT CHECKED AND THERE IS NO LEAKS ANYWHERE. THEY PUT AIR IN AND TIRE SENSOR LIGHT GOES OFF BUT WITHIN 30... Read more
Incident date: Mar 15, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A CONTINENTAL EXTREME CONTACT TIRE, SIZE: 205/55R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE SUSTAINED A BLOW OUT. THE CONTACT ALSO DISCOVERED A BLISTER ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED IN REFERENCE TO THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIR... Read more
CONTINENTAL
EXTREMECONTACT DWS
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 17, 2014
Incident date: Mar 15, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A CONTINENTAL EXTREME CONTACT TIRE, SIZE: 205/55R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE SUSTAINED A BLOW OUT. THE CONTACT ALSO DISCOVERED A BLISTER ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED IN REFERENCE TO THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIR... Read more
FORD
TRANSIT CONNECT
(2012) - TIRES
Mar 17, 2014
Incident date: Mar 17, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FREEDOM ELITE MOTOR HOME EQUIPPED WITH A SET OF MICHELIN LTX M/S TIRES, SIZE: LT225/75 R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13T012000 (TIRES) REPORTED IN DECEMBER OF 2013 AND THAT PARTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE BEFORE MARCH OF 2014. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED BUT THE DEALER STATED T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 17, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FREEDOM ELITE MOTOR HOME EQUIPPED WITH A SET OF MICHELIN LTX M/S TIRES, SIZE: LT225/75 R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13T012000 (TIRES) REPORTED IN DECEMBER OF 2013 AND THAT PARTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE BEFORE MARCH OF 2014. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED BUT THE DEALER STATED T... Read more
Incident date: Feb 24, 2014
I HAVE HAD 2 BLOWOUTS WITHIN A 3 MONTH PERIOD OF MY FRONT DRIVERS' SIDE GOODYEAR WEATHERHANDLER FUEL MAX TIRES. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT IT WAS A SMOOTH STOP BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT I HAD TWO IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE TIRES ONLY BEING 2 YEARS OLD. I HAD MY CAR CHECKED OUT, FRONT END CHECKED AND NO PROBLEMS THERE. THE INSIDE RIM OF BOTH TIRES WERE "DRY ROTTED" PER ONE TIRE GUY AND UNEXP... Read more
GOODYEAR
WEATHERHANDLER LS
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 17, 2014
Incident date: Feb 24, 2014
I HAVE HAD 2 BLOWOUTS WITHIN A 3 MONTH PERIOD OF MY FRONT DRIVERS' SIDE GOODYEAR WEATHERHANDLER FUEL MAX TIRES. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT IT WAS A SMOOTH STOP BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT I HAD TWO IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE TIRES ONLY BEING 2 YEARS OLD. I HAD MY CAR CHECKED OUT, FRONT END CHECKED AND NO PROBLEMS THERE. THE INSIDE RIM OF BOTH TIRES WERE "DRY ROTTED" PER ONE TIRE GUY AND UNEXP... Read more
FORD
EXPEDITION
(1997) - TIRES
Mar 17, 2014
Incident date: Sep 5, 2013
WHILE TRAVELING S/B AT APPROX 70 MPH ON I5 IN ORANGE COUNTY CA, RR TIRE OF 97 FORD EXPEDITION SUFFERED 360 DEGREE TREAD SEPARATION. LOSS OF CONTROL, ROLL. FRONT PASSENGER DIED. DRIVER LOST THREE FINGERS. DEFINITY DAKOTA H/T, DOT UPCU PA7 1508 (COOPER, FINDLEY PLANT). DOA 9/5/13. *TR
Crash
DEFINITY
DEFINITY DAKOTA H/T
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 17, 2014
Incident date: Sep 5, 2013
WHILE TRAVELING S/B AT APPROX 70 MPH ON I5 IN ORANGE COUNTY CA, RR TIRE OF 97 FORD EXPEDITION SUFFERED 360 DEGREE TREAD SEPARATION. LOSS OF CONTROL, ROLL. FRONT PASSENGER DIED. DRIVER LOST THREE FINGERS. DEFINITY DAKOTA H/T, DOT UPCU PA7 1508 (COOPER, FINDLEY PLANT). DOA 9/5/13. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Feb 28, 2014
ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TO REPLACED BY ME AFTER ONLY 12,000 MILES. TWO OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT. POWER STEERING FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. SERVICE ADVANCETRAC IS ALSO NO LONGER WORKING. I HAVE TRIED TAKING MY CARE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP BUT THEY REFUSED TO FIX ANYTHING. THEY TOLD ME THE TIRES WERE MY FAULT, AND I TOLD THEM EITHER THEY THINK I AM STUPID OR THEY WERE NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN T... Read more
Incident date: Feb 28, 2014
ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TO REPLACED BY ME AFTER ONLY 12,000 MILES. TWO OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT. POWER STEERING FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. SERVICE ADVANCETRAC IS ALSO NO LONGER WORKING. I HAVE TRIED TAKING MY CARE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP BUT THEY REFUSED TO FIX ANYTHING. THEY TOLD ME THE TIRES WERE MY FAULT, AND I TOLD THEM EITHER THEY THINK I AM STUPID OR THEY WERE NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 10, 2014
HANKOOK TIRE H426 P215/45R17 87H PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE SIDEWALL BULGE 9,983 MILES ON TIRE, NO APPARENT ROAD HAZARD, NO CREDIT FROM HANKOOK COST $180 FOR NEW TIRE, MOUNTING, ONLINE SEARCH REVEALED HIGH INCIDENCE OF THIS TIRE AND SIDEWALL BULGE, ASKED HANKOOK FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE TRACKING, TOLD NO DUE TO THEIR OPINION TIRE FAILURE NOT A DEFECT BUT DUE TO ROAD HAZARD, TOO MANY INCIDENTS OF ... Read more
HANKOOK
OPTIMO H426
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 14, 2014
Incident date: Mar 10, 2014
HANKOOK TIRE H426 P215/45R17 87H PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE SIDEWALL BULGE 9,983 MILES ON TIRE, NO APPARENT ROAD HAZARD, NO CREDIT FROM HANKOOK COST $180 FOR NEW TIRE, MOUNTING, ONLINE SEARCH REVEALED HIGH INCIDENCE OF THIS TIRE AND SIDEWALL BULGE, ASKED HANKOOK FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE TRACKING, TOLD NO DUE TO THEIR OPINION TIRE FAILURE NOT A DEFECT BUT DUE TO ROAD HAZARD, TOO MANY INCIDENTS OF ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 14, 2014
I WAS DRIVING THIS MORNING AND MY LOW TIRE PRESSURE SIGNAL FLASHED. I WENT TO PUT AIR IN THE TIRE AND THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT! I HAD SPARE PUT ON AND THIS IS WHEN THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW" WARNING CAME ON AS WELL AS THE SERVICE ADVANCE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. *TR
Incident date: Jan 1, 2013
PURCHASE 2007 MUSTANG NEW AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN HAVING LOW TIRES EVERY OTHER DAY, DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL, NEVER DID ANYTHING. HAD TO RE-INFLATED TIRES AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK. FELT ROUGH HANDLING AND DEALER SAID WAS NORMAL BECAUSE CAR IS A SPORTS CAR. JANUARY 2013 ALL 4 PIRELLI P6 TIRES SIMULTANEOUSLY SPLIT, TORE, AND SIDEWALLS DEVELOPED INSTANTANEOUS RIPS AND ALL TIRES WENT FLAT WITHIN SECOND... Read more
Incident date: Mar 10, 2014
WRANGLER P265/70R16 TIRE I HAD BEEN PUTTING AIR IN TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS EVERY WEEK. THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE RUBBER ABOVE THREAD AND IN THE RIGGS ON THE TIRE I WAS TOLD BY TWO TIRE REPAIR STORE (GOODYEAR BEING THE SECOND ) COULD NOT BE REPAIRED WHERE LOCATED. ON THE10TH OF MARCH MY TIRE WAS FLAT DOWN TO THE RIM AND DURING THE ICE BLACK OUT (NO HEAT FOR 3 DAYS) NO CAR T... Read more
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO
WRANGLER AT/S
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 14, 2014
Incident date: Mar 10, 2014
WRANGLER P265/70R16 TIRE I HAD BEEN PUTTING AIR IN TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS EVERY WEEK. THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE RUBBER ABOVE THREAD AND IN THE RIGGS ON THE TIRE I WAS TOLD BY TWO TIRE REPAIR STORE (GOODYEAR BEING THE SECOND ) COULD NOT BE REPAIRED WHERE LOCATED. ON THE10TH OF MARCH MY TIRE WAS FLAT DOWN TO THE RIM AND DURING THE ICE BLACK OUT (NO HEAT FOR 3 DAYS) NO CAR T... Read more
CHEVROLET
SILVERADO 1500
(2003) - TIRES
Mar 14, 2014
Incident date: Jan 22, 2014
I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY BECAUSE I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE FREEWAY AND WAS PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE AUCTION THAT I WAS ATTENDING. WHEN I HEARD A NOISE I PARKED THE TRUCK AND LOOKED BACK TO SEE A WOMAN ROLLING A TIRE TOWARDS ME. SHE SAID YOU LOST YOUR TIRE. SURE ENOUGH THE TIRE ALONG WITH THE MECHANISM THAT DROPS AND RAISES THE TIRE CAME OFF THE FRAME. I`M SO GLAD IT HAPPENED IN THE PARKING... Read more
Incident date: Mar 12, 2014
BOTH FRONT TIRES DEVELOPED A BUBBLE AFTER GOING OVER A SMALL POTHOLE/BUMP AT UNDER 30MPH. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS CAR THAT I HAVE OWNED FOR JUST OVER 7 MONTHS AND 3500 MILES. THESE STOCK TIRES ON 2013 BMW 535XI AWD WITH M SPORT PACKAGE -- GOODYEAR EAGLE LS2 - SIZE 245/40R19 -- 98V CLEARLY HAVE A DESIGN FLAW OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND MUST BE RECALLED. IT IS A SERIOUS S... Read more
JAYCO
GREYHAWK CLASS C
(2011) - TIRES
Mar 13, 2014
Incident date: Mar 13, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JAYCO GREYHAWK CLASS C MOTOR HOME EQUIPPED WITH A SET OF MICHELIN LTX M/S TIRES, SIZE: LT225/75 R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13T012000 (TIRES) IN MID JANUARY 2014. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUF... Read more
Incident date: Mar 13, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 JAYCO GREYHAWK CLASS C MOTOR HOME EQUIPPED WITH A SET OF MICHELIN LTX M/S TIRES, SIZE: LT225/75 R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13T012000 (TIRES) IN MID JANUARY 2014. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUF... Read more
Incident date: Jan 14, 2014
TIRE LOW AIR INDICATOR CAME ON AND TIRE WENT FLAT. I LOOKED AT TIRE AND REFILLED WITH AIR JUST ABOVE THE SIDE WALL INTO THE TREAD ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE TIRE WAS THREE HOLES UP TO 1/4 AND THE SIDE WALL HAD A BUBBLE THREE INCHES ACROSS JUST ABOUT 3 INCHES BELOW THE THREE HOLES . I HIT NOTHING AND DID NOT DAMAGE THE SIDEWALL. THE DEALER AUTO NATION IN SPRING TX ACTED LIKE A 3RD GRADER SHRUGGED ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 20, 2014
THE TIRE THAT I BELIEVE IS FAULTY, RAN LOW ON AIR FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THEN I AIRED IT UP - EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL I TRIED TO GO INTO TOWN ONE EVENING AND IT FELT LIKE I WAS RIDING ON MY RIM. IT SOUNDED AWFUL. ONCE I WAS STOPPED AT A STREET LIGHT, I OPENED MY CAR DOOR AND THERE WERE PIECES OF TIRE JUST SITTING UNDERNEATH MY CAR AND UNDER THE TIRE. SO I FINALLY PULLED INTO A GAS STATION, SURE ENO... Read more
Incident date: Feb 20, 2014
THE TIRE THAT I BELIEVE IS FAULTY, RAN LOW ON AIR FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THEN I AIRED IT UP - EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL I TRIED TO GO INTO TOWN ONE EVENING AND IT FELT LIKE I WAS RIDING ON MY RIM. IT SOUNDED AWFUL. ONCE I WAS STOPPED AT A STREET LIGHT, I OPENED MY CAR DOOR AND THERE WERE PIECES OF TIRE JUST SITTING UNDERNEATH MY CAR AND UNDER THE TIRE. SO I FINALLY PULLED INTO A GAS STATION, SURE ENO... Read more
Incident date: Mar 30, 2012
WE OWNED A 2007 CHRYSLER PACIFICA CAR FOR 3 MONTHS, 46000 MILES APPROX, WHEN PURCHASED. AFTER THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, THE REAR TIRES WENT COMPLETELY BALD , WIRES POKING OUT, THE CAR WAS BOTTOMING OUT ON EVERY BUMP. THE SPRINGS WERE WEAK WE WERE TOLD. THE SHOCKS WERE BROKEN, THE TIRES WERE COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE AND THE DEALER DID FIX AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. 2 NEW TIRES REPLACED , WHEEL AL... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XL883L
(2013) - TIRES
Mar 12, 2014
Incident date: Feb 14, 2014
2013 HARLEY DAVIDSON XL883L. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE TIRES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE THE TIRES LOST TRACTION, ON WET PAVEMENT. THE TIRES HAD NO TREAD IN THE MIDDLE AND WERE COMPLETELY SMOOTH IN THE MIDDLE.
Incident date: Mar 1, 2013
TIRES ON HONDA RIDGELINE MICHELIN LTX M/S 245 60/18 (N/A) HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED AS DRY ROTTING. I'VE READ COMPLAINT 10456126 OF THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THIS IS MORE COMMON THAN ANTICIPATED AFTER A GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED MORE PEOPLE WITH THE ISSUE. *TR
Incident date: Mar 1, 2013
TIRES ON HONDA RIDGELINE MICHELIN LTX M/S 245 60/18 (N/A) HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED AS DRY ROTTING. I'VE READ COMPLAINT 10456126 OF THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THIS IS MORE COMMON THAN ANTICIPATED AFTER A GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED MORE PEOPLE WITH THE ISSUE. *TR
Incident date: Sep 19, 2012
IT IS NOW MARCH 2014, AND 3 OF THE TPMS VALVE STEMS HAVE CORRODED AND ARE FALLING APART. THE FIRST ONE WAS DISCOVERED DURING TIRE REPLACEMENT. NOW 2 MORE ARE FALLING APART. ALL COMPONENTS ARE THE ORIGINAL, SO THE CLAIM ABOUT GALVANIC CORROSION DUE TO USING AFTERMARKET VALVES WITH BRASS IS IRRELEVANT. MAZDA HAS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AND IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. FOR REFERENCE I ALSO OWN A TOYOT... Read more
Incident date: Jun 16, 2012
IN 2012 WE HAD A NAIL THROUGH THE TIRE OF THE 2011 JEEP PATRIOT THAT WE BOUGHT NEW. WHEN WE TOOK THE CAR TO TIRES PLUS TO HAVE THE TIRE REPLACED. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T LEGALLY REPLACE JUST ONE TIRE. THE TREAD WEAR WAS SO AWFUL; UNEVEN, DIFFERENT TREAD VARIANCES, THEY COULDN'T MATCH ONE USED TIRE. HOW WOULD THEY PICK WHAT TIRE TO MATCH IT UP TOO. WE ENDED UP WITH 4 NEW TIRES, WE WERE AL... Read more
Incident date: Mar 9, 2014
I PURCHASED FOUR TIRES APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS AGO. IN THE LAST WEEK, THREE OF THOSE TIRES DEVELOPED BULGES IN THEM, WHICH COULD'VE RESULTED IN A BLOWOUT. I WAS CONCERNED FOR MY FAMILY AND MY SAFETY BECAUSE I DRIVE THE HIGHWAY FREQUENTLY, TRANSPORTING MY CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE SHOP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TIRES. TIRE ONE WAS REPLACED WITH A ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY. I D... Read more
TOYO
VERSADO CUV
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 11, 2014
Incident date: Mar 9, 2014
I PURCHASED FOUR TIRES APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS AGO. IN THE LAST WEEK, THREE OF THOSE TIRES DEVELOPED BULGES IN THEM, WHICH COULD'VE RESULTED IN A BLOWOUT. I WAS CONCERNED FOR MY FAMILY AND MY SAFETY BECAUSE I DRIVE THE HIGHWAY FREQUENTLY, TRANSPORTING MY CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE SHOP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TIRES. TIRE ONE WAS REPLACED WITH A ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY. I D... Read more
Incident date: Nov 6, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR DUNLOP SIGNATURE TIRES, SIZE 255/50/R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE WORKING UP TO STANDARDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE DOT NUMBER AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE TIRE FAILURE... Read more
GOODYEAR
DUNLOP SIGNATURE
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 11, 2014
Incident date: Nov 6, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR DUNLOP SIGNATURE TIRES, SIZE 255/50/R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE WORKING UP TO STANDARDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE DOT NUMBER AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE TIRE FAILURE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 11, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH A SET OF CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TIRES, SIZE: 275/65/R18. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXHIBITED TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER ... Read more
CONTINENTAL
CONTITRAC
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 10, 2014
Incident date: Feb 11, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH A SET OF CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TIRES, SIZE: 275/65/R18. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXHIBITED TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 17, 2013
POTHOLE INDUCED TIRE FAILURE - TORN SIDEWALL. THE LIMITED EDITION OF THIS CAR IS FITTED WITH 17" RIMS -- STOCK TIRE IS A 215.45.17. WITH APPROXIMATELY 22,000 MILES OF DRIVING, WE HAVE DESTROYED THREE TIRES ON POTHOLES, FORTUNATELY ALL WERE AT LOW SPEED AND THERE WAS NO LOSS OF CONTROL. HOWEVER, HITTING A POTHOLE OR OTHER BREAK IN THE PAVEMENT AT HIGH SPEED COULD EASILY DESTROY THE TIRE AND... Read more
Incident date: Mar 4, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC TERRAIN EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES LINE LATITUDE TOUR TIRES, SIZE P235-55-R18, AND DOT NUMBER: M33J-007. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL TIRES EXHIBITED TREAD SEPARATION AND CRACKS FROM THE SIDEWALL. ADDITIONALLY, THE STEEL BELT WAS SEPARATED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE ... Read more
MICHELIN
LATITUDE TOUR
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 10, 2014
Incident date: Mar 4, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC TERRAIN EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES LINE LATITUDE TOUR TIRES, SIZE P235-55-R18, AND DOT NUMBER: M33J-007. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL TIRES EXHIBITED TREAD SEPARATION AND CRACKS FROM THE SIDEWALL. ADDITIONALLY, THE STEEL BELT WAS SEPARATED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 9, 2014
TIRE WITH ONLY 8800 MILES WENT FLAT AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. *TR
HANKOOK
OPTIMO H426
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 10, 2014
Incident date: Mar 9, 2014
TIRE WITH ONLY 8800 MILES WENT FLAT AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. *TR
DODGE
GRAND CARAVAN
(2009) - TIRES
Mar 9, 2014
Incident date: Feb 25, 2014
ON TWO OCCASIONS IN PAST THREE WEEKS. THE TPMS VALVE STEMS SNAPPED OFF, RESULTING IN THE IMMEDIATE DEFLATION OF A TIRE. BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED AT LOW SPEEDS (UNDER 10 MILES/HOUR). *TR
Incident date: Mar 3, 2014
ABOUT A YEAR AGO I BOUGHT 4 NEW TIRES FOR MY MAZDA 3. SIX MONTHS LATER I WENT IN FOR MY ROUTINE ALIGNMENT AND TIRE ROTATION. THEY SAID MY TWO REAR TIRES WERE WORN DOWN TO SHOWING THE WIRING AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A BLOW OUT. THEY REFUSED TO PUT THE TIRES BACK ON FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. I HAD TO PURCHASE TWO USED TIRES THAT HAD ABOUT THE SAME MILEAGE MY OTHER TIRES HAD ON THEM. AGAIN 5-6 MO... Read more
Incident date: Mar 7, 2014
THE LEFT REAR ORIGINAL GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S P265/70R16 TIRE ON MY 2002 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD PICK-UP TRUCK HAS BELT SEPARATION. THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 17,685 MILES ON IT. THE TRUCK IS USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR PRIMARILY AS A SPARE VEHICLE WHEN THE CAR IS BEING USED. I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE DOT NUMBER. *TR
GOODYEAR
WRANGLER RT/S
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 8, 2014
Incident date: Mar 7, 2014
THE LEFT REAR ORIGINAL GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S P265/70R16 TIRE ON MY 2002 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD PICK-UP TRUCK HAS BELT SEPARATION. THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 17,685 MILES ON IT. THE TRUCK IS USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR PRIMARILY AS A SPARE VEHICLE WHEN THE CAR IS BEING USED. I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE DOT NUMBER. *TR
Incident date: Mar 1, 2014
AFTER 4 YEARS AND 22,000 MILES , ALL 4 TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED SIDEWALL CRACKS AND ARE LEAKING AIR THROUGH THOSE CRACKS. THESE ARE THE TRAIL MARK LT245 X16 TIRES MADE BY KELLEY SPRINGFIELD ( GOODYEAR). THEY ARE ON MY CHEVY K2500 4X4 TRUCK, ALWAYS ROTATED AND INFLATED TO 40 LBS. WHEN NOT CARRYING ANY LOADS. TREAD WEAR IS EVEN WITH MORE THAN HALF LIFE REMAINING. *TR
TRAIL MARK
LT24575R16
(9999) - TIRES
Mar 8, 2014
Incident date: Mar 1, 2014
AFTER 4 YEARS AND 22,000 MILES , ALL 4 TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED SIDEWALL CRACKS AND ARE LEAKING AIR THROUGH THOSE CRACKS. THESE ARE THE TRAIL MARK LT245 X16 TIRES MADE BY KELLEY SPRINGFIELD ( GOODYEAR). THEY ARE ON MY CHEVY K2500 4X4 TRUCK, ALWAYS ROTATED AND INFLATED TO 40 LBS. WHEN NOT CARRYING ANY LOADS. TREAD WEAR IS EVEN WITH MORE THAN HALF LIFE REMAINING. *TR
Incident date: Jan 22, 2014
TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE BROKE OFF, RESULTING IN SUDDEN LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE AND THE NEED TO SUDDENLY SLOW AND PULL OVER. AFTER TAKING IT INTO BE SERVICED, THE MAZDA DEALER SAYS ALL FOUR ARE CORRODED, AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. AT 4 YEARS AND LESS THAN 40,000 MILES, THIS SEEMS CLEARLY LIKE A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE CAR IN GENERAL. *TR