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: Oct 20, 2019
ROCKWOOD RV TRAILER TIRE EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE DURING USE. BLOWOUT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 65MPH ON INTERSTATE. TIRES HAD JUST BEEN AIRED AND TRAILER WAS LIGHTLY LOADED. TIRE BLOWOUT CAUSED AN EMERGENCY EXIT FROM ROADWAY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TRAILER. TRAILER MODEL IS INCORRECTLY IDENTIFIED LATER IN THIS FORM BECAUSE ACTUAL MODEL IS NOT LISTED. ACTUAL MODEL IS ROCKWOOD LITE WEIGHT CR... Read more
Incident date: Oct 10, 2019
ITS JUST TOLD BY UHAUL THAT DRIVING OVER 1500 MILES ON TWO DIFFERENT TIRES WITH TWO DIFFERENT TREADS WAS SAFE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. WE DROVE THROUGH A STORM. SHE OFFERED ME A $65 REFUND. I PURCHASED A UHAUL IN NY AND DROVE OVER 1500 MILES WITH A DOLLY THAT HAD TWO DIFFERENT TIRE TREADS TO BE TOLD BY A MARKETING PRESIDENT THAT THE TIRES WERE OKAY TO DRIVE ON. ANY SANE PERSON KNOWS THAT DRIVING ON ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 10, 2019
ITS JUST TOLD BY UHAUL THAT DRIVING OVER 1500 MILES ON TWO DIFFERENT TIRES WITH TWO DIFFERENT TREADS WAS SAFE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. WE DROVE THROUGH A STORM. SHE OFFERED ME A $65 REFUND. I PURCHASED A UHAUL IN NY AND DROVE OVER 1500 MILES WITH A DOLLY THAT HAD TWO DIFFERENT TIRE TREADS TO BE TOLD BY A MARKETING PRESIDENT THAT THE TIRES WERE OKAY TO DRIVE ON. ANY SANE PERSON KNOWS THAT DRIVING ON ... Read more
Incident date: Jul 16, 2019
DRIVER WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE AT THE REAR OF THE CAR AND FELT THE STEERING BECOME UNSTEADY. DRIVER LOOKED AT REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW A BLACK OBJECT FLY FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR ONTO THE HIGHWAY. DRIVER PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER AND FOUND THAT A LARGE PIECE OF THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS GONE. THE TREAD ON ONE OF THE REAR PIRELLI SCOR... Read more
PIRELLI
SCORPION VERDE ALL SEASON
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 28, 2019
Incident date: Jul 16, 2019
DRIVER WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE AT THE REAR OF THE CAR AND FELT THE STEERING BECOME UNSTEADY. DRIVER LOOKED AT REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW A BLACK OBJECT FLY FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR ONTO THE HIGHWAY. DRIVER PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER AND FOUND THAT A LARGE PIECE OF THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS GONE. THE TREAD ON ONE OF THE REAR PIRELLI SCOR... Read more
Incident date: Oct 22, 2019
TWO TIRE FAILURES WITHIN 100 MILES, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF TRAVEL TRAILER. TIRES WERE ABOUT A YEAR OLD AND HAD WELL UNDER 5,000 MILES. TIRES WERE INFLATED TO MAX RECOMMENDED PSI AND TIRES/HUBS WERE INSPECTED A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED. TRAILER WEIGHT WAS WELL UNDER MAX WEIGHT ALLOWED AND WELL WITHIN THE RATINGS OF THE TIRES. EACH FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY.... Read more
Incident date: Oct 22, 2019
TWO TIRE FAILURES WITHIN 100 MILES, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF TRAVEL TRAILER. TIRES WERE ABOUT A YEAR OLD AND HAD WELL UNDER 5,000 MILES. TIRES WERE INFLATED TO MAX RECOMMENDED PSI AND TIRES/HUBS WERE INSPECTED A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED. TRAILER WEIGHT WAS WELL UNDER MAX WEIGHT ALLOWED AND WELL WITHIN THE RATINGS OF THE TIRES. EACH FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY.... Read more
COLEMAN
CT-187-105
(2010) - TIRES
Oct 25, 2019
Incident date: Oct 24, 2019
TIRE EXPLODED WHILE TRAVELING BUSY INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. NO ROAD DEBRIS. TIRES WITH LESS THAN 4000 MILES INSPECTED PRIOR TO TRIP & PROPERLY INFLATED. ON POP UP CAMPER WITH NO EXCESSIVE WEIGHT. ALSO BENT THE CAMPER INNER FENDER SUPPORT WHICH HAD TO BE BEAT BACK INTO PLACE BEFORE SPARE COULD BE MOUNTED. ALSO BROKE THE DECK LIGHT ON SIDE OF CAMPER. VERY LUCKY NO ONE GOT HURT! *DT *... Read more
TOWMAX STR
ST
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 25, 2019
Incident date: Oct 24, 2019
TIRE EXPLODED WHILE TRAVELING BUSY INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. NO ROAD DEBRIS. TIRES WITH LESS THAN 4000 MILES INSPECTED PRIOR TO TRIP & PROPERLY INFLATED. ON POP UP CAMPER WITH NO EXCESSIVE WEIGHT. ALSO BENT THE CAMPER INNER FENDER SUPPORT WHICH HAD TO BE BEAT BACK INTO PLACE BEFORE SPARE COULD BE MOUNTED. ALSO BROKE THE DECK LIGHT ON SIDE OF CAMPER. VERY LUCKY NO ONE GOT HURT! *DT *... Read more
Incident date: Sep 2, 2019
IN MARCH INSTALLED 4 BRAND NEW DUNLOPS IN MY CAR AFTER DRIVING 13K MILES STARTED FEELING A SHAKE IN THE STEERING WHEEL THE RETAILER KEPT ROTATING AND BALANCING THE TIRE AND THE ISSUE WAS STILL THERE CALLED DUNLOP TO LET THEM KNOW THE ISSUE AND CALLED CORPORATE OF THE RETAILER AFTER DOING THE DIAGNOSIS THEY TOLD ME THAT 2 TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND THEY WILL REPLACE THE TIRE AFTER THAT THE ISSUE IS ST... Read more
Incident date: Oct 22, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 CHEVROLET CORVETTE EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN PILOT SUPERSPORT TIRES, SIZE: P285/30Z/R19 94Y (NA) FOR THE FRONT (DOT NUMBER: 4MLW) AND SIZE: 335/25Z 20 (NA) FOR THE REAR (DOT NUMBER: 4M2R). WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS A VIOLENT VIBRATION IN ALL FOUR TIRES WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE THREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM EACH TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ROGER... Read more
Incident date: Oct 22, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 CHEVROLET CORVETTE EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN PILOT SUPERSPORT TIRES, SIZE: P285/30Z/R19 94Y (NA) FOR THE FRONT (DOT NUMBER: 4MLW) AND SIZE: 335/25Z 20 (NA) FOR THE REAR (DOT NUMBER: 4M2R). WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS A VIOLENT VIBRATION IN ALL FOUR TIRES WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE THREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM EACH TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ROGER... Read more
Incident date: Oct 15, 2019
2018 FORD EXPLORER. HANKOOK VENTUS S1 NOBLE 2 TIRES. SIZE 255/50 R20 105H NO CRASH. MILEAGE !2,066 MILES. TIRES ARE CRACKING AND SEPARATING WITH CHUNKS FLYING OFF AS I DRIVE. FORD OFFERED ME $500 TOWARDS REPLACING THE 4 TIRES FOR THE SAME BRAND. THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND THAT I FEEL SAFE WITH. I WILL BE RUNNING INTO THE SAME ISSUES. THESE TIRES NEED TO BE RECALLED!
HANKOOK
VENTUS S1 NOBLE 2
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 22, 2019
Incident date: Oct 15, 2019
2018 FORD EXPLORER. HANKOOK VENTUS S1 NOBLE 2 TIRES. SIZE 255/50 R20 105H NO CRASH. MILEAGE !2,066 MILES. TIRES ARE CRACKING AND SEPARATING WITH CHUNKS FLYING OFF AS I DRIVE. FORD OFFERED ME $500 TOWARDS REPLACING THE 4 TIRES FOR THE SAME BRAND. THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND THAT I FEEL SAFE WITH. I WILL BE RUNNING INTO THE SAME ISSUES. THESE TIRES NEED TO BE RECALLED!
Incident date: Oct 5, 2019
2019 LEXUS ES 350. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD LEAKING POWER STEERING HOSE AND A DRY CANISTER. *AS THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE HAD CUPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED.*JS
Incident date: Oct 16, 2019
ON JUNE 7, 2018, I PURCHASE 4 TIRES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO LAST 40,000 MILES. THE ODOMETER IN MY CAR READ 68,832 MILES. ON OCTOBER 16, 2019, I HAD A FLAT IN ONE OF THEM AND WENT TO THE DEALER WHO SOLD THE TIRES (FIRESTONE) AND THEY SAID THAT 2 OF THESE TIRES ARE TOO WORN OUT AND NOT SAFE ANY LONGER. THE ODOMETER IN THE CAR READ 92,540 MILES. I HAD TO BUY 2 NEW ONES AND FIRESTONE GAVE ME A DISCOU... Read more
PRIMEWELL
VALERA TOURING II
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 18, 2019
Incident date: Oct 16, 2019
ON JUNE 7, 2018, I PURCHASE 4 TIRES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO LAST 40,000 MILES. THE ODOMETER IN MY CAR READ 68,832 MILES. ON OCTOBER 16, 2019, I HAD A FLAT IN ONE OF THEM AND WENT TO THE DEALER WHO SOLD THE TIRES (FIRESTONE) AND THEY SAID THAT 2 OF THESE TIRES ARE TOO WORN OUT AND NOT SAFE ANY LONGER. THE ODOMETER IN THE CAR READ 92,540 MILES. I HAD TO BUY 2 NEW ONES AND FIRESTONE GAVE ME A DISCOU... Read more
MERCEDES-BENZ
AMG C63S
(2018) - TIRES
Oct 16, 2019
Incident date: Sep 14, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 MERCEDES-BENZ C63S EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN PILOT SPORT TIRES, SIZE: 285/30/ZR19 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT WAS TOWED TO MERCEDES-BENZ OF CHANTILLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AT THE CONT... Read more
MICHELIN
PILOT SPORT
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 16, 2019
Incident date: Sep 14, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 MERCEDES-BENZ C63S EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN PILOT SPORT TIRES, SIZE: 285/30/ZR19 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT WAS TOWED TO MERCEDES-BENZ OF CHANTILLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AT THE CONT... Read more
Incident date: Sep 29, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF HER FRIEND WHO WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF A 2018 POLARIS SLINGSHOT EQUIPPED WITH LEXANI 101WXL TIRES, SIZE: 515/25DR22 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH, THE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE GUARDRAIL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE PASSENGER WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE THE SEAT BELT WAS FASTENED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. TH... Read more
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Sep 29, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF HER FRIEND WHO WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF A 2018 POLARIS SLINGSHOT EQUIPPED WITH LEXANI 101WXL TIRES, SIZE: 515/25DR22 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH, THE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE GUARDRAIL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE PASSENGER WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE THE SEAT BELT WAS FASTENED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. TH... Read more
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Jun 6, 2019
PURCHASED A 2016 KEYSTONE MONTANA HC RV ON 2/15/19. ALL FOUR TIRES APPEARED TO HAVE GOOD TREAD ON THEM AT TIME OF PURCHASE AND IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION. FIRST TRIP FROM ST. LOUIS TO MORTON MS IN JUNE 2019 WE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON THE WAY TO MORTON AND ONE BLOWOUT ON THE RETURN TRIP, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE RV, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. AFTER CONTACTING UNICORN TIRE (MANUFACTURER/DISTRIBUTOR... Read more
TRAILER KING
ST RADIAL
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 15, 2019
Incident date: Jun 6, 2019
PURCHASED A 2016 KEYSTONE MONTANA HC RV ON 2/15/19. ALL FOUR TIRES APPEARED TO HAVE GOOD TREAD ON THEM AT TIME OF PURCHASE AND IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION. FIRST TRIP FROM ST. LOUIS TO MORTON MS IN JUNE 2019 WE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON THE WAY TO MORTON AND ONE BLOWOUT ON THE RETURN TRIP, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE RV, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. AFTER CONTACTING UNICORN TIRE (MANUFACTURER/DISTRIBUTOR... Read more
Incident date: Aug 8, 2019
CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY TIRE RODE BRAKING. CONSUMER REQUEST FOR THE MANUFACTURE TO REPLACE VEHICLE AND A REIMBURSEMENT FOR DEDUCTIBLE. *AS *JS
Crash
Incident date: Oct 7, 2019
THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY FROM THE SIDEWALLS, ON BOTH SIDES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY ISSUES, LOW PRESSURE, PULLING ETC. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, CAR DRIVING NORMAL. I STARTED TO HEAR A PULSATING VIBRATION SOUND LIKE A WHEEL BEARING. I LET OFF THE GAS TO SLOW DOWN A BIT AND LISTEN, THEN THERE WAS SOME LOUD NOISES, I PULLED OVER TO FIND THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY ALL TH... Read more
CONTINENTAL
UNKNOWN
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 11, 2019
Incident date: Oct 7, 2019
THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY FROM THE SIDEWALLS, ON BOTH SIDES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY ISSUES, LOW PRESSURE, PULLING ETC. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, CAR DRIVING NORMAL. I STARTED TO HEAR A PULSATING VIBRATION SOUND LIKE A WHEEL BEARING. I LET OFF THE GAS TO SLOW DOWN A BIT AND LISTEN, THEN THERE WAS SOME LOUD NOISES, I PULLED OVER TO FIND THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY ALL TH... Read more
Incident date: Aug 28, 2019
2015 FIAT 500 ABARTH. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO TIRE SAFETY ISSUES. CONSUMER STATES TIRES PRE-DATE MANUFACTURE DATE OF VEHICLE WITH VEHICLE BEING SOLD WITH TIRES IN THIS CONDITION (SEVERE CRACKING, DRY ROT). *AS *JS
MERCEDES-BENZ
SL500
(1998) - TIRES
Oct 10, 2019
Incident date: Oct 9, 2019
I HAVE A 1998 MERCEDES BENZ THAT I DO NOT DRIVE OFTEN AND KEEP WELL STORED IN A HEATED GARAGE. I WAS DRIVING IT AND NOTICED THE TIRE WAS LOW. I TOOK IT TO DISCOUNT TIRE, WHO INFORMED ME THAT MY TIRES WERE DOWN TO TREAD WEAR OF 2/32. THESE TIRES, ALTHOUGH PURCHASED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, HAVE LESS THAN 11,000 MILES ON THEM. BOTH THE PLACE I PURCHASED THE TIRES AND THE NEW TIRE SHOP REFUSED TO HELP ME P... Read more
Incident date: Oct 9, 2019
I HAVE A 1998 MERCEDES BENZ THAT I DO NOT DRIVE OFTEN AND KEEP WELL STORED IN A HEATED GARAGE. I WAS DRIVING IT AND NOTICED THE TIRE WAS LOW. I TOOK IT TO DISCOUNT TIRE, WHO INFORMED ME THAT MY TIRES WERE DOWN TO TREAD WEAR OF 2/32. THESE TIRES, ALTHOUGH PURCHASED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, HAVE LESS THAN 11,000 MILES ON THEM. BOTH THE PLACE I PURCHASED THE TIRES AND THE NEW TIRE SHOP REFUSED TO HELP ME P... Read more
Incident date: Jun 12, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD EXPLORER EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK VENTUS S1 NOBLE 2 TIRES, SIZE: 255/50R20. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIRE THREAD WERE PREMATURELY WORN. THE CONTACT HAD THE TIRES ROTATED AND ALSO NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER TIRES ALSO HAD LOOSE THREAD AND CRACKS. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE APPROXIM... Read more
HANKOOK
VENTUS S1 NOBLE 2
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 8, 2019
Incident date: Jun 12, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD EXPLORER EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK VENTUS S1 NOBLE 2 TIRES, SIZE: 255/50R20. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIRE THREAD WERE PREMATURELY WORN. THE CONTACT HAD THE TIRES ROTATED AND ALSO NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER TIRES ALSO HAD LOOSE THREAD AND CRACKS. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE APPROXIM... Read more
CHEVROLET
SILVERADO 1500
(2011) - TIRES
Oct 8, 2019
Incident date: Oct 8, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER SR-A TIRES, SIZE: P265/65/R18 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND RUMBLE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WITH A SPARE TIRE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE MOLDING AROUND THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL WAS DAMAGED. THE TIRE WAS THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE DEALER AND MANUFA... Read more
GOODYEAR
WRANGLER SR-A
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 8, 2019
Incident date: Oct 8, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER SR-A TIRES, SIZE: P265/65/R18 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND RUMBLE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WITH A SPARE TIRE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE MOLDING AROUND THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL WAS DAMAGED. THE TIRE WAS THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE DEALER AND MANUFA... Read more
Incident date: Oct 6, 2019
NO TRACTION, CAR SLID INTO ANOTHER CAR. NOT THE FIRST TIME LOST TRACTION, JUST COULDN'T CONTROL IT. TIRES ARE ONLY 1 YR AND 3 MONTHS OLD. HAVE PASSED 2 STATE INSPECTIONS. ABOUT OF TREAD STILL ON THEM. HAVE LOST TRACTION EVEN IN GOOD WEATHER. WHEN I COMMENTED TO SOMEONE AT FIRESTONE THAT I KEPT LOSING TRACTION THEY REPLIED THEY AREN'T GOOD TIRES.
Crash
PRIMEWELL
VALERA TOURING II
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 7, 2019
Incident date: Oct 6, 2019
NO TRACTION, CAR SLID INTO ANOTHER CAR. NOT THE FIRST TIME LOST TRACTION, JUST COULDN'T CONTROL IT. TIRES ARE ONLY 1 YR AND 3 MONTHS OLD. HAVE PASSED 2 STATE INSPECTIONS. ABOUT OF TREAD STILL ON THEM. HAVE LOST TRACTION EVEN IN GOOD WEATHER. WHEN I COMMENTED TO SOMEONE AT FIRESTONE THAT I KEPT LOSING TRACTION THEY REPLIED THEY AREN'T GOOD TIRES.
Crash
Incident date: Oct 1, 2019
I HAVE HANKOOK TIRES ON MY FORD EXPLORER. BOUGHT IT NEW WITH THESE. LESS THAN 25,000 MILES AND THEY LOOK TO BE TEARING UP ALL OVER. HANKOOK SAYS THERE'S NO WARRANTY ON THEIR TIRES. TECHNICIAN SAYS I NEED THEM CHANGED RIGHT AWAY OR THEY WILL 'BLOW OUT.' *JS
Incident date: Oct 1, 2019
I HAVE HANKOOK TIRES ON MY FORD EXPLORER. BOUGHT IT NEW WITH THESE. LESS THAN 25,000 MILES AND THEY LOOK TO BE TEARING UP ALL OVER. HANKOOK SAYS THERE'S NO WARRANTY ON THEIR TIRES. TECHNICIAN SAYS I NEED THEM CHANGED RIGHT AWAY OR THEY WILL 'BLOW OUT.' *JS
Incident date: Sep 1, 2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO S40 EQUIPPED WITH COOPER ZEON RS3-A TIRES, SIZE: 205/55/16R (NA). THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE TIRES. THE INSIDE OF THE TREAD HAD A LINE AND THE CONTACT NOTICED DAMAGE OR AN OPENING. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRES WERE SEPARATING AT THE TREAD LINE. AN UNKNOWN TIRE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY AFTE... Read more
Incident date: Sep 1, 2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO S40 EQUIPPED WITH COOPER ZEON RS3-A TIRES, SIZE: 205/55/16R (NA). THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE TIRES. THE INSIDE OF THE TREAD HAD A LINE AND THE CONTACT NOTICED DAMAGE OR AN OPENING. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRES WERE SEPARATING AT THE TREAD LINE. AN UNKNOWN TIRE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY AFTE... Read more
Incident date: Sep 24, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 RAM 3500 EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE TRANSFORCE AT TIRES, SIZE: 285/60/R20 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED INTO PIECES WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT BRIEFLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED LARRY H. MILLER DODGE RAM TUCSON (4... Read more
FIRESTONE
TRANSFORCE AT
(9999) - TIRES
Oct 1, 2019
Incident date: Sep 24, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 RAM 3500 EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE TRANSFORCE AT TIRES, SIZE: 285/60/R20 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED INTO PIECES WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT BRIEFLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED LARRY H. MILLER DODGE RAM TUCSON (4... Read more
Incident date: Sep 27, 2019
P ZERO RUN FLAT - SIZE: 255/30R19 PARTIALLY DELAMINATED ON FREEWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. TIRE WAS AT PROPER PRESSURE AND CONTINUES TO HOLD AIR PRESSURE EVEN THOUGH TREAD HAS SEPARATED FROM TIRE CARCASS. TIRE DELAMINATION CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WHEEL WELL LINER AND WIRING HARNESS. ALSO POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE TO FUEL FILLER SYSTEM AS MANY FUEL SYSTEM COMPONENTS ARE LOCATED IN THE DAMAGED ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 27, 2019
P ZERO RUN FLAT - SIZE: 255/30R19 PARTIALLY DELAMINATED ON FREEWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. TIRE WAS AT PROPER PRESSURE AND CONTINUES TO HOLD AIR PRESSURE EVEN THOUGH TREAD HAS SEPARATED FROM TIRE CARCASS. TIRE DELAMINATION CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WHEEL WELL LINER AND WIRING HARNESS. ALSO POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE TO FUEL FILLER SYSTEM AS MANY FUEL SYSTEM COMPONENTS ARE LOCATED IN THE DAMAGED ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 15, 2019
2019 F-450 THAT CAME WITH CONTINENTAL HSR TIRES AS THE OEM TIRE. THE TRUCK HAS HAD 2 SEPARATE INCIDENTS WHERE A STEER TIRE (ONE PASSENGER SIDE, ONE DRIVER SIDE) HAS HAD CHUNKS OF TREAD BREAK OFF OF THE TIRE. THERE ARE NO KNOWN EVENTS CAUSING THIS FAILURE. CONTINENTAL TIRE HAS REPLACED BOTH TIRES UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS SEEMS INCREDIBLY UNSAFE. TIRE BRAND: CONTINENTAL TIRE LINE: HSR TIRE S... Read more
CONTINENTAL
UNKNOWN
(9999) - TIRES
Sep 27, 2019
Incident date: Jun 15, 2019
2019 F-450 THAT CAME WITH CONTINENTAL HSR TIRES AS THE OEM TIRE. THE TRUCK HAS HAD 2 SEPARATE INCIDENTS WHERE A STEER TIRE (ONE PASSENGER SIDE, ONE DRIVER SIDE) HAS HAD CHUNKS OF TREAD BREAK OFF OF THE TIRE. THERE ARE NO KNOWN EVENTS CAUSING THIS FAILURE. CONTINENTAL TIRE HAS REPLACED BOTH TIRES UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS SEEMS INCREDIBLY UNSAFE. TIRE BRAND: CONTINENTAL TIRE LINE: HSR TIRE S... Read more
Incident date: Apr 1, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU EQUIPPED WITH MASTERCRAFT LSR GRAND TOURING TIRES, SIZE: 225/50R17 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR WAS FLASHING AND THE NUMBERS CONTINUED TO FLUCTUATE. IN ADDITION, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD A BUBBLE AND THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS LOSING AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TIRES NEED... Read more
MASTERCRAFT
LSR GRAND TOURING
(9999) - TIRES
Sep 24, 2019
Incident date: Apr 1, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU EQUIPPED WITH MASTERCRAFT LSR GRAND TOURING TIRES, SIZE: 225/50R17 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR WAS FLASHING AND THE NUMBERS CONTINUED TO FLUCTUATE. IN ADDITION, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD A BUBBLE AND THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS LOSING AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TIRES NEED... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 MASERATI GHIBLI S EQUIPPED WITH PIRELLI PO TIRES, SIZE: 245/40ZR20 (NA), DOT NUMBER: XBT0N663 FOR THE FRONT TIRES AND SIZE :285/35ZR20, DOT NUMBER: XBT0N662 FOR THE REAR TIRES. WHILE DRIVING OVER 40 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MASERATI OF NEWPORT BEACH (1100 WEST COAST HWY, NEWPORT BEACH, ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 MASERATI GHIBLI S EQUIPPED WITH PIRELLI PO TIRES, SIZE: 245/40ZR20 (NA), DOT NUMBER: XBT0N663 FOR THE FRONT TIRES AND SIZE :285/35ZR20, DOT NUMBER: XBT0N662 FOR THE REAR TIRES. WHILE DRIVING OVER 40 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MASERATI OF NEWPORT BEACH (1100 WEST COAST HWY, NEWPORT BEACH, ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 20, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD EXPLORER EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK VENTUS 105H TIRES, SIZE: 255/50/R20. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS CONSISTENTLY DUE TO A THREE INCH CUT APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES FROM THE RIM. SUNSET FORD (11700 GRAVOIS RD, ST. LOUIS, MO 63127, (314) 843-4431) TRIED TO SELL THE CONTACT A NEW TIRE AFTER ... Read more