Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Aug 3, 1996

TIRE DRY ROTTED.

VEHICLE DELIVERED WITH A WARPED WHEEL.

Incident date: Dec 16, 1993

TIRES WORE OUT.

Incident date: May 1, 1996

THE GOODYEAR INVICTA GL TIRES HAVE EXPERIENCED FLATS AND BLOWOUTS. (P19570R14)

TIRES WORE OUT PREMATURELY.

Incident date: May 25, 1997

FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT.

EXTRA HIGH AIR PRESSURE IN MICHELIN TIRES CAUSES STEERING DIFFICULTY.

Incident date: May 28, 1997

BRIDGE STONE TIRE BLEW OUT FROM A NAIL PUNCTURE, OWNER FEELS TIRE SHOULD HAVE SURVIVED THIS TYPE OF PUNCTURE.

Incident date: May 24, 1993

TEN NEW TIRES.

TIRES HIT WHEEL WELLS, MAKING CONTACT WITH METAL AND BURNING RUBBER, COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE A BLOWOUT. *AK

Incident date: May 9, 1997

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN ONTO THE RAILROAD TRACK. BOTH FRONT TIRES BLEW OUT. *AK

Crash

Incident date: May 13, 1997

WHILE DRIVING (60) MPH DRIVER EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S TIRE. THE RIM AND TIRE WILL BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN IT RAINS THE CAR SLIDES AND HYDROPLANES EXCESSIVELY. *AK

Incident date: May 27, 1997

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, BLEW A TIRE AND HAD DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION AND BOTH AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. INSURANCE COMPANY STATES THAT THERE IS NO DEFECT WITH THE SENSOR. *AK

Crash

Incident date: May 7, 1996

TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME, PARTICULARLY DURING VERY HEAVY RAIN FALL, FREQUENTLY DURING COLD PERIODS, AND USUALLY AFTER GOING THROUGH THE CAR WASH. ON -2-13/97 WHILE DRIVING ON Q 3-LANE HIGHWAY, LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. ALSO TIRE BLEW OUT. *AK

Crash

NANCO TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO WHEEL BY RUBBING AGAINST WHEEL WELL PLASTIC COVER.

CAR SKIDS CONSTANTLY WHEN TURNING OR BRAKES APPLIED.

Incident date: May 12, 1995

MICHELIN TIRES SIZE P215/85R REPLACED.

Incident date: Feb 24, 1997

KELLY TIRE BLEW OUT. (SIZE P1558R13)

POOR TRACTION OF FIRE HAWK TIRES CAUSED ACCIDENT.

Incident date: Nov 4, 1995

PIRELLI TIRES REPLACED DUE TO IRREGULAR WEAR/VIBRATION.

Incident date: Feb 10, 1997

EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR.

Incident date: Oct 19, 1996

TIRES HAVE POOR TRACTION, CAUSING VEHICLE TO WANDER.

FIRESTONE TIRE SEPARATED.

WHILE DRIVING FRONT BRAKES FAILED/ REPLACED 10 TIMES. ALSO FRONT TIRES REPLACED. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING HER RIGHT REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT FOR NO REASON. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT SHE WAS ALMOST KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK

FORD F150 1997, FIRESTONE P23570R16, AT APPROX. 60-65MPH EXPERIENCED TIRES HYDROPLANING ON WET PAVEMENT, VEHICLE TENDS TO ERRACTLY SKIP OVER PUDDLES OF WATER, CAUSING MOMENTARY LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK

Incident date: Sep 1, 1995

FOUR GENERAL TIRES DEVELOPED SPLITS/REPLACED.

Incident date: Sep 1, 1996

TIRES REPLACED.

Incident date: Oct 1, 1995

FRONT GOODYEAR TIRES CUPPING. (SIZE P235/75R15)

Incident date: Dec 26, 1996

7 MICHELIN TIRES BLEW OUT.

Incident date: Feb 20, 1997

RIGHT REAR TIRE CUPPING.

GOODYEAR TIRES BLEW OUT. (2ND VEHICLE ON 514699)

Incident date: Feb 4, 1997

VEHICLE LOST REAR DUAL TIRES ON TRAILER, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

Incident date: Mar 18, 1997

CENTURY TIRES BLEW.

Incident date: Mar 17, 1997

TIRE REPLACED.

Incident date: Jan 2, 1997

REAR RIGHT BRIDGESTONE TIRE BLEW OUT. (SIZE P20565R15)

GOODYEAR TIRE , SIZE 195/70X14, CAUSING INTERIOR NOISE.

Incident date: Oct 12, 1996

TWO GOODYEAR TIRE BLEW DUE TO IRREGULAR WEAR.

GOODYEAR TIRE BLEW OUT(P22560R16).

Incident date: Aug 1, 1996

TIRES CUPPING.

Incident date: Jan 6, 1997

GOODYEAR TIRE BLEW OUT.

Incident date: Dec 30, 1996

MICHELIN TIRE FAILED. (SIZE P195/65R15)

Incident date: Apr 19, 1997

WHILE DRIVING 5MPH THE VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT, DEALER REPLACED PADS, BRAKE PART, TIRES, ETC AND THE BRAKES SYSTEM STILL FAILED. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Crash

Incident date: Sep 15, 1996

OWNER SAYS THAT THE TIRE BLEW OUT FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING ON CLEAR ROAD AND GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS. *AK

Incident date: Jan 1, 1997

VEHICLE HAD WRONG SIZE/TYPE OF TIRES. THE TIRES ON VEHICLE WERE DESIGNED FOR ON RACETRACK DRIVING. *AK

Incident date: Sep 1, 1996

WHILE DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD AT 35 MPH, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. IN ADDITION, REAR FRAME WAS BENT BECAUSE THREE DEALERS HAD MODIFIED TRUCK BY PUTTING ON OVERLOADS. ALSO, REAR SPRINGS/SHOCKS WERE DEFECTIVE/LEAKING. *AK

OWNER STATES WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH SHE HEARD A NOISE AND VEHICLE STARTED TO FISHTAIL. SHE NOTES THAT VEHICLE WAS THROWN ACROSS THE INTERSTATE AND SHE WAS HURT. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT THE REAR RIGHT TIRE HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH BRAND NEW TIRES AND SHE STILL HAD TIRE PROBLEMS. IN ADDITION, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Crash 1 injured

LEFT REAR CONTROL ARM FAILED WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED JUST PRIOR TO FAILURE ERRATIC STEERING CONTROL, VEHICLE WANDERED ALL OVER ROAD, UPON TURNING AT APPROX. 10MPH HEARD POP SOUND, VEHICLE BEGAN TO WOBBLE, LEFT REAR TIRE BENT INWARD, DUE TO CONTROL ARM SPLITTING IN HALF. *AK