9999 FTS COMPASS

0 recalls — 5 complaints

No recalls found for this vehicle.

Complaint Statistics

5 total complaints

Top Reported Components

Component	Complaints
TIRES	4
TIRES:SIDEWALL	1

Incident date: Mar 10, 2012

TL* THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRES EXPLODED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT SURE OF THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES WERE ON AN 18 FOOT UTILITY TRAILER. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED AFTER THE BLOW OUT OCCURRED. THE C... Read more

Incident date: Mar 15, 2010

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA SOUL WITH NEXEN CLASS A PREMIUM TIRES, SIZE P205/55 R/16 AND DOT NUMBER AE8K. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT ON MARCH 15, 2010 AND ON JUNE 15, 2010. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE ALSO BEGAN TO EXHIBIT A BLIST... Read more

Incident date: Mar 15, 2010

Incident date: Jul 1, 2006

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1987 TOYOTA PICKUP. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TIRES VIBRATE AND MAKE NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE PURCHASED IN 2005 AND HAD 3,000 MILES. TWO OF THE TIRES WERE WESTLAKE, DOT NUMBER 7DT5FTS3703, SIZE LT235/75R15. THE OTHER TWO WERE FTS COMPASS... Read more

Incident date: Jul 1, 2006

NHTSA Safety Investigations — FTS COMPASS

Investigations opened by NHTSA into potential safety defects. These are separate from recalls and may or may not result in a recall.

EQ — Closed

LTR TIRES HANGZHOU ZHONGCE RUBBER CO. LT

THIS PURSUIT IS BEING PULLED FORWARD FOR PUBLIC VIEW AND REPLACES EQ 07-002. TIRES IMPORTED BY FOREIGN TIRE SALES (FTS) THAT WERE FABRICATED BY HANGZHOU ZHONGCE RUBBER CO. LTD (HZR) IN CHINA HAVE BEEN DECLARED, BY FTS, TO CONTAIN A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT (NHTSA RECALL NO. 07T-003).LIGHT TRUCK RADIAL ... TIRES CARRYING THE WESTLAKE, COMPASS AND YKS BRANDS IN THE FOLLOWING SIZES AND MODELS WITH A PHASE II BUILD DATE RANGE (SHOWN AS THE LAST FOUR DIGITS IN THE DOT NUMBER) OF 0404 (FOURTH WEEK OF 2004) THROUGH 0206 (SECOND WEEK OF 2006), ARE INVOLVED.SIZEMODELDOT NO.LT235/75R-15 CR861, CR857 7DT5FTS...LT235/85R-16 CR860, CR861, CR8577DT2FTS...LT245/75R-16 CR860, CR861, CR857 7DT3FTS...LT265/75R-16 CR860, CR861, CR857 7DT4FTS...LT31X10.5 R-15 CR857, CR861 7DT6FTS... PHASE I TIRES, WITH A BUILD DATE RANGE OF JOB 1 THROUGH 0404, CONTAINED A C-SHAPED BELT-EDGE (GUM) STRIP.PHASE III TIRES, BUILD DATE RANGE 0306 THROUGH CURRENT PRODUCTION, REPORTEDLY INCORPORATE BELT-EDGE WEDGES AND NYLON EDGE STRIPS IN AN EFFORT TO MEET THE MORE STRINGENT HIGH-SPEED TEST INCLUDED IN FMVSS 139.AT THIS TIME, NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE THAT A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT EXISTS IN EITHER PHASE I OR PHASE III TIRES.GUM STRIPS ARE A COMMON, BUT NOT MANDATORY, COMPONENT USED TO SLOW THE SEPARATION OF BELTS TO BEYOND THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE TIRE.FOR PHASE II, HZR ELIMINATED THE C-SHAPED GUM STRIPS PRESENT IN PHASE I TIRES, ALLEGEDLY WITHOUT INFORMING FTS OF THIS CHANGE.WHEN FTS DISCOVERED THE CHANGE, IT DECIDED THAT CONSTITUTED A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT, AND RECALLED ITS PHASE II TIRES, 07T-003.THE PURPOSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION WAS TO DETERMINE IF OTHER TIRE IMPORTERS, INCLUDING THOSE IMPLICATED BY FTS IN THEIR DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT DATED JUNE 11, 2007, IMPORTED TIRES OF SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION TO THOSE INVOLVED IN RECALL 07T-003.THE SEVENTEEN (17) TIRE IMPORTERS THAT WERE SENT INFORMATION REQUESTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS INVESTIGATION ARE; AIR LAND SEA-WAYS INC., CAMBRIDGE, CARIBBEAN RUBBER, COOPER TIRE, DUNLAP & KYLE CO, EBEN, INC., GOMERA GOVI, INC., GOODYEAR, K&D TIRE, OMNI UNITED, ORTECK INTERNATIONAL INC., ROBISON TIRE, STRATEGIC IMPORT SUPPLY, TIRECO INC., TYRES INTERNATIONAL INC., UNIVERSAL TIRE, AND VICTOR MORALIES & ASSOC.INFORMATION WAS ALSO OBTAINED FROM FTS AND HZR IN THIS INVESTIGATION.HZR CONFIRMED STATEMENTS MADE BY THE 17 IMPORTERS THAT PRODUCTION DATES FOR ALL TIRES SHIPPED TO IMPORTERS OTHER THAN FTS BEGAN AFTER THE FORTH WEEK OF 2006, AND ARE THEREFORE PHASE III TIRES AND DIFFERENT FROM THE TIRES RECALLED BY FTS.NO INFORMATION WAS FOUND TO VERIFY THE JUNE 11TH FTS IMPLICATION THAT OTHER IMPORTERS BROUGHT TIRES SIMILAR TO THE RECALLED TIRES INTO THE US MARKET.THIS INVESTIGATION HAS FOUND NO INFORMATION SHOWING THAT ANY IMPORTERS OTHER THAN FTS IMPORTED TIRES SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE PHASE II RECALLED TIRES.ALL DEFECTIVE PHASE II TIRES, MANUFACTURED BY HZR AND IMPORTED INTO THE US MARKET (APPROXIMATELY 270,014 TIRES), ARE BEING RECALLED THROUGH CAMPAIGN 07T-003.ACCORDINGLY, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY AND THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.Read more

FTS COMPASS — All Years Overview

Complete safety history for the FTS COMPASS across all model years.

1 Total Recalls

5 Total Complaints

1 Investigations

0 Reported Crashes

0 Reported Fires

0 Reported Deaths

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Model	Recalls	Complaints
CR861	0	0	View
DANZIG	0	0	View
DIRECTION	0	0	View
MAERSK	0	0	View
TELLURIDE	0	0	View
WESTLAKE	0	0	View
WESTLAKE RP18	0	0	View
YKS	0	0	View

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