Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 09/12/2008 | 109880 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 1995 buick lesabre. the vehicle has tbc multi-mile matrix tires, size p225/60r16. while the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed that the front passenger side tire had exploded, which caused damage to the front fender. the tire was taken to the dealer and they stated that the belt malfunctioned. the contact did not notice any differences beforehand. the vin was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 109,880. | |||
| 09/09/2008 | 1 | ||
| I have matrix multi-mile tires on my car the numbers on the tire are 95s p205/70r15mts. my car had been sitting for approx. 8 hours and the right front tire exploded making a bit hole in my right front fender. the damages were almost 800.00 and i feel that the other ones may do the same. the tires were already on the car when i had bought it and they have a lot of tread on them. there is no explanation of this occurrence and i feel that the tire company should pay for the damages to my car and also replace my tires.*tr | |||
| 02/01/1998 | 02/18/1995 | ||
| Airbag module on the steering wheel causes the horn to blow intermittently. also, power window motor is defective/ power seats have ripped seams, and tires had a thumping sound and had to be replaced. dealer aware of problems, and could not remedy situation. problem still exists. also, a lot of paint has been chipped off the vehicle, buick refuses to repaint. *ak *ml | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 09/12/2003 | 175101 | 1 | 06/01/1995 |
| Tire tread separated from tire while driving at 55 mph. bridgestone model. the vehicle sustained body damage (bridgestone p205/70r15). *ph *ph *nlm | |||
| 08/01/1999 | 2 | ||
| Going 65 mph and had heard a thumping noise, and vehicle started shaking. then, a loud bang. pulled off road, checked tires and noticed that tread on right rear had been shaved completely off. tire had maintained pressure. had damage to quarter panel. tire was replaced by emergency road service. firestone fr410 p205/70r15 with 20,000 miles.*ak consumer is requesting reimbursement for the replacement tire and is requesting replacement for both rear tires, consumer is also asking for repairing the damages that were caused to the vehicle due to faulty tires. *slc | |||
| 07/20/2001 | 1 | 02/01/1995 | |
| While traveling between 60 and 65 mph right front general tire size: p205/70r15, dot: a3m0dbi138 experienced tread separation. there were approximately 15000 to 18,000 miles on this tire. tire not original equipment on a 1995, buick, lesabre. consumer stated that this problem was experienced 2 years ago on other tires.*ak *jb | |||
| 4 | |||
| All four tires replaced prior to recall 00t-005, due to tread separaton, | |||
| 08/18/1997 | 4 | ||
| (3) of (4 ) general tires had tread separation, and the 4th tire had flat spots. original equipment on the car. tire size p20570r15. *ak | |||