Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 11/20/2011 | 94000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer equipped with yokohama advid touring s tires, tire size 245/70/16. the contact noticed that both front tires and the rear driver | |||
| 11/20/2011 | 94000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer equipped with yokohama advid touring s tires, tire size 245/70/16. the contact noticed that both front tires and the rear driver | |||
| 11/20/2011 | 94000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer. the vehicle was equipped with yokohama advid touring s tires, tire size 245/70/16. the contact noticed that both front tires and the rear driver's tire sidewall were severely cracked. the three defective tires were not replaced. there was a recall associated with nhtsa campaign id number 12t025000 (tires:sidewall); however the tire were ineligible. the manufacturer was not notified of the problem. the approximate failure mileage was 94,000. the dot number was unavailable. js | |||
| 10/13/2012 | 94000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer equipped with firestone destination le tires, size 245/70/r16. the contact stated that while driving approximately 35 to 40 mph, the vehicle started to drive funny which caused him to crash into a guard rail. the driver did not sustain any injuries and the police were not contacted. once the vehicle stopped the driver was able to inspect the vehicle and noticed that the rear passenger tire blew out. the vehicle was later towed to an independent mechanic. once the tire was inspected they informed him that there was a pin hole in the tire which caused the blow out. the tire was not replaced. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was approximately 7,000 on the tires. the failure and current mileages on the vehicle was 94,000. the vin was unavailable. pmb | |||
| 04/30/2010 | 66000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer lt equipped with continental contitrac tr tires (size:p245/65r17) that were used on the front and rear driver side. the contact stated that the side walls had become separated from the tire. prior to the failure, the contact noticed that an abnormal wobble noise was being emitted from the tires when driving. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage of the tire was 51,000 and the failure mileage on the vehicle at the time of the failure was 66,000. | |||
| 04/30/2010 | 66000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer lt equipped with continental contitrac tr tires (size:p245/65r17) that were used on the front and rear driver side. the contact stated that the side walls had become separated from the tire. prior to the failure, the contact noticed that an abnormal wobble noise was being emitted from the tires when driving. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage of the tire was 51,000 and the failure mileage on the vehicle at the time of the failure was 66,000. kmj | |||
| 04/30/2010 | 66000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer lt. the contact stated there was two tires continental contitrac tr size p245/65r17 on the front driver side and the rear driver side the side walls separated. there was a wobbly sound and he notice there was a blow out on the inside of the tires. the manufacturer was not notified. the tire mileage was 51,000 and the vehicle failure mileage was 66,000. mw | |||
| 09/26/2009 | 123101 | 1 | |
| I had two blowouts on the front tire (drivers side) and back tire (drivers side). on sept. 26, 2009. i ran into the curb and almost lost control of the vehicle; but since i was only going about 40 mph i was able to keep from crashing or rolling over. on the 7th of sept my tire went flat and i took it to sears and they advised it was the valve stem that caused the flat. they replaced the valve stem per my road hazard agreement. back in march of 2009 i had a flat while on vacation in fort worth and took it to discount tires, and they informed me that it was the valve stem and that there was a recall on the stem. upon returning home i took my car to sears and informed them of the incident and they advised they were not aware of a recall, checked the valve stems and said they didn't see anything wrong. when the blowouts occurred, we took the tires back to sears and had to pay for replacement tires (with the roadhazard fee it was apprx $230) because sears still says they have not received information on a recall notice for bridgestone tire valve stems. i found the information on the internet and also was made aware in march by the discount tire store in fort worth. i still have 2 tires from sears remaining on the vehicle and they will not replace them due to recall. *tr | |||
| 05/15/2008 | 1 | ||
| Bought an expensive set of tires for my suv (rollover concern) within 1 year the valve stems installed with the new tires were rotting away and one of them deteriorated so badly all the air come out instantly. they looked perfect from the outside but pushing on them caused the others to rip as well. *tr | |||
| 05/12/2008 | 48100 | 1 | |
| Within one month after purchasing 4 new bridgestone dueler at 693 (p245/70 r16) tires from sears, the left back tire had a blowout and caused a rollover on i-16e. this incident totaled the 2004 trailblazer suv. *tr | |||
| 11/18/2007 | 29000 | 4 | 02/15/2004 |
| Upon attempting to have my tire serviced at a local firestone service center i was informed by manager there that all four of the tires on my vehicle were defective, tread could separate from tire, and that they would therefore not perform any service. all tires show cracking at base of tread where it meats the sidewall all the way around each tire. these tires are original tires purchased on new gm '04 trailblazer in february of that year. there is very little treadware and tires only have 29,000 miles on them. tire description: bfgoodrich open trail t/a p245/70r16. dot ap9l 2e11 3303 *tr | |||
| TIRES - PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS | |||
| 08/28/2011 | |||
| I am in the quick lube business and change oil on approximately 150 vehicles a day. part of our service includes checking the tire pressure. on about 10% of the vehicles that have the tire pressure monitoring system we find corrosion and failing valve stems. on many instances the valve stem has broken off and because we were checking the tires we have to pay for the repair that can run into hundreds of dollars. these valve stem have been manufactured using incompatible materials that cause corrosian. it is not fair to us that we should have to pay $250 to repair a tpms valve stem due to inadaquate manufacturing. we have chosen to not check the tire pressure on the vehicles that upon visual inspection have corroded valve stems. this is a very dangerous condition for the consumer in that it is very important that the tire pressure is regularly checked. in my opinion a recall should be made on all vehicles with these inferior valve stems. most american manufactured vehicles are to blame. this is a serious safety hasard that is only getting worse as time goes by. | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 05/15/2008 | 26000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer. the vehicle has goodyear fortera tires (na). while driving 70 mph, the sidewall of the front driver side tire exploded. the tire did not sustain any other damage besides the sidewall. there were no warning indicators prior to the failure. the vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. the tire size was unknown. the failure mileage was 26,000. | |||
| 09/01/2004 | 3 | 10/14/2003 | |
| Consumer had b.f.goodrich tires on the vehicle. the tires had 3,000 miles on them, and all four tires have feathered in and on outside. this caused the front end to become misaligned. took vehicle to dealer for service, and was told that this was normal. model: open trail/t/a. right front 36357, e27754k, p1306alo, p245/70r16. left front 37380, e27754k p1306alo, p245/70r16, left rear 37380 e27754k, p1306alo p245/70r16, right rear 36355e 27754k, p1306alo p245/70r16. consumer was very concerned. *ak the manufacturer was notified but explained that as long a s the dealer said the tire wear was normal they would not provide any assistance. *nm | |||
| TIRES - TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | |||
| 09/02/2009 | 107900 | 1 | |
| Due to corrosion of the spare tire component the spare tire will not release from the car, the problem is not easily fixed it is a problem and a safty issue. with out a spare tire a person can possible be stranded with no help and possibly harmed or in worse events envoled in a crash if in high traffic area. the main use of a spare is to get the car back on the road in a timely manner and with this persistant problem with the spare tire component risk of injury or death is increased greatly. *tr | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 08/08/2007 | 1 | 03/01/2007 | |
| Continental tire p245/65r17 conti trac tr, tread separated during normal driving conditions damaging vehicle (2004 chevy trailblazer) almost causing major accident. contacted continental, they say its not their problem because tire experienced impact damage the tire was a rear drivers side tire, and there has been no impact of any kind. *tr | |||