Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 09/28/2006 | 42866 | 2 | 07/19/2005 |
| On september 28th 2006 i was driving my 2005 chevy trailblazer ext down the road between 55 and 60 mph. it had started raining about 5 minutes earlier. i started up the hill and was approaching the other road i needed to turn on and gently applied the brakes. as soon as i applied the brakes, the vehicle went out of control. i tried to pump the brakes and get the vehicle back into control but had no luck. i then crossed the center line and crashed head on into the guard rail on the other side of the road. after i hit the guard rail i bounced off of that and hit an on coming vehicle in the passenger side with the front end of my car. i then proceeded to continue back to the other side of the road and jump a 4ft ditch and finally came to a stop on the other side of the ditch. the funny thing is that this all happened while i was traveling up hill!!! i truly believe the so called four wheel anti-lock brakes failed. the air bags never deployed either! after the crash the right front tire had a huge hole in the side wall and i am not too sure that this wasn't part of the problem. the torn part of the tire is sticking out and seems like it failed too. i just wish i could get someone to investigate this (goodyear tires). *nm | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 08/05/2007 | 35000 | 2 | 06/06/2005 |
| Two tires failed within a week with similar circumstances. the first tire failure was less dramatic than the second due to the fact that it occurred at night when temperatures were cooler and vehicle stops were more frequent. the second failure was catastrophic. the sidewalls completely separated from the tread on a very busy highway. after the first tire failure i had the tires aligned, balanced and pressure checked by a gm technician. the service manager at the gm dealer clearly told me that the two remaining tires were in good shape and had several thousand miles on them before i had to worry about changing them. four days later the tire failed completely. after the incident i called back to the gm dealer to verify their process for tire alignment. they informed me that the tires were indeed verified to be at 35psi, the factory recommended level. i retained the failed tire for future use. the tires were continental conti-trac p245/65/r17 with a dot number of hw8t bl5 0305. a similar report has been filed with the nhtsa. *tr | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 08/05/2007 | 35000 | 2 | 06/05/2005 |
| On sunday, august 5th my 2005 chevrolet trailblazer experienced a complete tire failure. this was the second failure on a tire on my vehicle within a one week period. the first failure was much less catastophic than the second, however, the symptoms appear to be related. as i changed lanes on a busy highway i heard a thumping sound followed by rubber flying into the air. the vehicle to my right slowed to allow me to proceed to the shoulder area. the vehicle handled very well, but the tire was completely separated from the sidewalls. *tr | |||
| 08/02/2007 | 54500 | 1 | 02/15/2005 |
| While traveling on the highway, the tread on my tire completely blew off taking with it part of my bumper and the interior plastic around the tire. only the steel belts were left. *jb | |||
| 06/24/2007 | 1 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer ext 370. the contact felt the vehicle jerk slightly while driving 70 mph. the contact noticed a piece of the tire coming off of the passenger side continental contitrac tr bsw tire. the vehicle has not been taken to a mechanic. the purchase date, dot number, and mileage information were unknown. | |||