Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 09/12/2004 | 1 | ||
| My son's cooper tire separated at the point where the sidewall meets the tread while he was traveling on the highway, causing him to swerve and run off the road. both he and i checked the tire and saw no puncture. i called cooper tire and was told that the tire, since it was a certain dot number, would be replaced for free. i was directed to a cooper tire dealer. the dealer took the tire in the back and returned with the tire showing a puncture mark in the tire tread. cooper tire now claims that the puncture was the reason for the separation, and that the tire was probably under inflated also. both of these claims were also used by cooper in lawsuits, which i subsequently was made aware of when searching the internet. i did not see any puncture prior to going to the tire dealer. if there was a puncture it very well could have occurred when my son spun off the road into the ditch. there is still the issue of the separation of the tire into two parts which occurred suddenly and without warning.*ak | |||