Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 04/16/2009 | 1 | ||
| Two months ago my son | |||
| 11/11/2008 | 137000 | 1 | |
| My 1999 honda civic caught on fire november 11 it was 11:45 pm my car was parked within 6 feet of my house my dog alerted me by barking and going crazy i was asleep so got up and went to the bathroom, and noticed a bright flickering light went outside to see what was causing this and saw my car on fire: drivers side. it looked to me the fire was right above the tire, and also the fire dept. confirmed that don't know if it was the tire, or electrical system i owned the car for approximately 6 months i had no insurance so was out $4,000. *tr | |||
| 09/11/2008 | 1 | ||
| Tread completely separated from tire while driving 65 mph on freeway. tire looks like a retread even though it wasn't purchased as one. *tr | |||
| 08/01/2008 | 169465 | 1 | |
| Valve stem failure on three tires resulting in flat tires that needed to be replaced. *tr | |||
| 06/20/2006 | 1 | ||
| I was driving my 1999 honda civic lx 4 door vehicle on a return trip from birmingham, al to atlanta, ga and about 45 minutes into my return trip the tread separated from the front right tire of my vehicle. i was fortunate that that although the 1/3 of the tread separated from the tire it did not blow out and i was able to get to an exit safely. i then proceeded to a walmart tire replacement center where i asked the technician if this was the first time he had seen this happen. the technician told me that this was the second time he had seen this issue within the past 2 months and that the other tire that was brought in for replacement had only been on the car for a few weeks (my tire was about 2 years old). i contacted firestone to inform them of the issue and was told that they could only take action if i could mail them the tire. i provided firestone the contact number for the tire shop where they could obtain the tire if needed for analysis (firestone was not interested in obtaining the tire). the tire that was involved was an fr 680. | |||
| 05/01/2001 | 2 | ||
| My wife's firestone tire blew on her 1999 honda civic and almost caused a major accident on i75. she is lucky to not have been injured. also, her sister's firestone tire blew 1 year later on her 1998 honda civic while driving on another florida highway. the probabilities of such incidents happening to one family must be high unless there is a defect in these firestone tires. luckily no one was injured but that is probably because these were not suv's. date of incident is estimated since it was a minor incident and no one was injured but it should be noted that these firestone tires may not be safe. please also note that the make of these tires are unknown since they have been discarded a long time ago. *nlm | |||
| 09/13/2002 | 1 | ||
| While driving the right rear tire blew out. consumer lost control, spun 180 degrees across the lanes into the left shoulder scraping against the guard rail damaging the vehicle. dunlop p185/65r14 (ohio traffic crash report) *yh | |||
| 10/16/2002 | 1 | 03/01/2002 | |
| I received a recall notice on my 1999 honda civic for the ignition switch in september 2002. i took the car to get a new switch installed. after that i did not see a positive change or faster start up of the car . in fact, it seemed to start slower and slower. when i would press the accelerator i felt a grinding sensation under my foot from the gas pedal, which sounded like the car was struggling to speed up. also, when i would turn the key in the ignition the car would not start right away, it stalled for about (7) seven seconds or so. i believe this car is a lemon. when i bought it, the gears wouldn't change properly. i would press the accelerator to go up to spped on the highway and it would take a long time for the car to change gears, it sounded very loud because of this. i don't know why it did this, i am concerned and it became very annoying. i had an accident while driving this car on oct. 16, 2002. as i was driving i heard something crack under the car and the car started to spin to the other side of the road causing me to lose control of the car. i believe the car had a safety defect that caused the wheels to break, resulting in loss of control of the vehicle. the insurance adjuster told me these are some of the damages to the car: the bottom of the floor shifted, the axle broke, the tires and wheels broke, they declared the car a total loss. i believe the wheels/tires broke first, which is probably what the cracking sound was that i heard which caused the car swerve. my insurance company paid the car off so fast which leads me to believe they are hiding something. aslo, i think the steering of the car was out of line, because sometimes the car would veer to the right when i would be driving straight it would be difficult to stay in the lane i would appreciate all the information you can give to help me find out what else is wrong with this car as i already said a recall for the ignition was issued more defects may be found. dt | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 43758 | 1 | ||
| Consumer purchased 4 new michelin tires. size p195/55/r15, dot b95vb68x3001. xgt v4. 3 of the 4 tires blew out at sidewalls, and bubbles developed on sidewalls.*ak | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 04/20/2003 | 32700 | 1 | 01/01/2002 |
| The rear passenger tire experienced tread separation. full set of new tires were installed.*cb | |||
| 08/01/2001 | 1 | 11/01/2000 | |
| Left front tire tread separtated causing car to swerve, tread damaged left front fender, hood, light assembly, and knocked off lower body panel. *ak (dot number: w27j tiresize: p185/65/14) | |||
| 09/11/2000 | 3 | ||
| While driving about 65 mph tire on the rear passenger's side busted. on 9/11/00, driver experienced the same problem with tire on the front passenger's side, however this one did not blowout while driving, right rear tire blewout while driving on 9/13. dunlop has been contacted about the tires. dunlop was willing to replace the tires at half price. *ak *slc | |||
| 09/11/2000 | 3 | ||
| Consumer was traveling about 65mph on freeway and heard a loud banging noise. she almost lost control of vehicle. the right front tire's tread separated. tires were dunlop db7c1199 . she contacted dunlop, and attendant told her that they would pro rate her tires. *ak it was noticed that the other front tire was beginning to separate also. 2 days later, the right rear tire experienced a blowout, dunlop representative stated that the tires only last 20000 to 30000 miles and consumer's tires had 29784 miles on them. *slc | |||
| 07/22/2000 | 1 | 08/01/1999 | |
| Tire totally separated while traveling on interstate at high speed. *ak( dot number: tire size: p185 65r14 ) | |||