Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 11/26/2011 | 120238 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2001 kia sportage equipped with cooper trendsetter se tires size 205/75r15, dot number u9ulc2t2811. the contact was driving 70 mph when the sidewall separated on the rear passenger tire. the tire shredded into pieces as a result. the vehicle started to sway as the contact merged to the shoulder, where he installed a spare tire. the contact also stated that the tires were brand new and recently purchased. the dealer was notified and stated that they would get back in touch with the contact. the tire manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage on the tire was 3,562. the vehicle failure mileage was 120,238. | |||
| 11/26/2011 | 120238 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2001 kia sportage equipped with cooper trendsetter se tires size 205/75r15, dot number u9ulc2t2811. the contact was driving 70 mph when the sidewall separated on the rear passenger tire. the tire shredded into pieces as a result. the vehicle started to sway as the contact merged to the shoulder, where he installed a spare tire. the contact also stated that the tires were brand new and recently purchased. the dealer was notified and stated that they would get back in touch with the contact. the tire manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage on the tire was 3,562. the vehicle failure mileage was 120,238. sm. | |||
| 11/26/2011 | 120238 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2001 kia sportage with cooper trendsetter se, size 205/75r15. dot number: u9ulc2t2811. the contact was driving 70mph when the outside of the tire blew out from the rear passenger tire causing it to shred to pieces. the vehicle started to sway as the contact merged to the shoulder where he installed a spare tire. these tires were brand new tires that was just purchase from a dealer and installed on the vehicle. the dealer was notified and stated they will give him a return a call. the tire manufacturer was not notified. the tire failure was 3,562. the vehicle failure mileage was 120,238. mw | |||
| 07/16/2009 | 192000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 kia sportage. the vehicle has cooper trendsetter se tires, size p 20575r15 (na). while driving 60 mph, the contact heard a loud sound inside of the vehicle. he pulled the vehicle over, but when he drove off for a few miles, he heard a slapping sound coming from the rear driver's side tire. the contact pulled into a parking lot and noticed major tread separation; however, there was still air inside of the tire. the failure cracked the rear bumper, the rear driver's side lens, and the bulb. he emailed the manufacturer, but has not received a response. the current and failure mileages were 192,000. | |||
| 05/07/2004 | 1 | ||
| While driving 70 mph passenger rear side tire blew out. consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and pulled over. vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. *ak | |||
| 09/26/2002 | |||
| Consumer states that while driving heard a loud noise. passenger rear tire blew out. model radial 798 size r205/75r15.dot #h2amyp1h3380. oringinal tire equipment. please provide additional information. *mr | |||
| 01/19/2002 | 1 | 10/01/2001 | |
| Speedometer malfuctioned/jumped at approx. 30mph to 40 mph then back down to 20 took back 3x. suv shimmied at 60+ mph 3x's took back to dealer dealer replaced tires, electric back windows 3x's to dealer replaced twice, wiring assy-engine, coil ignition, conv. assy-cat. replaced (may have caused speedometer , windows etc to operate improperly. r/r main wire harness, r/r both cat convertors, r/r coil and spark plugs, repaired fuel injector wire harness. vehicle idled at high rpm (suv power surged to 80 mph, the slowest i could get the vehicle to go was 40mph and had to use the emergency brake. (throttle cable in wrong poss. at this time transmission is still slipping vehicle at dealership plus i am going through the lemon law and bbautoline. this is the 10 day limit. kia has not been very hospitable about this situation, i do not feel safe in their vehicle. | |||
| TIRES - TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | |||
| 9880 | 1 | ||
| Consumer state vehicle backed into a tree, then instead of bumper catching the impact the spare tire carrier was crushed. bumper was not strong at all. | |||