Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 10/01/2007 | 1 | ||
| While traveling at approx. 35 miles per hour on a local bridge, my right rear tire blew out. i drove a distance of several yards to the end of the bridge where i was able to pull to the shoulder and stop. when a very kind police officer tried to remove the damaged tire, he had to stop because the tire had separated like a recapped tire and wound the torn part around the brake lines and axle. the damages and service charges are estimated to be more than six hundred dollars. initially, the service repairman at the tire store (where all of the tires were purchased and mounted) indicated that all four tires needed to be replaced because they showed signs of dry-rot. a short time later, another worker said only the damaged tire needed to be replaced. there seems to be some problems with michelin tires sold within the last few years. *tr | |||
| 05/03/2003 | 129000 | 1 | |
| While driving, the tire blew out. *jb | |||
| 09/07/2001 | 1 | ||
| While driving, tire experienced a blowout, consumer lost partial control of the vehicle, hit a curb, damaged another tire and both rims, consumer was informed to go to the local goodyear dealer and have them to ship the damaged tires in order to be reimbursed, the claim was subsequently denied because goodyear stated they only received one of the damaged tires.(goodyear regatta p21570r15 tires)*jb | |||
| 1 | |||
| Front tires rub brake hoses. | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 10/20/2000 | 1 | ||
| After driving left rear tire was flat. then, applied air and it went flat again. taken to technician where could not be fix it because the side walls wore out. next day right rear tire was having the same problem, and had to be replaced. lincoln, town car, 1991, p215/70r15, dot bem3nx71239. *ak | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 05/17/1999 | 1 | 11/01/1990 | |
| We had a tread separation problem on this tire identical to the current firestone problem. the left rear tire blew out at highway speed while traveling on us 1 between florida city and key largo. fortunately the car was kept under control and no other vehicles were coming opposite on the two-lane road. the tire tread was pealed off. the car was towed back up to miami, to the firestone dealer. they said we must have hit something to cause the problem. the current firestone problem was unknown to us then, so we had to buy new tires (two to match). the car still has damage to the fender well. the same model tires are on the car now, and we have new concerns about them due to the current problem. this model tire hasn't been identified to me as problematic, but i read in our newspaper about someone having a tread-separating blowout also in a lincoln towncar with firestone tires. maybe there is a wide spread firestone problem?? we had never seen anything like the tread separation, and thought that was only a re-tread problem. please add these tires to the problem list and help us with our tire safety. thank you. *ak( dot number: tire size: 215/70/r15 ) | |||