Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 12/30/2010 | 43684 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 mazda, mazda5 equipped with yokohama avid envigor tires (na), tire size 205/50/17. while driving approximately 65 mph, the contact encountered a pothole and a loud bang sounded outside of the vehicle. the steering wheel began to vibrate. the vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road and towed to an authorized dealer where they informed the front and rear passenger side tires exhibited substantial tread separation and caused the tires to completely deflate. as a result of the failure there was excessive damage to both wheel rims. the technician replaced the rear and passenger side tires and both rims. the manufacturer was not made aware of the defect. the approximate failure mileage was 43,684. the dot number and vin was unavailable. js | |||
| 05/20/2010 | |||
| (5/2010) at my local mazda dealer during routine rotation maintenance of my tires i observed unusual ware on the inner areas of the tire tread areas and a grove carved on the inner sides of the tires. the grove was exposing areas of the steel belt of the tires. the first recommendation from mazda was to replace the tires, soon. after speaking with the mazda service rep he informed me that this issue has been known to occur in mazda 3 | |||