Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 10/20/2009 | 131000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2002 mazda protege with goodyear american eagle -h tires 205/55/16. the contact stated that while his wife was driving, she noticed a rubbing, thumping sound. she stopped the vehicle and noticed blisters on the side of the rear driver side tire. she installed the spare and when she reached her destination, she noticed 5 to 6 additional blisters on the tire. she notified the tire store where she purchased the tires from and received no assistance. the contact previously spoke with the tire store about installing an h speed rated tire instead of a v speed rated tire and was told that the v rated tire would be fine. they also refused to replace the tires. the current and failure mileages were approximately 131,000. | |||
| 04/04/2008 | 1 | ||
| I still have plenty of tread left on my tires, but i already replaced 2 and found out today i have to replace the other 2. one front tire had a bulge in it and i replaced both front tires. my back tire have a hump in them. which is going to cause them to wear faster . *tr | |||
| 06/01/2004 | 19000 | 7 | 08/29/2002 |
| Problems with tire equipment on the 2002 mazda protege 5. *mr there was difficulty with placing suitcases or boxes into the trunk of this type of vehicle, the cd player skipped, the transmission displayed a loud clunk noise, there was a spare tire problem, there was a nail in the tire which could not be repaired because it was located too close to the edge of the tire, 50% of tread remained, and there was evidence that the wheel needed to have five holes for bolts (spare wheel), and the brakes had 50% remaining. the consumer requested that a memorandum be sent to all mazda dealers explaining the problem, ensure that one or two replacement tires should be stocked due to the extreme difficulties in locating the correct information of the tire and wheel. *sc *jb | |||