Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||||
| 9852 | 04/13/1998 | 601290 | Information on tire company telephone numbers for customer assistance. *yc | 07/17/1998 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 06/15/2009 | 126500 | 1 | |
| Futura 875 tires made by bridgestone firestone with tread separation on all 4 tires. these tires seem never to have existed. they are not futura 775 tires they are futura 875 tires. these tires were purchased july 2001 at a time when dangerous tires were in the news for roll over accident's killing people. yet pepboys never notified us they were defective. now the tread separation on all 4 tires is very obvious and the tires must be replaced. clearly there are still defective dangerous tires on the road waiting to harm a trusting public. why? *tr | |||
| 02/21/2008 | 1 | ||
| My daughter had just driven all over the state with her student teaching assignment. she was going to teach for the day when she had tire failure. she had just left from her apartment going 10 mph and about one mile from her place. the coil spring broke jabbing into her tire and causing a blow out. we had to have the car towed and the mechanic said these mecuries and ford sables were good for this kind od a problem. then i got on line and it sais that one point back in 95 that these kind of cars had to have guards to protect the coils from the tires. i am concerned. *tr | |||
| 08/20/2001 | |||
| Tire developed a large bulge on outside of tire near tread. this caused steering to be unstabled and to wobble. michelin, xw4 with 47,000 miles, p205/65r15. *ak | |||
| 07/03/2001 | 1 | ||
| 2 1/2 month old tire, 4000 miles, completely deteriorated on the freeway, no collision involved. *ak (tiresize: p205/65r15) | |||
| 11/17/2000 | |||
| Consumer stated that night that vehicle was purchased it was left at dealer to get tires replaced. but, next day when vehicle was suppose to be picked up consumer was informed that vehicle was shipped to south carolina. when vehicle was returned consumer turned vehicle on, and heater malfunctioned. after that car just turned off.*ak | |||
| 05/26/1999 | 2 | 08/01/1995 | |
| No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak | |||
| 12/04/1996 | 1 | 07/16/1996 | |
| General tires wear unevenly. (p20565r15) | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 06/29/2007 | 1 | ||
| Upon completing a tire check of my vehicle, i noticed the sidewall of my general tire ameri -g4s is buldging out (about the size of a golf ball hemisphere) and the rubber is starting to separate. *tr | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 05/01/1999 | 2 | 08/26/1995 | |
| General g4s tires (p205/65r15) experienced tread separation. *slc | |||