Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 12/07/2007 | 1 | 08/04/2006 | |
| Driving on hwy. 80 on dry road at approx. 60-65 mph, in fast lane, car started to shake, as we pulled over to the side of freeway, tire blew out...complete separation of belt from sidewalls,both side walls still on rim, belt (intact) rolled down freeway. tires less than 1 year old, and lots of tread left on tire. this caused damaged to the rim which is no longer usable. we will have to replace the tire and rim, but thank god no one was hurt. *tr | |||
| 12/09/2002 | 1 | 11/01/2001 | |
| After coming from a stop at a stop light, reaching a speed of around 10 mph, heard loud pop (almost like tire blowing out), tried to pull off to side of road, which at that point all i heard was grinding (almost like riding on the rim), went to put vehicle into park and as i reached the parking gear a loud grinding noise came from engine, put hazards on because was out on a busy street and was unable to pull off, got out to find that front-right ball joint had became disconnected from the boot/tire, and tire was shoved up into wheel base, and as a result had to replace ball joint, control arm and front-right axel due to the fact that the ball joint disconnected from rest of car. luckily no one was hurt because i was on regular road at a low speed. dt | |||
| 08/09/2001 | 1 | ||
| Consumer received recall 00v421001 on front end for lower ball joints . since last month front passenger side tire has worn down to steel belt. wires were coming out of tires. contact dealer, and dealer stated they did not have anything to do with tire problem.*ak michelin dot 4m39dv6x3700 195/70r14 91t m+s. *nlm | |||
| 02/07/1996 | 1 | ||
| Driver side front tire blew out, causing driver to lose control of vehicle, resulting in accident/injury. | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 04/10/2002 | 2 | 03/01/2096 | |
| 1 set of replacement tires (4 each) were purchased and all have tread separation and 1 blowout one after another. sears auto center simply replaced the tires (under their pro-rated warranty) with the same brand eventhough i mentioned that there is a pattern of failure and it seems like the tires were defective. as of today, this will be the fifth time that my tires suffered a tread separation. all the defects were discovered during maintenance check of the car except for one which resulted in a tire blow out.*ak (tiresize: p20570t14) | |||
| 10/01/2000 | 1 | 01/01/1996 | |
| Pe00-046 ; consumer was traveling about 65mph on highway and vehicle started to vibrate. she was able to pull over to the shoulder, and noticed that passenger's side tire tread had separated. tire was a goodyear. there were no injuries.*ak the customer had rim and tire damaged as the result of tire separation. *yh | |||