Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 03/04/2002 | 3 | 02/01/2000 | |
| Tires were defective (splitting) and were replaced failure. *ak (tiresize: 15) | |||
| 01/15/2001 | 10/01/1999 | ||
| Vehicle making bumby noise during accelaration and decelration due to tire problems. *ak (tiresize: xp2000gt)( dot number: tire size: xp2000gt ) | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 04/13/2000 | 1 | 12/01/1999 | |
| Sidewall separated from tire at 65mph on i-4. other 3 tires, show signs of separation. tires have been rotated per manufacturer's recommendations. (tiresize: p21570r15)( dot number: tire size: p21570r15 ) | |||
| 04/01/2000 | 2 | 04/01/2000 | |
| Original equipment on a 2000, montana, p215/70r15 size. sidewall on two of tires are pulling apart, exposing cords. pontiac and general tire company have inspected the tires. *ak general tires, dot acm3km1349. *slc | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 10/04/2004 | 1 | ||
| When driving any speed rear driver side tire blew out and separated. consumer pulled over and changed the tire. dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. firestone, insignia, 21570/r15. *ak | |||
| 2 | |||
| Consumer states vehicle began to make a weird and bumpy noise while driving, the noise is more prevalent during acceleration and deceleration, consumer took vehicle into dealership and was informed there was no problem with the alignment, except the tires have different wear patterens, dealership advised consumer that uneven wear is causing the noise and the general tire model #xp2000gt will cause noise and wear unevenly, consumer took vehicle into dealership a second time and wheel alignment was checked and the tires were rotated and everything was fine, consumer states as she started to drive the noise level became very high compared to the noise level before, dealership was informed and she was advised that there will be noise and just try to get accustomed to it. *jb | |||