Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 09/24/2000 | |||
| At 10 am on 9/24/2000 going west on the 210 at approx. 65 mph. slight bumpiness for less than three minutes, then blowout occurred. tire exploded and vehicle fishtailed across three lanes of traffic. mercifully, no one was injured. the tread separated( dot number: tire size: p185/65r1 ) | |||
| 09/13/2000 | 1 | 05/01/1996 | |
| I was returning to hamilton, mt from having my car in for it's 24,000 service at the saturn dealer in spokane, wa. i exited i-90 at the liberty lake exit and, as i was approaching the end of the ramp, my passenger side front tire blew out. my speed was approximately 30mph. i informed saturn of this by telephone 9/14/00. no vehicle damage was done and a tire dealer was a block away so i purchased a new set of tires (dayton). i was not comfortable with continuing to keep the 3 tires that had not blown out on my vehicle.ak( dot number: tire size: p195/60r15 ) | |||
| 03/23/2000 | 1 | 12/01/1995 | |
| Rear tire failure caused loss of control of vehicle. 45 mph speed at time of incident. no steering control once rear tire deflated. road conditions were damp road, asphalt surface with some sand on the surface. on-ramp onto freeway with 45 mph speed limit. vehicle turned right 90 degrees after tire failure and left the roadway. vehicle was a total loss. *ak( dot number: tire size: p19565t15 ) | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 12/30/1996 | 1 | 08/30/1995 | |
| Firestone tire sidewall blew out. | |||