Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 09/21/2009 | 35000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 volkswagen passat. the vehicle has spector z100 tires, tire size p225/40/18(na). the vehicle was parked when the contact observed that the rear driver side tire was flat and exhibited excessive cracking. the tire was changed and replaced with a spare tire. the other three tires on the vehicle also exhibited severe cracks. the four defective tires were purchased four months prior to the failure. the tire manufacturer was notified. the contact has photographs of the defective tires. there were concerns of the safety risks involved. the vin and dot number were unavailable. the failure mileage was 35,000 and the current mileage was unavailable. | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 07/11/2005 | 3087 | 1 | 11/08/2004 |
| Vivwvwrh63b14p105384this is filed on behalf of my fiancee christina bresko(same address,evening phone) owner of the vehicle. we noticed a bubble on the side of the right front tire a p205/55r16 continental touring contact ch95 tire on her 2004 vw passat (which had only 3,087 miles on it) on the evening of 7-10-5 . i brought it to three county volkswagen, lyndhurst, nj on the morning of 7-11-05 at approx. 9:50 am. they replaced the tire at a cost to me of $126.28 saying it was not covered by vw and that the matter had to be taken up with continental tire. they sent the tire to continental the next day for testing. after repeated calls to continental, i finally received their response on 9-1-05 claiming the bubble was due to a road hazard. (case #02130) this car & tire were driven predominantly local! i simply do not believe their explanation especially since my cousin, three county's former sales manager,(who by the way has been in the business for decades) didn't buy it either! if the bubble was not detected, it could have burst while driving causing serious injury or death to one or both of us! *nm | |||
| 09/20/2004 | 12500 | 2 | |
| On two separate occasions while driving 30 mph the tire failed. driver was able to pull over and inspected the vehicle. noticed that the tread separated from the sidewall. vehicle was taken to a tire dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the tires needed to be replaced, and replaced them. however, problem recurred. *ak the consumer stated that he had two tire failures in less than 13000 miles. | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 12/06/2006 | 1 | 06/02/2004 | |
| Dt*: the contact stated while driving various speeds, the steering wheel vibrated. this occurred on three occasions. the vehicle was driven to the dealer each time, who determined the passenger front and both rear tires experienced tread separation. the tires were replaced. the tires were cooper dominator p195/65r15. | |||
| 05/26/2004 | 398 | 1 | |
| While driving 75 mph, the front driver side tire tread separated without warning. *jb | |||
| TIRES - VALVE | |||
| 10/28/2004 | 1 | ||
| A loud noise was heard coming from the rear of the vehicle. consumer pulled over, and noticed that the rear passenger's side tire blew out. consumer changed the tire, and drove vehicle to the dealer for inspection. mechanic determined that the valve stems needed to be replaced. *ak | |||