Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 2 | |||
| Consumer states vehicle has experienced numerous tire blowouts, consumer has replaced a set of tires each year, (no other tire info given)consumer states the wheel beraing had to be replaced*jb | |||
| 10/19/2001 | 4 | 03/01/1997 | |
| The uniroyal factory representative that i recently spoke to by telephone was not concerned about the failure of all 4 of these tires that i purchased in may 1999. i felt that it was crucial to notify the nhtsa regarding my experience with these uniroyal tires, so that i may prevent a fellow citizen(s) from suffering from injury and/or death as a result of the failure of one of the same tires. *ak (dot number: bet2 beuu tiresize: p205/55r16) | |||
| 09/01/1997 | 7 | 01/01/1998 | |
| There are bubbles within the front tires, and sometimes within the rears tire.consumer had the tires repaired 11 times. dealer can't determine the cause of problem. *ak | |||
| Volvo put the wrong tires on vehicle. they are high performance race tires instead of road tires. whenever hitting a bump, a bubble forms in the tires. consumer has replaced the tires 5 times. dealer has been notified. *ak | |||
| 01/02/1997 | 2 | ||
| Perreli (205/45-17) tires blew out, the design and size for this vehicle is inappropriate. | |||
| 01/01/1997 | 2 | 10/15/1996 | |
| Vehicle had wrong size/type of tires. the tires on vehicle were designed for on racetrack driving. *ak | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 12/01/2007 | 240000 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 1997 volvo 850. while driving approximately 65 mph, the vehicle began to vibrate for approximately 5 to 10 minutes. the tread then began to separate from the tire and continuously struck the fender of the vehicle. the fender, passenger side door, and rocker panel were damaged. the contact has not notified the tire manufacturer. the vin, purchase date, engine size, and number of cylinders were unknown. the current and failure mileages were 240,000. | |||