Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||||
| 013 | 01/10/2006 | 10019022 | Volvo recommended winter tires. *tt | 02/09/2006 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 04/17/2010 | 168083 | ||
| On april 13, 2010 i was told by the salesman that the yokahama tire is as good as the michelin tires that i had on my car. (one of my michelin tires was showing steel belts, apparently from spinning my tires trying to get out of the snow on my gravel driveway this past march 2010.) since the michelins were nearly four years old and the salesman said the sidewalls were rotting, on april 13, 2010, i purchased four yokahama tires. on april 17, 2010, i visited friends in rehoboth beach area of delaware and while parking at the grocery store i hit a curb/parking stop while parking. the speed of travel at the time was at a coast since i had my foot on the brake at the time. the impact was so slight neither i nor my passenger was prompted to inspect the tire. after a normal weekend of driving through town and then returning to my home in lexington, va., i noticed the bubble in the sidewall of the right front tire. there was no impact mark on the tire that i could see that would cause me to think that i had hit something sharp. the salesman who sold me the tire pointed to a spot on the bubble( i could not discern the mark) with a pen point and said that there is a mark on the tire and it seems that the bubble was caused by hitting something sharp. now, i do not contend that i did not hit a parking/curb stop...i contend it was of no great speed at impact. i contend that this tire may be unsafe; especially if it had failed during my 450-mile drive home from delaware. the salesman said, well, if you hit it at just the right way, it will damage the tire. ( i think my old michelin tires would have faired better and i promptly replaced the yokahama with michelins. i feel safer but feel this needs to be reported. there was no blemish, yet the sidewall inside the tire was jaggedly ripped approx. 1-inch in length. case # yokahama 3270989 claim adjustment number d890153 purchased from terry's tire town, henrico, va 23222 through lexington express lube, lexington, va | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 2 | |||
| The michelin tire (p336/50r17) experienced a blowout, the consumer observed a 3 cut in the sidewall after avoiding a pot hole, three days later while driving a loaner with michelin tires, another blowout occurred when the consumer avoided hittin a ball that rolled into the street. *slc | |||