Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 17000 | 8 | ||
| The consumer has experienced the following: defective tires per dealer, lighting, and the front right passenger side door lock-inop(continuous). scc | |||
| Michelin tires wore out at 17,000 miles--replaced may 2000----front right side passenger door lock--the buttons would go down when locked but the right side was not locked | |||
| While driving at state speed limit left tire blewout. tire was replaced with spare tire. proceeded to drive under 50 mph and without warning vehicle caught on fire. dealer inspected vehicle, and stated that gearshift had malfunctioned consumer was at fault because of the speed vehicle was driven at.*ak | |||
| 11/17/2000 | 4 | 05/01/1998 | |
| A section approx. 12 inches of the tread has completely separated. i replaced all 4 tires and kept the left front tire. i contacted volvo and was told no complaints had been made. i called nhtsa by phone and left a message but no one called me back. i (tiresize: 205/65r15)( dot number: tire size: 205/65r15 ) | |||
| 11/03/1998 | |||
| While driving 45 mph on wet pavement going around a curb, the front passenger's tire blew out, causing the consumer to hit a wall. upon impact, driver's side and the passenger's side air bags didn't deploy. *ak | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 01/22/2008 | 3 | 10/29/2007 | |
| Tires have not failed. sidewall cracks/deterioration noticed during routine stop for gas. i plan to replace all 4 tires immediately. *tr | |||
| 07/19/2007 | 124000 | 1 | 01/01/2007 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 1998 volvo v70. the contact stated that the sidewall on one of his sumitomo tires completely failed while driving 50 mph. the contact was unsure of the dot number. the current and failure mileages were 124,000. the tire information was unavailable. | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 09/28/2001 | 05/01/2001 | ||
| Tread separation on 4 tires. *ak (tiresize: p205/65r15) | |||