Tire failure. Failure was spontaneous. New tires less than 2 months old and only 200 miles driven. Bulging sidewall. Is in process of being fixed.

- Green Bay, WI, USA

- the contact owns a 1999 Buick Century. While driving at approximately 75 mph on the highway the contact heard a loud grinding noise. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and noticed the tire blew out. The road conditions were clear. There were no pot holes or other road hazards visible on the highway. There was approximately 6000 miles on the tire at the time of the blowout. The tire was a douglas touring P205/70R15 bw. The vehicle currently had an odometer reading of 43000 miles.

- Lake Worth, FL, USA

Consumer discovered cracks in the sidewall of the tires due to them being dry rotted, all 4 tires were replaced. The upper strut mount was lubricated, the blower resistor in the air condition was replaced, the carpet was replaced, and there was a wind noise coming from the driver side window.ts

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

While driving 30-35 mph in a 1999 Buick Century, the right rear tire had a flat because of a nail, also noticed a deep split on sidewall. Original equipment, tire size 205/70R15, and dot# A3mod81099. General dealer was contacted. The inside seam failure ran up both sides of the sidewall. The other tires were inspected and were found to have the same sidewall failure. All tires were replaced and carried the same dot number as stated above.

- Davison, MI, USA