This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Traveling South on ca. Highway 99 through macfarland ca. On 11-20-2002 at approx. 2215 hrs the right front tire blewout. We where traveling at approx. 72 mph on straight flat stretch of hwy and were able to keep control of the vehicle. Upon inspection of the tire, I noticed that the sidewall had blown out. The Tahoe was purchase on Aug. 9th of 2002, and only had about 3842 miles. We did not hit anything, the tire just failed.
While driving on highway (I-70 sb) my left front tire suddenly went flat. Initially it felt like I was traveling over a seried of minature bumps, this lasted approximately 30 seconds, then the steering became difficult/sloppy: At that point I was made my way to the shoulder of the road, fortunately I had room to get over at an easy pace without having to veer sharply, I gradually made it to the shoulder. As I neared the shoulder I sensed the tire was no longer between the rim and the road. I was able to stop within approximately 10 seconds of that sensation. After stopping I immediately exited the vehicle and inspected the tire. I found the left front tire to be completely ruined. The entire sidewall (outer sidewall) was detached from the tread. It looked as if someone took a sawsall and cut the entire perimeter of the sidewall. Luckily two West chester police officers discovered my situation and provided warning lights to alert traffic, while I changed the tire and spare. This all happened ON08/01/2002 at approximately 5:00am. My father and 13 Y/O son were with me. I went to schmitt huelsman auto mall (where I purchased the Tahoe) and I asked to have all tires replaced, requesting a different brand. The service manager was not authorized to do this. For now he is going to replace the defective tire with the same brand. I prefer not to have this same brand. I have absolutely no confidence in this brand of tire. At this time the dealer is in possession of the defective tire.
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- Bakersfield, CA, USA