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.
My '03 Buick Lesabre had a stability problem. While in las vegas Nevada, I took it to pat clark Buick and they informed me that two of my tires were separated. The remaining two had bubbles protruding from the tread. The tires had 49,993 miles on them and these tires were on the tires when the car was purchased new in '03.
Vibration, which become greater with speed, is felt on the floor, front seat & steering wheel: Vibration becomes worse on a curve. The problem is greatest on an extremely smooth rubberized black topped road.all tires have been balanced, rotated & replaced: Drive train realined: Transmission damper kit installed. Problem continues.
While attempting to pull out of driveway consumer's wife heard a loud noise. She thought that consumer ran over something, but instead it was a tire. Consumer took the tire to a tire repair shop, and was told that the tire blewout from the inside sidewall and could not be repaired. Consumer thought that the defective tire was a recalled tire.
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- Marion, VA, USA