Consumer Complaint Detail

COOPER / TRENDSETTER SE / 9999

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001086039 Incident Date: Nov, 19 2001
Consumer's City: BOCA RATON Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
Model Name: TRENDSETTER SE Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 01 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Purchased 4 new cooper trendsetters se on march 30, 2000 (mileage at 99,350). first tire problem in august 2001(mileage around 119,000) while traveling on freeway car's front end started vibrating. slowed down and proceeded to pull over, while doing so the entire tread of tire (front driver side) flew off hitting driver's door leaving dents and denting the tire well. tire was not requested for replacement as the car was not taken to a cooper dealer and was not saved.(replaced with a goodyear) second tire tread began to wear off on november 20, 2001 also on freeway. was able to slowly drive to gas station. tread was about to come completely off. mechanic called cooper for replacement due to manufacturer's defect. they refused because the tire had been plugged (nail had been in it; plugged by a cooper dealer) they insist that it was not a manufacturer's defect. the mechanic disagrees and says that i am lucky i didn't lose control of the car. in that case i guess i got lucky twice.*ak (dot number: u9urc2h469 tiresize: p205/65r15)