| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002086637 |
Incident Date: Jan, 10 2002 |
| Consumer's City: PITTSBURG |
Consumer's State: KS |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: |
Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SC1 |
Model Year: 1995 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash:
No |
Component's Description: Tires |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire:
No |
Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZG1277SZ |
Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 12 2002 |
Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police:
No |
Purchase Date:
Jun, 30 1998 |
| Was Original Owner:
No |
Anti-lock Brakes:
No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 |
Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed:
- |
Description of the Complaints:
On march 20, 2001, i purchased 4 exocet wynstar 205/40z/r16 75w low profile tires from reeve's tire in joplin, missouri. on october 28, 2001, a friend of mine noticed that there was a bubble in the sidewall of the front driver side tire. when i contacted reeve's, they told me that i must have hit the curb and caused an impact break. yet, if i had hit any curb in the town where i live, i would have had damage to my wheel, since the tires are low profile. but there was no damage to the wheels, and there were no rub marks on the tire. i then contacted the manufacturer at 1-800-944-8414. the manufacturer agreed to replace the tire under warranty. the tire was replaced on 11/14/01. on 01/02/02, a different friend of mine noticed that there was a bubble and a crack in the sidewall of the front passenger side. i again contacted the manufacturer and they agreed to replace the tire under warranty. on 01/11/01, i went to joplin, missouri, to reeve's tire, to have the tire replaced. when i got back in my car, after the tire had been replaced, i wrote down what the mileage was on the car at that time. it was 82,280.0. i then proceeded to drive back to pittsburg, ks, which is about 30 miles, i believe. i didn't think that i would have any problems, being as brand new tire was just put on my car. when i was about 10 miles from pittsburg, the sidewall of the brand new tire blew, the one that had just been replaced on the front passenger side. i temporarily lost control of the car, but there was no accident or injury. i didn't know if there was anything that could be done about this, or if i could find out if there have been any other complaints about these tires. so far, i am not happy with the quality of these tires. especially since reeve's was very willing to charge me $125.00 per tire, if i couldn't get them covered by warranty. i would appreciate a quick response of any kind to this. thank you.*ak
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