Consumer Complaint Detail

DUNLOP / RADIAL SP SPORT / 9999

E4 0218642

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003202172 Incident Date: Feb, 16 2003
Consumer's City: SUSSEX Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: DUNLOP TIRE CORPORATION
Model Name: RADIAL SP SPORT Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires:sidewall
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 21 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I had a sidewall blow out with a three week old dunlop tire while merging on to an on ramp at 40 miles per hour. the tire lost pressure immediately and caused temporary loss of control of the car. the weather was only and 30 degrees, and i openly had myself and empty trunk car. the tires were purchased at an authorized goodyear dealer and installed with a set of equally sized four tires. corporate and retail goodyear people will only replace the tire if they can be proved that it was defect in the manufacturing of the tire, not with installation or any other charaterisitics. the prevoius tire on that rim was a goodyear tire that lasted 45000 miles without incident, so rim damage appear to be not likely.