Consumer Complaint Detail

DUNLOP / SP SPORT / 9999

EULV 4MD0901

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003202732 Incident Date: Feb, 21 2003
Consumer's City: BRANFORD Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: DUNLOP TIRE CORPORATION
Model Name: 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#: JM1BJ226110 Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 23 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 14 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tire sidewall bubble/blister upon hitting shallow pothole - this is 3rd tire occurance, all with same sidewall blister damage, of the four oe tires delivered on my 2001 mazda protege es. the oe tires are dunlop sp sport 5000m p195/50r16 83 v. dot identification: dot eulv 4md0901. all tires have been inflated to 30-35 psi at time of impact and the pothole was sufficiently minor as to cause no damage to the alloy rim or any other scrape or damage to the tire. the sidewall blister would form within several miles driving after impact. i've now had to purchase three dunlop replacement tires to date.