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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004307929 | Incident Date: Nov, 14 2004 |
| Consumer's City: CHANTILLY | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: DUNLOP TIRE CORPORATION |
| Model Name: UNKNOWN | 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: Nov, 14 2004 | 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: Not a failure, but misleading information to consumers which might lead to problems. i was sold dunlop sp sport fm901 tires for my saab 9-3 (i am fairly safety conscious) and was told that they were snow legal by just tires, a goodyear owned dealer. recently, i checked inflation and looked for the m&s rating on the sidewall--not there. i looked on the dunlop web site...it showed that the tires rated a "5" for snow on their 1-10 performance scale (indicating to a reasonably intelligent person that they would be average, i.e., what one would expect for an all- season tire). just to be sure, i sent a web-based inquiry to dunlop. goodyr came back to tell me they were not m&s but that they did score a 5 rating. it seems to me that having any snow rating, not to mention a 5, for a tire which is not m&s rated is dangerous and misleading. i know that the dealer will deny that they told me the tires were rated, so all i can do is to point out the problem to nhtsa and consumer outlets. hope you can convince goodyear-dunlop to stop the misleading practice. thanks. *ak |
