Consumer Complaint Detail

CONTINENTAL / CONTITRAC / LT27

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005031400 Incident Date: Apr, 03 2005
Consumer's City: PORT CHARLOTTE Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Continental Tire the Americas, LLC
Model Name: CONTITRAC Model Year: LT27
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FTPW12515K Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 31 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 03 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: contact had a problem with the tires on new 2005 ford f150. he has had to have the tires rebalanced every 100-200 miles .the dealer replaced 3 of the tires because they could not get them to balance within the limits. the first tire was replaced at 56 miles. now the left front tire has a hunk of tread out of the tire. they were saying vehicle hit something to cause this, but vehicle has not hit anything, and that the tire was a road hazard . also, it was not covered under the warranty. there was vibration in steering wheel while driving 50-60 mph. they put a stabilizer on the left rear in the frame to try and correct the problem, but the tires still were unbalanced. *ak