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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005039225 Incident Date: Jul, 10 2005
Consumer's City: NUTLEY Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Continental Tire the Americas, LLC
Model Name: CONTINENTAL TOURINGCONTACT AS Model Year: P215
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires:sidewall
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWRH63B14P Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 18 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 07 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: [xxx] this is filed on behalf of my fiancee [xxx] (same address,evening phone) owner of the vehicle. we noticed a bubble on the side of the right front tire a p205/55r16 continental touring contact ch95 tire on her 2004 vw passat (which had only 3,087 miles on it) on the evening of 7-10-5 . i brought it to three county volkswagen, lyndhurst, nj on the morning of 7-11-05 at approx. 9:50 am. they replaced the tire at a cost to me of $126.28 saying it was not covered by vw and that the matter had to be taken up with continental tire. they sent the tire to continental the next day for testing. after repeated calls to continental, i finally received their response on 9-1-05 claiming the bubble was due to a road hazard. [xxx] this car & tire were driven predominantly local! i simply do not believe their explanation especially since my cousin, three county's former sales manager,(who by the way has been in the business for decades) didn't buy it either! if the bubble was not detected, it could have burst while driving causing serious injury or death to one or both of us! *nm updated 07/18/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)