Consumer Complaint Detail
CONTINENTAL / CONTINENTAL SPORT LT/SUV / LT23
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007101188 | Incident Date: Mar, 22 2007 |
| Consumer's City: SHEPHERDSVILLE | Consumer's State: KY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Continental Tire the Americas, LLC |
| Model Name: CONTINENTAL SPORT LT/SUV | Model Year: LT23 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FTWW33F62E | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 04 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I am not happy with the original oem tires , which were continental sport lt/suv, lt235/85r16e, which according to the ford dealer i purchased the truck from, was installed on f350 from the factory.*ak on friday march 23, 2007 i experienced a tire separation on the right front tire of my truck. i was on the interstate doing the speed limit of 65 mph towing a light single wheel trailer when the tread separated damaging the fender, inner fender liner and the electrical wiring above the inner fender. we also noticed several wires were cut and no turn signals were working after this incident. i have since installed 6 new tires of the same size lt235/85r16e '' load range e and immediately compared the sidewalls of both the oem installed tires and the new tires i purchased. i asked the tire dealer for their opinion on the tire separation issue and they have replaced a number of tires for the same occurrence that happened to me. i believe ford motor company in conjunction with the tire manufacturer needs to do something in this situation as these continental oem tires are not suitable for install on f350 dualie'''s equipped with the diesel engine option. i am satisfied with the truck otherwise and would not hesitate to purchase another if the need arose. but i definitely would look at the tire situation in light of my experience. i also believe the manufacturer of the motor vehicle has a responsibility to specify a tire that is safe beyond a reasonable loading to prevent situations like this? also the tire manufacturer (dealer) also shares in this responsibility and can not abrogate the responsibility by looking at the tire from ten feet away and say it looks okay to us. |