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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007124277 | Incident Date: Aug, 09 2007 |
| Consumer's City: MESA | Consumer's State: AZ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: METZELER MOTORCYCLE TIRE |
| Model Name: 16080R16 | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1HD1FDV135Y | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 25 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 11 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Motorcycle road trip - checked tires. rear metzeler me880 1.50/80hb16 - made in brazil. delamination - underlying plies exposed. known problem by metzeler with brazilian manufactured tires. metzeler is distributing defective and dangerous tires to dealers. complaints have been made to metzeler. other individuals have had the same problem. extensive tire failure report has been sent to metzeler as of 10/25/07. matching set of dunlop tires replaced the metzelers. defective tire is available as evidence and photographic documentation has been sent to metzeler along with the report. the subject metzeler tire was clearly unsafe creating the potential to cause serious injury or death. it is clearly foreseeable to metzeler that its tires would continue to expose its customers to great risk! *tr |
