Audi A6 tire blowout problems

Filed Nov 12, 2024 · Tires · 115,000 miles · AZ

The contact owns a 2013 Audi A6 equipped with Kumho Tires, Tire Line: Solus Majesty, Tire Size: 245/45/VR18, DOT Number: 127W2YCJ9. The contact stated that the vehicle had been taken for maintenance and the independent mechanic observed that the driver's and passenger’s side front tires tread was separating from the tire. The contact stated that all four tires had been replaced 3 months prior. The contact was informed by the independent mechanic that the rear tires were also showing signs of tread separation. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 115,000. The tire failure mileage was 5,000.

Filed Oct 6, 2018 · Wheels · 180,000 miles · NV

Driving on interstate 80 around a curve when I hear a loud noise o looked around at the other cars in the other lanes to see what was going on and they were looking at me wondering the same thing or they saw the blowout and or heard the noise? I realized it was my tire losing steering control. I quickly moved over to shoulder found I was riding on rim. The tire had blown off rim to the back of wheel well pushing off the anti lock brake cable for that wheel and damaging my wheel well. A few minutes after examining tire a state of nevada emergency road service van pulled up and said after looking at tire, your lucky you didn't cause an accident with that tire failure. He put on spare and I drove away. I also had other tire experts look at tire and not one of them said it was a road hazard even though the manufacturer said it was after their inspection. One of the tire experts who sells their tires said don't even try to get them to replace that tire they never do. Goodyear is the parent company.

Filed Aug 11, 2016 · 51,500 miles · NJ · crash

At 5pm on july 20, 2016 I drove my a6 to the home of my granddaughters friend, they are both 15 yrs. Old and were in the car at the time, to drop her off . I pulled into the driveway and when I put the car into park it lunged, at a fast rate, forward smashing into a railroad tie retaining wall and then flew into reverse. During this entire time my foot was on the brake and the shift was in park. As this was happening there was also a loud grinding noise coming from the car. So loud that 2 neighbors came running out of their separate houses. I pulled the emergency brake lever and the car stopped. It had gone backwards down the driveway, about 10 to 15 feet, into the street and back over a curb at such a rate that the back tire blew out. It came to a stop on the lawn just missing a tree trunk by a foot. The car was towed by an audi dealer and a week later audi sent an engineer from auburn hills, mi to look at it. They said there's nothing wrong with it. The police were called to the scene and I have a police report. The policeman drove the vehicle off the lawn and he also heard a grinding noise. I will not drive this vehicle again. It is a death trap. I believe something went wrong with either the computer or some other electronic part. The car acted completely on it's own. My husband and I have had at least 8 to 10 audi's over the years and nothing like this has ever happened to us before. We've also had many other types of vehicles. What can we do?

Filed Dec 12, 2011 · Tires · 125,846 miles · MO

My wife was driving to work this morning when she had a tire blowout on the highway going 60mph. I met up with her to put the spare on and I was expecting a nail or something in the tire. When I inspected the tire I was surprised to notice a severe blowout on the rear passenger tire on the inside side wall of the tire from the tread to the rim. This is concerning to me because we still had 40,000 miles left on the warranty and we still have the same brand/size on the other tires. I am worried that this may happen on the other tires. The brand of tire is yokohama avid trz size: p205/55r16 89t. I know this tire is not on the recall list, but I am suspect of this tire after this incident.

Filed May 26, 2009 · Tires · NY

Bubbles in sidewalls of michelin 245/40r18 michelin pilot hx mxm4 tires. With only 24,000 mi. On these tires they had multiple bubbles or bulges in the inner and outer sidewalls. These bubbles are very dangerous and can burst or be ruptured and cause a blowout at any time. If these bubbles were only on the inner sidewalls, we may never have noticed them. This means that many people are right now riding on tires that may burst at any moment and I consider this a major flaw in these and other low profile tires. This should be a national recall as many of these bubbles are not easily detected and are way too common. The tire manufactures are blaming the consumer for this problem and are knowingly allowing this problem to continue. My local audi dealer showed me a mountain of these defective tires! My tires are available for inspection and michelin is giving me a 50% discount on a new set.

Filed Jul 8, 2005 · Tires · NY

Consumer has experienced 4 tire blow outs witht eh continental tire equipment.***no answer required***. *mr the tire dealer replaced the consumer's four continental tires with with the same defective model tire which had blownout. After the replacement the consumer experienced the fourth blowout of on of the continental tires in less than one year.

Filed Jun 14, 2005 · Wheels · 10,000 miles · NJ

I would like to bring to your attention a very serious and dangerous issue I am having with my 2004 audi a6 2.7t s line. The issue is the 18 inch rims and tires delivered with the car. After approximately 10,000 miles, I noticed while traveling at 35 miles per hour the car shakes, vibrates and drives rough. In addition, I experienced 3 tire failures including 1 blow-out while driving at 45mph on a local highway (luckily, I did not lose control of the vehicle). I have now been in contact with 4 new york city metropolitan area audi dealers and the head engineer of the tire manufacturer in the united states, continental tire company, supplying original equipment tires for the a6 2.7t s line. All the dealers and the tire manufacturer have indicated there is a major problem with these 18 inch rims in the northeast area. Specifically, 60-70% of the tires fitted on these 18 inch rims are typically damaged and returned to the tire manufacturer and the majority of these 18 inch rims (equipped on the a6 2.7t) typically become bent because they can not withstand winter road conditions (I.e., potholes caused from the cold weather and snow) in the northeast united states. They all indicated these 18 inch rims should have not been delivered with the a6 2.7t in the northeast united states market. Instead, they suggested I change to 16 inch rims as was the case in earlier year a6 2.7t models (2000-2002), when the a6 2.7t came with 16 inch rims as standard equipment. I have been in contact with audi in germany and the u.s. They refuse to help in any way. This issue poses a serious threat to the public as tires on these rims in the northeast united states are susceptible to blow outs, which could cause major traffic accidents and associated fatalities and/or injuries. To protect the public's welfare and safety, I believe the federal safety agency should force audi to recall the vehicles with these 18 inch rims and replace them with safe equipment (I.e., 16" rims and tires).

Filed May 27, 2005 · Tires · 40,805 miles · SD

Purchased new cooper tires from graham automotive @801 west 41st st, sioux falls, sd 57105 on may 10th of 2004. My audi had 24,105 miles on it when I picked it up. On nov. 17th, 2004 I was returning from sioux falls, sd @ about 11pm and I had a blowout on the drivers front. It had 10,753 miles on it. I had to call several times to get them to give me 75.00 on the tire I had to get. Well on may 23rd, 2005 I had ron loban from dale's alignment of brookings, sd look at my tires. The 3 were so wore out he recommened that I not drive the car. I drove it to my residence which about 8 miles from my office. On the way to work I was about a mile from work and I blew the drivers side front tire out again. The tires are at dale's alinment @1006 main ave s. Brookings, sd 57006- phone # for them is 605‑692‑5712. Graham automotive said they can't help. I feel that with the mileage of 40805 when the second blow out occured. That means I had 16,700 miles on 3 of them and they were shot and the 4th blew with only 10,755 on it there had to be something wrong with them. Please help in getting some help for this. I thank you. Ila k. Swenning

Filed Aug 17, 2004 · Tires · 49,000 miles · IL

Tire failure; pirelli p6000 tires 255/40/17/zr; four failures in 3 years; the inside wall splits causing a flat; in the latest, the inside wall is so severely cracked, that the rubber is pulling away from the tire; tires are 10 months old, less than 15,000 miles; manufacturer refuses to acknowledge problem.

Filed Aug 14, 2004 · Tires · 10,300 miles · OR

2002 audi a6 was taken to sunset audi in portland or in dec.2003 because appeared tires were wearing-shaving on edges and middle,they aligned the car. On august 11th one of the tires went flat. On the next friday the car was taken to les schwab which is the warranty agent for pirelli.les schwab tire store said that they just had another audi in the same thing on the exact same type of car and they had see many others that had been coming in forthe same problem. Pirelli has them send back the tires and would determine if any moneywould be returned. Besides the flat tire all the tires had to be replaced.les schwab said that it did not in any way look like alignment problem that instead they thought that the rubber compound was not adequate. My car is 2 years old with only 10,000 mi audi says they have no responsibility for the tires as that is a warranty with pirelli however since it may be that either audi did not specify the right tire or pirelli gave tires in adequate in the thickness of the rubber. The bottom line was that I a 77 year old feel that I have been taken,I had to payout a little over $400 for four new tires on my low mileage car. In addition I only drive on well paved roads and no freeways. I fee that someone is not being accountable for the safey of myself and others. Since audi sends all the tire problems to perrile they never hear back if there are problems. My concern is that not only one tire blew out but all f our could have gone out at once--how many other audi owners are out there with tires shredding. I have asked audi to find out if the tire company will be giving me my moneyback--they toldme at the dealer that the only money the tire company gives back is if there is a defect and they have never know this tire company to find defects--thus audi does not have to pay for tires and neither will the tire co.