Unanticipated blowout on interstate access ramp. Tire was completely destroyed and had the appearance of those shown on tv related to the SUV tire problem.*ak (tiresize: p215/60r15)( dot number: tire size: p215/60r15 )
1997 Chevrolet Malibu tires complaints
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I was passing another car, when my car,started going out of control, I managed to get over top the right lane and on to the shoulder,when I ,got out to check out what was wrong . I noticed ,t here was'nt any rubber on the rim accept, on side and pieces of steel was sticking out all over. A car across the 4-lane interstate ,had to stop & pick up the hunk of tire, to get it off the road. The tire damnaged the drivers side rear fender, when it came apart. The dealer where ,I bought my car ,replaced that tire and repaired the damage to the car,as it was under warranty . *ak( dot number: tire size: p215160r15 )
Front 2 tires wore out prematurely, only had 25, 756 miles and was rotated 5-6000 miles. *ak( dot number: unknown tire size: p215/6015 )
Spare tire rubs brake caliper. *ak( dot number: )
The tires are 80,000 mile tires that need to be replaced at 35000 due to premature wear on the center rib. The center rib is bald, but the outer ribs have well over half of the original tread left. This was first noticed at about 12000 miles, so we ran the tires at 25psi to try to correct center wear. The inflation specs on the car door call for 29psi front, 26psi rear. We have kept the tires rotated and air pressure check at regularly scheduled times. The tires are becoming unsafe, and need to be replaced. The dealer will not warranty the tires, and firestone claims that the tire is only a 40,000 mile rated tire. The firestone customer service rep stated that the oem affinity tires were only 40,000 mile tires, but if I were to buy new affinity tires from a firestone dealer, I would get an 80,000 mile rated tire. The dealer checked the car for proper front and rear adjustment, and claims that the car is not at fault. We were given a 98 model malibu to drive while they checked our car that had 17,600 miles, and we noticed that the front tires on this car were worse than on our car, but the back tires were not quite as bad. It looked as though the tires had never been rotated on this car. Of course, the dealer states that if we had brought the car in 20,000 miles sooner, he could have done something for me.of course he could say that now that it is already past. Gm and firestone both think it is the responsibility of the other to be responsible for the tires. Furthermore, the dealer's service dept suggested I run the tires at 35psi and tried to send me home with the tires inflated to that amount of air pressure. The tires are becoming unsafe, and need to be replaced.( dot number: tire size: p215/60r15 )
These were orig. 80,000mi. Tires that needed to be replaced at 35,560mi due to early tread wear. *ak( dot number: )
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