2013 Ford Escape: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Aug 11, 2024 · Tires · GA

Tire 235/55 R-17 99 T. the steering wheel started to shimmy while driving. I took the vehicle into the service shop found that the a section of the tire was indented and the inside of the tire had a bubble. The repair shop stated this was caused by the tread separating. The tire had to be replaced. The tire is 2.5 years old and the tread on the inside was heavily worn while the outside tread was in good shape. The replace tire indicator was still intact. I purchased this tire at the same time i purchased the driver side tire.

Filed Aug 11, 2024 · Tires · GA

235/55 R-17 99T This is one of a set of two tires I purchased in Oct. 2021. The passenger side front tire had the same issue discovered a few weeks earlier. The steering wheel started to shake while driving. I took the vehicle to the shop who informed me the tread was separating like the passenger tire was separating a few weeks earlier. Again the tire was more worn on the inside versus the outside tread. The replace tire indicator was still in place. It seems very odd that both tires purchased and installed at the same time had the same issue with the tread separating. I have both tires in my garage if anyone wants to inspect them.

Filed Apr 26, 2020 · Engine, Fuel system · MD

I purchased my car used in dec. 2016 with 79,000 miles, and have had consistent problems ever since. In aug. 2017 (94,888 mileage), I had take the car to the dealership service center because the engine would stall and stop due to high engine temperature - I was consistently adding coolant, probably every few days. The service department found the coolant leak came from the water pump, so they replaced the leaking water pump, as well as the cabin air filter and spark plugs. Then in june 2018, I had a flat tire and couldn't put the spare on because the lug nuts were swollen/warped - took it to the dealership and they had to replace all sets. In sept. 2018 (113,516 mileage), I was driving home, the engine stopped accelerating, and I knew it was the transmission. I had the car towed to the ford dealership. They had to "replace the torque converter and completely replace the transmission". They also found the half shaft was leaking, so they "replaced the left hand bushing/seal/half shaft because the shaft was scored". In jan. 2019, I had taken the car to get serviced because within 1 days time, I had 5 light bulbs blow out and needed replacing. Later in the summer 2019, I was having coolant issues again, and took it to the dealership where they told me the coolant sensor was malfunctioning. I did not have that replaced because I said I would keep an eye on the coolant levels. Now, april 2020, my coolant level's are getting low again, and there is a consistent smell of coolant surrounding the vehicle when engine is on. After driving for 20+ minutes, and coming to an idle stop, the car smells like exhaust and coolant mixed, and there is occasional smoke billows from the exhaust pipes. I have looked under the engine and found oil leaks (pics attached), and believe my car matches the federal safety agency campaign id number: 12v551000 even though recalls never show up for my VIN

Filed May 17, 2019 · Transmission · 130,000 miles · LA

I am the original owner and have had all maintenance performed at the dealership. For about a year my car has had an issue where it hesitates when I accelerate. The dealership would blow out the mass air flow then the car would run fine for 2 or 3 months then the problem would start over. On may 8 while driving in town it started hesitating when I would accelerate and the shifting progressively got rougher. Then when trying to drive forward from a red light the engine would rev but the car would not move. The dealership says there is metal debris stopping up the filter and that it could be the clutches or some other part of my transmission coming apart. I'm told my transmission needs to be rebuilt.

Filed Jul 13, 2015 · 34,400 miles · MI

I was traveling down the freeway and suddenly my rear passenger tire blew out. When the tire was changed by aaa, I noticed the inner sidewall of the tire was blown out. All of the years that I have been driving, I have never seen a hole blown out in a tire like I have with this one. I decided to do some research and I've noticed that there are several instances of this happening. I believe there is a serious issue with these tires and I believe some action should be taken against this company; it is worth an inspection anyway. I will be contacting the continental tire company myself to voice my concern. I've driven many vehicles and I have not had tires fail so soon, especially being mostly highway miles.

Filed Dec 19, 2014 · Tires, Wheels · 28,856 miles · IL · crash

My 16 year old daughter was driving at approximately 25 MPH on residential street having just complete a left turn when her front left front tire blew out causing her to lose control of he car and hit the curb. The collision with the curb resulted in damage to the front left rim.the treads on tires appeared to be in good shape the car had only 28,856 miles on it and the vehicle was only a year old. We placed all the tires after reading similar stories about continental tires on the internet. I have been driving for 32 years and have very experienced anything close to this on relatively new car/ tires.

Filed Jul 2, 2014 · Tires · 19,450 miles · TX

I was driving on ih 10 in san antonio going approximately 65 miles per hour in my 2013 ford escape that I have had for just over a year. I have approximately 19,500 miles on these tires. My rear passenger tire blew out (literally the tread blew right off the sidewall) and ripped the plastic skirting off my passenger side of my car. We changed to the spare and took the car to the dealership where I was told my continental contiprocontact tire would be sent back to continental to determine if it was covered under warranty- after reading the multiple complaints, we will now be changing all 4 of our tires (this is after spending about $175 yesterday on a new continental so that we could attempt to file a warranty claim). The tire in question is continental conti pro contact 235/55r 17. At this point, the best that we can hope for is that they will give us "up to 62% reimbursement" per the dealer because of my mileage, regardless of the fact that there was plenty of tread depth left on the tire and I had not punctured it or run over anything other than roadway.