2002 Honda CR-V: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Oct 13, 2023 · Tires · 20,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2002 Honda CR-V equipped with Primewell Tires, Tire Line: PF850, Tire Size: 205/70/R15, DOT Number: Y9CDCJTX. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving approximately 40 MPH, the rear driver's side tire became flat. While inspecting the tire it was discovered that the tire had develop a crack which extended from the sidewall to the top of the tire. The contact stated that the same failure had previously occurred with the rear passenger’s side tire. The cause of the failures was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not yet notified of the failure. The tire failure mileage was 20,000. The vehicle failure mileage was unknown. The VIN was not available.

Filed Jul 1, 2012 · Airbags, Tires · 44,000 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Left rear tire blew out on highway at 70mph, driver lost control of vehicle and it flipped and rolled multiple times. Passenger air bag deployed (no passenger in vehicle) but driver air bag failed to deploy. Driver had broken bones, cuts and abrasions. Deployment of driver air bag would likely have reduced injuries to driver.

Filed Jan 15, 2007 · Tires · TN

Clear day, cool temperature, proper inflation, no load, speed 70 MPH, I -24 east bound. Tread separated from white side wall on right rear tire. Tires purchased 4 months before failure.

Filed May 30, 2004 · Airbags, Steering · 51,000 miles · CT · crash · 1 injury

I was driving on the hutchinson river parkway in new york at moderate speed, everything was fine, and suddenly and completely lost steering. Every ounce of my being was directed at trying to steer, to no avail. The car was like a bad carnival ride conducted by demons. I smashed into the guard rail on the right side of the highway, caromed off it, veered to the left and smashed into the concrete median jersey barrier on the left. I was absolutely certain I was about to die. Thanks to the barrier and my seatbelt and airbags (I have side-impact airbags which did not deploy, only the front ones did - there was no passenger in my car), I did not go into oncoming traffic as I believed I was about to, walked away from my car and am sitting here writing to you now, quite banged up and bruised and with a fractured vertebra but miraculously alive. Miraculously also, no other cars were involved. *** something failed in my car to cause this and I want to know what. There was either a tire or mechanical failure of some kind. (the tires still had decent tread on them.) my insurance company says the car and tires are so damaged from the impact that they can't tell what caused it and they show no interest in pursuing it. (it does not appear to have been a blowout.) I'm sure someone who knew how could investigate the car and find out what failed. It seems to me it should be of interest to honda and everyone else what went wrong here. I have notified american honda about the accident and was assigned a case number, but they have not gotten back to me. (p.s. The car has cruise control but I was not using it.)

Filed Oct 12, 2003 · Tires · 26,135 miles · AL

Friday evening while driving in 5:00 pm traffic I had a blowout on the interstate in my 2002 honda crv. It was the driver's side back tire which had the blowout. The car is about 1 1/2 years old with 26,000 miles on it. I was not hurt nor was the car damaged. The tire is a bridgestone, I apologize that I do not know the exact model, and is the standard tire put on the car when it was sold to me new off the honda lot. On saturday morning I went to a tire shop to get a new tire and was informed that I had severe tread separation on the other 3 tires. The spare had as you can imagine no separation. The driver's front tire showed signs of severe separation, that even a novice like myself could notice. The gentlemen at the tire shop said that all four tires having tread separation could possibly be a defect from the factory. To make matters worse, in august 2003 I had a 20,000 mile check up at a local honda dealer, which included tire rotation and inspection of the condition of the tire. In september 2003 I returned to the same honda dealer to get the tires balanced. I am extremely concerned that the tire had a blowout but even more concerned that the mechanics did not notice the tread separation. I just thought I would pass along this bit of information.

Filed Aug 1, 2003 · Tires · 17,700 miles · NC

While driving, and without warning the left rear side tire blewout, which caused the consumer to pull over. Size#p20570r15 . Dealer notified. *ak there were 3 splits from the edge of wheel the mounts toward the outside of the tire. *ts

Filed May 21, 2003 · Tires · CA

May 19, 2003 at 6:30pm - bridgestone dueler h/t tire blew out; tire separated from tread and flew back and hit another vehicle. Took remaining parts of tire into firestone and was told by a representative "I can warranty out the damaged tire as a defect, but cannot replace other three tires - they look fine". I explained the other tire was "fine" until it blew out on the highway, I was shocked that he was willing to warranty the damaged tire as a defect, but would not replace the other tires of the same make and model. I have pictures of the damaged tire and compared it to other blow outs which have caused fatal accidents and found my tire looks exactly like other blow outs. The police officer who showed up to the accident did not take a report but did say that even at high speeds or laying a spike strip down would not cause a blow out like this and suspected a defect.

Filed Oct 9, 2002 · Airbags, Tires · CA · crash · 1 injury

While traveling on the highway, the right front tire blewout, causing the driver to lose control of her vehicle. The vehicle went into the median and became airborne (rolling over several times) about 4-5 more times on the ground, hit a semi-truck traveling on the opposite side of the road, finally coming to a rest. Also, with the force of the impact on the sides of the vehicle, particularly the driver side, it would seem to be strong enough to activate the side airbags, yet the saftey feature did not perform, bridgestone dueler h/t.

Filed Apr 29, 2002 · Tires · IL

Tire blewout while going 70 MPH.*ak caused by road debris not equipment failure.