2002 Nissan Sentra: tire blowout or tread separation

6 of the 304 complaints about the 2002 Nissan Sentra describe tire blowout or tread separation.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 2%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below

Tire blowout or tread separation by model year

2025
4
2024
1
2022
1
2017
1
2015
1
2014
1
2011
1
2010
3
2009
1
2008
3
2007
1
2006
3
2005
1
2002
6
2001
6
2000
1
1999
4
1996
8
1995
3
1994
2
1993
3
1992
1
1990
1

What owners say

Filed Jul 25, 2006 · Tires · 24,000 miles · CA

Dt*: the contact stated while driving 30 MPH on normal road conditions a noise was observed coming from the left front tire. The vehicle was taken to the dealership who replaced the tire. The tire presented tread separation. The warranty of the tire did not identify the mileage covered.

Filed Jun 10, 2005 · Tires · 28,000 miles · FL

In mar '02, I bought a new nissan sentra se-r that came w/ firestone firehawk gta-02 195/55/r16 tires. I always rotate my tires every 2 oil changes (~7000 miles) and check/inflate tire psi every few months. In jan 05 I went to allied tires for an alignment. When I picked up my car, they showed me large splits/cracks all around the inner sidewall of all 4 tires. (at this point my car had ~28000 miles) they said if I didn't get the tires replaced asap, I would have a blowout. None of them had ever seen anything like this. I had all 4 tires replaced at sears soon after. (it was est. 10000 miles of tread left on the "faulty" tires) the mechanic said he also noticed the splitting on the "faulty" tires and hadn't seen anything like it either. On may 31, 05, I took the "faulty" tires (which I still have) to nissan. They didn't know what could have caused the splitting, and said to deal w/ firestone. At firestone, the mechanic said it looked like I got a bad batch of tires with the car, but that his comment was "off the record" since he didn't want to bad mouth firestone. When the manager came out, he blatantly beat around the bush, saying that since the tires weren't on the car, they didn't know if I was telling the truth (ie: since the tires were off, he thought I could have purposely damaged the tires to take advantage of him, even though I had 3 other companies as eye witnesses). He then said if I had the tires still on the car, he would've been able to give me a pro-rated reimbursement. I still don't understand why the tires needed to be on the car for the manager to notice the fault in them... In the end, I was offered no compensation for these faulty tires, but the more important problem in my eyes is that of safety. I don't believe these tires are safe, esp. Considering my experience w/ them. For tires to "split" as mine did makes everyday driving for me and others around me very dangerous. I can send pictures via email if desired. Thanks for your time

Filed Aug 20, 2004 · Tires · FL

Vehicle suffered from tread separation while driving at 55 MPH. *mr the consumer was traveling on the highway when she heard a loud noise and discovered the rubber on the back tire had come loose and was flapping. *sc

Filed Jun 20, 2003 · Tires · PA · crash · 2 injuries

I was riding on the expressway when my tread separated from my tire. I had my 2 yr old daughter in the car. I crashed and my car was totaled. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive but we are hurt.

Filed Jan 11, 2003 · Tires · 16,000 miles · SC

Visible tire separation on firehawk gta 02 p195/55r16 86h m+s. The tires were replaced with michelin all weather here at dr. Tire, hwy 21, beaufort, sc,29906. These tires would not have made the trip to charleston 80 miles away at the firestone dealer. We did not keep the tires. I am only offering this info as a courtesy to the rest of the planet, who may have the same tires. Fortunately for my son and his family, he arrived for new year's without incident. I have photos of the faulty tire. All tires were replaced. The tire was split about 12 inches around where the tread interfaced with the sidewall and was separating. I did communicate with firestone consumer affairs, but since I didn't take it back to a firestone dealer, there was not much they could do for me. My husband followed him to the dr. Tire in the event there was a problem. We could not have driven the 80 miles to the firestone dealer. Ts

Filed Dec 18, 2002 · Tires · 10,435 miles · WI

While driving on a paved hwy at 50 MPH/rear tire blewout. 2 days later on another paved road at 30 MPH my l/rear tire blewout. Same area on both tires. Same type of blowout. I think there is a major issue here. I am now scared to drive my vehicle. Dimsii ivoq entry posed after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis-----------770769. *ak