Third instance of tire failure in past year. Tread comes completely off during interstate highway travel. Fortunately the tires did not lose air and I was able to come to a safe stop.
1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue: tire blowout or tread separation
5 of the 510 complaints about the 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue describe tire blowout or tread separation.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Tire blowout or tread separation by model year
- 20011
- 20002
- 19993
- 19985
What owners say
Purchased (4) summit radial trac plus high performance tires. Had (2) tires fail within (2) months with less than (2,000) miles. Both tires had identical blowouts in a radial direction. The tires were properly inflated & had no puncture marks.
Goodyear regatta 225/65r16 sidewall failures - four tires of this brand have failed on our 1998 olds intrigue. Three are from a replacement set purchased around 2002, and one of the pro-rata warranty replacements just failed. The first three were full-on blowouts at low speeds without hitting any bumps and the most recent was multiple large bulges in the sidewall and a flat tire developed while driving at 70 MPH.
I had a sidewall blow out with a three week old dunlop tire while merging on to an on ramp at 40 miles per hour. The tire lost pressure immediately and caused temporary loss of control of the car. The weather was only and 30 degrees, and I openly had myself and empty trunk car. The tires were purchased at an authorized goodyear dealer and installed with a set of equally sized four tires. Corporate and retail goodyear people will only replace the tire if they can be proved that it was defect in the manufacturing of the tire, not with installation or any other charaterisitics. The prevoius tire on that rim was a goodyear tire that lasted 45000 miles without incident, so rim damage appear to be not likely.
Vehicle was delivered with tires overinflated to 45 psi, resulting in right rear tire failure & wheel rim damage (cracked). Dealer reimbursed tire replacement ($137.00) but would not repair or replace damaged wheel ($ 413.00 ).( dot number: tire size: p225/60r16 )
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue tire blowout
Is tire blowout or tread separation a common problem on the 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue?
5 of 510 owner complaints about the 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue (1%) mention tire blowout or tread separation. The model year with the most reports is 1998.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue
Fire or smoke 31Harsh shifting 23ABS 20Steering noise 20Stalling 17Power steering loss 16Wipers 16Seat belt 13Premature wear 11Grinding brakes 9Knocking 8Loss of power 8Won't start 8Ball joint 7Overheating 6Steering lock-up 6Brake failure 5Check engine light 5Shudder 5Transmission failure 5
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