Pontiac gto 2006. 1st incident happened with approx 4,950 miles on car. Front passenger tire blew out when I had just got off interstate (thank god). That was "fixed" by dealership after my car was parked in my driveway for approx 3 weeks while dealership got the specs from gm to re-align the front of my car. 2nd incident happened at over 16,000 miles. Pulled over after hearing a noise. Back passenger tire was severed and a long piece had hit my fender wheel alerting me to the fact before the tire blew out completely. After looking at the other back tire - I found it had similar wear pattern. Both were warn on the inside of the tire. Dealership told me this was caused from a alignment problem that had been there since the beginning. I am now scared to drive my car! Who knows what will happen in another 16,000 miles.
2006 Pontiac Gto tires complaints
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I was driving at approximately 40 MPH and the tire blew out. I went home and put on my "donut" to find out that the blow out occurred on the inside of the tire close to the tire wheel interface. I called my serviceman and had my two back wheels replaced.
Driving 60 MPH on freeway and had a blow out. Almost hit two cars as a result of control loss. Removed flat tire (front passenger) and noticed the inside of tire was excessively worn down to the metal while the rest of the tire still had plenty of tread. Tire still had half its life left. Asked tire company to return the tire to me but they sent it to recycler before I picked the car up. I did take a picture of the tire and it does show the inside wear. There is a corresponding mark on the shock where the tire rubbed the paint off in one specific area on the shock. I have no alignment problems which is what the dealer said caused the blow-out. There is no question that the rubbing is what caused the problem. I don't feel safe driving and will have to prematurely replace tires which wii be expensive. There are alot of problems with the gto and gm should be responsible and accountable for the products they make. This isn't an isolated case like gm and its dealerships would like people to believe.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 pontiac gto. While driving 60 MPH, the steering column vibrated and shook excessively. The contact noticed that the tire tread was very low. He took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that the failure was due to tire imbalance. A professional technician stated that the tires were rubbing against the struts. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 25,000 and current mileage was 27,000.
At approximately 5,000 miles, I noticed tire wear on the inside of both front tires of my 2006 gto where the tread meets the sidewall. I contacted my local dealer, who aligned the front suspension. I also rotated the tires every 5,000 miles. Now, at 17,000 miles, the two tires which are now in the rear both are split at the junction of the sidewall and the tread. One tire went completely flat. This happened at about 60 MPH. The other has only started leaking. This is the result of the tire contact with the strut, as indicated by the very close tolerance between the two, and the lack of paint on the strut in that location.
Front struts continued to make failure noises - was checked by dealership numerous times , each time I was told that this noise was due to high performance tires and 18 inch rims that came on the car. This noises were equivalent to blown struts. This start on the first couple of weeks of purchasing the car. 2006 pontiac gto w/ 6 speed.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 pontiac gto. The front and rear tires are wearing unevenly. The tire manufacturer is bridgestone, the tire line is potenza, and the size, 235/40/18. The rear tires were replaced at the failure mileage of 12,000 and failed again at 19,000 miles; however, the front and rear are worn. The dot number is unavailable. The contact will add the additional tire information that is missing when he receives his complaint. The manufacturer was unable to assist him with the failure. The current mileage was 19,800.
Mechanical contact between right front tire and suspension strut, excessive negative camber of wheel assembly, resulted in accelerated uneven and excessive tire wear. If not corrected ,this problem could lead to sudden air loss due to mechanical wear of the tire against the strut, or loss of vehicle control due to excessively worn tires. This issue was addressed in the federal safety agency preliminary evaluation, pe07-010.
Front tires rubbing on the struts/strut bushings worn out on my 2006 pontiac gto causing the tires to wear out within 2-3 thousand miles. Dealer repeatedly told me they could find nothing with the car which would cause the excessive front tire wear. Front tires were replaced by the dealer once, but wore out immediately, appox 2-3 thousand miles.
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