As I'm driving along the interstate going 60 MPH my tire pressure light comes on a mile later the steering wheel jerks out of my hand and I can hear the tire flapping. Luckily I was able to pull over to the side without an accident. I take the tire to the dealer where I bought the car five months (august) ago and they said there is nothing they can do but sell me another tire. The dealer also refused to give me the number to contact continental directly about the tire. So far nothing has been done about the tire.
2011 Volkswagen Jetta tires complaints
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Event leading to failure: sunny mid-day, driving on the highway I heard a sound as if my tire had burst, and momentarily lost control of the vehicle. Did not crash. Failure and details: once I halted the car, I inspected my passenger-side front tire, and though it was flat, there were no signs of rupture or perforation. I proceeded to change it, and, having removed it, I noticed a crack in the inner lumen. The crack was an arc of approximately 6 inches. Action to correct the failure: a spare tire was set in place and the car has been taken to the dealer. Further details: dealer claims that the damage was user induced, but I was driving on the highway and there were no bumps, debris, nor did I crash. I fear this could happen to others. I had previously taken the car to the dealer because the low tire pressure light was on, but I was told that it was normal and that the sensor had to be rest.
The turanza el400 02 tires came standard on my new 2011 volkswagen jetta. The tires have a vibration at 40-40 MPH. Dealer says it is the tires. The vibration gets better with driving, but never completely goes away. Vibration is at its worst after the car has been sitting for several hours took the car tothe dealer on 2 separate service calls, they re balanced and rotated the tires for me. This was no help took the car to firestone to no avail, the manager says that there's no way there can be a vibration from the tire at that speed. I assure you there is. I am very disappointed with firestone disconcern with my safety.
I was driving on the san mateo bridge at approx 65 MPH, while on the bridge my tpm alarm came on then immediately after the backend of the car started to swerve. I pulled over asap and as I came to a stop the tread portion of my rear tire came bouncing past me. After getting out of the car, I saw my car sitting on the rim. Later inspection of the tire and sidewalls showed no other damage except that the tire appeared to come apart right along the edge of the tire where the tread meets the sidewall. In comparison to the other tires, the style or model of tire has a sidewall groove in the mold. It appears that the tire failed along this groove on both sides of the tire. No other puncture marks or other sidewall trauma was present. Along this same groove on the other tires, the rubber appears to have imperfections, little bubbles and voids in the rubber that appear as if the rubber did not fully fill the mold for the tire. I still have the tire and sidewalls for inspection & pictures that can me emailed.
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