BIG O TIRES Complaints

IN AUGUST OF 1999 WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH RIGHT REAR INSIDE BIG-O TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. FROM AUGUST 10 THROUGH AUGUST 17 2000 THERE WERE THREE INCIDENTS OF TREAD SEPARATION. WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, RIGHT FRONT BIG-O TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. SECOND INCIDENT, WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, LEFT REAR OUTSIDE BIG-O TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. THIRD INCIDENT, RIGHT REAR OUTSIDE BIG-O TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. *THESE TIRES WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL TIRES THAT CAME ON SOUTHWIND, 26' CLASS A. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TIRE TREAD SEPARATION AT MODERATE SPEED, PRIOR WARNING WAS TREAD HITTING THE FENDERS, THE THIRD FAILURE WAS DISCOVERED AS A SEPARATION BUBBLE WHILE HAVING TIRES BALANCED BIG O (LT245/75R16). *JB

AFTER MARKET BIG O TIRE BIG TRAK RADIAL 235/85R16, SIZE DOT#: ANOR MJN 457 . TREAD ON RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AIR REMANED IN TIRE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC

TIRE TRACTION UNACCEPTABLY LOW. TIRES SPIN ON TAKE-OFF AND SKID ON ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THE PROBLEM IS TREMENDOUSLY WORSE ON WET ROAD THAN ON DRY ROAD, BUT STILL POSES DANGER EVEN ON DRY ROAD. THE PROBLEM IS ALSO GETTING WORSE AS THE TIRES GET OLDER. THEY WERE PURCHASED IN OCTOBER OF 1999. WHEN THE TIRES SLIDE OR SPIN, THEY MAKE VERY LITTLE NOISE AND LEAVE NO MARKS. THEY ARE ALSO SHOWING VIRTUALLY NO WEAR. THEY HAVE BEEN DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 14,000 MILES. *AK (TIRESIZE: 175/70R13)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 175/70R13 )

TIRES WERE SOLD AS REPLACEMENTS FOR FIRESTONE AFNTY TRGT1 TUBLPS 18565R15 TIRES. THE TIRES WERE SOLD BY RUST TIRES, LLC D/B/A AUSTIN BLUFFS BIG O, 4496 AUSTIN BLUFFS PARKWAY, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80918, TELEPHONE #: 719-599-4555. I REQUESTED SIMILAR QUALITY IN AN ALL-WEATHER RADIAL TIRE TO THE TIRES BEING REPLACED. THE PRODUCTS SOLD DO NOT PERFORM SAFELY IN ANY AMOUNT OF SNOW AT ANY SPEED. AT APPROPRIATELY SLOW RATES OF SPEED, THE TIRES TEND TO LOSE TRACTION WHENEVER THE CLUTCH IS PUT IN AND WHEN BRAKING. THE CAR BEGINS TO SLIDE AT THOSE TIMES AND WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. TIRES DO NOT SEEM TO GAIN ANY TRACTION UNTIL CAR IS IN THIRD GEAR. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER ALL-WEATHER TIRES I'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS. THESE TIRES HAD APPROXIMATELY 5,500 MILES ON THEM WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND. WHILE IT WAS VERY ICY ON12/11/00, I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT DEGREE OF SLIDING IN OVER 30 YEARS OF DRIVING IN WINTER CONDITIONS. WITH A CHILD IN THE CAR, I HAD NUMEROUS "MINOR" SLIDES AND THREE VERY CLOSE CALLS WHERE THERE WAS NEARLY PROPERTY DAMAGE AND/OR INJURY. DURING A SUBSEQUENT SNOW AT CHRISTMAS TIME, I AGAIN EXPERIENCED UNUSUAL SLIDING. THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN DURING AND FOLLOWING A SNOW STORM ON 1/16/01. YOUR DATABASE ONLY LISTS 2 TYPES OF NANKANG TIRES AND I CANNOT DETERMINE WHETHER THE ONES ON MY CAR ARE EITHER ONE. I SUSPECT NOT.*AK (TIRESIZE: 1956015)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 1956015 )

TREAD SEPERATION ON TIRE MANUFACTURED BY GOODYEAR/KELLY SPRINGFIELD (DOT NUMBER: WILL ADVIS TIRESIZE: L245/75/16)

MY DRIVER'S REAR TIRE COMPLETELY BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. I WANT TO KNOW IF THE FORD EXPLORER HAS A PROPENSITY FOR THE DRIVER'S REAR TIRE TO BLOW OUT--REGARDLESS OF THE MAKE OR BRAND OF THE TIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

THIRD TIRE OF SET OF 4 THAT TREAD HAD SEPARATED - THIS ONE TOTALED THE CAR AND INJURED ONE PERSON. TIRE HAD 18,000 MILES WEAR. *AK (TIRESIZE: P185/60R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P185/60R14 )

AFTER MARKET HYDROTRACK TIRE 215/70R15 SIZE AND DOT # PJM3CXLR445. TREAD ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.*AK

WHILE WAITING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED. TIRE HAD ONLY 19K ROAD MILES. *AK