CONTINENTAL TIRE 29575R225 TIRES Complaints

IN JULY 2008 WE PURCHASED A NEW CHEVY COBALT SS FROM C.WEAVER CHEVROLET IN YORKVILLE, NY. WE WERE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH A NOISE IN THE REAR AND BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICE AT 12,400 MILES. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS IN NEED OF REAR BRAKES AND ALSO THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THE FRONT TIRES WERE REMOVED IN THE WINTER FOR SNOW TIRES AND HAVE ONLY BEEN ON THE CAR FOR ABOUT 7,00 MILES. IT WAS OUR OPINION THAT THERE WERE DEFECTS WITH THE TIRES AND BRAKES BUT THE DEALERSHIP, (CARBONE GMC,PONTIAC, BUICK), IN YORKVILLE, NY REFUSED TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY CITING DRIVERS USE AS THE REASON FOR THE WEAR ON THE BRAKES AND TIRES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-150. THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINENTAL GENERAL TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ARRIVED AND CHANGED THE TIRE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER OF THE TIRE WERE NOTIFIED AND THEY BOTH STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. THE CONTACT STILL HAS THE TIRE IN HIS POSSESSION. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,800 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-350 SD. THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINENTAL GENERAL AMERITRAC (NA), SIZE LT235/85/R16 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. SHE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE OUTER DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE. AS OF AUGUST 23, 2007, NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE TIRE. THE AUTO BODY SHOP STATED THAT THE TIRE APPEARED TO BE RE-TREADED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,150 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,050.

WE PURCHASED 4 NEW TIRES FROM LES SCHWAB. ONE TIRE FELL APART WHILE BEING DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE TIRE WHIPPED MY CAR AND SLICED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR CUTTING THE SIDE AND REAR BUMPER AREAS. ALSO, IT TORE OUT THE REAR LEFT TAIL LIGHT. THE CAR WAS THROWN OUT OF ALIGNMENT. I REPORTED IT TO LES SCHWAB WHO SENT ME TO THE MANUFACTURER, CONTINENTAL TIRE NORTH AMERICA. IN CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA. THEY REQUESTED 2 ESTIMATES, THE TIRE AND A CLAIM REPORT. I ALSO REPORTED IT TO MY AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY. PER MY INSURANCE. THE DAMAGES WERE MORE THAN MY CAR IS WORTH ($2700.00) SO THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR REPAIRS. THE OFFERED TO PAY THE CURRENT BLUE BOOK VALUE TO ME. CONTINENTAL TIRES CONTACTED ME AND STATED THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT FOUND DEFECTIVE, AND OFFERED ME MY $500.00 DEDUCTIBLE ALONG WITH A RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. MY CAR WAS IN GREAT SHAPE PRIOR TO THE DAMAGE DONE BY THE TIRE. YOU EXPECT NEW TIRES TO WEAR OUT OR GO FLAT BUT NEVER TO FALL APART WHERE THE TREAD FELL APART AND CUT YOUR CAR. I STILL OWN THE TIRE IF NEEDED FOR INSPECTION. ALSO, LEGS SCHWAB CHARGED ME FOR A NEW TIRE. I BELIEVE THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. IT SEEMS I LOSE EITHER WAY.*AK

DT: CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT CONTINENTAL GENERAL GABBER TIRES, P22570R15. THERE WAS COMPLETE TIRE SEPARATION. A RECALL FOR THE P22560/ R15 TIRES WAS ISSUED, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WIDER TO INCLUDE THIS ONE TOO. CONTINENTAL TIRES WANTED CONSUMER TO SEND THEM THE TREAD, AND TO SETTLE FOR $500.00. BUT CONSUMER FELT THEY SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR EVERYTHING. *AK

WHEN EXAMINING THE TIRES WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION FROM THE INNER AND OUTER SIDE OF THE TIRES. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. GENERAL TIRES AMERICIAN TRAC P25570R16. *AK

WHILE PULLING A 2001 28FT TOYHOUSE TRAILER IN NEVADA ON HWY 50 LATE AT NIGHT I HAD A TIRE COME APART ON ME. THE TIRE NEVER LOST AIR AND I DROVE ABOUT 10 MILES ON IT. WHEN I GOT TO WHERE I WAS GOING, I SAW THE SIDE OF MY TRAILER WAS DAMAGED. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT AND WE DID NOT CRASH. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ALOT OF DAMAGE DONE. THEN, 3 WEEKS LATER, DRIVING ON HWY 395 IN NEVADA, THE FRONT TIRE ON THE SAME SIDE CAME APART. THIS ALSO CAUSED ALOT OF DAMAGE. NOW ONE OF THE TIRES ON THE OTHER SIDE IS CRACKING AT THE TREAD. IT TOO LOOKS LIKE IT IS COMING APART. WHEN I SENT THE TIRES TO CONTINENTAL TIRES THEY INVESTIGATED THEM AND GOT BACK TO WEEKS LATER AND SAID ONE TIRE THEY WOULD EXCEPT AS THERE FAULT AND THE OTHER WAS OVER INFLATED OR OVER LOADED. NATURALLY THERE CLAIMING THE FRONT TIRE THAT DID THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. TWO ESTIMATES $5700. AND $6200. DOLLARS LATER THEY CONTACT ME WITH AN OFFER OF 4 NEW TIRES OF THERES AND $500. DOLLARS. IF THAT ISN'T A JOKE. THEY CAN'T EVEN STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND EXCEPT THAT THERE TIRES ARE FAILING ON MORE THAN ONE VEHICLE. WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE " DEATHS" FOR THEM TO WAKE UP! *NM