CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TIRES Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *NLM THE ENTIRE MEDIAL WALL OF THE TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED 10 FEET IN FRONT OF THE GUARD RAIL. CONTINENTAL WAS SUPPOSEDLY EXAMINING THE TIRE BUT THE CONSUMER HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY WORD FROM THEM. *SCC

WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT AT THE SIDEWALL. *JB

I HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TIRES ON MY NAVIGATOR, THEY ARE CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC AT'S THE SIZE IS P255-75R17 AND THE DOT NUMBER OFF THE TIRE FOR PRODUCTION TIME IS 129. ON SUNDAY APRIL 13 I WAS TRAVELING DOWN I-4 FROM TAMPA TO WINTER HAVEN FLORIDA AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD SEPARATED AND A LARGE PIECE OF THE TIRE HAD COME OFF. I PUT ON THE SPARE AND DROVE HOME, CONTINENTAL TOLD ME TO GO TO TIRE KINGDOM WHICH WOULD NOT HELP ME. I JUST ASK THAT WE HAVE SAFE TIRES ON OUR VEHICLES AND THIS TIRE COMPANY SEEMS TO DO EVERYTHING BUT TAKE THE BLAME FOR THE PROBLEM.*JB

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRE TO 2 DIFFERENT PLACES AND THE FIRST MECHANIC STATED THE BLOW OUT WAS CAUSED BY A ROAD HAZARD, AND THE SECOND MECHANIC STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO TELL, BUT MAYBE DUE TO AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM.*JB

THE LEFT REAR TIRE ON MY 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE CAME APART WHILE WAS DRIVING. THE TIRE WAS A CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC 235R70 16. *NLM

THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE WARPED AND DID NOT STAY BALANCED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BOUNCE AND PULL TO THE LEFT. *JB *TS

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL REGARDING THE TIRES THAT WERE INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. *JG PH

SINCE PURCHASE, WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE TIRES TRACTION ISN'T RELIABLE. THE SERVICE MANAGER AND THE FIELD ENGINEER BOTH AGREE THAT THIS IS MERELY A "HANDLING CHARACTERISTIC". *JG

MY DAUGHTER AND I BOTH OWN 1999 NAVIGATORS. I HAVE HAD ONE TIRE SPLIT AND SHE HAS ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE TWO AND NOW THE THIRD TIRE IS DEFECTIVE. WE BELIEVE THE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. THE TREAD HAS SPLIT ON ALL THESE TIRES. DT

WHILE TRAVELING AT 62-65 MPH ON DRY, SMOOTH PAVEMENT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SUFFERED A SUDDEN SIDEWALL BLOWOUT. BOTH THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WALLS WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. I HAVE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. LUCKILY IT WAS A REAR TIRE AND NOT A FRONT TIRE AT THAT SPEED. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 8000 MILES ON IT AND HAD JUST BEEN SERVICED BY THE DEALERSHIP WITHIN THE LAST 3 WEEKS AND ALL TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED. MY CONCERN AT THIS TIME IS THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE OTHER THREE TIRES AND THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY WHILE TRAVELING ON THESE TIRES. IF THIS TIRE HAS A HISTORY OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS PLEASE ADD THIS ACCIDENT TO IT... IF NOT PLEASE START A NEW FILE AND TRACK POTENTIAL MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEMS. DT