CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TIRES Complaints

WAS OPERATING MY 1998 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR WITH LISTED TIRES FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON 08/01/2000 WHEN I FELT A SUDDEN CONSTANT VIBRATION IN TIRES OR SUSPENSION. AFTER LOOKING AT TIRES DID NOT INITIALLY SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM BUT LATER ASSUMED IT WAS POSSIBLY THE TREAD SEPERATING AND GIVING MY VEHICLE A ROUGH RIDE. I SLOWED MY SPEED AND DROVE VEHICLE HOME VERY SLOWLY AND NEXT DAY TO DESERT LINCOLN MERCURY IN LAS VEGAS. DEALER STATED THE TIRE WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT, TOTAL COST OF $124.76. I BELIEVE THIS TIRE COULD BE PART OF NATIONAL RECALL AND SHOULD BE COVERED.( DOT NUMBER: E4025825 TIRE SIZE: P255/75R17 )

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED VIBRATING BECAUSE OF BROKEN CORDS IN THE TIRES. FIRST THE CORDS BROKE IN THE FRONT TIRES, THEN THE CORDS BROKE IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. FIRST TIRE BREAKAGE AT 42,000, SECOND TIRE BREAKAGE AT 43,000, AND THIRD TIRE BREAKAGE AT45,000 MILES. TIRE SIZE P25575R17. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, LINCOLN, NAVIGATOR.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A MASSIVE AND COMPLETE OUTER SIDEWALL FAILURE. THROUGH SKILLFUL MANEUVERING, THE TRUCK DID NOT LOOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND WERE ABLE TO CHANGE LANES TWICE AND STOP ON THE SHOULDER. TIRE WAS CHANGED AND TRIP COMPLETED. THE SIDEWALL WAS SO DESINTEGRATED THAT I TOOK PICTURES. CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT COPIES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/75R17 )

I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT APPROXIMATELY 60+ MPH. I THOUGHT I NEEDED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT SO I SCHEDULED IT AT THE TIME I HAD THE ENGINE OIL CHANGED. AFTER THE OIL WAS CHANGED, I WAS INFORMED THE REAR RIGHT TIRE WAS "BAD" AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER FREE OF ANY COST TO MYSELF. I DO NOT HAVE THE VIBRATION ANY MORE. I AM HAPPY WITH THE REPLACEMENT POLICY BUT AM CONCERNED WITH THE STRUCTUAL INTEGRITY OF THE OTHER TIRES. IN LIGHT OF THE RECALL BY CONTINENTAL OF ONLY "16" INCH TIRES, I THINK IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT TO REVIEW HISTORY ON THE "17" INCH TIRES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/75R17 )

MY CONTITRAC AS TIRES HAVE THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS THE TIRES IN THE RECALL ANNOUNCED BY CONTINENTAL TIRES ON 9/19/00; HOWEVER, THE RECALL DOT NUMBER RANGE INAPPROPRIATELY EXCLUDE MY TIRES. MY CONTITRAC P246/75R16 TIRES SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OS THIS RECALL BECAUSE THEY ARE DEFECTIVE. THE RECALL SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE CONTITRAC 17INCH TIRES BECAUSE I HAVE SOME FRIENDS WHO HAVE THOSE TIRES WHICH HAVE THE SYMPTOMS OF VIBRATION, MISSING CHUNKS OF TREAD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: AD70449397 TIRE SIZE: 245/75R16 )

WHILE TRAVELING AND ROUGH PULLING VEHICLE NOTICED TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ON THE LEFT REAR, THE TREAD SEPERATED FROM THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65-70 MPH. A LOUD POP WAS HEARD WHEN THE TREAD SEPERATED FOLLOWED BY LOUD NOISES AS THE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE AND HIT THE FENDER WELL. I TOOK THE SEPERATED TIRE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I PUT ALL NEW TIRES ON MY CAR. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE ALSO HAD A CRACK IN IT ALONG THE TREAD AND SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. THE FORD REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT IT LOOK LIKE THE LEFT FRONT WAS ABOUT TO ALSO SEPERATE. THE SEPERATED TREAD ALSO CAUSED THE CENTER CAP OF THE WHEEL TO COME OFF. THIS WAS A VERY TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE AND I AM LUCKY THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR STOPED WITHOUT CAUSING A WRECK. THE CAR SWERVED WHEN IT FIRST OCCURED AND WE WERE LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER BESIDE US.( DOT NUMBER: AD70 449 TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

TREAD SEPARATED FROM CARCASS AT SPEED, DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE, BUT LUCKILY IT WAS RIGHT REAR AND I FELT IT STARTING TO GO AND SLOWED BEFORE TOTAL TREAD SEPARATION( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/75R-17 )

WHEN VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR A PUNCTURED TIRE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY TECHNICIAN THAT TWO OTHER TIRES ON THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF EVIDENCE OF IMPENDING TREAD SEPARATION. TIRE SIZE P24575R16. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 99, NAVIGATOR. TIRE MILEAGE ABOUT 15,000. PLEASE LIST DOT # IF POSSBILE. *AK