CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TIRES Complaints

TIRE DEFLATED DUE TO A CRACKED VALVE STEM. A SECOND DEFLATION THREE DAYS LATER ON ANOTHER OF THE TIRES. THAT ALSO HAD A CRACKED VALVE STEM. I DECIDED TO HAVE THE REMAINING TWO VALVE STEMS REPLACED AS I FELT THIS WAS TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE. I HAD THE WORK DONE AT A LOCAL TIRE SHOP. I OWN A 2007 FORD RANGER. *TR

THE TIRES ARE WEARING UNEVENLY. THE SHOP THAT DOES THE WORK ON MY SUV SAYS THE TIRES ARE THE PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE SEE IT BEFORE ON OTHER ESCAPE SUVS. *TR

DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 50, OUTSIDE SACRAMENTO AT ABOUT 65MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING ON 9/21/08 WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND THE BACK END OF THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SWING OUT OF CONTROL. I MANAGED TO REMAIN IN CONTROL AND GET TO THE EDGE OF THE FREEWAY. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE TIRE, THE TREAD FROM THE BACK DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS TOTALLY GONE, BUT THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. THE TREAD HAD CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE TO MY BACK PANEL AND BUMPER ASSEMBLY. *TR

MY FORD EXPEDITION HAS 32K MILES ON IT THE TIRES HAVE APPROXIMATELY 3/8" OR MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR TREAD LIFE LEFT. THE PASSENGERS SIDE REAR HAS A LARGE CRACK ABOUT 1" FROM THE RIM. THE REMAINING TIRES ARE ALL DRY ROTTEN NEAR THE TREAD. I FEEL THESE TIRES ARE UNSAFE AND WANT TO REPLACE THEM IMMEDIATELY. *TR

SPECIAL ORDERED A 2008 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED. KEPT HEARING SLIGHT NOISE SOUNDED LIKE WHEEL BEARINGS TO ME. ROTATED TIRES AT 7500 MILES AS PER MY OWNERS MANUAL .TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AT 10,839 MILES. THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT ROTATED MY TIRES SO NO SERVICE. NOISE SO LOUD NOW CANNOT HEAR RADIO. CUPPING ON INSIDE OF ALL TIRES. TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID I CANNOT ROTATE MY OWN TIRES AND KEEP MY WARRANTY. SO MY WARRANTY CLAIM IS DENIED. *TR

BOUGHT BRAND NEW CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FROM GM AND NOTICED MIDDLE TREAD WEAR ON ALL 4 TIRES AROUND 13K, TOOK VEHICLE IN AT 25K SINCE TREAD WAS BELOW 2/32 WHILE OUTER TREAD FINE AT 5/32 ON ALL 4 TIRES. EVEN HAD TIRES ROTATED BY DEALER WHEN WEAR NOTICED AROUND 13K. GM WOULD NOT COVER TIRES AND WAS NOT NOTIFIED TO CONTACT TIRE MANUF. CONTACTED TIRE MANUF (CONTINENTAL) AND THEY STATED THEY WOULD NOT COVER ANYTHING SINCE I HAD DIFFERENT TIRES PUT ON BY THE DEALERSHIP NOW. HAVE DOCUMENTATION FROM ONSTAR SHOWING PROPER INFLATION EVERY MONTH THAT VEHICLE HAS BEEN OWNED. NO ONE WILL COVER COST OR TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BAD TIRES. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY BLAZER THAT HAS THE RECALL CONTINENTAL TIRES ON THEM AND I AM HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THE DEALER TO REPLACE THEM THEY HAVE TERRIBLE WEAR AFTER ONLY 35,000 MILES. *TR

MERGED ONTO INTERSTATE. TRAVELING AROUND 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION. *TR

TIRE TREAD STARTED TO SEPARATE. REMOVED TIRE FROM VEHICLE BEFORE COMPLETE SEPARATION. *TR

DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MILES AN HOUR ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR