DEL-NAT TIRES Complaints

DELTA NATIONAL TIRES .I'M A SMALL TIRE DEALER I HAVE INSTALLED NUMEROUS 235/85 R16 E TIRES AND 245 AND 225 IN 16" EVERYONE OF THEM HAS FAILED ,SOME WITH AS FEW AS 500 MILES ON THEM ALL HAVE HAD SEPARATED OR BLEW OUT. I HAVE REMOVED EVERYONE OUT OF SERVICE AND DISPOSED OF THEM .THIS HAS HAPPENED ALL IN 2014-15 I WILL NOT LET MY CUSTOMERS DRIVE ON (ESSENTIALS, SENTENNIAL ) TIRES PLEAS LOOK IN TO THIS I NO LONGER HAVE ANY OF THE TIRE TO GIVE THE DOT # BUT ALL HAD 2014-15 BUILD DATES

LOST 3 AKURET LCT 225/75/16 TIRES IN ONE ROUND TRIP OF APPROX 156 MILES. TRIP TO DESTINATION WAS 8/12/15, RETURN TRIP WAS 8/14/15. THE TIRES WERE ON A 1999 WINNEBAGO MINNIE WINNIE DL MOTOR HOME WE PURCHASED USED. THE PREVIOUS OWNER STATED THE TIRES WERE PUT ON ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. THE TIRES APPEARED TO BE BARELY USED WITH MORE THAN 95% OR MORE TREAD. THE UNIT HAD SAT UNUSED FOR NEARLY 2 YEARS. WE CHECKED TIRE PRESSURES IMMEDIATELY UPON PURCHASE AND TOOK THE RIG DIRECTLY TO A LOCAL SERVICE STATION TO BRING THE PRESSURES UP TO 70 PSI FRONT AND 80 PSI REAR. WE CHECKED TIRE PRESSURES ALL AROUND BEFORE MAKING THE TRIP ON BOTH THE RVS WE WERE TAKING. WE WERE ONLY ABOUT 20 MILES FROM HOME ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE WHEN THE FIRST TIRE ON THE DRIVERS SITE REAR OUTSIDE OF THE RIG BLEW OUT THE SIDEWALL. WE REPLACED IT WITH THE ORIGINAL SPARE A FIRESTONE. WE REACHED OUR DESITINATION AND CAMPED TWO NIGHTS. I NOTICED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE APPEARED LOW THE FIRST MORNING. BEFORE LEAVING THE NEXT MORNING THE MEN CHECKED ALL THE TIRES AGAIN AND FOUND THE INSIDE PASSENGER REAR TO BE FLAT. THEY GOT IT TO THE CAMPGROUND MAINTENANCE BUILDING AND WENT TO CHECK IT AND FOUND IT HAD A BELT THROUGH THE TREAD. WE CHANGED IT TO A TIRE WE HAD PURCHASED FROM WALMART THE DAY BEFORE. WE STOPPED AT WALMART ON THE RIDE HOME AND PURCHASED A SECOND TIRE. ON THE RIDE HOME A THIRD AKURET LCT TIRE, THIS TIME THE DRIVERS SIDE INSIDE REAR THREW A BELT AND STRIPPED OFF SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE COMPARTMENT BEHIND IT. WE REPLACED IT WITH THE SECOND WALMART TIRE AND GOT HOME. WE WILL BE REPLACING ALL THE AKURET TIRES BUT NEEDED TO LET SOMEONE KNOW BECAUSE 3 TIRES WITH NEARLY FULL TREAD FAILING WITHIN 156 MILES IS RIDICULOUS.

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH DURING TRIP. CHECKED PRESSURE IN TIRES BEFORE LEAVING HOME, AS WELL AS FOR ANY DEFECTS. STOPPED TO REFUEL AFTER 2 HOURS INTO TRIP AND NOTICED TIRE LOW ON AIR. INSPECTED TIRE AND FOUND 6 INCH SPOT WHERE TREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM TIRE AND ABOUT TO BLOW OUT. INSPECTED TIRE AND FOUND NO PUNCTURE. AIR WAS LEAKING FROM SPLIT IN TIRE AT TREAD SEPARATION. *JS

I PURCHASED MY MOTOR HOME NEW IN 2009, A FLEET WOOD TIOGA CLASS C . DROVE THE MOTOR HOME APPROX .25,000 MILES WITH NO TIRE PROBLEMS. IN MAY OF 2013 I NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL 6 TIRES DUE TO CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALLS. I REPLACED ALL 6 TIRES WITH DELTA ESSENTIAL TIRES LT225/75R16 WHICH WAS THE SAME SIZE TIRE THAT WAS ON THE MOTOR HOME ORIGINALLY. IN LATE MAY 2013 WE TOOK A TRIP THRU THE MIDWEST TO CALIFORNIA AND BACK HOME APPROX. 7,500 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM THE TRIP I PERFORMED A ROUTINE INSPECTION OF THE MOTOR HOME AND FOUND A BUBBLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE INSIDE REAR DUAL TIRE WHICH I HAD REPLACED BY THE TIRE DEALER. AFTER STAYING HOME FOR ABOUT A MONTH WE LEFT HOME (PENNSYLVANIA) FOR DISNEY IN FLORIDA. ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE TRIP DRIVING ABOUT 62 MPH. THE DRIVERS SIDE OUTSIDE REAR DUAL TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND THE TIRE EXPLODED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL AND ADJACENT COMPARTMENTS. AFTER GETTING THE TIRE CHANGED ON SIDE OF INTERSTATE 95 WE FOUND A PLACE TO STAY FOR THE NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING BEFORE LEAVING I PERFORMED AN INSPECTION OF THE TIRES AND FOUND NOTHING UNUSUAL. ABOUT 3 HOURS INTO THIS DAYS TRIP, DRIVING 62 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE OUTSIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND THE TIRE EXPLODED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL AND ADJACENT COMPARTMENTS. AFTER GETTING THIS TIRE REPLACED ON THE SIDE OF INTERSTATE 95. WE VERY NERVOUSLY FINISHED OUR TRIP TO DISNEY AND HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. SO 3 OF THE 6 NEW TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE REMAINING 3 TIRES. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE TIRE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE STARTED A CLAIM WITH THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. I FEEL THE TIRE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR POSSIBLE MANUFACTURING DEFECTS ON THESE TIRE WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED IN CHINA. AS A NOTE I DROVE 25,000 MILES ON THE ORIGINAL TIRES WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS WHICH ATTEST THAT I DO CARE FOR MY TIRES. *TR

NOTE!!! THIS IS ON A COLUMBUS PALOMINO 365RL 5TH WHEEL CAMPER TRAILER BY FOREST RIVER THAT IS NOT LISTED IN THE TRAILER LISTING SO I LISTED AS A COLEMAN AS THEY LISTED A TRAVEL TRAILER. BELT SEPARATION FAILURE OF AN AKURET H188 TIRE WHILE TRAVELING FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO GEORGIA. WHILE DOING A PRE-TRIP INSPECTION I NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE REAR AXLE TIRE WAS MIS-SHAPEN AND HAD AN OBVIOUS BELT FAILURE. I AM VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT TIRE PRESSURE AND LOAD AND CHECK PRESSURES ALONG WITH A CDL TYPE INSPECTION OF BOTH TRAILER AND TRUCK BEFORE EACH TRIP. PRESSURES FOR ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE TRAILERS WERE BETWEEN 78 AND 80 PSI COLD. I HAD PREVIOUSLY SCALED MY VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF ANOTHER TIRE FAILURE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CAMPER AND WEIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1300 POUNDS UNDER THE MAX ALLOWABLE. IF THE SECOND TIRE HAD BLOWN ON THE SAME SIDE DUE TO ADDED STRESS OF LACK OF WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION THE CAMPER WOULD HAVE BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. THIS IS SERIOUS. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE FAILURE IF NEEDED. *TR

NOTE!!! THIS IS ON A COLUMBUS PALOMINO 365RL 5TH WHEEL CAMPER TRAILER BY FOREST RIVER THAT IS NOT LISTED IN THE TRAILER LISTING SO I LISTED AS A COLEMAN AS THEY LISTED A TRAVEL TRAILER. CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF AN AKURET H188 TIRE WHILE TRAVELING FROM MAINE TO GEORGIA. WE WERE WAVED OVER BY A PASSING TRUCK AND FOUND THE LEFT REAR TIRE ON OUR 5TH WHEEL CAMPER SHREDDED WITH DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND FENDER. WE CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AS WE WERE ON I295 IN MASSACHUSETTS AND I DID NOT WANT TO ENDANGER MYSELF WITH THE HEAVY TRAFFIC. WE SUBSEQUENTLY WENT TO A MAJOR MASS TIRE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD ONE TIRE OF THAT BRAND AND SIZE IN THEIR SYSTEM AND COULD GET IT THE NEXT DAY. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $130. AT THAT TIME I WENT TO THE CAMPER MANUFACTURER'S OWNERS FORUM AND FOUND A VERY ACTIVE THREAD ON THIS PARTICULAR BRAND AND SIZE OF TIRE. I AM VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT TIRE PRESSURE AND LOAD AND CHECK PRESSURES ALONG WITH A CDL TYPE INSPECTION OF BOTH TRAILER AND TRUCK BEFORE EACH TRIP. PRESSURES FOR ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE TRAILERS WERE BETWEEN 78 AND 80 PSI COLD. AFTER THE FAILURE I WANTED TO BE SURE OF WEIGHT AND WENT THROUGH A TRUCK SCALE AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 1300 POUNDS UNDER THE MAX ALLOWABLE. IF THE SECOND TIRE HAD BLOWN ON THE SAME SIDE DUE TO ADDED STRESS OF LACK OF WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION THE CAMPER WOULD HAVE BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. THIS IS SERIOUS. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE FAILURE IF NEEDED. *TR

PULLING FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER TO MYRTLE BEACH S.C. 20 MINS OUT WE THREW THE ENTIRE CENTER OF TIRE TREAD DAMAGING SKIRTING AND UNDER SIDE. TIRE DID NOT GO FLAT ALL THE WAY AND BEING DOUBLE AXLE TRAILER I WAS UN AWARE OF PROBLEM UNTIL WE STOPPED FOR ACCIDENT ABOUT 20 MIN. LATER. A PASSING MOTORIST MADE US AWARE OF PROBLEM AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF AT NEXT EXIT AND HAVE SPARE PUT ON. I CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE NITE BEFORE LEAVING AND READ 78 PSI ON ALL 4 TIRES. WE COULD HAVE BEEN THE NEXT ACCIDENT. HAVE PLACED CALL TO SUPPLIER OF TIRE LIONSHEAD SPECIALTY TIRE AND WHEEL LLC.. THEY SAY NO COMPLAINTS ON THIS TIRE TO THEM. SENDING ME A CLAIMS FORM MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HELP. TIRES HAVE 2000 MILES AND ARE 17 MONTHS OLD FROM TRAILER PURCHASE DATE. THEY SUPPLY TIRES TO PALOMINO DIV. UNDER THE TRAILER NAME SABRA.

PULLING FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER TO MYRTLE BEACH S.C. 20 MINS OUT WE THREW THE ENTIRE CENTER OF TIRE TREAD DAMAGING SKIRTING AND UNDER SIDE. TIRE DID NOT GO FLAT ALL THE WAY AND BEING DOUBLE AXLE TRAILER I WAS UN AWARE OF PROBLEM UNTIL WE STOPPED FOR ACCIDENT ABOUT 20 MIN. LATER. A PASSING MOTORIST MADE US AWARE OF PROBLEM AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF AT NEXT EXIT AND HAVE SPARE PUT ON. I CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE NITE BEFORE LEAVING AND READ 78 PSI ON ALL 4 TIRES. WE COULD HAVE BEEN THE NEXT ACCIDENT. HAVE PLACED CALL TO SUPPLIER OF TIRE LIONSHEAD SPECIALTY TIRE AND WHEEL LLC.. THEY SAY NO COMPLAINTS ON THIS TIRE TO THEM. SENDING ME A CLAIMS FORM MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HELP. TIRES HAVE 2000 MILES AND ARE 17 MONTHS OLD FROM TRAILER PURCHASE DATE. THEY SUPPLY TIRES TO PALOMINO DIV. UNDER THE TRAILER NAME SABRA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR EQUIPPED WITH NATIONAL A/S COMMANDO TIRES, SIZE: 245/75/16 (N/A). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS 6,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DUTCHMEN DENALI RV TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH AKURET HF188 TIRES, SIZE ST225/75R15 AND DOT# 83B4HFA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED CAUSING THE FENDER FLAIR AND THE UNDER CARRIAGE ABOVE THE TIRE RIPPED OFF. THERE WAS NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THEY DID NOT COVER TIRE BLOW OUTS. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150 AND THE TIRE MILEAGE WAS 150. UPDATED 12/11/12 *CN UPDATED 12/18/2012 *JS