DELTA TIRES Complaints

BOTH FRONT TIRES MERELY DEVELOPED TREAD BULGES , LESS THAN 15K MILES, NEVER HAD A FLAT, BEEN OVERLOADED ,OVERINFLATED , ECT.. THEY JUST BECAME VERY POOR DRIVING AND VIBRATED BADLY TO FIND THEY BOTH HAVE BULGES IN THE TREAD. THEY SEEMED FINE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE IT A COUPLE DAYS AGO THE PROBLEM BECAME APPARENT. *TR

THE SIZE IS LT235/75/16 THE MAKE IS DELTA ESSENTIAL .PREMATURE TIRE FAILURE , UNABLE TO HANDLE LOAD . PURCH. 6 TIRES AT THE SAME TIME ALL SIMULAR DATE OF PRODUCTION 2012. 3 OF SIX FAILED THIS SUMMER WITHIN 1,700 MILES OF EACHOTHER. ALL FAILURES WERE ON REAR PART OF A DUAL WHEEL SET. PROPERLY INFLATED COLD TO MAX AIR PRESSURE. ALL TIRES HAD 75% OR MORE TREAD LIFE. FAILURE INDICATED BY BAD VIBRATION THEN CROWNING OF TREAD AND EXCESSIVE HEAT FROM TIRE. ALL 3 STILL HAD AIR IN THEM. OPON REMOVAL INNER LAYER SEPERATING FROM TREAD. I STILL HAVE ONE DEFET AND HAVE REMOVED THE OTHER (GOOD) 3 TIRES FROM HHE VEHICLE. I DID WEIGH VEHICLE AND IT IS NOT OVER WEIGHT.AT 2670LBS THE 4 SHOULD CARRY 10680 THAT ARE ON THE REAR. I BELIVE MANY MORE HAVE ALREADY FAILED AND MORE COULD FAIL. THIS IS A BAD PRODUCT.

DELTA AKURET GRIP PLUS STUDDED SNOW TIRES 74S 145/75/12 . THE STUDS IN THESE SNOW TIRES WORE THE INTERIOR OF THE TIRE AWAY AND CAUSED A SWIFT LEAK, AS DOCUMENTED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC. TIRE WENT FLAT REPEATEDLY, AND WAS INFLATED TO PROPER PSI SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP, IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LEAK WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN TWO SEPARATE TIRE STUDS. THEY WERE BOTH LEAKING AIR WHERE THEY HAD WORN THE INTERIOR OF THE TIRE AWAY. THIS RESULTED IN THE REMOVAL OF TWO TIRE STUDS, AND PATCHES BEING REINSERTED INTO RESULTING HOLES. NO GUARANTEE IS POSSIBLE AS TO HOW LONG THIS REPAIR IS GOOD FOR. TIRES WERE OTHERWISE ROADWORTHY, SHOWING NO SIGNS OF UNEVEN WEAR OR ROUGH USE, AND HAD GOOD TREAD DEPTH REMAINING, AS DOCUMENTED BY REPAIR FACILITY. COST OF THE REPAIR EXCEEDED WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FULL REPLACEMENT COST OF A NEW TIRE. DELTA/AKURET WAS CONTACTED-THEY REFUSE ANY RESPONSIBILITY.

I WAS DRIVING MY 1995 RV WITH A FORD E350 CHASSIS ON THE FREEWAY IN LAS VEGAS APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES FROM HOME WHEN I NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION. I TRAVELED ANOTHER FIVE MILES AND THE REAR LEFT OUTSIDE TIRE LOST IT'S TREAD AND BLEW OUT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL AND DUMP HOSE STORAGE. THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS 110 DEGREES. MY SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE DELTA ESSENTIAL LT225/75 R16 AND WERE PURCHASED IN 2013. THEY HAVE BEEN DRIVEN 10,000 MILES AND VISUALLY APPEAR TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE AIR PRESSURE IS CHECKED REGULARLY. THE MATED TIRE WAS CHECKED AND THE PRESSURE WAS AT THE RECOMMENDED 60 PSI.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HEARTLAND CYCLONE TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH DELTA HI-RUN TIRES, SIZE ST235/80/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE FAILED AND EXPLODED. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE PANELS OF THE TRAILER WERE DESTROYED. THE BRAKE LIGHT WIRING WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WITH TIRE WAS DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE FOR THE VEHICLE WAS 5,000. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE WAS 800. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAD 4 DELTA FORTUNE TIRES ON MY 1997 SUNFIRE. 2 OF WHICH I REPLACED IN APRIL, 2009 FOR TIRE SEPARATION. I REPLACED THE THIRD TIRE IN EARLY SEPT. 2009 AGAIN FOR SEPARATION AND TODAY THE FORTH TIRE SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO RIGHT-REAR QUARTER PANEL AND TAIL-LIGHT. *TR

2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5...I HAVE NOTICED A MAJOR WEAR IN THE TIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. I JUST TODAY NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM WITH THE LOWER ARM AND BALL JOINT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN WITH DELTA ESTEEM XLE TIRES. WITHIN A MONTH AFTER TWO TIRES WERE PURCHASED BY THE SAME MANUFACTURE. HE WAS TRAVELING AT 75 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SEVERELY SHAKE. HE PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE TIRES BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE FAILURE. HE THEN PRECEDED TO DRIVE AT 50 MPH AND TOOK THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT TO A DEALER. THE MECHANIC THERE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SEVERE THREAD SEPARATION AND BUBBLES ON THE SIDE OF THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS THEN REPLACED. A FEW MONTHS LATER HE WAS TRAVELING AT 75MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING. BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE REMAINING DELTA TIRE THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT. HE REPLACED THE TIRE BUT HE BELIEVES THAT THE TIRES WHERE DEFECTED AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 370,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 380,000. -

I PURCHASED THE TIRES (4) IN APRIL 2008 THROUGH A WHOLESALER FRIEND. I HAD THE TIRES INSTALL AND LIKED THEM. ON AUGUST 23, 2008 I WAS ON MY WAY HOME AND ABOUT 6 OR 7 MILE FROM THE HOUSE I FELT A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK (06 FORD F250). IT GOT A LITTLE WORSE THAN THERE WAS A SCRAPING NOISE THAN BOOM AND THE TREAD FLIES OUT FROM THE RIGHT OF THE TRUCK. I PULLED OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER AND GOT OUT AND COULD HARDLY BELIEVE WHAT I SAW. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS TO MY RIGHT AS THE TRUCK SWERVED TO THE RIGHT. THE TIRE WAS ALMOST GONE, THE RIM WAS DAMAGED THE RIGHT FENDER AND DOOR DAMAGED AND ALL THE PLASTIC PARTS WERE GONE. THIS WAS ON A SATURDAY EVENING AND I PULLED THE TRUCK INTO A BUSINESS SO IT WAS THE TRUCK WAS OFF THE ROAD. THE NEXT DAY WE FOUND SOME OF THE PLASTIC PIECES ABOUT 75 FEET FROM WHERE THE TIRE BLEW. WE TOOK PICTURES AND HAD TO WAIT TILL MONDAY TO FIND OUT WHAT NEED TO HAPPEN. MONDAY MORNING I CONTACTED THE WHOLESALER AND HE GAVE ME THE NUMBER TO COOPER TIRE. I CALLED AND THEY TOOK DOWN INFORMATION AND SAID I WOULD RECEIVE A LETTER EXPLAINING WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO FILE A CLAIM. THAT AFTERNOON I WAS TRAVELING HOME WITH MY SON AND JUST BEFORE WE TURN ON OUR ROAD I START FEELING ANOTHER VIBRATION AND AS I SLOW TO TURN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE LETS GO AND LUCKILY THE EAST BOUND TRAFFIC NOTICED AND MOVED TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE THE TRUCK SWERVED TO THE LEFT. IF THE TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER DID NOT NOTICE SOMETHING WAS WRONG MY SON AND I WOULD HAVE GONE HEAD ON INTO THE TRACTOR TRAILER. THIS TIME THERE WAS LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK AND WE WERE BOTH ALIVE PRAISE THE LORD. NOW I WAS ON THE PHONE A SECOND TIME TO COOPER TIRE AND TURNING IN A SECOND CLAIM. THIS IS MONDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST 25, 2008. WE GOT THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD AND I REMOVED ALL THE REMAINING TIRES AND REPLACED THEM. REMEMBER THESE TWO TIRES SEPARATED ABOUT 48 HOURS APART. I JUST GOT A LETTER FROM COOPERS INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY CLAIM I CAUSED THE TIRES TO SEPARATE SO THEY ARE NOT REPSONSIBLE. *TR

WHEN I PURCHASED MY USED MOTOR HOME 4 YEARS AGO, I REPLACED ALL THE TIRES BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL 10 YEARS OLD AND CRACKING, I INSTALLED 6 DELTA LT215/85R16 110/107S AIERRADIAL A/S , THAT WAS APPARENTLY A MISTAKE BECAUSE SINCE THEN 3 TIRES HAVE FAILED WITHOUT PUNCTURE WITH MASSIVE TREAD SEPARATION AND RAPID DELFATION(ONE FRONT AND 2 REAR). I MAINTAIN MY TIRE PRESSURE AT 65PSI COLD VERY CAREFULLY AND THESE TIRES SHOWED NO LOSS OF PRESSURE BEFORE THE FAILURES. NO SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF CONTROL OCCURRED, BUT HUBCAPS AND TIRES WERE DESTROYED. THEY WERE REPLACED WITH SIMILAR DIFFERENT BRAND TIRES. *TR