DUNLOP TIRES Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 EQUIPPED WITH NORTH GATEWAY BUCKSHOT MUDDER (NA) TIRES, SIZE: P265/85/R65 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE TREAD SEPARATED ON ALL FOUR TIRES AND THE TIRES BECAME FLAT. PIECES OF THE TIRES DENTED THE FENDER AND ALSO CAUSED THE MUD FLAP TO DETACH. THE TIRES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO BE CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN.

I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TIRES ON MY INFINITI Q50. THEY ARE DUNLOP P245/40 RF19 DOT U28T. I HAVE 20,500 MILES ON MY VEHICLE AND HAVE BLOWN 6 TIRES. ALL TIRE FAILURES HAVE BEEN CAUSE BY THE SIDEWALLS OF THE TIRES BLOWING OUT. THE MOST RECENT EVENT HAPPENED 6/4/2015 AND THE TIRE WAS IN SERVICE SINCE 4/18/2015. ALL FOUR ORIGINAL TIRES FAILED AND NOW TWO MORE HAVE FAILED. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE I HAVE AGAINST THE TIRE MANUFACTURER AND/OR CAR MANUFACTURER. THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE TIRES AND SHOULD NOT BE SOLD.

TIRE CRACKING IN TWO PLACES AT INSIDE SIDEWALL / TREAD MOLD LINE. MILEAGE ON TIRES < 24,500. WARRANTY 60,000. TIRES STORED AS PER DUNLAP RECOMMENDATION DURING WINTER. FACTORY WHEELS. TIRES MOUNTED ONLY ONCE AT PURCHASE. DUNLAP OFFERED CREDIT OF $32 ON $160.00 TIRE - NO REPLACEMENT AVAILABLE - DISCONTINUED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 INFINITI Q50 EQUIPPED WITH DUNLOP TUBELESS TIRES, SIZE: P245/40R19 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEFLATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON FIVE OTHER OCCASIONS FOR EACH OF THE OTHER TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

MY WIFE'S 2006 MINI COOPER S CONVERTIBLES AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, AS I'M SEEING. ON THE INTERNET, THAT MANY OWNERS OF COOPERS AND BMWS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. VERY MUCH A SAFETY ISSUE AND BE ADVISED THAT YOU ARE OFFICIALLY ON NOTICE, THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM. ALSO A TIRE SAFETY ISSUE INCLUDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MAZDA 6 EQUIPPED WITH DUNLOP SP SPORT TIRES, SIZE: 225/45R19. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEFLATED WITHOUT WARNING. A SPARE TIRE REPLACED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,635.

I WAS DRIVING ON A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD STREET AND WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP AT A VERY SLOW SPEED (2 MPH). I HAD NOT HIT NOR DID I HIT ANYTHING IN THE STREET. REAR PASSENGER TIRE POPPED AND WENT FLAT. RUPTURE WAS ON THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED 28TH WEEK OF 2013. TIRES WERE PUT ON MY 2003 HONDA CIVIC LX ON JULY 30, 2014 AT 53496 MILES AND BETWEEN JULY 30 AND DECEMBER 20, 2014 I HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 2,000 MILES. *TR

THE DUNLOP SPORT SP 01 A/S 18" TIRES THAT COME AS STANDARD ON CERTAIN TRIM LEVELS OF THE VW GLI / GTI ARE DEFECTIVE IMO. I AM NOW GOING TO REPLACE THE 4TH TIRE IN 29,000 MILES OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE SINCE NEW FROM THE SAME / SIMILAR ISSUE; BUBBLES AND SIDEWALL DEFECTS, AND MOST RECENTLY AS OF TODAY A BLOWOUT IN THE LEFT LANE OF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AFTER A MINOR ROAD IMPACT (DID NOT JAR CABIN OR WASN'T PARTICULARLY SEVERE) 200 MILES ALWAYS FROM HOME. GO ONLINE TO PLACES LIKE TIRERACK.COM AND SEARCH THE WEB, THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME THING WITH THIS TIRE AND IN THE APPROXIMATELY 30,000-40,000 MILES A YEAR OF DRIVING I PUT ON TWO VEHICLES COMBINED (IN WHICH I AVERAGE A NEW CAR PURCHASE EVERY YEAR AND HALF), ONLY THESE TIRES HAVE EVER BEEN AN ISSUE AND VW EQUIPS THESE ON BOTH THE GLI AND GTI WITH THE SAME SAID COMPLAINTS, WHILE OTHER BRANDS OF TIRES IN THE SAME SIZE DO NOT HAVE THE COMPLAINTS LIKE THESE. I DO REALIZE THEY ARE LOWER PROFILE AND COULD BE PRONE TO MORE SIDEWALL DAMAGE, BUT IN ALL HONESTY THEY ARE JUST NOT BUILT TO PRACTICAL HIGHWAY STRENGTH STANDARDS AS I AGAIN DRIVE OTHER VEHICLES IN THE SAME CONDITION WITH NO ILL TIRE AFFECTS. AFTER TODAY'S HIGHWAY BLOWOUT I REALIZE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE MORE THAN JUST A NUISANCE AS A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER MAY HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. VW OF AMERICA COULD MOST LIKELY ELIMINATE THIS BY FITTING THEIR VEHICLES WITH OTHER BRANDS. *TR

ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALL, PARALLEL TO THE RIM, CONSISTENT WITH PENDING TREAD SEPARATION FAILURE. TIRES WERE KEPT PROPERLY INFLATED AND ROTATED EVERY 7500 MILES. THEY WERE WELL CARED FOR AND SHOULD HAVE LASTED ANOTHER YEAR OR SO. THE DAMAGE DID NOT LEAD TO A CRASH DUE TO CAREFUL INSPECTION, BUT COULD HAVE EASILY GONE UNDETECTED. ALL TIRES WILL BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE AWL, PURSHCSED NEW FROM MAGUIRE NISSAN LEBANON, PA THE ORIGINAL TIRES ARE DUNLOP SP SPORTS 7000AS LINE SIZEP225/55R18/SL. THE VEHICLE UNDER 10,000 MILES PRODUCED A WHIPPING SOUND WHICH ALTERED IN PITCH WITH THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. THESE TIRES WERE ROTATED PER MANUFACUTES INSTRUCTION, ALIGNED AND BALANCED EVERY 5000 MILES. THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO MAGUIRE NISSAN ON THREE OCCASSIONS AT WHICH TIME THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE . THE NISSAN CORPORATION WAS CONTACTED BY ME AND SO WAS DUNLOP TIRES. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THREE OF THE TIRES SHOWED BUMPS ON THE TREAD SURFACE, BUT REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR POOR MANUFACTURING QUALITY. THEY CLAIMED THE TIRES HAD NOT FAILED; THEREFORE, THEY HAD NO RESPONSIBILITIES TO REPLACE THESE TIRES. THE CAR HAS NOW DONE 33,000 MILES AND THE PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED TO THE EXTENT THE NOISE FROM THE TIRES ARE DEAFENING AND RESULTS IN SEVERE STRAIN AND NOISE FATIGUE WHILE DRIVING. I RECENTLY HAD AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES AND THE COST PER WAL MART WOULD BE $964. THE NTSB?S RECORD IN PURSUING THESE CORPORATE CRIMINALS AND ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE MOTORING PUBLIC HAS AT BEST BEEN INDIFFERENT AND AT WORST COLLUSIVE AND COMPLICIT. DO PEOPLE RECALL THE TIRE FAILURES ON FORD EXPLORES, THE IGNITION SWITCHES DEBACLE IN GMC VEHICLES AND THE ACCELERATOR ISSUES WITH TOYOTA. LET US SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY TEETH OR ARE YOU THE TOOTHLESS WONDERS THAT THE PUBLIC HAVE NOW COME TO BELIEVE YOU ARE?