FUTURA TIRES Complaints

TL*- THE CONTACT PURCHASED 2 FUTURA 2000 RADIAL LTE TIRES IN 2005 AND 1 IN 2006 FROM PEPBOYS. THE TIRES HAD A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON ROTATION AND BALANCING. ALL 3 TIRES SHREDDED WITHIN A SIX MONTH PERIOD OF TIME. THE CONTACT WENT BACK TO PEPBOYS AND PURCHASED NEW TIRES AND THEY KEPT THE OLD TIRES. THE CONTACT HAS SINCE RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL AND KNOW LONGER HAS THE OLD TIRES BECAUSE PEPBOYS KEPT THEM AND THEY HAD THE DOT NUMBER WHICH THE CONTACT NEEDS TO BE REIMBURSED.

I PURCHASED 2 BRAND NEW FURTURA 2000 LTE FROM PEPBOYS DROVE THE CAR MAYBE 5 MILES. THEN SAT IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. THE NEXT MORNING I HAD 2 FRONT FLAT- BOTH TIRES WERE LEAKING FROM THE SIDEWALL MEETS THE TREAT. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, A LOUD NOISE CAME FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. AFTER A VISUAL INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTICED THE TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. AFTER 500 MILES, THE SAME PROBLEM RECURRED TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE DISTRIBUTOR WAS CONTACTED WITHOUT A POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE CORPORATE OFFICE. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DISTRIBUTOR WHERE THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED. THE TIRES WERE SOLD WITH 60000 MILES TROUBLE FREE GUARANTEE. THE CONTACT WAS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUS SAFETY RISK INVOLVED IN BOTH INCIDENTS. UPDATED 12/28/2006 - *NM

I HAD A COMPLETE BLOWOUT WHERE THE WHOLE TIRE RIPPED AWAY FROM THE TIRE WALL. THE TIRE HAD BEEN INSTALLED LESS THAN 24 HOURS. AT THE TIME I HAD SLOWED DOWN AND BEGUN TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY AFTER NOTICING THAT MY CAR WAS SHAKING SLIGHTLY. AS I REDUCED MY SPEED FROM 75 MPH TO 30 MPH, THE TIRE BROKE LOOSE AND I WAS DRIVING ON THE RIM. HAD I NOT PULLED OVER WHEN I DID, I HATE TO THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY, HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM REAR OF TRUCK AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BLOWOUT. AS I CHANGED LANE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER I SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE PIECES OF TIRE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ONCE PULLED OVER, I GOT OUT TO INVESTIGATE, AT FIRST EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE OK UNTIL I LOOKED AT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, SAW THAT THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED, BUT THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE, THE SIDEWALLS WERE IN PERFECT CONDITION, BUT THE TREAD HAD JUST PEALED AWAY FROM THE CENTER. *MM

TIRE BLEW OUT ON HIGHWAY AND RIPPED APART AT TREAD. TIRES ARE NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD. TIRES WERE BOUGHT AT PEP BOYS AND THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE TIRE. I DID LOSE CONTROL OF MY CAR BUT LUCKILY I WAS NOT DRIVING FAST. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON A CLEAR DRY HIGHWAY WITH SMOOTH PAVEMENT, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND A LARGE SECTION OF TREAD WAS SEEN TRAILING BEHIND. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. ON INSPECTION OF THE TIRES, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD FAILED. THE CENTER TREAD/BELT SECTION OF THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED.

TREAD CAME OFF FUTURA 2000 215 65 16 TIRE WHILE ON HIGHWAY. WAS RIGHT REAR TIRE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE TIRE WAS CHANGED. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTOMOTIVE SHOP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE TREAD SEPARATION. UPDATED 5/28/2006 - *NM

FUTURA TOURING SE PURCHASED OMFR PEPBOYS IN FRESNO, CA. DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE FREEWAY WITH NO APPARENT REASON CAUSED EXPLOSIVE CONCUSSION THAT CAUSED THE COMPLETE SEPARATION OF THE TREAD , CAUSING THE CAR TO SPIN 360 DEGREES IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC.- CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITH COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION WITH LARGE VISIBLE POINT OF OUTWARD FORCE- TREAD DETACHMENT WAS COMPLETE WITH MOST OF SIDEWALLS INTACT EXCEPT AT FORCE POINT WHERE SIDE WALL COMPLETELY SHEARED TO BEAD. FORCE OF TIRE FAILURE CAUSED SPIN AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITH CATASTROPHIC CONTROL FAILURE, CAUSED VEHICLE CONTROL LOSS AND ACCIDENT WITH SPIN OFF-ROAD VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS WITH MODERATE INJURY TO DRIVER. *NM