GENERAL TIRE UNKNOWN TIRES Complaints

COMPLETE TIRE SEPARATION FROM STEEL BELTS OF TIRE CONSTRUCTION WHILE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. TIRE HAD HIGH AMOUNT OF TREAD LIFE REMAINING BEFOREHAND AND THIS HAPPENED WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING. VERY DANGEROUS TO OCCUPANTS AND CAUSED PHYSICAL AND AESTHETIC DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE COST OF THE REPAIR WILL BE AT THIS TIME.

THE TIRES TO MY 2014 SILVERADO WAS ALWAYS SLIPPING ON HILLS SO I FINALLY WENT TO THE TIRE STORE AND WAS TOLD MY BELTS WEAR COMING OFF. METAL EVERYWHERE, I HAVE 52,000 MILES ON IT AND THE TIRES ARE GONE ALREADY, THEY HAD TO BE VERY CHEAP TIRES.

BOUGHT A USED TOYOTA FROM APPLE NISSAN, EVRYTIME I GET ON THE HIGHWAY THERES VIBRATION IN TIRES WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH GENERAL TIRES 215/60R/1695V. (GT TIRE ALTIMAX)

TREAD SEPARATION ON GENERAL AMERITRAC DOT P5AB 7U9B. TIRE INDICATES MANUFACTURE IN MEXICO WITH AN ASSEMBLY YEAR OF 2007. THE TIRE PROVIDED AS OEM EQUIPMENT ON THE 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. TIRE WAS FOUND STILL INFLATED TO PROPER PRESSURE AFTER INCIDENT. CATASTROPHIC SEPARATION CAUSED APPROXIMATELY $2800 OF DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK AS THE TREAD COLLIDED WITH THE HEADLIGHT, FENDER, DOOR, AND REAR VIEW MIRROR. GENERAL DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR ANY WARRANTY CLAIM DUE TO THE AGE OF THE TIRE. *BF

2013 RAM 3500 QUAD CAB DUALLY - GENERAL AMERITRAC LT235/80R17, IN BETWEEN TREAD SURFACE IN THE GROVE THEY ALL STARTED TO SPLIT ALL (6 TIRES) AFFECTED. AMERICAS TIRE RECOMMENDED REMOVAL ASAP, IF I CONTINUED TO USE THEM ON THE VEHICLE IT WOULD LEAD TO TIRE FAILURE. HAVE PICTURES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA EQUIPPED WITH GENERAL ALTIMAX RT43 (NA) TIRES, SIZE: 215/60/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY CONFIRMED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SIDEWALL HAD DETACHED FROM THE TIRE. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

ON AUGUST 30,2015 I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE TREADING ON MY TIRE CAME COMPLETELY OFF WHILE I WAS GOING 70 MILES PER HOUR IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SOMEHOW I MANAGED TO KEEP CALM AND NOT PANIC AND I MANAGED TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE EMERGENCY PULL OFF WITHOUT SPINNING OUT OR CRASHING OR MAKING CONTACT WITH THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC I HAD JUST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE ON 8/28/2015 AND THE VEHICLE INSPECTION WAS DATED FOR 8/28/2015 AS WELL. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TIRE WAS A BAD TIRE I CONTACTED THE STATE POLICE AND AFTER AN INVESTIGATION THEY TOLD ME THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR BRAND TIRE AND THEY STATED THAT AN RECALL WOULD NEED TO BE ISSUED. I'M WRITING THIS BECAUSE THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE COST ME MY LIFE IF I HAD NOT REMAINED CLAM OR KEPT CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE I WOULD LIKE THIS ISSUE AND TIRE TO BE INVESTIGATED/RECALLED BECAUSE I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE WHILE DRIVING I HAVE FLASHBACKS OF THIS INCIDENT AND HAVE PROBLEMS SWITCHING LANES CROSSINGS INTERSECTIONS AND THINGS THAT WAS NORMAL FOR ME PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE TREADING FROM THE TIRE WENT UNDER MY CAR WHILE DRIVING SO MY CAR WAS TOTALED OUT DUE TO THIS INCIDENT. AMERICAN GENERAL TIRE SIZE 21570R15 DOT NUMBER A3M344H4399

HIT A ROCK IN THE ROAD CAUSING MASSIVE DEFLATION AND LEADING TO WRECK OF CAR. TIRES HAVE BEEN SENT INTO GENERAL/CONTINENTAL AND THEY HAVE DENIED ANY CLAIMS. AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON GENERAL ALTIMAX HP,WHY HASN'T THE DOT DONE A RECALL?? WHO IS CORRUPT AND GETTING MONEY IN THE DOT NOT TO FORCE GENERAL INTO A RECALL? I LOOKED AND BFG,MICHELIN,AND THE PARENT COMPANY CONTINENTAL DO NOT HAVE THE COMBINED COMPLAINTS OF GENERAL ALTIMAX. MADE IN CHINA BTW

GENERAL AMERI-TRAC 255/70/R16 HAD A COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION FROM MAIN TIRE. IT BEGAN WHEN I NOTICED SUDDEN AND VIOLENT VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY 82 IN MONTANA. I IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN, PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED THE TIRE TO FIND CHUNKS OF RUBBER FALLING OUT AND TREAD BULGING & WARPED. THIS TIRE (PROPER MOUNTED & BALANCED) HAS APPX 75% TREAD. I SLOWLY DROVE HOME AND PARKED THE VEHICLE. THE FOLLOWING DAY I WAS GOING TO REPLACE IT WITH THE SPARE. WHEN I WENT OUT THE NEXT MORNING THE TIRE HAD COMPLETELY GONE FLAT. A CLOSER LOOK REVEALED OVER NIGHT THE TIRE HAD EXPLODED WITH THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE AROUND 1/5 OF ITS CIRCUMFERENCE. THE STEEL BELTS STILL ATTACHED TO THE LIFTED PART OF THE TREAD. I WAS LUCKY THIS DIDN'T EXPLODE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.. AS GOING 60MPH ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY (ONE LANE EACH WAY) THAT IS HEAVILY USED BY LOGGING TRUCKS GOING 70+MPH COULD HAVE LEAD TO A DEVASTATING AND TRAGIC ACCIDENT. AN INCIDENT OF THIS NATURE ON ICY ROADS IN WINTER WOULD HAVE ONLY INCREASED THE LIKELY-HOOD OF A FATALITY. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS TIRE IS AN ISOLATED DEFECTIVE ITEM OR IF ALL THE 255/70 R16 AMERI-TRAC TIRES ARE BAD, BUT I CERTAINLY WANT THIS DEFECTIVE TIRE REPLACED BY GENERAL AS NO TIRE OF THIS POOR OF QUALITY SHOULD LEGALLY BE ON THE ROAD. IT WOULD BE LIKE ALLOWING BRAKE MANUFACTURERS TO SELL BRAKES SYSTEMS THAT ARE KNOWN TO FAIL OR ALLOWING STEERING WHEEL MANUFACTURERS TO SELL STEERING WHEELS THAT ARE KNOWN TO FALL OFF WHILE DRIVING. IF HEAVY PENALTIES AND FINES WERE GIVEN TO THESE COMPANIES (THAT HAVE WEAK INSPECTION PROCEDURES) FOR EACH DEFECTIVE INCIDENT, MAYBE THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THESE TIRES TO BE SOLD... JUST BECAUSE THEY WISH TO CUT COSTS ON QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES AND HELP THEIR BOTTOM LINE PROFITS. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER, SAFER AND HIGHER STANDARDS IN THIS INDUSTRY.

TIRE TREAD IS DETERIORATING, CHUNKS OF TREAD IS FLAKING AND FALLING OFF TIRE. FOUND A SECTION OF TREAD ON SECOND AND THIRD LINE OF TREAD THAT IS STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM TIRE. TRUCK HAS BARELY 10,000 MILES ON ORIGINAL TIRES WITH VERY GOOD TREAD, TRUCK HAS AIR PRESSURE MONITOR AND IS CHECKED REGULARLY. TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE. I WANT TO GET THEM REPLACED, BEFORE AN ACCIDENT, DAMAGE OR DEATH OCCURS! *TR