GENERAL TIRE TIRES Complaints

UPON COMPLETING A TIRE CHECK OF MY VEHICLE, I NOTICED THE SIDEWALL OF MY GENERAL TIRE AMERI -G4S IS BULDGING OUT (ABOUT THE SIZE OF A GOLF BALL HEMISPHERE) AND THE RUBBER IS STARTING TO SEPARATE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC CANYON. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND PULLED OFF THE ROAD. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY. HE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE TREAD ON THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE HAD SEPARATED AND THE FENDER WAS DAMAGED. AAA WAS CALLED TO CHANGE THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A BODY SHOP FOR REPAIR. THE DOT NUMBER AND PURCHASE DATE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 40,000.

I BOUGHT THE 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO IN JUNE 2005 BRAND NEW. WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF HAVING THE TRUCK I NOTICED THAT IT WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY THROUGH THE GEARS, WHEN IT WOULD, IT LURCHED. IT HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE DAY. THIS HAPPENED MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY AND STILL DOES IT, HOWEVER, THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ALSO, I HAD OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE THE TRUCK, AND THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 12 OR 13 TIMES, BUT THEY NEVER COULD FIND THE PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE VEHICLE REVVED INTO PARK AND IT STAYED AT A HIGH IDLE FOR SEVERAL SECOND BEFORE FINALLY RETURNING TO A NORMAL IDLE LIKE THE THAROTLE STUCK. IN ADDITION TO THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, I HAVE HAD POWER LOCK PROBLEMS. I CAN STAND NEXT TO THE TRUCK AND THE LOCKS WILL NOT UNLOCK. ALL OF MY COWORKERS COULD UNLOCK THEIR VEHICLES FROMA DISTANCE BUT MINE WILL NOT. I HAD TO WALK AROUND THE TRUCK SEVERAL TIMES AND CONTINUALLY PRESS THE UNLOCK BUTTON BEFORE THE LOCKS WOULD UNLOCK. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER LOCKS UNLOCKING FROM INSIDE THE TRUCK WITH THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES NOW. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE LOCK OR THE KEY FOBS. MY CD PLAYED AT A BRAND NEW CD, AT TIMES THE CD'S WILL NOT COME OUT OR GO IN, AND THE RADIO STATIONS WILL APPEAR ON THE DISPLAY WRONG. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, LAST SUMMER I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND I HAD SMOKE START POURING OUT OF MY VENTS. I THOUGHT THE TRUCK WAS OVER HEATING AT FIRST. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS JUST CONDINSATION. I HAD THE TRUCK THE SUMMER BEFORE AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE IT. I ALSO TOOK MY TRUCK IN THIS YEAR FOR NEW TIRES, MIND YOU I HAD LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. THE PLACE WHERE I GOT THE TRUCK WAS AMAZED THAT I NEEDED NEW TIRES SINCE I HAD SO FEW MILES ON THE TRUCK. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, THERE WAS A PRONOUNCED VIBRATION WITHIN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE VEHICLE NEEDED ANOTHER FRONT ALIGNMENT. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THERE MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH THE TIRES WEARING PREMATURELY ON THEIR OWN. THE TIRES WERE GENERAL P23575/R15. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT POOR ALIGNMENT CAUSED THE PREMATURE WEAR OF THOSE TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

2005 CHEVROLET CREW CAB 1/2 TON TWO WHEEL DRIVE HAS HAD A VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE BRAKING SINCE THE FIRST TEST DRIVE. THE SALESMAN PROMISED IT WAS JUST THE TIRES WITH FLAT SPOTS AND WOULD GO AWAY. JOHN KEATING CHEVY. AS CHANGED THE FRONT ROTORS THE BACK DRUMS, TWO TIRES ALIGNED THE FRONT END PUT IN STEERING KIT. THE TRUCK STILL HAS THE VIBRATION AND NOW THE FRONT LEFT AND THE REAR BRAKES ARE LOCKING UP. IF YOU BRAKE HARD THE BRAKES SKIDS ON THE LEFT SIDE. I HAVE CONTACTED CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY WILL NOT RETURN MY CALLS. I WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP ON 2/21/06 I TRIED TO TALK THE OWNER I LEFT MY NAME AND I WAS THERE FOR 5 HOURS HE NEVER CONTACTED ME. I CALLED HIM THAT NIGHT AROUND 6:15 AND SPOKE WITH HIM, HE WANTS TO RIDE IN THE TRUCK, I CALLED THE NEXT AFTERNOON LEFT MY NUMBER AND ASKED FOR APPOINTMENT. I CALLED AGAIN 2/23/06 AROUND 2:00 AGAIN I LEFT MY NUMBER. *JB

I BOUGHT A 2004 COLORADO IN MARCH OF THAT YEAR,ON DEC. 31ST 2004 I HAD TO REPLACE THE TWO FRONT TIRES AT MY EXPENSE. THEY HAD WORN FROM THE INSIDE OUT THE TIRES HAD 23,000 +MILES ON THEM. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOT ANYTHING WRONG. IN MARCH 2005 I HAD TO BRING IT IN FOR THE SAME THING WITH LESS MILES ON THOSE TIRES 17,000 MILES AND THEY STILL INSIST THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I SOON WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THESE TIRES BEFORE WINTER. THE DEALER TELLS ME TIRES NEED TO BE ROTATED MORE OFTEN. I'VE OWNED OTHER S-10 MODELS WITH OVER 250,000 AND HAVEN'T HAD THE PROBLEMS I'VE HAD WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEMS. I DID HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE FROM DOOR WIRING, REPLACEMENT OF O2 SENSOR,FRONT AXLE SEAL DRIVER SIDE REPLACE,HEADLIGHTS,FOG LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS ALL HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITHIN THE FIRST 20,000 MILES. *JB

DT: GENERAL, AMERITRAC TIRE SIZE P265/75R15 BLEW OUT ON 8-25-05 WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE. THE LOCATION OF THE TIRE WAS ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE. THE TIRE COULD NOT BE FIXED. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF WHAT CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THE CONSUMER FILED A COMPLAINT OF GENERAL TIRES # 05677. *AK

LEFT REAR TIRE LOST ALL TREAD AND DID SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DAMAGE. THANK GOODNESS NO INJURY OCCURED. THE TIRES WERE GENERAL TIRES. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH GENERAL TIRES. THEY ARE QUITE UNSAFE. BACK BUMPER HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS WIRING LOOM AND WHEEL WELL. THIS WAS ON 2005 BUICK LESABRE LIMITED. IT HAS BEEN IN SHOP SINCE 6 SEPT 2005 IN LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO. IT WILL BE AT LEAST TWO MORE WEEKS BEFORE I GET IT BACK. I HAVE TO MAKE A SECOND TRIP TO N. MEX. TO PICK IT UP. *JB

08/14/2005 TRAVELING FROM ATLANTA, GA ON I-95 AND NOTICED A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT OF VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN THEN THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING SO BAD IT WAS ALMOST HARD TO CONTROL. STOPPED VEHICLE SAFELY AND INSPECTED FRONT END AND FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATED AT THE RADIAL BELT. FOUND A BACK COUNTRY STORE AND HAD A TIRE INSTALL (USED ALL THAT WAS AVAIL). TIRE COST 150.00 BOY WAS I TAKEN. STILL HAVE TIRE IN MY POSSESSION. *NM

COMING HOME FROM SHAWNEE ABOUT 40 MILES FROM HOME,AND AT ABOUT 20 MILES FROM BEING HOME FELT A BAD VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL PULLED OVER TO CHECK TIRES,FELT ALL AROUND THEM NOTICED THAT THERE WHERE INDENTATIONS IN SIDE WALLS,LATER FOUND OUT THAT THESE ARE CALLED LEMMONING MARKS,GOT BACK IN TRUCK AND CONTINUED ON AT A SLOWER SPEED OF ABOUT 60 MPH,AND ABOUT 3 TO 4 MILES DOWN THE ROAD A SEVERE VIBRATION STARTED AND THEN THE LEFT FRONT BLEW OUT BAD CAUSING TO ME BE SWEPT OFF ROAD TO LEFT SEVERELY INTO THE MEDIAN,THESE TIRES ONLY HAVE 29096 MILES ON THEM I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THESE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND AFTER BEING STRANDED ON ROAD FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS WAITING FOR FORDS ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I AM IN A WHEELCHAIR I HAD TOO BE TOWED HOME. WHERE UPON CHECKING SEVERAL WEB SIGHTS I FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT ABOUT THE SAME MILEAGES THE REST OF MY TIRES SEAM TO BE HAVING THE SAME SYMPTOMS PLUS SOME SIGNS OF CHALKING THIS IS ALSO A SIGN OF DEFECTIVE TIRES. ALSO I HAVE NOT DRIVEN ON THEM SINCE,I AM TRYING TO GET SOME RESPONSE OUT OF GENERAL TIRES BECAUSE MY TRUCK SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE WHOLE LEFT FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND ALL THE ABS WIRING SYSTEM IS TORE UP AND HANGING LOOSE,I COULD NOT GET THE SPARE TIRE OFF OF ITS RACK BECAUSE FORD DID NOT PUT THE SPARE TIRE KEY THAT YOU NEED TO LOWER THE TIRE DOWN OFF OF IT'S RACK,WAS TOLD BY FORD THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE TOWED AGAIN TO BRING IT IN TO HAVE SPARE TIRE RACK CUT!! OFF TO GET TO SPARE,I FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME TYPE OF NOTICE PUT OUT BY FORD ABOUT THIS SPARE TIRE PROBLEM BECAUSE I FOUND OUT ALSO THAT THE KEYS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE,THIS IS WHY I WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED IN AGAIN TO GET MY SPARE. CUT OFF. I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SO THAT NO LIVES ARE LOST OR PEOPLE INJURED. THANK YOU DONNIE. *NM