LAREDO TIRES Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO EQUIPPED WITH LAREDO TIRES, SIZE P235/70/R15. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TRAVELING ON HWY 44 WEST @ 60 ML. OER HR. STEEL BELT BUSTED AND TREAD RIPPED OF TAKING MY WHEEL WELL COVER WITH IT. I ALMOST LOST TOTAL CONTROL OF MY TRUCK AND IT FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON MY RIM. TOOK TIRE TO A CENTER. THEY MEASURED THE TREAD AND INVESTIGATED. THE ATTENDANT SAID THE TIRE IS AN ABSOLUTE DEFECT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KEYSTONE SPRINTER. THE VEHICLE HAS MISSION LOADMAX RADIAL (NA), SIZE ST 205/75/R15 TIRES. THE TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED IN TAIWAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. ONE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERBELLY OF THE VEHICLE'S INSULATION. HE SENT THE TIRES BACK AND RECEIVED REPLACEMENTS. THE SECOND TIRE, WHICH WAS THE SPARE TIRE, SUSTAINED TREAD SEPARATION AND THE THIRD TIRE HAD A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL. SINCE THE INITIAL FAILURE, HE REPLACED THE TIRES WITH THOSE FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER, HOWEVER, FOR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, HE HAS REPLACED THOSE TIRES WITH ONES FROM A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 2,500 AND THE VEHICLE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,000. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.