TBC SIGMA REGENT TIRES Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU WITH TBC SIGMA TOURING TIRES, DOT # 3PSJE371406. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH HE FELT A VIBRATION FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, HE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE HAD BLOWN-OUT. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE TIRE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER.. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 5000.

BOUGHT 4 GRAND SPIRIT TOURING TIRES SIZE 185/60TR15 ON 6/15/05. BELTS ON TWO OF THESE TIRES SEPARATED. ONE ON 7/21/08 THE SECOND ON 12/19/08. MANUFACTURER OF THESE TIRES IS TBC TIRES. ONE OF THESE TIRES WAS PRORATED AND REPLACED. I WAS INFORMED BY TIRE RETAILER ,TIRE KINGDOM, THAT THE TIRE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. NOW I HAVE A TIRE WITH BELT SEPARATION AND TWO MORE THAT WILL NO DOUBT DO THE SAME. *TR

NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, TIRES FAILED TO HOLD AIR PRESSURE. BOTH FRONT TIRES WITHIN ONE MONTH OF EACH OTHER FAILED. TIRES APPEARED TO BE DRY ROTTED ON CORNER OF SIDE WALLS. BOTH TIRES HAD SAME AREA OF DRY ROT/CRACKS IN TREAD. TIRES HAD LESS THEN 20,000 MILES ON THEM AND WHERE PROPERLY MAINTAINED. DEALER REPLACED TIRES. MFG. TBC, TOURING TR VANDERBILT. *TR

TBC SIGMA REGENT TOURING TIRE, TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE CAUSING THE WHOLE REAR DRIVER SIDE QUARTER PANEL AND REAR FASCIA TO BLOW OFF OF VEHICLE ,TIRES WERE PURCHASED A FEW YEARS AGO LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON TIRES . *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 INFINITI Q45. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TBC SIGMA REGENT TIRE WAS WARPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP AND THEY FOUND THAT THE BELT SEPARATED AND ONLY STEEL REMAINED. THE CORRECT TIRE SIZE IS 21560R15. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 87,000.

I WAS DRIVING AN 1996 AUDI A6 ON HIGHWAY 95 IN FLORIDA AT ABOUT 7PM ON THURSDAY MARCH 8, 2007. TRAVELING ABOUT 73 MPH. THE LEFT FRONT TIRES TREAD WAS SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE ITSELF. THIS CAUSED ME TO DANGEROUSLY SWERVE IN TRAFFIC. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SAW A GREAT DEAL OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR, THE BUMPER AND SIDE PANELING. I CALLED THE POLICE BUT THEY WERE NOT COOPERATIVE AND DID NOT WRITE AN ACCIDENT REPORT SINCE THE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY OWN CAR BY MY OWN CAR. BOTH FRONT TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED COSTING ABOUT $150 ALSO THERE IS AN ESTIMATED $4000 WORTH OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE CAR. *JB