TBC TIRES Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A SET OF TASKMASTER TIRES (N/A), SIZE: ST205/75D WHICH CAME INSTALLED ON A TARTER INDUSTRIES UTILITY TRAILER (N/A). THE TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED MAY 2012 AND JUNE 2012. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT BOTH TIRES EXHIBITED SEVERE CRACKING ON THE OUTER SIDE WALL. THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE WAS 10. THE TRAILER FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN...UPDATED 06/09/14 *BF UPDATED 06/16/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE EQUIPPED WITH TBC SIGMA STAMPEDE RADIAL SUV TIRES, SIZE P265/70/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 -60 MPH, SHE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AWKWARDLY. AFTER STOPPING AND INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INSTALLED THE SPARE TIRE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED HER A PRO-RATE FOR A NEW TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER REPLACED WITH A NEW TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT RECENTLY NOTICED A CRACK IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND A REPLACEMENT TIRE WAS ORDERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TIRES WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 143,312.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD F-150 WITH TBC VANDERBILT TURBO TECH GT TIRES, SIZE 265/70R15. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES FAILED WITHIN 70 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BEADING FAILED AROUND THE SIDEWALL. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED WHEN THE TIRES WERE INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 158,000 UPDATED 10/18/11*LJ UPDATED 11/04/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 1500 EQUIPPED WITH TBC SIGMA SHADOW TIRES, SIZE P235/75/R15. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE LEFT REAR SIDE TIRE BEGAN MAKING NOISES AND THERE WAS A LOUD TUG. AFTER STOPPING, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ABOUT 95% OF THE TREAD WAS OFF THE TIRES. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 SATURN SC2 EQUIPPED WITH SIGMA SUPREME TIRES. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. SHE DID NOT WANT TO PROVIDE AN APPROXIMATE SPEED BECAUSE THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS TREAD SEPARATION ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE HAD NOT RECURRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 67,419. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, TIRE SUDDENLY LOST PRESSURE, STEEL BELT SEPARATED INTERNALLY. TIRE IS INTACT AND STILL MOUNTED ON WHEEL. *TR

I PURCHASED TWO CLASSIC P225/60R16 TIRES DESIGN # 8938N ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO. THEY STILL ARE LIKE NEW. THEY BOTH ARE STARTING TO HAVE CRACKS IN THE RUBBER AROUND THE RIM. LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE DRY ROTTING. THEY WERE PLACED ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

WE HAD PURCHASED 4 TBC WILD COUNTRY RADIAL XTX SPORT TIRES WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED DURING A RECENT RECALL PERIOD. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH A NEW SET IN MAY 'O8 THAT WE WERE TOLD WERE MANUFACTURED AFTER THE DATES OF THE RECALL PERIOD. WE JUST NOTICED CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALLS OF THESE NEWER TIRES (WE HAVE APPROX. 34,000 MILES ON THE TIRES). WE ARE NOT CERTAIN WHEN THESE CRACKS MAY HAVE APPEARED, OR AT WHAT MILEAGE. MY WIFE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE TIRE DEALER (LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTER IN REDMOND, OR) THE DEALER SAID THAT THE TIRES HAVE SIDEWALL SEPARATION (WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TIRES THAT WERE THE SUBJECT OF THE LAST RECALL), THAT THE CAUSE IS FROM RUNNING THE TIRES UNDER THE RECOMMENDED PRESSURE AND THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PRORATE THE TIRES. WE HAVE THE TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH AN OIL CHANGE, SO THE TIRES WERE NOT RUNNING UNDER PRESSURE FOR THE ENTIRE TIME WE HAVE HAD THEM, AND OF COURSE WE ARE NOT CERTAIN IF THEY WERE ALL ACTUALLY "UNDER PRESSURE" TODAY, OR WE WERE JUST TOLD THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD ANY OTHER REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM RE-SURFACING WITH THIS PARTICULAR TIRE. *TR

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.

TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ON PASSENGER REAR SIDE OCCURRED ON 8/28/09 IN ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA. THE VEHICLE WAS A MAZDA B2300 (2001). THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, SPUN AROUND 180 DEGREES ON I95, WENT INTO THE DITCH & COLLIDED INTO THE GUARDRAIL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE PASSENGER SUFFERED HEAD WOUNDS AND FOUR BROKEN RIBS & HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO FLAGLER HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER SUFFERED NO SIGNIFICANT INJURIES. *TR