1999 Honda Civic Tires & Wheels Problems

THIS LETTER IS IN REFERENCE TO A SET OF 4 COOPER GLS TOURING TIRES PURCHASED FROM NTB, CLOVER, SC. TIRE INFORMATION (COOPER GLS TOURING, 185/65R 14 86T, U96L1DR0917, 1 EACH AND U96L1DR1116, 3 EACH) WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF PURCHASING THE TIRES, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE DEVELOPED A SLOW LEAK TAKING SEVERAL DAYS TO DEFLATE. ON 12/16/2018, I WAS IN HAMPTON, VA WHEN THE TIRE DEVELOPED A MORE SERIOUS LEAK AND DEFLATED WITHIN A FEW HOURS. I WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO THE CLOVER, SC LOCATION ON THIS TIRE AND TOOK IT TO THE HAMPTON, VA LOCATION WHERE THE TIRE WAS PATCHED. HOWEVER, WITHIN A FEW WEEKS THE SLOW LEAK RETURNED WHICH PROGRESSED INTO A FASTER LEAK OVER TIME. I RETURNED THE TIRE TO THE CLOVER, SC LOCATION WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THE TIRE BALANCING WEIGHT HAD BROKEN THE BEAD AND THAT WAS THE LOCATION OF THE LEAK. AT THIS TIME IT SEEMED THAT THE TIRE PROBLEMS HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESSED. HOWEVER, ON 6/16/2019 THIS TIRE SUFFERED A SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC DEFLATION WHILE PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT OF WALMART IN OSAGE BEACH, MO. I REMOVED THE TIRE AND WALKED INSIDE THE TIRE CENTER OF WALMART WHERE IT WAS REPLACED. NOTE THAT THE TIRE WAS EXAMINED AND NO EXTERNAL PUNCTURE OR SIDE WALL DAMAGE WAS PRESENT. THIS TIRE SUFFERED SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC DEFLATION WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED AND WITHOUT ANY EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TIRE. ON 7/11/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 PM, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE SUFFERED A SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC DEFLATION WHEN THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN NORTH ON I-77 NEAR ELKIN, NC. AT THIS TIME THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY. NTB IN CHRISTIANSBURG, VA WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE TIRE AND I PURCHASED ANOTHER. DURING THIS VISIT THE NTB TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME A THIRD TIRE HAS AN INTERNAL DEFECT (BUSTED BELT). AT THIS TIME 3 OF THE 4 TIRES HAVE EITHER FAILED OR HAVE AN INTERNAL DEFECT.

1999 HONDA CIVIC, RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. VEHICLE WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND STRUCK THE MEDIAN BARRIER. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT# 10-0500-90)*JB UPDATED 09/13/10*BF

TWO MONTHS AGO MY SON'S 1999 HONDA CIVIC EXPERIENCED A FLAT TIRE. THE TIRE SHOP SAID THE VALVE STEM WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED THE STEM AT A COST OF $26. ON APRIL 16, 2009, MY SON EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE ON A DIFFERENT TIRE, LEFT FRONT TIRE, WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. HE SAID THE CAR SUDDENLY PULLED STRONGLY TO THE LEFT AND HE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I REMEMBERED SEEING INFORMATION ON A VALVE STEM RECALL LAST SUMMER AND GAVE MY SON INFORMATION ABOUT THE DILL VALVE STEM RECALL. THE VALVE STEMS WERE THE ONES MANUFACTURED AND RECALLED BY DILL, REF. ODI DEFECT INVESTIGATION EA08022. THE TIRE SHOP DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE RECALL AND THE HONDA DEALER THAT INSTALLED THE TIRES 2 YEARS AGO ALSO PLEADED IGNORANCE. AFTER FURTHER PERSISTENCE, MY SON WAS ABLE TO GET THE HONDA DEALER TO REPLACE ALL OF THE DEFECTIVE VALVE STEMS AND REPLACE THE TIRE THAT WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. HE IS STILL OUT $26 DUE TO THE FIRST VALVE STEM FAILURE WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE TIRE SHOP IF THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE DILL VALVE STEM VOLUNTARY RECALL WAS BEING FOLLOWED. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE VOLUNTARY RECALL BY DILL IS INADEQUATE AND NOT ACCOMPLISHING ITS INTENDED PURPOSE. ODI DEFECT INVESTIGATION EA08022 WAS PREMATURELY CLOSED. THE RECALL SHOULD BE MANDATED BY NHTSA AND BACKED UP BY THE LAW! THE TIRE COMPANIES ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE DILL VOLUNTARY RECALL. THIS IS RESULTING IN UNNECESSARY EXPENSES TO THE PUBLIC AND A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. I FEEL IT IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY NOT KNOWING IF ONCOMING TRAFFIC WILL SUDDENLY SWERVE INTO ME BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE VALVE STEM. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF DEFECTIVE VALVE STEMS IN SERVICE. SOMETHING MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM TIRE WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON FREEWAY. TIRE LOOKS LIKE A RETREAD EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T PURCHASED AS ONE. *TR

VALVE STEM FAILURE ON THREE TIRES RESULTING IN FLAT TIRES THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 HONDA CIVIC LX 4 DOOR VEHICLE ON A RETURN TRIP FROM BIRMINGHAM, AL TO ATLANTA, GA AND ABOUT 45 MINUTES INTO MY RETURN TRIP THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE OF MY VEHICLE. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THAT ALTHOUGH THE 1/3 OF THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE IT DID NOT BLOW OUT AND I WAS ABLE TO GET TO AN EXIT SAFELY. I THEN PROCEEDED TO A WALMART TIRE REPLACEMENT CENTER WHERE I ASKED THE TECHNICIAN IF THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD SEEN THIS HAPPEN. THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME HE HAD SEEN THIS ISSUE WITHIN THE PAST 2 MONTHS AND THAT THE OTHER TIRE THAT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR REPLACEMENT HAD ONLY BEEN ON THE CAR FOR A FEW WEEKS (MY TIRE WAS ABOUT 2 YEARS OLD). I CONTACTED FIRESTONE TO INFORM THEM OF THE ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD ONLY TAKE ACTION IF I COULD MAIL THEM THE TIRE. I PROVIDED FIRESTONE THE CONTACT NUMBER FOR THE TIRE SHOP WHERE THEY COULD OBTAIN THE TIRE IF NEEDED FOR ANALYSIS (FIRESTONE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN OBTAINING THE TIRE). THE TIRE THAT WAS INVOLVED WAS AN FR 680.

INSURED STATED WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HWY HER RT REAR TIRE BLEW AND CAUSED HER TO LOSE CONTROL OF IV. THE TIRE SHREDS HIT THE REAR BUMPER AND TORE IT OFF OR PARTIALLY OFF. THE IV THEN SPUN ACROSS TRAFFIC AND HIT THE MEDIAN WITH LEFT REAR END. CLAIMS ADJUSTER LOOKED AT THE PHOTOS OF THE TIRE, AND IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A NORMAL BLOW OUT. THE TREAD APPEARS TO HAVE JUST FALLEN OFF THE TIRE. WHAT TREAD WAS LEFT ON TIRE IS IN GOOD SHAPE. SO WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT LACK OF CARE ON INSURED'S PART. INSD HAS THE PHYSICAL TIRE IN HER POSSESSION.

THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. FULL SET OF NEW TIRES WERE INSTALLED.*CB

WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, SPUN 180 DEGREES ACROSS THE LANES INTO THE LEFT SHOULDER SCRAPING AGAINST THE GUARD RAIL DAMAGING THE VEHICLE. DUNLOP P185/65R14 (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *YH

I WAS DRIVING 40-42 MPH AND THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED TO THE LEFT. I TRIED TO CORRECT IT AND MY CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL HITTING A TELEPHONE POLE, A SIGN AND 2 CURBS. AFTERWARDS MY RIGHT REAR AXEL AND NOTICED IT LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BUCKLED AS SUCH.

LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARTATED CAUSING CAR TO SWERVE, TREAD DAMAGED LEFT FRONT FENDER, HOOD, LIGHT ASSEMBLY, AND KNOCKED OFF LOWER BODY PANEL. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W27J TIRESIZE: P185/65/14)

MY WIFE'S FIRESTONE TIRE BLEW ON HER 1999 HONDA CIVIC AND ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON I75. SHE IS LUCKY TO NOT HAVE BEEN INJURED. ALSO, HER SISTER'S FIRESTONE TIRE BLEW 1 YEAR LATER ON HER 1998 HONDA CIVIC WHILE DRIVING ON ANOTHER FLORIDA HIGHWAY. THE PROBABILITIES OF SUCH INCIDENTS HAPPENING TO ONE FAMILY MUST BE HIGH UNLESS THERE IS A DEFECT IN THESE FIRESTONE TIRES. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT THAT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE THESE WERE NOT SUV'S. DATE OF INCIDENT IS ESTIMATED SINCE IT WAS A MINOR INCIDENT AND NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THESE FIRESTONE TIRES MAY NOT BE SAFE. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE MAKE OF THESE TIRES ARE UNKNOWN SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN DISCARDED A LONG TIME AGO. *NLM

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON FREEWAY AND HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE. SHE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE'S TREAD SEPARATED. TIRES WERE DUNLOP DB7C1199 . SHE CONTACTED DUNLOP, AND ATTENDANT TOLD HER THAT THEY WOULD PRO RATE HER TIRES. *AK IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE OTHER FRONT TIRE WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE ALSO. 2 DAYS LATER, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT, DUNLOP REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THE TIRES ONLY LAST 20000 TO 30000 MILES AND CONSUMER'S TIRES HAD 29784 MILES ON THEM. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE BUSTED. ON 9/11/00, DRIVER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TIRE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE, HOWEVER THIS ONE DID NOT BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING, RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING ON 9/13. DUNLOP HAS BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE TIRES. DUNLOP WAS WILLING TO REPLACE THE TIRES AT HALF PRICE. *AK *SLC

TIRE TOTALLY SEPARATED WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT HIGH SPEED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P185 65R14 )

CONSUMER PURCHASED 4 NEW MICHELIN TIRES. SIZE P195/55/R15, DOT B95VB68X3001. XGT V4. 3 OF THE 4 TIRES BLEW OUT AT SIDEWALLS, AND BUBBLES DEVELOPED ON SIDEWALLS.*AK