2002 Jaguar X-Type Tires & Wheels Problems

MY WIFE'S X TYPE 2002 JAGUAR WAS RIDING VERY ROUGH AND I ASKED OUR LOCAL MECHANIC TO BALANCE THE TIRES. HE CALLED IN SHOCK ADVISING THAT THE INTERIOR WALL OF A REAR GOODYEAR AMERICAN EAGLE TIRE WAS CRACKED ALL AROUND THE RIM OF THE TIRE AND WE WERE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. FROM THE OUTER WALL AND THE TREAD THE TIRE APPEARED PERFECT. I HAVE THE TIRE AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH I WILL FORWARD WHEN PROVIDED AN E-MAIL ADDRESS. *JB

FROM JAN 2005 TO 6/28/06 I HAVE HAD FOUR SEPARATE INCIDENTS WITH 2004 POTENZA G009 225/45R17 TIRES THAT HAD TREAD SEPARATION FROM SIDEWALL. TIRES INSTALLED ON A 2002 JAGUAR X-TYPE (AWD). ALL TIRES WERE CONSTANTLY MAINTAINED, ROTATED AND BALANCED PER JAGUAR SPECS. DOT EMH8LHC1805. ALL TIRES HAD BETWEEN 5/32 AND 6/32 OF TREAD LEFT AND MORE THAN 25,000 MILES BEFORE OCCURRENCE. REPLACED ONE OUT OF POCKET AND OTHER THREE WERE REPLACED AT MINOR CHARGE BY BRIDGESTONE DEALER (TIRE FREE (WARRANTY) / CHARGED FOR$ 45 FOR INSTALLATION & BALANCING & ROAD HAZARD PROTECTION). INCIDENTS LEAD TO EXTREME VIBRATION AND VEHICLE INSTABILITY AND WOULD HAVE LEAD TO BLOW OUT IF I HAD NOT RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY. *JB

AUTO HAS APX 28 000 MILES REPLACED IN JAN 05 ALL FOUR TIRES .DEALER SHOWED HOW THEY ALL FAILED AT ONCE. SECONDLY AROUND JAN 04 REPLACED TWO TIRES FROM DEALER. I PAYED FULL PRICE FOR ALL OF THEM. *NM

ALUMINUM WHEELS DENT EASILY ALLOWING AIR LEAKAGE FROM TIRES. THESE ARE THE SPORT WHEELS ON THE JAG X-TYPE MODEL. I RAN OVER A DEER CARCASS IN ROAD AND THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEFLATED AND CAME OFF THE RIM AS THE CAR WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH. THE CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND $17.000 OF DAMAGE WAS INCURRED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT IT WAS NOTED AT ACTUALLY ALL THE WHEELS HAD SMALL DENTS AND THEY ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REGULAR TIRES AND WHEELS WERE PURCHASED. TIRES WERE MADE BY CONTINENTAL. ALUMINUM WHEELS WERE STANDARD ON SPORTS MODEL. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN FRONT AND REAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT RIMS WERE BENT. PREVIOUS TO DIAGNOSIS, CONSUMER REPLACED ONE OF THE REAR RIMS WHICH WAS BENT. *AK A TOTAL OF FIVE RIMS REPLACED AND THE TIRES WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SUITABLE FOR THE RIMS. *SC

2002 JAGUAR X TYPE DEVELOPED TIRE BELT SEPARATION.*MR PRIOR TO THE SEPARATION THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE BEING DRIVEN. *NM

I HAVE A 2002 JAGUAR X-TYPE EQUIPPED WITH PIRELLI P6 LOW PROFILE TIRES AND ALLOY RIMS. IN THE PAST 6 WINTER MONTHS, I HAVE EXPERIENCED 4 INCIDENCES OF SIDEWALL BUBBLES AND ONE SIDEWALL BLOWOUT.*AK I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER JAGUAR OWNERS REGARDING THESE TIRES AND FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE. I BELIEVE THAT THESE TIRES ARE FAILING EXCESSIVELY. I BELIEVE THAT THESE TIRES ARE A SAFETY PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE A MISAPPLICATION FOR THE SERVICE INTENDED. THE INCIDENT DATE LISTED IS THE LAST INCIDENT OF FAILURE.

VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH CONTINENTAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON 2002 X TYPE JAGUAR. *MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED ERRATIC VIBRATION AND SHAKING OF THE STEERING COLUMN. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE BELT SEPARATION OCCURRED WHICH RESULTED IN BLOWOUT. *SC *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, I HAD A FLAT TIRE. THE TIRE WENT FLAT EXTREMELY FAST, NOT QUITE A BLOW OUT. UPON REMOVING THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE, I FOUND A HOLE WORN ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES UP FROM THE THREAD. THERE IS COMPLETE BAND OF REMOVED RUBBER AROUND THE ENTIRE TIRE WITH THE HOLE EXPOSING SOME WHITE FIBERS. I EXPECTED A NAIL OR OTHER PROTRUSION, NOT A HOLE ON THE THINNEST PART OF THE TIRE. I LOOKED AT THE OTHER TIRE (DRIVERS SIDE) AND NOTICED THE SAME PROBLEM IS HAPPENING. I AM RELIEVED WE DID NOT HAVE A BLOW-OUT ALTHOUGH THE TIRE LOOKED LIKE IT COULD HAVE BLOWN OUT AT ANY TIME. IT IS OBVIOUS THE TIRE RUBS ON SOMETHING IN THE WHEEL WELL. I NEED TO TAKE THE TIRE OFF AGAIN AND LOOK AT THE WHAT IS HAPPENING (DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DO A FULL INVESTIGATION WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY). I HOPE OTHER JAGUAR X-TYPE OWNERS ARE NOT EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. THIS IS A ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. IT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC FLOW. I STRONGLY FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. REGARDLESS OF TIRE POSITION, THE TIRE SHOULD NEVER RUB AGAINST A PERMANENT OBJECT IN THE CAR. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS NOT A ISSUE. THE TIRES WERE CHECKED OFTEN WITH MINIMAL DEGREGATION IN PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE HAD WARANTY WORK ON IT APPROX 6,000 MILES AGO. IT IS POSSIBLE THEY MISALIGNED THE TIRES AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. (9 SEPARATE WARANTY ITEMS WORKED OVER 16 MONTHS - TALK ABOUT A LEMON). *AK

THIS IS THE THIRD PROBLEM WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES SINCE I OWNED MY 2002 JAGUAR X-TYPE SPORT. THE FIRST WAS A FLAT THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. THE SECOND WAS NUMEROUS CRACKS IN THE INSIDE TIRE TREAD, AND THE THIRD WAS DISCOVERED AT THE DEALER SERVICE DEPT. FOR A TIRE ROTATION FOR CORDS STICKING THROUGH THE SIDEWALL. ALL 3 INSTANCES WERE THE LEFT REAR TIRE. CONTINENTAL BLAMES JAGUAR, JAGUAR BLAMES CONTINENTAL, AND I'M STILL OUT 3 TIRES IN ONLY 19 MONTHS/19,000 MILES OF OWNERSHIP !!! MY WIFE IS EXTRA CAUTIOUS ABOUT DRIVING EVER SINCE WE BROUGHT IT HOME NOT TO HIT ANY ROAD OBSTACLES, WE FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND POSSIBLE LEMON LAW AS WELL.*AK

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CONTINENTAL TIRE CONTOUR, DOT LMT4AXBU1502. ALSO WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING THE TIRE WENT FLAT, AND WHEN SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE THE TIRE HAD NO SIDEWALLS. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.*AK SIDEWALL SEPARATED WHICH CAUSED WHEEL TO BEND. *PH *JB

STEERING VIBRATION STARTED AFTER REPLACEMENT OF CLUTCH AT 12000 MILES ( CLUTCH SEIZED). DEALER SAID WHEELS WERE BUCKLED AND SWAPPED, ON FURTHER WORK 2 MONTHS LATER ( TOOK 2 MONTHS FOR PART) DEALER STATES 4 WHEELS ARE BUCKLED ( INCLUDES SPARE THAT WAS UNUSED). ONLY OPTION IS TO PURCHASE 4 NEW WHEELS ( X TYPE 3.0 SPORT). JAGUAR HAVE BEEN SINGULARLY UNHELPFUL AND CAR HAS BEEN IN REPAIRS FOR 22 DAYS SINCE RECEIVED IN JUNE 2002. *JB

WHILE DRIVING OVER 55 MPH THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER TO PUT DIFFERENT RIMS AND TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER REPLACED THE TIRES AND RIMS, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK