2013 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Tires & Wheels Problems

FEDERAL TIRES FELL APART WHILE DRIVING

CONTINENTAL CONTI PRO CONTACT TIRES WITH APPROX. 12,500 MILES ON THEM WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED HAS A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL. THE BUBBLE IS WITHIN A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THE RIM. CONTINENTAL IS TURNING A DEAF EAR TO THIS MATTER. THE FIRST AND ONLY THING THEY ARE SAYING IS IT IS FROM A POTHOLE. THESE TIRES SHOWED VIRTUALLY VERY LITTLE WEAR. I STAY ON YTOP OF MY VEHICLES CARE AND ALWAYS HAVE THE PROPER INFLATION. AS WELL AS HIGH SPEED BALANCING DONE IN ORDER TO PROLONG THE LIFE OF THEM. MY CARS FRONT TIRES ARE A DIFFERENT SIZE THAN THE REAR TIRES, THEREFORE THEY CANNOT BE ROTATED. HENCE THE REASON I STAY ON TOP OF THE PROPER INFLATION AND BALANCING. THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT GET DRIVEN IN THE SNOW. I AVOID POTHOLES LIKE THE PLAGUE.I HAVE HIT MORE POT HOLES WITH MY OTHER CAR AND THERE ARE NO BUBBLES ON THEM WHICH ARE PIRELLI TIRES. I AM 61 YEARS OLD AND HAVE OWNED A LOT OF VEHICLES AND HAVE NEVER HAD A BUBBLE ON A TIRE! TIRES WITH MUCH HIGHER MILEAGE ON THEM. THESE TIRES DID NOT NEED REPLACING BECAUSE THE TREAD WEAR WAS EXCELLENT. HOWEVER, I NO LONGER FEEL THAT THE VEHICLE IS SAFE WITH THESE TIRES. YESTERDAY I REPLACED THEM WITH A COMPETITORS BRAND. I WROTE TO CONTINENTAL AND INCLUDED PICTURES, THE RESPONSE I RECEIVED BACK WAS VERY LAME. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THERE SEEMS TO BE A GROWING LIST OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT CONTINENTAL TIRES. I HOPE THAT THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING ARE LOOKED INTO BEFORE SOMETHING AWFUL COULD HAPPEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MERCEDES BENZ C300 EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CONTI PRO CONTACT TIRES, SIZE: 225/45R17. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE TIRES EXHIBITED BUBBLES ON THE SIDEWALLS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE SAME TIRES, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED TEN TIMES WITHIN 18 MONTHS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. UPDATED 09/11/15*LJ UPDATED 10/30/2017*CN

I HIT A POTHOLE ON THE 96TH STREET TRANVERSE ROAD THROUGH CENTRAL PARK.WESTBOUND AROUND 4:30PM ON JUNE 3, 2013. AAA TOWED ME TO 54TH ST AUTO CENTER ON THE SAME DAY. BOTH RIGHT SIDE TIRES WERE DAMAGED AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THEY BOTH HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR IS A 2013 MERCEDES BENZ COST OF REPAIR $734.36. CAN YOU PLEASE REIMBURSE ME ? *TR

A DEFECTIVE RIM ON MY 2013 C250 CRACKED FROM INSIDE WHILE THE CAR WAS GOING AT BARELY 25MPH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CAMPUS CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHICH COULD HAVE JEOPARDIZED MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE HAD SHE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT A HIGHER SPEED. THE CAR IS NEW AND THE TIRES ARE IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. GEICO SAYS BENZ SHOULD PAY FOR THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT, BENZ SAYS GEICO SHOULD PAY FOR IT. I THINK THIS RIM SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE IT IS A DANGEROUS PRODUCT THAT CAN GET PEOPLE KILLED IF IT HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEED. THANK YOU. *TR