2012 Volkswagen Jetta Tires & Wheels Problems

THIS VEHICLE CAME FROM THE MANUFACTURER WITH DUNLOP SP SPORT 01 A TIRES (225/40R18) (AUGUST 2012 PURCHASE). WITHIN NINE MONTHS (8800 MILES) TWO TIRES DEVELOPED SIDEWALL BUBBLES. AFTER CONTACTING DUNLOP, THEY REPLACED TWO TIRES ST NO CHARGE. AT THAT TIME, THE GOODYEAR/DUNLOP RETAIL STORE SLOWED ME TO PURCHASE A TIRE WARRANTY ON ALL FOUR TIRES. OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS AND 80,000 MILES, I HAVE REPLACED FOURTEEN (14) OF THESE TIRES UNDER THE WARRANTY AND HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE A WARRANTY WITH EACH REPLACEMENT TIRE. THESE TIRES ARE THE ONLY TIRES I HAVE EVER OWNED IN ALMOST 40 YRS OF DRIVING THAT HAVE DEVELOPED SIDEWALK BUBBLES. I HAVE OTHER TIRES FROM A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER WITH THE SAME SIZE TIRE ON A DIFFERENT VEHICLE AND THEY HAVE NOT DEVELOPED ANY SIDEWALL BUBBLES. THESE TIRES ARE A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED BY GOODYEAR/DUNLOP. THE FIRST BUBBLE WAS 6/14/13 AND THE LATEST BUBBLE WAS 9/8/18.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP ON THE ROAD AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND AVOIDED HITTING THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. THE TIRE DETACHED FROM THE RIM. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE RIM DISINTEGRATED AND EXHIBITED FRACTURES IN TWO LOCATIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION FOR FURTHER INSPECTION HOWEVER; THE CONTACT INSURANCE COMPANY ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTAL AND WOULD BE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

THIS IS REGARDS TO THE TOYO TIRES ON MY CAR WHICH ARE DEFECTIVE AND THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT AGREE WITH THAT. THE BEADING OF THE TIRE ARE WEEK AND THERE IS BUBBLE ON THE TIRE. ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AB SUDDENLY THE TIRE EXPLODED AND ALL THE BEADING IS CUT BUT NOT EVEN A SINGLE SCRATCH ON THE RIM OR THE CAR. I AM HOPING THIS WOULD BE ADDRESSED AND SAVE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE.

AT THE TIME OF A ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION, IT WAS NOTICED THE INSIDE OF 3 TIRES WERE SPLIT. ONE OF THESE SPLITS WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT THE TIRE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED NOT DRIVING FURTHER. THE TREAD ON THE TIRES AND OUTSIDE SURFACE WAS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THERE WAS ALMOST HALF THE REGULAR TREAD LEFT. IT SEEMS UNUSUAL TO HAVE SPLITS ON THREE TIRES AT ONCE IN THE SAME LOCATION ON WHAT OTHERWISE WOULD STILL BE GOOD TIRES. THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY UNUSUAL ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS WHICH WOULD HAVE HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON TIRE WEAR. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE CAR.

TIRE HAD CATASTROPHIC FAILURE ON SIDE WALL. 4TH TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED WITH SPECIFIC TIRES "DUNLOP SP SPORT 01 AS". *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK TIRES, TIRE LINE: OPTIMO H725A, TIRE SIZE: P205/55/R16 AND DOT NUMBER: 1GRPDYH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WALL WAS SEPARATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,500.

LOST TRACTION ON A SNOW COVERED ROAD DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED OF APROX 35 MPH. THE TIRES WOULD NOT GRIP IN THE SNOW. THE CAR SLID ABOUT 100 FEET AND CROSSED A MAJOR STATE HIGHWAY. THE TIRES ARE MADE BY PRIMEWELL PS830. THE TIRES ARE MFG IN CHINA. I'M MAKING THIS COMPLAINT . AFTER READING ON MESSAGE BOARDS ABOUT PRIMEWELL TIRES. ITS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH TRACTION WITH THE TIRES IN SNOW OR RAIN. IN A BRIEF THEY HOLD AIR SOME TIMES AND ARE ROUND. I FEEL THEY ARE A DANGER TO DRIVERS OF THE CAR AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE HIGHWAY. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN THIS TOOK PLACE. SHE DOSE NOT DRIVE FAST ON THE COUNTY ROAD WE LIVE ON. AS THERE ARE DEER EVERY WHERE. WHEN SHE TOLD ME WHAT HAPPEN SHE SAID " I WAS GOING TO DIE WHEN THE CAR KEPT SLIDING INTO THE HIGHWAY." THERE WAS A HEAVY TRUCK THAT SHE PASSED BEHIND. IF THE TIMING WAS DIFFERENT THERE COULD OF BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS IS HER FIRST CAR THAT HAS TRACTION CONTROL. WHEN SHE SAID IT SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL. I EXPLAINED WHAT TRACTION CONTROL IS. SHE SAID MAYBE THE TIRES HAVE A HARD RUBBER COMPOUND. I STARTED MY PRIMEWELL SEARCH AFTER THAT. THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY WRONG WITH THE TIRES. *TR

2012 JETTA WITH SEVERE CRACKING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES. 205/55/16. CALLED HANKOOK AND THEY RESPONDED THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. VW DEALER HAS PHOTOS OF 20 CARS WITH THE SAME CONCERN, BUT TIRES ARE NOT COVERED BY VW, ONLY THROUGH TIRE MANUFACTURER. AFTER READING ALL THE OTHER HANCOOK OPTIMO 725A TIRE SEVER CRACKING, THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND NEEDS INVESTIGATION. *TR

CONTI PRO CONTACT (CONTINENTAL TIRE): THE TIRES CAME INSTALLED ON A 2012 VW JETTA 2.5 LE. AT 27,000 MILES THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM WAS A TORN SIDEWALL. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER CONTI PRO CONTACT. AT 53,216 MILES THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. ONCE AGAIN THE PROBLEM WAS A TORN SIDEWALL. *TR

20K SERVICE HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON MY CAR, AGAIN I NOTIFIED VW THAT THE NOISE IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE AND THAT I CAN NO LONGER STAND IT. I ALSO NOTIFIED THEM OF NEWER ISSUES THAT HAVE NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE STARTING TO HAPPEN, BUT THEY TOLD ME LETS FIX THIS ISSUE FIRST BEFORE MOVING ON. THIS NOISE THAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING FOR AWHILE NOW HAS NOW PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN LOUDER AND NOW MAKING NOISES WHEN I AM TURNING, SOMETHING IT HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE. THEY DID A CHECK, AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN TOLD ME THAT MY TIRES IS THE CAUSE OF THE WHOLE THING. THEY HAD TOLD ME MY TIRES ARE CUPPED AND FEATHERED, WHICH SEEM PRETTY ODD CONSIDERING WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE TIRE WHERE BRAND NEW AND PRETTY GOOD (HANKOOK). IT DID NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME BECAUSE IF IT WAS MY TIRES AND IF THEY WERE DOING PROPER MULTIPURPOSE INSPECTIONS THEY WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS WHEN ROTATING MY TIRES. IT REALLY SEEMED LIKE THEY COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT SO THEY JUST ADVISED ME TO BUY SOME BRAND NEW TIRES, OR TRY TO CALL THE MANUFACTURE ABOUT REPLACEMENTS, WELL I DID THAT AND HANKOOK SAID FEATHERED TIRES HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TIRE BUT WITH THE MECHANICS OF THE CAR. THEY HAD NOTIFIED ME THAT THE ONLY WAY TIRES GET BAD IS IF THE MECHANICS OF THE CAR. THE MANGER WORD FOR WORD TOLD ME THIS "THERE IS A REASNO WHY YOUR CAR IS SO CHEAP, MAYBE YOU SHOULD BUY $2,000.00 TIRES, MAYBE THE NOISE MIGHT GO AWAY", WHICH INFURIATED ME, BECAUSE HE IS SUPPOSE TO BE THE MANAGER, BUT YET TREATS ME WITH TOTAL DISRESPECT AND TOLD ME "WE ARE DONE WITH THIS, WE WILL NOT LOOK INTO IT ANYMORE". THIS MANAGER WAS RUDE AND DOWN RIGHT WRONG TO TREAT ME LIKE SO (KEARNY MESSA VW, DON'T EVER GO THERE). I FELT LOST AND SCARED KNOWING THAT THEY WON'T HELP ME NO MORE EVEN THOUGH I STILL HAVE MY WARRANTY. *TR

ONCE AGAIN I HAD TO WASTE MORE SCHOOL TIME AND GAS MONEY, AFTER MY LAST 20K VISIT ON MY CAR THE NOISE WAS DRIVING ME MORE AND MORE INSANE, I TRIED IGNORING THE ISSUE AND TURNING THE MUSIC UP, BUT THE NOISE HAD STARTED TO PROGRESSIVELY GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I COULD HERE IT EVEN WITH MUSIC ON, THAN ON TOP OF THAT I STARTED TO HEAR NEW AND UNUSUAL NOISE THAT HAD NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE, I STARTED TO HEAR SPORADIC HIGH PITCH NOISES FROM THE CENTER CONSOLE WHEN I WAS AT HIGH RPM'S OR WHENEVER HITTING ON THE GAS, IT WOULD START OFF LOW PITCH THAN HIGH PITCH, THAN WOULD RATTLE, THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I HAD SHOWN THE SAME TECHNICIAN A VIDEO RECORDING OF IT, AND HE WAS BAFFLED HE ALSO EVEN HEARD THE NOISE HIMSELF. I ALSO NOTIFIED THEM THAT WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS IT WOULD SOUND LIKE A DOOR WAS OPEN, EVEN MY GUEST I HAVE HAD IN IT COMPLAINED TO ME THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DOORS ARE OPEN. THE SERVICE REP TRIED TREATING ME LIKE A FOOL AND ROLLED MY BACK WINDOW DOWN A LITTLE THAN BROUGHT ME OUTSIDE AND SAID THIS IS WHY YOU ARE HEARING THE WIND NOISE, AND I HAD TOLD HER I WAS WATCHING YOU THE ENTIRE TIME YOU HAD ROLLED THE WINDOW DOWN, AND THAN SHE TRIED TO TELL ME SHE DIDN'T EVEN THOUGH I WATCHED HER DO IT, THIS PLACE TREATED ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY, AND DISRESPECTED ME IN-FRONT ME , AND I ALSO NOTED THAT SOME RUBBER SEALS WERE COMING OFF THE DOOR EDGES, WHICH SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING, MAKING ME FEEL LIKE THIS CAR WASN'T WELL PUT TOGETHER AND COULD RUN INTO POSSIBLE FUTURE ISSUES. ONCE AGAIN VW TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR YOU ARE JUST HEARING STUFF, AND KICKED ME OUT THE DOOR WITH NO EXPLANATION AT ALL. *TR

DRIVING BACK FROM THE BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT ON 20/59 WEST TO TUSCALOOSA DRIVING 68 MPH IN A LEASED 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK OPTIMO H725A TIRES, LINE SIZE 205/55R16 91H, DOT# 1GRP DY H2 THE VEHICLE STARTING PULLING HARD LEFT. I DECELERATED TO PULL OFF ONTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I NOTICED IN REAR VIEW AND THEN SIDE MIRROR BLACK DEBRIS COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR AS I PULLED OFF ONTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDER, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER TIRES SIDE WALL BLEW OUT. THEN TOOK PICTURES OF WHAT WAS LEFT HANGING FROM THE TIRE. THE FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGES TO THE WHEEL WELL. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BY ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE AND THE SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED. BOTH THE DEALER QUALITY MAZDA VOLKSWAGEN AND THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7522. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURE OFFERED ANY REASON FOR THE FAILURE OR TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE IN REPLACING THE TIRE. SUGGESTED BUYING ANOTHER TIRE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK OPTIMO H725A TIRES, LINE SIZE 205/55R16, DOT#R1GRPDYH2411. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35MPH THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE AND THE TIRE STARTED LOOSING AIR. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDERS, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER TIRE'S SIDE WALL BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND TIRE WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS THAT HAD THIS FAILURE. THE FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGES TO THE WHEEL WELL. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AND THE SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,865.